iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on Jul 4, 2021 4:00pm Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits a vaccination clinic in Ottawa on July 2. (@JustinTrudeau on Twitter)
Now he’s officially done with what could be his last two-week quarantine (he even managed to sneak in a shave and a haircut),
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be ready for a cautious return to the in-person summer political circuit while remaining suitably distanced where necessary, of course. As of Sunday morning, however, his office had released no scheduled walkabouts or public appearances in the coming days.
Then again, they rarely give more than a day’s notice of any outside events, which means there’s a good chance Trudeau will pop back onto the radar later this week. It’s possible he’ll appear before the cameras for one of his regular, though no longer weekly, updates on the pandemic.
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Evening Brief: Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope By iPolitics. Published on Jun 29, 2021 6:21pm Pope Francis (Wikimedia Commons photo)
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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
Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries in B.C., Yukon to conserve stocks
The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the verge of collapse.
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Posted: Jun 29, 2021 3:35 PM PT | Last Updated: June 29
Data from the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission shows the global catch of Pacific salmon in 2020 was the lowest since 1982.(Chris Corday)
The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the verge of collapse.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jun 29, 2021 5:11pm (Pexels photo)
The federal government announced on Tuesday significant measures to shut down a number of Pacific commercial fisheries and First Nations communal commercial fisheries as the salmon stock has “reached a crisis.”
Seventy-nine out of 138 unique commercial fisheries in B.C. and the Yukon will have to close as a result of the decline in salmon, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan announced.
“No fishing minister wants to be the person to close down a fishery,” Jordan told iPolitics. “It was definitely a difficult decision.”
Up until the mid 1990s, the yearly catch for Pacific salmon was about 24 million. The amount has declined to about two million per year.
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