Home Partner News Media Releases Mainstream News Opportunities Multimedia Events Dec 18, 2023 What’s happening on and off the Hill today, plus the news you need to start your day. With the winter parliamentary hiatus now underway, several Team Trudeau front benchers are set to take advantage of the temporary break from facing their cross-aisle critics to hit the pre-holiday hustings —and, in all but one instance, on their respective home turf. Later this morning, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu and her fellow Northern Ontario Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski will join Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff for a mid-morning reveal on the ongoing push to “prevent gun crime and gang violence” throughout the region. (10 a.m.) Moving west, Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal teams up with newly installed Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham, NFI Group CEO Paul Soubry and other local and provincial representatives at the local headquarters of net-zero bus manufacturer Motor Coach Industries to outline what the advisory is billing as “a long-term commitment to a better way of working collaboratively,” as well as “new federal support for an initiative aimed at meeting the growing demand for green technology in the transportation industry.” (11:30 a.m. MT) Read More: https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/team-trudeau-front-benchers-hit-the-hustings-in-northern-ontario-winnipeg-and-edmonton
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