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Nov 18 2024

Carbon pricing. Eby’s cabinet. G20 meets.

Nov 18, 2024
David Akin's Roundup
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Canada
Trudeau touts embattled carbon levy to global audience, says it faces misinformation
Trudeau acknowledged pushback to the policy, but he said it's being fueled by what he called propaganda ... that affordability issues and fighting climate change are in opposition. [Global]

The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have already announced plans to try to bring down the government and trigger an election with a non-confidence motion at the next opportunity. But there's no telling when that opportunity will come, because the House has been gridlocked in a filibuster for more than a month. [CP]

Facing criticism at home as Trump prepares to return to the White House, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government could've acted faster to address immigration concerns. [Global]

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he has confidence in the agencies tasked with protecting Canada's borders as rhetoric from the incoming Trump administration heats up. [Global]
Canada Post and the labour union representing thousands of striking postal workers are set to return to the bargaining table on Monday, along with a new special mediator. [Global]
From the Provinces
Eby introduces new-look B.C. NDP cabinet in slim, one-seat majority government
Premier David Eby will introduce his new cabinet in British Columbia today after last month's tight election win that gave his New Democrats a slim, one-seat majority. [CP]
Québec solidaire « ne soutient pas et n’a jamais soutenu que l’Assemblée nationale et ses membres sont racistes », a déclaré le parti dans une motion de la direction du parti adoptée dimanche, à l’issue d’un débat à huis clos sur les propos du député Haroun Bouazzi. [La Presse]
Elsewhere
In Brazil for the G20, Trudeau looks ahead to hosting the G
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau iss in Brazil, in between two summits of world leaders. He's just finished the APEC summt of Pacific nation leaders in Peru and wiull join the G20 Summit Monday in Rio. But on Sunday, Trudeau's focus was on a summit of world leaders he will host next year in Kannanaskis, Alberta -- the G7. Global's Chief Political Correspondent David Akin is travelling with the Prime Minister and reports that, as host, Trudeau wants fighting climate change to be one of that summit's top priorities as well as continued support for Ukraine to beat Russia. [Global National]
The Bloomberg news agency, citing sources, has reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is going to present his peace plan concerning Russias war against Ukraine at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. [Ukrainska Pravda]
UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attend. [The Guardian]

World leaders are converging on Brazil to address global poverty, inequality and sustainable development. The G20 comprises 19 of the world's top industrialized and emerging economies, plus the European and African Union. [DW]
Starmer in Rio de Janeiro for G20 summit and is set to become first UK PM to meet Chinese president in six years. Starmer in Rio de Janeiro for G20 summit and is set to become first UK PM to meet Chinese president in six years. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with PM Starmer in RIo Monday at about 2030 local time. Trudeau's itinerary, so far, at least does not include a formal meeting with Xi Jinping though his office said they had a brief exchange over the weekend at the APEC summit in Peru. [The Guardian]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he would create a National Energy Council to establish U.S. "energy dominance" around the world. [Global]

The best response to Trump's mutually incoherent economic policies is for Asian countries to stick together and take collective action, not strike individual deals. [East Asia Forum]
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Science and Tech
Can global warming stay below 1.5 C?
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, most countries agreed to try hard to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Delay and inaction mean that goal is becoming harder to achieve by the day. [NPR]
The Calendar
  • 0800 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau participates in the launch of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
  • 0820 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau participates in the G20 Working Session I.
  • 0900 ET: St John's - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour convention.
  • 0900 ET: NPT - Mental Health Min Ya'ara Saks speaks about the Youth Mental Health Fund
  • 0900 ET: Lima, Peru - PM Trudeau participates in the APEC Leaders’ Retreat
  • 0900 ET: 135B West Block - LPC MP Salma Zahid releases a report on anti-Palestinian racism.
  • 0900 ET: Bécancour, QC - Treasury Board President Anita Anand and Innovation and Industry Min François-Philippe Champagne make a funding announcement.
  • 0930 ET: Thunder Bay, ON - Indigenous Services Min Patty Hajdu makes a funding announcement
  • 0945 ET: St John's - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters.
  • 0945 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba
  • 1100 ET: 430 Wellington - Canadian Heritage (CHPC) | Meeting 138 - Protection of Freedom of Expression
  • 1100 ET: 420 Wellington - Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting 132 - Environment and Climate Impacts Related to the Canadian Financial System
  • 1100 ET: 125-B West Block - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting 128 - Derelict and Abandoned Vessels
  • 1100 ET: 035-B West Block - International Trade (CIIT) | Meeting 126 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 025-B West Block - Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting 114 - Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
  • 1100 ET: 415 Wellington - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting 151 - Report 6, Sustainable Development Technology Canada, of the 2024 Reports 5 to 7 of the Auditor General of Canada
  • 1100 ET: 330 Wellington - the Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting 131 - Breast Cancer Screening for Women Aged 40
  • 1200 ET: St. John's - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh virtually participates in a Future Voters Summit in Brampton, ON
  • 1200 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with Spain PM Pedro Sanchez
  • 1230 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with US President Joe Biden
  • 1300 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with Italy PM Giorgia Meloni
  • 1430 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum
  • 1530 ET: 025-B West Block - Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) | Meeting 115 - Pension Transferability and Access to Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF), and Delays in Permanent Residence and Visas for Hong Kongers
  • 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAN) | Meeting 131 - C-61
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Veterans Affairs (ACVA) | Meeting 115 - Experience of Indigenous Veterans and Black Veterans
  • 1830 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau meets with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
  • 1830 ET: 225-A West Block - Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship (CACN) | Meeting 50 - Drafting report

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