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For less than the second time since he grew to become federal Conservative Chief in September, Pierre Poilievre held a information convention on Parliament Hill on Wednesday.
Taking questions on points together with a Financial institution of Canada improve in the important thing rate of interest – story right here – and phrase of an RCMP tools contract with an organization linked to China’s authorities – story right here – Mr. Poilievre held his first such scrum in additional than 80 days.
Mr. Poilievre stopped at a media microphone to take the questions earlier than going to Query Interval.
Celebration leaders, together with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, usually reply questions from members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery on events that embrace their arrival at caucus conferences or Query Interval or at scheduled information conferences on Parliament Hill. Mr. Trudeau additionally often takes a number of questions earlier than the weekly cupboard assembly.
Nonetheless, Mr. Poilievre has stated he thinks the press gallery biased.
He made his views clear to the True North web site final week. “There are some good reporters who’re within the press gallery however for essentially the most half there’s a particular bias in favour of simply defending the federal government and regurgitating its speaking factors, and I don’t must validate that,” he stated in an interview.
It remained unclear Wednesday whether or not Mr. Poilievre’s scrum was a one-off or the beginning of a brand new strategy to coping with the media.
The Parliamentary Press Gallery consists of 302 members from 48 home and worldwide companies and shops. Mr. Poilievre commonly answered questions from reporters in Ottawa in his earlier place as finance critic.
Earlier than Wednesday, the final time the Conservative Chief took questions from Parliament Hill journalists was on Sept. 13, days after he received the management and simply after an alternate through which World Information reporter David Akin heckled the brand new chief over his refusal to speak. (Mr. Akin later apologized.)
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
NEW B.C. CABINET – British Columbia Premier David Eby has upended his cupboard, bringing in new faces from the backbench and changing senior cupboard ministers, together with finance minister Selina Robinson. Story right here.
VISA ISSUES KEEP DELEGATES OUT OF COP15 – The COP15 convention on biodiversity loss is below manner in Montreal, however a whole bunch of delegates from growing nations are lacking out due to visa points that would stem from the United Nations issuing late accreditations. Story right here.
‘STOP WHINING’ : FORD TO MAYORS – The mayor of Mississauga and different municipal leaders who’ve voiced opposition to a brand new provincial housing regulation must “get on board” and “cease whining,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford stated Wednesday in an unprompted burst of criticism. Story right here.
RAE IN HAITI – Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, on Wednesday started an in-person push for negotiations on Haiti, working to dislodge a political deadlock there. Story right here.
FIRST NATIONS CRITICIZE LEGISLATION – First Nations chiefs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for his or her provinces to toss proposed laws they are saying is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous rights. Story right here.
BLACK-RINGED TOONIE ON THE WAY – The Royal Canadian Mint is issuing a brand new black-ringed toonie to honour Queen Elizabeth II. Story right here.
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT POLICE SEARCH FOR MISSING WINNIPEG WOMEN – A Mohawk official tasked with serving to Indigenous communities examine unmarked graves says the refusal by Winnipeg police to seek for the stays of lacking ladies whose our bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Story right here.
NO COMPENSATION FOR KREMLIN-BASED NEWS OUTLETS UNDER PLANNED BILL – Kremlin-backed information shops reminiscent of RT and Sputnik shall be barred from being compensated by tech giants below Ottawa’s on-line information invoice, after an modification by the Liberals, who additionally acted Tuesday to underpin the longer term eligibility of the CBC for funds from Google and Fb. Story right here.
THIS AND THAT
TODAY IN THE COMMONS – Projected Order of Enterprise on the Home of Commons, Dec. 7, accessible right here.
FREELAND IN OTTAWA – Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Ottawa, held personal conferences, was scheduled to attend the nationwide Liberal caucus assembly and was to fulfill with the board of administrators of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. On Wednesday night, Ms. Freeland was scheduled to seem on the standing Senate committee on nationwide finance to debate Invoice C-32, the Fall Financial Assertion Implementation Act, 2022. The occasion, which begins at 6:45 p.m. ET shall be streamed right here.
MINISTERS ON THE ROAD – Psychological Well being and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett, in Vancouver, introduced funding to advertise psychological well being in postpartum ladies and their households inside newcomer and immigrant communities. Well being Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, in Quebec, made a $47-million funding announcement for a community for wholesome getting older. He additionally visited a dental clinic to debate the Canada Dental Profit. Worldwide Improvement Minister Harjit Sajjan arrived within the United Arab Emirates to start a tour in that nation and Kuwait by way of to Dec. 12.
PRIME MINISTER’S DAY
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Montreal, made an announcement on supporting Indigenous-led conservation and held a media availability with Surroundings Minister Steven Guilbeault. Mr. Trudeau, accompanied by Overseas Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly additionally held a bilateral assembly with the United Nations Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres. The Prime Minister was additionally scheduled to take part in a dialogue with members of the Surroundings and Local weather Change Youth Council.
LEADERS
Bloc Québécois Chief Yves-François Blanchet held a media scrum on the Home of Commons, simply earlier than Query Interval. He additionally attended Query Interval.
NDP Chief Jagmeet Singh, in Ottawa, attended the NDP caucus assembly, met with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, held a media availability earlier than Query Interval, and attended Query Interval. He additionally spoke on the Equal Voice Gala Reception.
No schedules launched for different social gathering leaders.
THE DECIBEL
On Wednesday’s version of The Globe and Mail podcast, Globe and Mail meals reporter Ann Hui breaks down what we realized in regards to the confluence of things which are making grocery payments so hefty. The Decibel is right here.
PUBLIC OPINION
Quebec Premier François Legault and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe prime the listing of in style premiers, based on the brand new measure by the Angus Reid Institute obtainable right here.
OPINION
The Globe and Mail Editorial Board on how euthanasia with out actual psychological well being care is an ethical failure, and it needs to be funded now: ”As Canada strikes inexorably towards permitting folks affected by psychological sickness to entry medical help in dying, an uncomfortable fact is changing into obvious: this nation is on the verge of offering publicly funded euthanasia for folks affected by ailments for which there’s little publicly funded care. That is unconscionable.”
John Ibbitson (The Globe and Mail) on a demographic apocalypse that lies behind Chinese language protests: ”The Chinese language authorities will most likely be capable to include the protests over COVID-19 restrictions. Beijing will most likely be capable to include the protests that come after that, which can be about COVID-19 or one thing else. However what in regards to the protests after that? And those after that? People who find themselves pushing again towards extreme restrictions by an authoritarian regime are additionally reacting to a slow-moving demographic apocalypse, although lots of them won’t realize it.”
Tanya Talaga (The Globe and Mail) on how genocide just isn’t in Canada’s previous, however remains to be occurring to today: ”Three years after the discharge of the ultimate report of the Nationwide Inquiry into Murdered and Lacking Indigenous Ladies and Ladies (MMIWG), it’s disgusting that we nonetheless should disgrace authorities to go looking a landfill web site the place they imagine the our bodies of three Indigenous ladies are buried. However Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth advised reporters that he thinks these our bodies are situated someplace in a metropolis landfill – and that it might not be “possible” to seek for them. There isn’t a possible clarification for this. Mr. Smyth’s refusal to even strive is unforgivable.”
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