The Coming Week in Parliament

[jdobbin]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...27?hub=Politics

The dysfunctional family that is Parliament these days returns Monday to see whether members can work out their differences or need an extended time out, with the Senate gearing up to be the new source of tension.

Before the MPs and Senators departed a week ago for a short break, a heightened atmosphere of acrimony had descended on their two houses. Commons committees had become paralyzed with filibustering and walkouts, with the government side and the opposition each accusing the other of cheap tricks and obstructionism.

Two important bills are now before the upper chamber for final sanction: the budget implementation bill and the opposition-backed C-288, a motion that seeks to entrench Canada's support of the Kyoto Protocol on climate-change and its targets of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by six per cent over 1990 levels.

It looks like its going to be a race between the budget bill and the Kyoto bill. If the budget bill gets passed this week, we probably can expect to see Parliament prorogued.

It remains to be seen if the Kyoto bill gets Royal assent.

[geoffrey]

It remains to be seen if the Kyoto bill gets Royal assent.

You'd see an election on that one first I'm sure.

[jdobbin]

You'd see an election on that one first I'm sure.

Even before Harper's budget gets passed?

[Michael Bluth]

Even before Harper's budget gets passed?

The Government will get the budget passed before the Kyoto bill receives royal ssent.

[Topaz]

I think Harper should take a day off and watch how Blair has his "'question period" Blair has a flair for talking to his parliament like no other. Harper needs to chill and maybe take some anger management because he also the first to give the first dig and start the tempers rolling, of course, Baird always wants the spot light on the 'dig'.