By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED June 2, 2022 4:12pmET
In the House
Watch question period:
The government has re-introduced legislation this morning to create the Canada Disability Benefit.
A similar bill was tabled in June 2021 but went no further before the last Parliament was dissolved. The 2021 Liberal platform pledged to re-introduce legislation to create a direct monthly payment for low-income Canadians with disabilities between the age of 18 and 64.
Meanwhile, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has tabled a private member's bill to forbid the federal government or federally-regulated sectors from making COVID-19 vaccination a "condition of employment."
Bill C-278 would also forbid federal vaccination requirements for air, train, or boat travel.
Also on Thursday's agenda: MPs debate the very rules and procedure that govern their proceedings in the House of Commons.
Standing Order 51(1) mandates the House to "take note of the Standing Orders and procedure of the House and its committees" between the 60th and 90th sitting days of each Parliament.
And debate continues on a Conservative private member's bill to "provide an exemption from capital gains tax in respect of certain arm’s length dispositions resulting from the donation of real estate or private corporation shares to charities."
In Committee
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez faces questions on Bill C-11 at the Commons heritage committee. 4:30pm ET / 1:30pm PT
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair goes before the Standing Committee on Public Safety to discuss Russia's security threat to Canada. 11am ET / 8am PT
Auditor General Karen Hogan discusses her new reports with members of the public accounts committee. 11am ET / 8am PT
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen faces questions on the Housing Accelerator Fund when he appears at the human resources committee. Romy Bowers, president and CEO of the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, also testifies. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly, who resigned during this past winter's "convoy" occupation, testifies at the procedure committee about security arrangements around the parliamentary precinct. 11am ET / 8am PT
Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien appears at the ethics committee as part of the estimates process. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
Meanwhile, the Senate foreign affairs committee hears from Yuliia Kovaliv (Ukraine's ambassador-designate to Canada), Andrii Bukvych (Ukraine's chargé d'affaires in Canada), and Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleksandr Merezhko (chair of the Verkhovna Rada's foreign policy committee). 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT
WATCH: PM News Conference, Land Claim Signing Ceremony In Siksika, Alberta
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Siksika Nation Nioksskaistamik (Chief) Ouray Crowfoot take part in a signing ceremony in Siksika, Alta. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller is among the other attendees at the ceremony.
Members of the Siksika Nation voted last December to accept a one-time settlement payment of $1.3 billion from the federal government over a wrongful land surrender of 115,000 acres from their reserve dating back to 1910.
WATCH: Bank of Canada signals key interest rate could pass 3%
The Bank of Canada could increase its benchmark interest rate beyond 3% to try and tame inflation, according to deputy governor Paul Beaudry.
Watch Beaudry take questions from reporters after addressing the Gatineau Chamber of Commerce. (no interpretation)
WATCH: Joly, Baltic Foreign Ministers Speak in Quebec City
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly holds a joint news conference at the Citadelle in Quebec City with her Baltic counterparts Eva-Maria Liimets (Estonia), Gabrielius Landsbergis (Lithuania) and Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica (Latvian parliamentary secretary).
The Baltic ministers are visiting Canada to discuss the global effort to support Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion and other key issues including energy, food security and transatlantic collaboration on security and defence.
WATCH: Senators urge action on resettlement of Afghans in Canada
Senators Salma Ataullahjan, Marty Deacon, Mobina Jaffer, Marilou McPhedran, and Ratna Omidvar draw attention to problems with the processing of applications from Afghans seeking to resettle in Canada. They are joined by Naheed Farid, a former member of the Afghanistan parliament.
Today in Politics Podcast: Mark Sutcliffe and John Ivison
It’s election day in Ontario and Doug Ford appears to be headed for another majority government. The Bank of Canada hikes its key interest rate for the second time in a row. And the travel and tourism sector calls for an end to COVID-19 border measures.
