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Here's a long thread triggered by this administration's decision to cancel the scheduled Winter Session of Parliament. I decided to check what some of the other members of the G-20 had done.
The Argentinian Parliament is in session right now, and just passed a long sought law legalising abortion, in a mainly-Catholic country. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9042919/Argentinas-lower-house-approves-draft-legalizing-abortion.html
The Australian Parliament has just begun examining the threat of Far-Right Extremism https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/australian-parliament-begins-far-right-extremism-probe/2070714
Brazil's Parliament has been debating the LNG sector https://www.naturalgasworld.com/brazilian-senate-backs-gas-reform-bill-84090
The Canadian Parliament just wound down it's Fall session. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/hybrid-house-sitting-agreement-to-lapse-as-mps-wrap-2020-sitting-1.5227821
The German Bundestag is in session right now. https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/plenary/calendar/bundestag2020-592344
The Japanese Diet (parliament) was in session until December 5. http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm
The Korean National Assembly had its last plenary session for the year on December 1; however, parliamentary committees continue to have scheduled meetings until December 23. https://korea.assembly.go.kr:447/
The UK House of Commons is meeting right now https://www.parliament.uk/business/
The US House and Senate have been in session until the beginning of this week. https://www.majorityleader.gov/calendar
Clearly, India appears to be an outlier in even the G-20. Everyone else has been keeping their parliaments open; the pandemic demands MORE, not less, parliament time.
Clearly, India appears to be an outlier in even the G-20. Everyone else has been keeping their parliaments open; the pandemic demands MORE, not less, parliament time.
