Meeting with Hon. Mauril Bélanger (MP for Ottawa-Vanier)
I met with Mr. Bélanger on Monday (June 18) for a little over a half hour. I have met and had conversations with Mr. Bélanger since more than a decade ago, so we were already familiar with each other...
View ArticleLiberal shadow cabinet.
Last week the Liberal party announced their new shadow cabinet. Mauril Bélanger (Ottawa Vanier) replaces Tina Keeper (Churchill) as Heritage Critic, while Scott Brison (Kings—Hants) remains Industry...
View ArticleUS Tech Workers Give It Up to Democrats. What about Canadians?
When reading an eWeek article by Roy Mark talking about political donations to US presidential candidates, I wondered what would be said in Canada. We don't have a separate executive branch, with our...
View ArticleCopyright discussed in Parliament : Oct 23, 2007
You know that a bill is coming when the topic of Copyright is mentioned many times in the Hansard for a single day. This is in addition to the discussion of "Counterfeiting and Piracy" in Question...
View ArticleParliamentary week in review: Nov 13-16
I have done a few weekly reviews of parliament, the previous one being to November 2. Sorry for not keeping up with these as I had intended. Parliament is currently debating a concurrence to committee...
View ArticleOttawa-Vanier Green Party Candidate positions on tech issues
Julien Lamarche is a candidate to nominations for the Green Party of Canada in Ottawa-Vanier, and posted some information on his candidacy.I have known Julien for many years. He's someone that has a...
View ArticleStanding Committee on Canadian Heritage demands copyright bill
The members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage have tabled a report where they make the following statement: The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recommends that the Government Bill...
View ArticleLiberal Leader Stéphane Dion Announces Critic Shuffle
A Liberal party media release details the critic shuffle.Specific to our areas of policy, Denis Coderre (Bourassa) becomes the Liberal Critic for Canadian Heritage, la Francophonie and Official...
View ArticleDenis Coderre replaces Mauril Bélanger in Heritage Committee
The shadow cabinet shuffle has also meant changes in the committee membership. Mr Bélanger is not only no longer the critic, but also no longer a member of Heritage Cmtee. According to his committee...
View ArticleImpressions of the Net Neutrality Rally.
Most of the speakers said what I would have expected them to say, as someone who had been hearing from these organizations for quite some time. Their message at the microphone was consistent with their...
View ArticleMauril Bélanger's speech in May at Net Neutrality rally
With election fever in the air, I wanted to get out the speech (PDF from their office) Mauril Bélanger gave on May 27, 2008 at the rally on the hill for Network Neutrality.
View ArticleMinutes of special meeting on cuts to arts program posted
The minutes and transcript from the special August 26, 2008 to "discuss the recent cancelling of federal cultural financial assistance programs" are online.This meeting was held when everyone pretty...
View ArticleTories skip all-party meeting on arts and culture
An Xtra article by Dale Smith and CBC news wrote about a town hall hosted by Vote Culture at the University of Ottawa on Sep 24.If the Conservative Party is proud of their divisive diversion of money...
View ArticleBill C-11 house debate day 9
On February 10, 2012 we had the 9th time when the House of Commons debated Bill C-11 (at Second Reading). The previous debate day was February 8, 2012.This was the last day of debate before the bill is...
View ArticleRiding Information: Ottawa - Vanier
Elections Canada Electoral district profile (Links to Map, Past Candidates, and Past Election Results) Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier / Ottawa - Vanier (Via Parl.gc.ca)Name: Hon. Mauril...
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