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aridawn:
Breaking news out of Alberta. TCH-1 and AB-1A are both closed due to washed out bridges and Culverts due to flooding from torrential rains received in the last weeks. Rain continues to fall, calling for the evacuations in and around Canmore and Highriver. Calgary is on alert as two major rivers, Elbow and Bow, coming from the Canmore area converge. Traffic is being detoured up to TCH-16 heading east and west to avoid the water logged Southern Alberta region. Here is the news report on the flooding courtesy of CTV Calgary. http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/evacuations-underway-in-canmore-1.1333644
dmuzika:
The Alberta government is looking to table a bill that allows transit-only and HOV lanes for provincial highways, with Deerfoot Trail (Hwy 2), Stony Trail (Hwy 201), Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216) and Hwy 63 (between Fort McMurray and the oilsands plants) as the main candidates. Currently HOV lanes were only allowed on municipally controlled routes, such as 9 Ave SE and Centre Street in Calgary.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Alberta+plans+only+carpool+lanes+provincial+highways/9093980/story.html
oscar:
--- Quote from: dmuzika on October 29, 2013, 02:33:49 PM ---The Alberta government is looking to table a bill that allows transit-only and HOV lanes for provincial highways, with Deerfoot Trail (Hwy 2), Stony Trail (Hwy 201), Anthony Henday Drive (Hwy 216) and Hwy 63 (between Fort McMurray and the oilsands plants) as the main candidates. Currently HOV lanes were only allowed on municipally controlled routes, such as 9 Ave SE and Centre Street in Calgary.
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The use of the word "table" confused me at first. In U.S. legislative parlance, "table" usually means "kill" (or at least postpone indefinitely). In Canada, does it mean "put on the table" for further discussion?
xcellntbuy:
To table a bill in Canadian constitutional practice is to bring the bill up for debate and discussion in the legislature by the government of the day.
dmuzika:
--- Quote from: xcellntbuy on October 29, 2013, 08:31:30 PM ---To table a bill in Canadian constitutional practice is to bring the bill up for debate and discussion in the legislature by the government of the day.
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I didn't know that "table" essentially meant the opposite in U.S. legislative parlance to Canada, good to know.
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