Today: December 5, 2022

Today: December 5, 2022




In the House

Watch question period: 

Also on the House of Commons order paper:

  • Report-stage and third-reading debate on Bill C-32 – relating to measures in the fall economic statement.
  • Bill S-223 at report stage.

In Committee

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay will face questions from MPs on the Commons veterans affairs committee as part of the estimates process. 11am ET / 8am PT

Also on estimates: Justice Minister David Lametti is at the justice committee (11am ET / 8am PT) while Transport Minister Omar Alghabra goes before the transport committee (3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT).

Officials from the RCMP and various federal departments face questions from the ethics committee on Canada’s access to information system. 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT


WATCH: Trudeau, Ford mark opening of EV manufacturing plant

At a news conference in Ingersoll, Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford highlight mark the opening of Canada's first full scale commercial electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant. They are joined by GM representatives Mary Barra ( chair and CEO), Marissa West (president and managing director, GM Canada) and Mark Royce (president), as well as Vic Fedeli, the provincial minister of economic development, job creation and trade and Lana Payne (national president, Unifor).


WATCH: Big city mayors discuss key priorities for municipalities

Mike Savage, the mayor of Halifax and chair of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’s (FCM) big city mayors’ caucus, and France Bélisle, the mayor of Gatineau, Que., hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss key priorities for Canadian cities. The group is meeting in the national capital as part of the FCM’s annual advocacy days on Parliament Hill.


WATCH: Gull Bay First Nation takes government to court over funding of Indigenous police services

Representatives from Gull Bay First Nation in northern Ontario discuss the legal action being filed against the federal government for its failure to provide equitable funding of First Nation police services, leaving local communities at perpetual safety risk.