By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED June 3, 2022 3:39pmET
WATCH: Federal ministers, Indigenous women mark first anniversary of MMIWG action plan
Federal ministers held a news conference at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. to mark the one-year anniversary of the release of the government’s action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
Speakers included ministers Marc Miller (Crown–Indigenous relations), Patty Hajdu (Indigenous services), and David Lametti (justice), as well as Hilda Anderson-Pyrz (chair of the National Family and Survivors Circle) and Sylvia Maracle (representative from the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community).
Anderson-Pyrz issued a separate call for accountability on the implementation of the action plan. She highlighted recommendations made by the NFSC regarding the plan, including the establishment of a human rights ombudsperson and tribunal.
Also: In Enoch Cree Nation, Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson discussed the province's response, joined by Rachelle Venne, co-chair of the Alberta Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
WATCH: Federal health officials provide update on COVID-19 and monkeypox
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, and Dr. Howard Njoo, the deputy chief public health officer, discuss the national COVID-19 situation and Canada's 58 confirmed monkeypox cases, mostly in Quebec.
WATCH: Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a news conference in the aftermath of last night's Progressive Conservative election win.
Ford and the provincial Tories will have a majority in the next Legislative Assembly after winning 83 seats and 40.9% of the popular vote.
PrimeTime Politics: McMaster University political science professor Peter Graefe joins CPAC's Martin Stringer to talk about the Ontario provincial election and what it means across Canada
In the House
The budget implementation bill (C-19) returns from committee for report-stage debate. And MPs begin debate on the firearms bill (C-21) introduced this week.
And debate continues on a private member's bill to allow travel expense deductions for tradespersons.
Watch Friday's question period:
In Committee
Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier, deputy commander of NORAD, is among the military and defence officials providing testimony on air force procurement at the Commons government operations committee. 1pm ET / 10am PT
A number of First Nations chiefs appear at the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to discuss Arctic sovereignty, security concerns in the North, and emergency preparedness. 1pm ET / 10am PT
Today in Politics Podcast: Mark Sutcliffe and Joanna Smith
Doug Ford wins a second majority government in Ontario. Former finance minister Bill Morneau warns Canada could pay a big price if the Liberals don’t focus on sustained economic growth. The federal government signs a historic land-claim settlement in Alberta.
