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LONGUEUIL, Qc — Le chef bloquiste Yves-François Blanchet exige le plafonnement suivi de la réduction de la production de pétrole au Canada. Il demande aussi au gouvernement qui sera élu le 20 septembre de ne plus autoriser de projet de transport de pétrole destiné à l'exportation. En conférence de presse à Longueuil vendredi après-midi, M. […]
Canada excoriated as racist failure during farewell speeches by departing MPs by The Canadian Press Last Updated Jun 15, 2021 at 8:58 pm EDT OTTAWA — Canada is being excoriated as a racist failure as MPs who don’t intend to seek re-election say their official farewells. Mumilaq Qaqqaq, the New Democrat MP for Nunavut, says she’s discovered she doesn’t belong in Parliament, where she says she’s been racially profiled by security. She says Canada was built on the oppression of Indigenous People and its history is “stained with blood.” Bloc Québécois MP Simon Marcil, meanwhile, s...
Exactly one week after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled Team Trudeau’s first full budget in more than two years, MPs are set to vote on a brief, but politically high-stakes motion: namely, whether the House “approve(s) in general the budgetary policy of the government,” a question that, while largely pro forma in a majority setting, constitutes a make-or-break test of whether the minority Liberals can still claim to hold the confidence of the House. Spoiler alert: Barring a last-minute plot twist, it’s all but guaranteed to pass with the support of at least one opposition...
Few MPs are opting out of the next election — so far Éric Grenier © Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Former Liberal cabinet minister Navdeep Bains announced he would not be running for re-election, prompting a cabinet shuffle last week. When people sense the party might be coming to an end, they start eyeing the exits. MPs are no different — particularly in the uncertain climate of a minority government. This past week, three MPs announced they would not be seeking re-election when the country next goes to the polls. One of those retirement announcements — that of L...
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