parliament returns
Justin Trudeau’s fall agenda: Big files and economic worries
Sure there’s climate change, a health deal, First Nations issues—but don’t forget trade, innovation and infrastructure
Government to unfreeze MP wages, compensate for pension changes
To lessen the pain of new, strict changes to Members of Parliament’s pension plans, the government has lifted the freeze on MP salaries, Global News reports.
Patent protection emerges as contentious issue in Canada-EU trade talks
Officials from the European Union are travelling to Ottawa for what is scheduled to be the penultimate session in their long-running trade talks road show — the final is set for Brussels in October — intended to finally close at year’s end.
In which ITQ turns out to be right (for once)
I’ve been predicting a November 17th-or-18thish return for Parliament since before the election – and as fate would have it, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Hurray! (Don’t tell any MPs this, but I’ve kind of been missing them.)