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At committee: Pandemic response, single-use plastics, broadcasting reform By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 26, 2021 6:31am Centre Block on Parliament Hill, pictured on Jan. 15 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
International Trade Minister Mary Ng starts her week with a one-hour session at
INTERNATIONAL TRADE, where, as per the notice, she should expect to face questions on the latest spending requests under the Invest In Canada program, as well as “selected impacts” of investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. (11 AM – 12 PM)
Joining her at the witness table: A full contingent of senior departmental officials, including her deputy minister,
John Hannaford, lead trade negotiator Steve Verheul and the chief administrator of the Invest in Canada Hub,
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Apr 25, 2021 4:00pm Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in the House of Commons in November 2020, will see her inaugural budget put to a vote on Monday. (CPAC)
It may not be a cliffhanger, but it will still mark a milestone for the minority Liberal government: Barring a sudden twist in the cross-aisle plot,
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s inaugural budget is expected to sail through the last of three votes required to secure the official preliminary approval of the House on Monday evening. This will bring to a close the latest round of confidence checks with her party still in power, at least for the moment.
iPolitics By Catharine Fulton. Published on Apr 24, 2021 12:15pm The West Block of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Budget 2021 debate
On the horizon is the fourth and final day of debate of Budget 2021, specifically, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s motion that her fellow MPs “approve in general the budgetary policy of the government.” A pretty straightforward motion for a such whopping historically so 739-page document.
Background: Freeland tabled the government’s first pandemic budget titled “A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience” on Monday, laying out $119.1 billion in new spending. While “unprecedented” is certainly the word of the pandemic, it can also be applied to the estimated $354.2-billion deficit for the 2020-21 year.
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