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This just in: House is back on Monday, Jan. 30

MONDAY, JAN. 30 House Resumes Sitting—The House resumes sitting on Monday, Jan. 30, and will sit for three straight weeks (Jan. 30-Feb. 17). It will break on Friday, Feb. 17, and will return on Monday, March 6. It will sit for one week and will adjourn on Friday, March 10. It will return on Monday, […]

Health care, inflation, cost of living top issues in this House session: pollsters, pundits

The themes raised during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s three-day cabinet huddle in Hamilton, Ont., on Jan. 23-25 provide a good glimpse of where the federal government is headed on policy and legislation when Parliament returns to business on Jan. 30. The cabinet discussed “ways to continue supporting people by creating good middle-class jobs, investing in […]

Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard picked as new PSG liaison

Plus, local businesses in downtown Ottawa south of Parliament Hill band together to launch new entertainment district ‘SoPa,’ and Sarain Fox to be keynote speaker at Carleton University’s SOAR Student Leadership Conference.

Ambassador Kovaliv talks Canada-Ukraine ties at Jan. 25 event

MONDAY, JAN. 23—WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 Cabinet Retreat—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his cabinet ministers, and their chiefs of staff will attend a cabinet retreat from Jan. 23-25, in Hamilton, Ont. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 House Not Sitting—The House has adjourned for the Christmas break and is scheduled to sit 26 weeks in 2023. It will resume sitting […]