Bill C-311: Breaking News! Climate Change legislation
source: http://www.forgetthebox.net/mag/green-bean-tuesdays/breaking-eco-news-harper-officially-hate...
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Some very sad news. Tonight the country’s only federal climate change legislation in Parliament, the Climate Change Accountability Act, was defeated in the Senate 43 to 32.
What happened? In an unprecedented move, the Conservatives called for a surprise vote on Bill C-311 in the Senate while many Liberal Senators were missing. While that isn’t a first, the fact that the bill was called for a vote before any debate or consideration could be held is unprecedented. Conservative Senators were ordered not to speak to the bill during the 193 days it was in the Senate, and even the Conservative Speaker of the Senate was told to vote against the bill (when the Speaker’s role is to vote to continue debate in the case of a tie).
Keep reading and find out what you can do...
http://www.forgetthebox.net/mag/green-bean-tuesdays/breaking-eco-news-harper-off...
What happened? In an unprecedented move, the Conservatives called for a surprise vote on Bill C-311 in the Senate while many Liberal Senators were missing. While that isn’t a first, the fact that the bill was called for a vote before any debate or consideration could be held is unprecedented. Conservative Senators were ordered not to speak to the bill during the 193 days it was in the Senate, and even the Conservative Speaker of the Senate was told to vote against the bill (when the Speaker’s role is to vote to continue debate in the case of a tie).
Keep reading and find out what you can do...
http://www.forgetthebox.net/mag/green-bean-tuesdays/breaking-eco-news-harper-off...
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