By Andrew Thomson | UPDATED September 27, 2022 2:29pmET
Fiona Recovery: PM Visits Atlantic Canada, Ministers Briefing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. and Sydney, N.S. to meet affected residents, with a brief scrum in the former community.
Speaking briefly with reporters in Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island, where he is meeting with residents affected by Hurricane Fiona, PM Justin Trudeau responded to a question about possible federal funding for infrastructure repairs and climate mitigation.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/NodPcSuy8Y
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Watch the full news conference in Stanley Bridge:
Meanwhile, a numbers of ministers updated reporters in Ottawa:
Watch Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King:
Watch the latest Nova Scotia update:
Watch P.E.I. provincial ministers:
Watch Monday's emergency House of Commons debate:
In the House
Watch question period:
It's the first opposition day of the fall sitting. And Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has this motion on notice:
That, in the opinion of the House, given that the government's tax increases on gas, home heating and, indirectly, groceries, will fuel inflation, and that the Parliamentary Budget Officer reported the carbon tax costs 60% of households more than they get back, the government must eliminate its plan to triple the carbon tax.
The federal benchmark for carbon pricing, which includes a fuel charge and output-based price for large industry, is slated to rise $15 per tonne of CO2 each year from 2023 ($65) to 2030 ($170).
MPs also return to a private member's bill (C-252) that would ban food and beverage marketing directed at children under 13 years of age.
The NDP, meanwhile, wants the Commons agriculture committee to investigate corporate grocery chain profits and the effect on inflation and affordability
Here's NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaking with reporters on Parliament Hill:
In Committee
Former CRTC commissioner and news media executive Peter Menzies provides testimony on Bill C-18 at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Also on the witness list: Canadaland publisher Jesse Brown, APTN CEO Monika Ille, Digital Content Next CEO Jason Kint, The Tyee publisher Jeanette Ageson, and the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association. 11am ET / 8am PT
Also:
Maj. Gen. Paul Prévost (Strategic Joint Staff) and Brig. Gen. Josh J. Major (commander of 4th Canadian Division) testify at the defence committee on domestic operational deployments. 11am ET / 8am PT
The official languages committee hears testimony on Bill C-11 from the English Language Arts Network Quebec, Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec, Association francophone pour le savoir, and the Société de la francophonie manitobaine. 11am ET / 8am PT
The immigration committee hears from the Catholic Refugee Sponsors Council, Toronto Business Development Centre, and other groups on application backlogs and processing times. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT
Federal officials brief the fisheries committee on North Atlantic right whales. 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
And the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying hears more testimony. 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
