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Nov 19 2024

Supporting Cotler. G20 focus. CBC critics.

Nov 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 condemn alleged Iranian plot to assassinate ex-minister Irwin Cotler
MPs unanimously supported a motion saluting Cotler's human rights and political work and condemning what it termed death threats orchestrated by agents of a foreign regime. [Global]
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) is changing the hours you can cross the border at dozens of crossings between Canada and the United States, starting next year. [Global
Parents who are expecting child benefit payments via mail will still get their cheques delivered on Wednesday, Canada Post and the Canada Revenue Agency has said. [Global
From the Provinces

Manitoba's government is set to lay out its plans in a throne speech today, marking a new session at the legislature. Premier Wab Kinew has said his NDP government would continue to prioritize many areas his party campaigned on. [CJME]
Aurora
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Elsewhere
Ukraine war a key focus of Trudeau at G20 talks
G20 leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are meeting in Brazil. The Brazilian hosts want to tackle sustainability and poverty. But many leaders say the war in Ukraine should be the group's top priority. Global's Chief Political Correspondent David Akin is in Rio De Janeiro and reports that there appears to be no consensus among G20 leaders even to talk about the war -- let alone consider new plans to bring the war to an end. [Global National]

The right-leaning government says a bill - or a proposed law reform - would allow political and constitutional questions raised by the Treaty of Waitangi to be decided by lawmakers instead of the courts. However, some insist the measure would damage the rights of Indigenous Maori. [VoA]
The Constitution sets a two-term limit for presidents. Still, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea that he might like to stay in the White House beyond his next term. [NYT 🎁 ]
Media
Why conservatives despise the CBC, why they can’t wait to tear it to shreds, and why they have a point
Harrison Lowman: ... word on the Ottawa streets is that Conservative leader, and likely next prime minister, Pierre Poilievre, has finished crafting his plan for the CBC. This week, I was told by a well-placed Conservative that Poilievre intends to eliminate all funding for the English arm of the broadcaster. And that he’ll do it in his first 100 days in office. [The Hub]

Decentralized social network Mastodon is also seeing some uplift from the X "exodus," founder Eugen Rochko shared on the platform. [Tech Crunch]
The Calendar
  • 0700 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau speaks to reporters.
  • 0800 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau participates in a G20 working session
  • 1000 ET: 135B West Block - Amnesty International speaks about the war in Gaza
  • 1030 ET: 135B West Block - Canadian Doctors for Medicare speak about federal health care policy.
  • 1100 ET: 420 Wellington - Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) | Meeting 127 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 025-B West Block - Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) | Meeting 153 - Indigenous Procurement. Indigenous Services Min Patty Hajdu testifies
  • 1100 ET: 430 Wellington - Health (HESA) | Meeting 139 - C-368
  • 1100 ET: 035-B West Block - Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) | Meeting 136 - FY25 Supp Bs and Briefing on Ministerial Priorities and Mandates. Labour Min Steven MacKinnon testifying.
  • 1100 ET: 225-A West Block - Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) | Meeting 133 - Question of Privilege Related to Cyber Attacks Targeting Members of Parliament
  • 1345 ET: Brampton, ON - GPC MP Elizabeth May speaks at the Future Voters Summit
  • 1400 ET: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - PM Trudeau departs for Ottawa.
  • 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting 140 - Privacy Breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting 119 - Railways: Issues and Opportunities for Canadian Agriculture
  • 1530 ET: 025-B West Block - Finance (FINA) | Meeting 165 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 225-A West Block - National Defence (NDDN) | Meeting 126 - Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Contaminated Sites
  • 1530 ET: 430 Wellington - Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting 109 - The Mission, Mandate, Role, Structure and Financing of the New Capstone Research Funding Organization Announced in Budget 2024
  • 1530 ET: 125-B West Block - Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) | Meeting 138 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 420 Wellington - Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Foreign Affairs and International Development (SDIR) | Meeting 61 - Transnational Repression in Developing Democracies
  • 2359 ET: Ottawa - PM Trudeau arrives at Macdonald-Cartier International airport
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