... on the haute-cuisine menu for MPs and senators in the parliamentary restaurant. MPs say Parliament is taking a cue from Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean, who triggered a global ... be able to say, 'This is legal in Canada. We follow the legal process. Parliament Hill serves seal meat, and members of Parliament and senators eat seal meat'," said Liberal MP Marcel Proulx, a member of the powerful all-party ...
...disturbances. We have set out on our website and to all here today the behaviours we expect from those present in the hearing room. They are no different from those expected of the public when they attend Parliament. Just as there, those who fail to meet them will have to leave. And so to the proceedings of today: as I set out above the first five weeks of these hearings aim to establish the main...
... things and make the world a better place. The current government has done a lot for equal rights and so forth and whilst its not perfect and I do disagree with a bunch of policies and their move towards executive control over our parliament, I still feel they are best placed to carry this torch forwards seeing as Nick Clegg has pretty much said a vote for the lib-dems is a vote for the tories.
... QI and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. Hilarious! Topical! Yes, sometimes they talk about unfathomable internal British politics, but you can feel international while you listen, and know more about Members of Parliament than any of your friends. [+] WNYC's Radio Lab is a great podcast in general, but I particularly loved the episode New Normal? , and you will too if you like studies of baboon ...
[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, — who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was ... at a broader move to force their candidates out of the election. The election for a new, 223-seat parliament is slated for January, but may be delayed by a dispute over the country's election law and a ...
...? I'm sorry but I forgot my liscense..." "I gotcha." I busted out my credit card and pointed to a random carton. "Sir, I'd like a..." She mumbled, "par-la-man." I tried to hear her, "what?" "Parliament." She said to herself. "Pack of Parliaments." I told the clerk. "I.D" the clerk asked. He checked mine. And then he stared at Eve the entire time he went for my order. He took my card and ...
...own language half the time? I have watched and listened to some of the greats in the interpreting business - at summits, at war crimes trials, at the United Nations or the European Parliament - as they play the parts of presidents and princes, prosecutors or parliamentarians. Have there been any really big mistakes? Has the course of history been changed by the interpreter missing out that vital...
... the party when Paul Martin betrayed Chrétien. She also laments that the party is in free fall and the Conservatives are slowly but surely reshaping the country. As the debate rages on Parliament Hill over issues of torture of detainees in Afghanistan and corruption, Krieber questions whether Ignatieff is the right person to lead the charge. Ignatieff has in the past mused in his writings about...
... simple: the Afghans have a traditional way to do so. The central authority, in this case the Parliament, can call for a loya jirga. Will they do it? Probably not so long as America is ...for withdrawing. Faced with that deadline and the need to protect themselves, the current members of the Parliament will have an interest in espousing what they will see as the national cause, and they will ...
.... It quickly becomes clear to Lucy that she and her husband were brought to the retreat in order to pin the murder on David. Major political machinations are at stake, including an initiative in Parliament, supported by the Farthing set, to limit the right to vote to university graduates. But whoever's behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn't reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland ...
