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Mar 19 2024

Palestine vote. Wildfire air. Japan hike: The Roundup

Mar 19, 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Clippings of #cdnpoli, #media, and #tech content aimed at those with an interest in Canadian politics and policy. And sometimes Canadian postage stamps.
Canada
MPs approve softened Israel-Gaza motion as Liberals dodge vote to recognize Palestine
The societal fissures forming around the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip played out Monday in the House of Commons as an NDP motion to recognize Palestine as a state was turned on its head before the final vote. [CP]
Canada's federal budget is likely to allocate billions of dollars for investing in building homes and low-cost housing programs, Housing Minister Sean Fraser said on Monday. [Global]
The economic concerns of new arrivals are a grievance increasingly shared by the Canadian public more broadly. [National Post]
A new report finds that last year's unprecedented wildfire season made Canada's air quality up to three times worse than the World Health Organization's recommended safe levels. As climate change sets the conditions for even longer and stronger wildfire seasons, experts say taking precautions is critical to our health. [CBC]
 Canada and Germany signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday for the future sale of hydrogen produced from proposed projects in Atlantic Canada. [CP]

Former pastor and federal candidate hoping to run for Conservatives in Abbotsford-South Langley. [Abbotsford News]
Coun. Steve Lehman wants to represent the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) in the riding of London West. Lehman has represented Ward 8 on city council since 2018. [CTV]
Former Vernon city councillor looking for Conservative Party of Canada support ahead of 2025 federal election. [Salmon Arm Observer]
‘Motivated by service’: Trudeau, MPs pay tribute to Mulroney
As final preparations get underway for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, MPs paid tribute to one of Canada's most successful politicians in the House of Commons. Mackenzie Gray has the tributes from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and others. [Global National]
From the Provinces

According to the latest Angus Reid Institute poll on voter intention, it appears Premier David Eby’s party has a sizable lead ahead of Kevin Falcon’s B.C. United and John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives, as well as the benefit of being the incumbent party. The NDP remain the party of choice for most voters when it comes to tackling key issues in B.C., despite most respondents saying they don’t feel the provincial government has met expectations when it comes to improving on the cost of living and health care access. [Vancouver Sun]
Saskatchewan and Ottawa announced Monday a deal to infuse $560 million into the province’s health system, which they say will help shorten wait times and create better access. [CP]

Former postal worker and Prairie Spirit School Division trustee Trina Miller will represent the NDP in Batoche during the next provincial election. [Prince Albert Daily Herald]
The Manitoba government and Winnipeg City Hall expressed optimism Monday that there won't be fuel shortages, despite the temporary closure of a pipeline that carries gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the capital city and the surrounding area. [CP]
Finance Minister Ernie Steeves will deliver his sixth budget on Tuesday and says it won't include any splashy, election-style spending commitments. [Global]
Elsewhere
Bank of Japan scraps radical policy, makes first rate hike in 17 years
The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and remnants of its unorthodox policy, making a historic shift away from its focus on reflating growth with decades of monetary stimulus. [Reuters]

The development of unmanned systems, or drones, is key to give Kyiv an advantage over "a numerically superior" Russian forces, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said late on Monday. [Reuters]
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Media
Dhalia Lathwick "... there’s a brand-new berating in town that goes something like this: “Hey. Why doesn’t anyone write about Y?” With Y, in this instance, being some topic upon which many, many people have expounded, in many, many places, but that they have not personally been exposed to, and thus have come to believe doesn’t exist. For a while I would patiently make this point, noting the number of journalists and investigative reporters and also TV and radio pundits who have published pathbreaking work on this issue." [Slate]
The Calendar
  • 0800 ET: 135B West Block -  The National Council of Canadian Muslims speaks to reporters.
  • 0930 ET: Sir John A Macdonald 100 - PM Trudeau , House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus and Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné attend a silent greeting of the funeral cortege of the Rt Hon Brian Mulroney.
  • 0930 ET: 135B West Block - NDP MP Leah Gazan speaks about her Red Dress Alert study.
  • 0930 ET: HoC foyer - BQ MP Maxime Blanchette-Joncas speaks to reporters.
  • 1000 ET: Sir John A Macdonald 100 -  The Lying-in-State for the Rt Hon Brian Mulroney begins.
  • 1010 ET: 035-B West Block - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting  108 - 2024 Reports 2 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada
  • 1030 ET: National Press Theatre -  Innu Nation, the Nunatsiavut Government and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami speak about Indigenous identity issues.
  • 1100 ET: 135-B West Block -  Union leaders speak about BCE workforce reductions.
  • 1100 ET: 410 Wellington - Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting  108 - Decision of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
  • 1100 ET: 330 Wellington - Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting  95 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 125-B West Block - Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) | Meeting  109 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 415 Wellington - Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting  77 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 225-A West Block - Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) | Meeting  105 - Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities
  • 1100 ET: 315 Wellington - Finance (FINA) | Meeting  132 - Bill C-59
  • 1100 ET: 425 Wellington - the Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting  100 - Red Dress Alert
  • 1245 ET: HoC foyer - Defence Min Bill Blair announces new military assistance for Ukraine.
  • 1300 ET: National Press Theatre - Indigenous Services Min Patty Hajdu , Public Safety Min Dominic LeBlanc and Transport Min Pablo Rodriguez respond to new Auditor General reports.
  • 1530 ET: West Block - PM Trudeau meets with his cabinet.
  • 1530 ET: 425 Wellington - Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting  100 - FY24 Supp Cs: Environment Min Steven Guilbeault to testify.
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting  102 - Drafting report | Preventing violence during the elver fishing season
  • 1530 ET: 315 Wellington - International Trade (CIIT) | Meeting  97 - The CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management system (CARM)
  • 1530 ET: 225-A West Bock - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting  109 - Report 1, ArriveCAN, of the 2024 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada
  • 1530 ET: 125-B West Block - Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Foreign Affairs and International Development (SDIR) | Meeting  47 - Drafting report
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