Good Thursday morning, In today’s Politics This Morning: MPs meet in Montenegro. New data on employment and business conditions.
group looks ahead to the Montreal summit. The UN plastic waste summit continues in Ottawa today, sprucing up what is otherwise a relatively anemic political calendar for the day—at least in the capital. Parliament is adjourned for the week, and no parliamentary committees are scheduled to meet today. Ministers have fanned out across the country, either to take care of business in their constituencies or plug parts of the budget.
association meets Two other parliamentary groups are active today. The Canada- Parliamentary Association will convene virtually for its annual general meeting today. No fewer than 191 MPs and Senators are signed up as members of the group; Liberal MP JULIE DZEROWICZ is the chair. Dzerowicz told Politics This Morning yesterday that she is aiming to be re-elected as chair of the group at the meeting today, and was at that point unopposed.
will likely have a new secretary general by then—incumbent JENS STOLTENBERG has said he plans to step down—and Montreal may be the newcomer’s debut summit. The summit will take place just weeks after the U.S. election, and will no doubt be one to watch. Godin, Samson in Montenegro A pair of MPs are in Montenegro today for a meeting of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie’s Parliamentary Affairs Committee.