By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED June 23, 2022 3:47pmET
In the House
Today was the final scheduled sitting day before the House of Commons rises for a 12-week summer break.
The motion to extend hybrid House of Commons sittings through June 2023 passed 177 to 144 after the government moved closure this morning.
Read the full motion:
Watch question period:
Also on Thursday's order paper:
- Second-reading votes on the firearms bill (C-21)
- More debate on a cryptoasset bill from Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner
WATCH: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Rwanda
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced additional Canadian funding to combat global food insecurity -- but faced questions on allegations his office and former public safety minister Bill Blair interfered in the RCMP's investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting.
Trudeau said there was no "undue" influence or pressure:
“We did not put any undue influence or pressure. It is extremely important to highlight that it is only the RCMP—it is only police—that determine what & when to release information,” says PM Trudeau in Kigali when asked about alleged interference in N.S. shooting probe.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/PwaWeoBvat
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) June 23, 2022
At a news conference in Kigali, Rwanda, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada will provide the UN World Food Programme with an additional $250 million to counter the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/b1kG2lez4x
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) June 23, 2022
Watch the full news conference in Kigali, where Trudeau is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
WATCH: Conservative MPs on committee review of medical assistance in dying
On Parliament Hill, three Conservative MPs (Michael Barrett, Michael Cooper and Dominique Vien) serving on the special committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) discuss the interim report of the committee and the dissenting report from their party.
WATCH: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters in Ottawa
"Their goal was to overthrow the democratically elected Parliament and that's not something that we should be supporting," NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says of reports that a group of Conservative MPs met with "Freedom Convoy" organizers yesterday in Ottawa.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/xNHTZvEjUn
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) June 23, 2022
Here's the full news conference:
WATCH: MPs and human rights activists call for repatriation of Canadians detained in Syria
NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson and Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May join human rights activists in calling for the repatriation of 44 Canadian citizens detained in northeast Syria. Moazzam Begg, a former prisoner of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, also takes part in the event.
Today in Politics Podcast: Mark Sutcliffe and John Ivison
Inflation rises to its highest level in almost 40 years; Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would ensure every dollar of new spending is met with a cut to something else; And the Prime Minister says long line-ups at passport offices are unacceptable.
