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Sep 30 2023

Totem feast. Defence cuts. Regulating podcasts. The Roundup

Sep 30, 2023
David Akin's Roundup
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I'm on my way to Winnipeg this morning to assist colleagues there in coverage of the final weekend of the Manitoba provincial election. It will be historic one way or the other: Heather Stefanson will be the first woman to lead a party to a general election in the province's history or Wab Kinew will become the first First Nations person to become a provincial premier in all of Canada. - DA
Canada
Return of Nisga’a memorial totem pole to be celebrated with ceremony and feast
The pole was carved in 1860 in memory of a Nisga'a chief, and was taken from the nation in 1929, without the nation's consent and later sold to the National Museum of Scotland. [Global]

When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about what his party's relationship with Indigenous Peoples would look like should he become prime minister, it's often about "economic reconciliation," or the idea that Indigenous Peoples should be included in all aspects of the economy without barriers. [CP]
Canada’s top solider says he is 'wrestling' with the fact Ottawa has asked the Department of National Defence to cut roughly $1 billion from its budget. [Global]
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there will be no special treatment for Alberta when it comes to new regulations to make electricity cleaner. [TorStar]
From the provinces
Manitoba New Democrats are promising to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province next year if they win Tuesday's election. [TorStar]
The Calgary Chamber of Commerce says it has some concerns about a proposed Alberta pension plan after the province released its proposal last week. [Global]
LaGrange has come under fire since the post surfaced earlier this month. It depicts children waving Pride flags below a photo of children waving Nazi flags, with the caption “brainwashing is brainwashing.” [Edmonton Journal]
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The Calendar
  • 1000 ET: Kitchener, ON - GPC MP Mike Morrice participates in a rally for child victims of the residential school system.
  • 1230 ET: Terrace, BC - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Taylor Bachrach participate in the Walk with the You Are Somebody Conference.
  • 1300 ET - Northern SK - PM Trudeau marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 
  • 1345 ET: Williams Lake, BC - GPC MP Elizabeth May speaks at an Orange Shirt Day event.
  • 1400 ET: Terrace, BC - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Taylor Bachrach vist a farmers market.
  • 2000 ET: Terrace, BC - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and NDP MP Taylor Bachrach attend the Haisla Nation Feast
.The office of the leader of the Official Opposition does not provide a daily itinerary of Pierre Poilievre's activities.
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