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OTTAWA 鈥?The Trudeau government will press ahead with plans for a weekly prime minister question period, but is giving up trying to codify it in the formal House of Commons rules.Instead, Trudeau will make it a convention to field all the questions himself once a week, rather than formalizing it within the so-called standing orders of the House.The government has filed a formal notice o stanley mugs f motion that preserves just a few pieces of what was once a major effort at modernizing the way the House of Commons works. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Those include: letting the Speaker allow separate votes and committee studies on different sections of omnibus bills; requiring the government to explain its reasons for proroguing Parliament; changing the schedule for the release of spending estimates; and allowing parliamentary secretaries to sit on committees as non-voting members.The government backed away from a number of other ideas earlier this yea stanley thermobecher r, including a proposal to use programming motions to set in advance the amount of time to be devoted to debate and committee study of each bill, and a time limit on MP speeches during committee hearings. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Opposition parties unanimously panned those recommendations, calling them a bid by the Liberals to control the parl stanley cup price iamentary agenda and hamstring their efforts to hold the government to account.Conservative MP C Vtsy Milton hopes to solve the lack of places of worship for more diverse faith groups
Despite the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it looks like Halton residents can expect a traditional tax increase of about two per cent for 2021.Regional council approved next years budget directions at its July 15 meeting that specify staff should prepare the document based on a tax increase at or below the rate of inflation of two per cent.This would equate to an additional $5 per $100,000 of the assessed value of your home 鈥?$3 for regional services, and $2 for police services. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW So, if your home is currently assessed at $500,000, this would be a $25 tax increase on the regional portion of your bill.In light of the uncertainties around the duration of the pandemic, staff will craft the 2021 budget using a conservative approach, s stanley cup ays a rep stanley cup ort from Halton acting commissioner of finance and regional treasurer Cyndy Winslow. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Staff will continue to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 and the projected recovery plan, and will identify pressures that are antic stanley tumblers ipated to extend to 2021, she said. There will be a continued focus on core services, continuous improvement and finding cost efficiencies in all program areas to achieve the targets set. Maintaining service levels in the public health department while continuing to respond to COVID-19 and sustaining increased infection control measures in long-term-care facilities are among th
OTTAWA 鈥?The Trudeau government will press ahead with plans for a weekly prime minister question period, but is giving up trying to codify it in the formal House of Commons rules.Instead, Trudeau will make it a convention to field all the questions himself once a week, rather than formalizing it within the so-called standing orders of the House.The government has filed a formal notice o stanley mugs f motion that preserves just a few pieces of what was once a major effort at modernizing the way the House of Commons works. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Those include: letting the Speaker allow separate votes and committee studies on different sections of omnibus bills; requiring the government to explain its reasons for proroguing Parliament; changing the schedule for the release of spending estimates; and allowing parliamentary secretaries to sit on committees as non-voting members.The government backed away from a number of other ideas earlier this yea stanley thermobecher r, including a proposal to use programming motions to set in advance the amount of time to be devoted to debate and committee study of each bill, and a time limit on MP speeches during committee hearings. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Opposition parties unanimously panned those recommendations, calling them a bid by the Liberals to control the parl stanley cup price iamentary agenda and hamstring their efforts to hold the government to account.Conservative MP C Vtsy Milton hopes to solve the lack of places of worship for more diverse faith groups
Despite the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it looks like Halton residents can expect a traditional tax increase of about two per cent for 2021.Regional council approved next years budget directions at its July 15 meeting that specify staff should prepare the document based on a tax increase at or below the rate of inflation of two per cent.This would equate to an additional $5 per $100,000 of the assessed value of your home 鈥?$3 for regional services, and $2 for police services. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW So, if your home is currently assessed at $500,000, this would be a $25 tax increase on the regional portion of your bill.In light of the uncertainties around the duration of the pandemic, staff will craft the 2021 budget using a conservative approach, s stanley cup ays a rep stanley cup ort from Halton acting commissioner of finance and regional treasurer Cyndy Winslow. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Staff will continue to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 and the projected recovery plan, and will identify pressures that are antic stanley tumblers ipated to extend to 2021, she said. There will be a continued focus on core services, continuous improvement and finding cost efficiencies in all program areas to achieve the targets set. Maintaining service levels in the public health department while continuing to respond to COVID-19 and sustaining increased infection control measures in long-term-care facilities are among th