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iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on May 11, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss the pandemic during a press conference later this morning. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics)
In what has quietly and unofficially become a standing Tuesday morning ritual,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the precinct to “address Canadians on the COVID-19 situation” before opening the floor for both pandemic- and non-pandemic-related questions from the assembled media. (11:30 AM)
Joining him for the briefing session:
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who will likely be invited to respond to a recent Facebook posting by
Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu that suggested the “federal Liberals,” along with “the NDP (and) the media … were looking for and want … a disaster on our hands,” as well as
Federal Govt. Announces Two Icebreakers for Canadian Coast Guard
In a virtual news conference, federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan outlines the plan to build two icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard for its Arctic operations under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS). She is joined by Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver will build one of the polar icebreakers. Davie Shipbuilding of Lévis, Quebec, will construct the second icebreaker, pending the company’s formal admission as a partner under the NSS. The federal government says this procurement approach will ensure that at least one polar icebreaker is delivered by 2030 when the Coast Guard’s principal icebreaker, the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, is expected to retire from service. Seaspan Shipyards was awarded a contract in 2011 to build the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker for the Coast Guard, but the government removed the ship from Seaspan�
iPolitics AM: MPs to debate looming pipeline-shutdown order By Kady O Malley. Published on May 6, 2021 6:01am Enbridge s offices in Calgary (Mack Male via Flickr)
For the second time in two days, MPs are set to hold a special afterhours sitting to discuss an issue of critical concern to Alberta: namely the potentially imminent shutdown of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which is facing a May 12 deadline to pull the plug on its Michigan leg, courtesy of an order from state governor
Gretchen Whitmer.
As per a request from
Conservative MP Blake Richards, the emergency debate is slated to get underway after regular House proceedings wrap up, and will continue until midnight, or no further MPs rise to speak, whichever comes first.
Military misconduct, tax-filing deadline on shortlist for first Tory opposition day By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 28, 2021 9:08am Conservative health critic Michelle Rempel Garner has put forward a motion to call on the government to ensure all Canadian adults have access to a vaccine by the May long weekend. (Adam Scotti, PMO)
Are MPs poised to pass a motion urging Ottawa to ensure that every Canadian adult can be vaccinated by the May 24 long weekend or will they call on the government to set up a full-fledged public inquiry into the latest wave of allegations of military sexual misconduct?
Or will they back a last-ditch attempt to win a two-month grace period for Canadians to file their tax returns following the year-long pandemic?