More reaction to the new prostitution bill has been rolling in, and it should be little surprise that Canadian sex workers are calling for a model like New Zealand’s of legalisation and the sex trade operating under health and safety laws – obviously something that this government seems unwilling to even consider. When asked in QP about referring the bill directly to the Supreme Court, MacKay insisted that they were doing everything they could to help victims (despite all evidence to the contrary, or the fact that portraying sex workers as victims denies them agency). In other words, it sounds like a no.

Day four of the Sona trial, and more Conservative staffers testified that Sona bragged about being the culprit behind those misleading robocalls, and that he used “we,” indicating an accomplice. As well, key witness Andrew Prescott indicated that the robocall scheme was national in scope. The trial is taking a break for the weekend, and closing arguments will begin on Monday. Sona himself won’t take the stand.

New court documents show that the RCMP have been looking into hotel stays that Senator Mike Duffy made while in PEI, as he said that during the winter months, he would often stay in a hotel in town rather than in Cavendish, as it was too far from a hospital if his heart acted up, and so on. The issue, of course, is that it sounds like he was charging those stays to the Senate, and that over 16 winter months examined, they could only find evidence of 35 nights spent in PEI. But remember – PEI is his “primary residence.”

The decision on the fighter jet procurement is expected next week, and some sources are saying that the recommendation will be to carry on with the sole-source contract for the F-35s.

In her annual report, the Information Commissioner warns that her office is drowning in complaints about Access to Information requests gone awry, and amidst that increased workload, her budget has been cut. And yet the government insists it’s the most open and transparent government in Canadian history.

Daniel Therrien has been confirmed as the new Privacy Commissioner, though it was not unanimous – the NDP voted against him in the Commons and a few Senate Liberals voted against him in the Upper Chamber. At the same time, Stephen Harper has asked that Mary Dawson be given a renewed term for at least two more years as the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

Rogers and TekSavvy released their disclosure figures and explanations as to when they will provide information to police and what information they will provide with and without a warrant, Rogers claiming that they will push back if they don’t get it, especially when it comes to requests for metadata. Paul McLeod has more disclosure stats here, including from Facebook and Apple.

The Chief Electoral Officer says he’s largely placated by the changes that the government made to the elections bill, with the exception of course of giving the elections commissioner the power to compel testimony. That he still says is missing.

More details have been released around the circumstances where John McKay was taped having that private conversation when he expressed his frustration at a potential “bozo eruption” by his leader, and it now looks like it was an intern from Peter MacKay’s office who made the recording and gave it to CTV. MacKay won’t comment.

MPs get to spend next Monday in a vote marathon as some 200 mostly NDP report stage amendments – most about deleting clauses from the omnibus budget bill – are all put to a vote.

Quebec has passed its “dying with dignity” bill, which I’m sure will face some kind of federal court challenge before too long.

In case you were wondering, the G7 meeting in Brussels failed to come up with any new sanctions against Russia.

And Murray Brewster talks to some Canadian D-Day veterans, some of whom still suffer from what is now known as PTSD to this day.