Posts by pruck:
Mar
4
Monday, March 3rd
Today we talked about the 3 branches of government:
The Legislative, which makes laws
The Executive, which administers and sets the agenda
The Judiciary, which interprets the law
We also talked about 3 levels of government:
Federal, Provincial, and Municipal
Daily Order of Business 3 blog
Mar
1
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.577243 [abridged]
Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region
UN Security Council holds urgent meeting after Russian parliament approves use of military in Ukraine.
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Russian troops took over a strategic region in Ukraine as the parliament in Moscow gave President Vladimir Putin a green light Saturday to proceed to protect Russian interests. The newly installed government in Kiev was powerless to react to the swift takeover of Crimea by Russian troops already in Ukraine and more flown in, aided by pro-Russian Ukrainian groups.
Putin’s call came as pro-Russian demonstrations broke out in Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, where protesters raised Russian flags and clashed with supporters of the new Ukrainian government.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk called on Moscow “to recall their forces, and to return them to their stations,” according to the Interfax news agency. “Russian partners, stop provoking civil and military resistance in Ukraine.”
The UN Security Council called an urgent meeting on Ukraine on Saturday, and the European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting Monday to discuss the crisis.
Jan
28
The legal fight began in 2002, when the Liberals enacted laws to give schools flexibility in organizing classes.
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the province must retroactively restore class size and composition language that was removed from teachers’ contracts in 2002, and pay the B.C. Teachers Federation $2 million in damages.
The judge said the government did not negotiate in good faith with the teachers during the 2012 school year.
Jan
28
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/06/socialist-seattle-city-council/4349923/
Jan
28
The Globe in Kiev: Ukraine PM and cabinet quit; anti-protest measures repealed
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his entire cabinet resigned Tuesday as the country’s parliament met in an extraordinary assembly to consider proposals to end months of violent protests across the country.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ukrainian-prime-minister-resigns-as-unrest-continues/article16540544/
Jan
23
The House is currently adjourned and will resume Monday February 24th, 2014.
To see what’s currently happening in the Parliament of Canada, see CPAC station on your local cable network.
For more information, see http://www.cpac.ca/en/ for details.
