The PMO $100K+ Club:Tories lift veil on staffer salary range

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May 22, 2013

In the wake of the recent revelation of that now notorious $90 K gift from then-PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright to then-Conservative Senator Mike Duffy, it's worth noting that, according to documents tabled in the House earlier this week, just 1 in 5 o...
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Tories to invoke closure on ‘superclosure’ motion to curb debate, extend sitting hours

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May 22, 2013

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan will take the rare step of invoking closure -- not time allocation, but straight closure -- later this afternoon in order to force a vote on his proposal to extend the sitting hours until the House rises...
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Supersize it: NDP pitches 90-minute Question Period under extended sitting hours

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May 21, 2013

Last week, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan unveiled a new proposal to keep the Commons fires burning until midnight every night but Friday until the summer break, ostensibly in order to ensure passage of as much as legislation as the n...
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Crisis? What crisis? PM to speak at not-at-all-an-emergency caucus meeting

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May 21, 2013

A week after his office was engulfed in what may turn out to be the most serious ethics-related scandal to hit his government since taking office in 2006, the PM is set to make his first public appearance on the Hill when he takes t...
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Tories to invoke closure on ‘superclosure’ motion to curb debate, extend sitting hours

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May 22, 2013

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan will take the rare step of invoking closure -- not time allocation, but straight closure -- later this afternoon in order to force a vote on his proposal to extend the sitting hours until the House rises...
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Crisis? What crisis? PM to speak at not-at-all-an-emergency caucus meeting

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May 21, 2013

A week after his office was engulfed in what may turn out to be the most serious ethics-related scandal to hit his government since taking office in 2006, the PM is set to make his first public appearance on the Hill when he takes t...
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