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The House of Commons has adjourned until Sept. 15, and MPs are set to return to their ridings for the summer.
In today’s sitting, the Commons passed legislation on internal trade and national projects that was central to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s agenda.
Part of Bill C-5 eliminates federal barriers to interprovincial trade and another part, which has drawn criticism from Indigenous and environmental advocates, is intended to fast-track approvals for large infrastructure projects deemed in the national interest.
The bill is now headed to the Senate, which is scheduled to sit until June 27.
During a news conference at the Commons, Carney said he will make it a priority to engage with Canada’s Indigenous community on issues raised by the legislation.
He committed to full-day summits, starting with a July 17 meeting with First Nations rights-holders, followed by meetings with Inuit leadership in late July and Métis leadership soon thereafter.
Today’s events capped a four-week session that began a month after Carney led the Liberals, in the April 28 election, to their fourth consecutive win.
Although the Commons will fall silent, Carney still has a busy agenda ahead.
On Sunday, he leaves for Brussels and The Hague for meetings of the Canada-European Union summit and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is joined by members of his cabinet and caucus as he speaks at a news conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons, on Friday.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
What else is going on
Conservatives to gather in Calgary next January: Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his Ottawa-area seat in the election to a rookie Liberal, will face a vote on his leadership during the Jan. 29- 31 convention at the Telus Centre.
Algoma CEO says Ottawa’s new foreign steel import quotas fall far short of what is needed during trade war: Michael Garcia says that while the import quotas Carney announced this week are “a good first step,” much more needs to be done to tackle what has become a systemic problem for the Canadian steel industry.
Yukon is getting a new premier: Businessman Mike Pemberton has been named the new leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and will be the territory’s next Premier, succeeding Premier Ranj Pillai.
Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull: The owners of Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., have been fighting an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to cull their flock after it was hit with an avian flu outbreak last year.
Ontario pivots to European defence market with car industry under threat: Victor Fedeli, Ontario’s Economic Development Minister, is ramping up his visits to Europe to try to tap into a defence-spending bonanza as Ontario’s auto industry comes under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
On our radar
Prime Minister’s Day: Mark Carney hosted a virtual first ministers meeting and was scheduled to hold a news conference with Mandy Gull-Masty, the Indigenous Services minister, and caucus members.
Party Leaders: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is in the Nova Scotia village of Chester to deliver a keynote address to the annual general meeting of the Friends of Nature conservation society, and was also going to virtually attend Parliament. No schedules released for other party leaders.
Quote of the Day:
“This is what will make us more independent from the United States. This is what’s going to move us forward, all coming together in a broad range of nation-building projects. This bill unlocks that.” – Carney, during a news conference at the Commons, on Bill C-5.
Question period
Yukon is soon to have a new premier, but how many premiers has the territory had?
Scroll to the bottom of this newsletter for the answer.
Perspectives
In his new riding, Pierre Poilievre will be stuck between a rock and a separatist place
Essentially, Battle River-Crowfoot is a working-class riding, where the majority of the people look like each other and earn their living using their hands. It’s the type of riding where Mr. Poilievre’s campaign slogan of “boots not suits” likely wouldn’t have offended tens of thousands of his own constituents.
— Robyn Urback, Columnist
Mark Carney is walking a high-stakes foreign-policy tightrope between Canada’s values and interests
Mark Carney leads the first Canadian government in decades to have been elected almost entirely on the basis of a foreign-policy agenda. And the last weeks have been dominated by his urgent efforts to turn that agenda into reality. But which foreign policy?
— Doug Saunders, Columnist
Criminals use dirty money to buy real estate and other assets - so provinces should take them back
Criminals are using ill-gotten gains to purchase houses, cars, gold bars and other assets with near impunity by exploiting gaps in Canada’s patchwork of provincial and territorial laws.
— Rita Trichur, Columnist
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The answer to today’s question:
Ten premiers since the Yukon Legislative Assembly was created in 1978. Mike Pemberton will become the 11th when he is sworn in. The territory has never had a native-born premier.