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What’s At Stake For Each Party As Possible 2021 Election Looms

OTTAWA — For all the bluster among federal political leaders
about not wanting an election any time soon, the political truth is as
cold as a winter’s wind: the potential for one is a reality in 2021.

For now, political parties say getting through the long dark winter without the health-care system collapsing due to COVID-19 is a priority, as is ensuring vaccines quickly and effectively reach all parts of the country.

But running parallel to that is the ongoing debate over how to cushion the economic blow caused by the pandemic.

December 29, 2020

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Accelerate climate change? Which way?

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Grassy Mountain Coal Project

The federal government lays out plans for coal mines….Benga
Mining Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Riversdale Resources
Limited, is proposing to construct and operate an open-pit metallurgical
coal mine near the Crowsnest Pass, approximately seven kilometres north
of the community of Blairmore, in southwest Alberta. As proposed, the
production capacity of the project would be a maximum of 4.5 million
tonnes of processed coal per year, over a mine-life of about 25 years.

On Dec. 11 they presented their plans for:A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy

As
the Government of Canada continues to protect and support Canadians
through the COVID-19 pandemic, it is also important that the country
look to the future. Canadians want to see a growing middle class where
no one is left behind. They want a future where their kids and grandkids
have access to clean air and water. That future is within reach.
Collectively, Canada needs to accelerate climate action to get there.

Accelerate climate change? Which way?

This entry was posted in General and tagged Climate Change, environment, healthy coal, liberals on December 19, 2020 by Steve.

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Finance Minister Morneau won’t draw red line on how far feds willing to push deficit

Finance Minister Bill Morneau won’t put a dollar limit on how far he’s willing to push the federal deficit.

In an interview with The West Block‘s
Mercedes Stephenson, Morneau was asked about the ballooning deficit
outlined last week in a fiscal update provided by him about the state of
the economy amid concerns about a potential downturn.

That fiscal
update showed the deficit is on track to deepen by billions of dollars,
with the deficit for this fiscal year projected to be $7 billion higher
than Morneau had promised in the budget earlier this past spring: $26.6
billion compared to $19.8 billion.

All the while, the Liberals are promising to keep spending more money.

December 22, 2019

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Trudeau unveils major cabinet changes with Freeland as deputy PM, new ministers for diversity, middle class

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday unveiled major changes to
the federal cabinet that saw Chrystia Freeland promoted to deputy prime
minister and new posts created to promote diversity and the middle class
— with roughly one-quarter of posts going to Quebec MPs.

The new
36-member cabinet has two more positions than before and sees many
familiar faces remaining around the table but in new positions, while
several new members have been brought up to bat.

Most notable is
the shift of Freeland from foreign affairs to the post of deputy prime
minister and minister for intergovernmental affairs, a position that
sets her up to take a key leadership role in what have increasingly been
contentious relations with provinces dominated by Conservative
premiers.

November 20, 2019

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Western alienation, climate change questions loom as Ottawa awaits new Liberal cabinet

Political circles have been rife with speculation for weeks now over who could get which portfolio and what the pending changes will signal about Trudeau’s priorities following an election that exposed deep regional tensions in Western Canada about the region’s ability to develop natural resources and have its voice heard in the halls of power in Ottawa.

At the same time, climate change was a key issue for roughly two-thirds of voters and is set to dominate a new minority Parliament in which the Liberals will likely need to rely on the support of either the NDP or the Bloc Québécois to get most of their legislative agenda through the House of Commons.

November 19, 2019

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