Parliament returns next week with a new Official Opposition front bench and a Government bound and determined to continue on its mission to remake Canada.

The Government has used the break period to make some key announcements, notably the (still not clearly defined) plan to radically change environmental assessments and the quite unequivocal plan to close two prisons.

Surprisingly, the Government had earlier re-appointed the Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers to another term.

Canadian Corporations operating abroad, in every sector, represent Canada and Canadians whether we like it or not.

Canadian mining companies in South America, mineral companies in Africa or Asia, these entities have become de facto Canadian ambassadors, in some cases being the only Canadian representation that people in those countries will ever encounter, and the impressions they leave behind on the citizens is not always helpful to our country or theirs.

NDP MP from Burnaby-New Westminster, Peter Julian currently has a Private Members' Bill C323 before the house entitled "An Act to Amend the Federal Courts Act (International Promotion and Protection of Human Rights)".