Year in review: A look at news events in November 2020
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 4:58 am EDT
A look at news events in November 2020:
01 – The Royal Canadian Legion named Debbie Sullivan of Saint John, N.B., as this year’s Silver Cross mother. Her son, navy Lt. Chris Saunders, was killed at the age of 32 when a fire broke out aboard his submarine 16 years ago.
01 – Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was cleared of COVID-19. She got tested after her COVID Alert phone app told her she’d been near an infected person.
02 – Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay announced he is quitting politics. MacKay had been spending the fall pondering his political future after finishing second to Erin O’Toole in the Conservative party leadership contest.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Dec 14, 2020 11:49am Former Finance Minister Bill Morneau Andrew Meade/iPolitics
Former finance minister Bill Morneau is a hot topic on the Hill again, this time on the lobby circuit, where he’s now officially known as “Bill Morneau, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation) Nominee.”
Morneau’s former director of operations, Sharan Kaur has been granted a rare exemption under the Lobbying Act to reach out to government officials on behalf of her one-time boss from Nov.10 until March 17, 2021, albeit under strict parameters.
As per the publicly posted notice, Kaur “may only communicate with public office holders from Global Affairs Canada and the Prime Minister’s Office, solely to arrange meetings, or to obtain or provide documents and information regarding [Morneau’s] candidacy as Secretary-General of the OECD.”
December 10, 2020
On December 7, the CSIS Future of Venezuela Initiative hosted a public event to discuss how the international community would respond to the December 6 National Assembly elections in Venezuela. This event is available on demand
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On Sunday, December 6, the Maduro regime held elections for the National Assembly, the last remaining democratically elected institution in the country. Throughout Venezuela, polling stations were noticeably empty. About 5.2 million people turned out to vote according to the country’s electoral authority fewer than the number of people who have “voted with their feet” by fleeing the country.
The elections marked a critical moment for the Venezuelan interim government, which derives its authority from the current National Assembly and will now need to fortify its support among the international community.
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