Canada
What Canada’s chief of defence staff says keeps her up at night
Gen. Jennie Carignan said she's prioritizing recruitment and Arctic security as Canada faces increasing pressure to step up its military spending and readiness.
Canada’s defence spending timeline ‘an eternity’ for U.S., senator warns
Canada has said it will hit the NATO defence spending benchmark in 2032, but U.S. senators James Risch and Jeanne Shaheen say the U.S. can't wait that long.
Rebuilding Trust: Transparency and Accountability in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces
The 15th Report of the house of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence.
Timmins-area NDPs name next federal candidate
With veteran politician Charlie Angus retiring, the local NDPs have selected who will carry the party banner in the next federal election. Nicole Fortier-Levesque has been elected as the candidate for the upcoming election.
The Provinces
Nova Scotia PCs headed for landslide win bucking anti-incumbency trend.
PCs lead by 20-points over the NDP among all committed voters but that lead grows to 24-points among those who have already voted and tell us they are most motivated to vote. Tim Houston’s PCs are at 48% followed by Claudia Chender’s NDP at 28% with Zach Churchill’s Liberal Party at 22%. Since the start of the campaign, the PC vote share is up 3 points, the NDP share is up 2 points, while the Liberal vote share is down 3.
Nova Scotia early voting data
Election day is tomorrow, Tuesday, and while Nova Scotians can still cast a ballot today at their local returning office, the bulk of early voting opportunities ended on Saturday. Overall: About 123,000 early ballots were cast. By comparison, in 2021 a total of about 420,000 ballots were cast in early voting + on election day. Early voting numbers compared to 2021 -- a pandemic election -- are down 13 per but up 49 per cent versus 2017. -DA
Saskatchewan Party government to outline priorities in throne speech
Moe says his government plans to start working on affordability issues, including a promise to reduce personal income tax rates. The provincial government also plans to address problems in education, health care and community safety.
Elsewhere
Namibia to vote in toughest election yet for ruling party
If SWAPO candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wins, she will become the country's first female president. A SWAPO loss would mean the first transition of power to a new party since Namibia gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
A New Era of Partnerships: Canada's Engagement with Africa
The 28th Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Uruguay election: Left-wing opposition candidate wins tight presidential race
Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.
Media
Our democracy needs a different model for journalism
Jennifer Rubin: Informed voters are increasingly an endangered species. ProPublica’s nonprofit model could help save them. {🎁 link)
Tech giants’ intimidation and subversion tactics to evade regulation in Canada and globally
The 13th Report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
The Calendar
- 0900 ET: 135B West Block - NGOs speak to reporters about immigration policy.
- 1000 ET: 135B West Block - Representatives from the London Abused Women's Centre speak to reporters.
- 1100 ET: 135B West Block - Representatives from the Center for Young Black Professionals speak to reporters.
- 1100 ET: Winnipeg - PrairiesCAN Min Dan Vandal makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
- 1100 ET: 430 Wellington - Canadian Heritage (CHPC) | Meeting 140 - Further consideration of the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
- 1100 ET: 420 Wellington - Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting 134 - Drafting report
- 1100 ET: 125-B West Block - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting 130 - Review of the Fisheries Act
- 1100 ET: 035-B West Block - International Trade (CIIT) | Meeting 128 - Canadian Women and International Trade Selected Considerations
- 1100 ET: 415 Wellington - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting 153 - 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 133 - Gender-based Violence and Femicides against Women, Girls and Gender-Diverse People
- 1200 ET: 025-B West Block - Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting 115 - Committee Business
- 1300 ET: Whitehorse - LPC MP Brendan Hanley makes a funding announcement
- 1300 ET: NPT - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland , Public Services Min Jean-Yves Duclos and Small Business Min Rechie Valdez speak about Budget 2024.
- 1345 ET: HoC Foyer - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters.
- 1530 ET: 125-B West Block - Canadian Heritage (CHPC) | Meeting 141 - Protection of Freedom of Expression
- 1530 ET: 035-B West Block - Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) | Meeting 117 - Briefing on the 2024 Annual report to Parliament on Immigration: Immigration Min Mark Miller testifies.
- 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAN) | Meeting 133 - C-61
- 1530 ET: 330 Wellington - Industry and Technology (INDU) | Meeting 147 - Order of the House Referring Back the Twentieth Report of the Committee entitled “Potential Anti-Competitive Behaviour in Canada’s E-Transfer Ecosystem”
- 1530 ET: 430 Wellington - Justice and Human Rights (JUST) | Meeting 123 - S-13: Justice Min Arif Virani testifies.
- 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Veterans Affairs (ACVA) | Meeting 117 - Experience of Indigenous Veterans and Black Veterans
- 1630 ET: 430 Wellington - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh 12 - Committee Business
- 1730 ET: West Block - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland chairs a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations.
- 1800 ET: Whitehorse - LPC MP Brendan Hanley makes a funding announcement.
- 1830 ET: 225-A West Block - Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship (CACN) | Meeting 51 - Drafting report
- Montreal - PM Trudeau speaks to the 70th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Montreal - PM Trudeau meets with the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk
