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Evening Brief: Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope

Evening Brief: Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope By iPolitics. Published on Jun 29, 2021 6:21pm Pope Francis (Wikimedia Commons photo) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using their monopoly to threaten and undermine local news. Other countries are taking action. It’s time for Canada to stand up to the web giants – and step up for local news. Learn more. Good evening to you. With a goal of pushing for an apology from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, national Indigenous leaders are set to meet with him at the Vatican in December. As CBC News reports, delegations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit will meet with him separately between Dec. 17 and Dec. 20, and then collectively on Dec. 20. “I’m hoping I can hear from the Pope that he understands the pain,” said David Chartrand, vice president of the Métis National Council. “We want him to come to our lands. It will mean so much to us that he comes here and expresses his statement.”

Evening Brief: 'I've done what I've come to do'

Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using their monopoly to threaten and undermine local news. Other countries are taking action. It’s time for Canada to stand up to the web giants – and step up for local news. Learn more. Good evening to you. Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna announced this morning that she’s calling it a day politically and won’t be running in the next federal election. Arriving by bike to the Flora Footbridge she helped secure the federal funds for, McKenna said she wants to spend more time with her three children, and to continue fighting climate change from outside government.

Evening Brief: Senate still sitting as House rises

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jun 23, 2021 6:07pm The entrance to the Senate building in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by the Port of Québec. The Port of Québec City has been the gateway to North America for centuries. Building Laurentia, the deep-water, fully intermodal container terminal, will revitalize a vital trade link for today and tomorrow. Learn more. Good evening to you. We begin with the Red Chamber where Senators voted on Wednesday to extend their sitting hours beyond this week before they rise for the summer so they can hold final votes on two of the government’s priority bills. Senators will now sit next Monday and Tuesday with extended hours. Earlier this month, Government House leader Pablo Rodriguez presented those bills: the Budget Implementation Act (C-30), the conversion-therapy ban (C-6), the bill to modernize the Broadcasting Act (C-10), and the net-zero-emissions bill (C-12). Janet Silver reports on what to expect in the upper chamber.

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Evening Brief: Trudeau calls Russia a rival at NATO summit

Evening Brief: Trudeau calls Russia a rival at NATO summit By iPolitics. Published on Jun 14, 2021 5:53pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a media availability in West Block on July 8, 2020. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by Medicom. The pandemic has taught us that it’s safer to be at home. Partnering with Canadian company Medicom ensures a domestic supply of high-quality PPE is ready for future emergencies and keeps the economic benefits at home. Learn more. Good evening to you. We begin in Brussels, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is attending the NATO summit — the first one to take place in several years without former U.S. president Donald Trump in the White House. You’ll recall Trump called the alliance “obsolete” on more than one occasion. Today, Trudeau insisted the alliance is “more united than ever” against Russia, China and the general threat of authoritarianism in the wake of what he called an “interesting” period at NATO. “And it is more important than ever that we be united.” As the Canadian Press reports, he said Russia is more disruptive than it has been in decades, and later said he sees the country as a rival.