Trudeau Gives Justice Minister Mandate To Legalize
Trudeau is expected to face the first of many questions from key allies, including the Americans, over his decision to withdraw Canada’s six CF-18 fighter jets from the U.S.-led coalition that is bombing militants in Iraq and Syria.
Ambrose said Trudeau would have the full support of the Official Opposition, should he change his mind.
All 30 “mandate letters” were publicly posted on the prime minister’s website as part of Trudeau’s promised “plan for open and transparent government for Canadians”.
The government’s policy promise is especially popular with the youngest (67%), the wealthiest (66%), in Atlantic Canada (75%) and BC (68%), among Liberals (70%) and New Democrats (65%) but not so much among Conservatives (28%). All eyes in the marijuana community are tightly locked on Canada right now, waiting to see what the next move is.
Using interactive voice-response phone calls, surveyed 1,256 people across Canada between last Wednesday and Saturday.
Environmental, health and labor groups expressed hopes at a press conference that the “winds of change” that accompanied Trudeau’s assumption of office would drive him to act favorably on their request.
Canada is an example to other countries, Trudeau says.
Trudeau’s first G20 summit happens to coincide with its most ambitious agenda since its 20 leaders first met during the 2008 recession, when the G20 took over as the main multilateral group to manage the global economy.
It also turned out that the October 19 Canadian election resulted in a dozen Ukrainian Canadian MPs, or one more than the 11 previously reported.
Trudeau’s first formal bilateral meeting takes place at the G20 summit on Sunday with Indonesian President Joko Widodo followed by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
That same order – to rid the workplace of harassment and discrimination – is issued to National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, a Sikh whose own appointment was met by a racist comment within the armed services.
Just before boarding his plane out of Ottawa Friday night, Trudeau said he was taking steps to ensure the security of Canadians was safeguarded.
“All Canadian children deserve a real and fair chance to succeed, and all Canadians should be able to live with dignity”, Trudeau said in his letter to Duclos, who will be the minister in charge of developing a national strategy to reduce poverty.
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast GuardA former MLA and speaker of the Nunavut legislative assembly, Tootoo held several cabinet positions in the territory and has extensive government administration experience.
“I don’t think that Canada has a combat role to play there”. They certainly need it. And look: We know we’re not flawless down here, but if it turns out that anybody up there needs our assistance in setting new climate targets-or in reevaluating the specious merits of filthy tar-sands oil, for that matter-well, you know where to find us.
The fact Trudeau was so firm about this does not mean it was an easy process.