Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join his
Special Representative for the Prairies
Jim Carr, as well as
Winnipeg-area MP Kevin Lamoureux to mark National Nursing Week with a livestreamed meet-up with Manitoba nurses and nursing students. (1 PM)
Later this afternoon, he’ll team up with
Brampton North Liberal MP Kamal Khera to pay a virtual visit to a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Brampton Islamic Centre, which, as per the notice, will also be livestreamed on the prime minister’s Twitter feed.(2:45)
He’ll also hold his usual Monday morning huddle with his front bench team, including
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is also set to take the lead for her government during the opening round of question period this afternoon. (2 PM)
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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.
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on May 4, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, receiving their first shots of AstraZeneca s COVID vaccine in April (Adam Scotti/Prime Minister s Office photo)
As the Conservatives get ready to kick off a full day of debate on whether he should fire his longtime chief of staff
Katie Telford over her alleged role in the ongoing controversy over how his office handled a 2018 misconduct allegation against then-chief of defence staff
Jonathan Vance, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the Hill for a mid-morning appearance on the COVID-19 briefing circuit. (11:30 AM)
As MPs head into a fourth straight week of full-time House business which, with two weeks to go until the week-long Victoria Day break, traditionally constitutes the longest block of uninterrupted sittings in the year-long parliamentary cycle the leaders of two of the three opposition parties are both set to hit the stage in the West Block media theatre this morning.
First up:
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, who will likely provide an update on how his party intends to use its upcoming opposition day, which is currently set for Tuesday and could see the Tories aim the full power of the Commons spotlight on
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