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PrimeTime Politics
November 2, 2016
Martin Stringer welcomes NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and MPs to discuss yesterday’s infrastructure promises in the economic update: Matthew Dubé (NDP), Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal), and Dianne Watts (Conservative). Jean-Denis Fréchette, the parliamentary budget officer, discusses the government’s plan to grant his office more independence and power. Peter Harder, the government’s representative in the Senate, looks ahead to an upper chamber where independent members are the largest group. Journalists David Akin (National Post) and Laura Stone (The Globe and Mail) analyze political developments. Also: Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at a parliamentary committee. Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef speaks about electoral reform in Ottawa.