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Parliament is not sitting this week. That opens the way for two national parties to hold conventions, which come in an expected election year – gatherings that follow the recent Conservative policy convention.
Federal Liberals begin first, opening their virtual convention on Thursday. It runs until Saturday.
Meanwhile, the New Democrats’ convention runs Friday to Sunday.
Speakers at the NDP convention include several party leaders, one of them a premier. British Columbia’s John Horgan will be addressing delegates at the virtual gathering. Others speakers include Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, and Kate White, leader of the Yukon New Democrats.
The Liberals have released a list of speakers for their virtual convention. Not surprisingly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are included.
Speakers from U.S. Democratic circles include Caitlin Mitchell, senior digital adviser for the Biden-Harris 2020 presidential campaign and Muthoni Wambu Kraal, former national political and organizing director for the Democratic National Committee.
Also, speaking is Mark Carney, who has been seen, at the very least, as a Liberal candidate for a seat, and possibly as a successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Last year, there was confirmation that Mr. Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada (2008 to 2013), and the Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 until last year, had been advising Mr. Trudeau on Canada’s COVID-19 response.
While talking about his new book, Value(s): Building a Better World for All, Mr. Carney, now a vice-chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of ESG and Impact Fund Investing, has been fielding questions on a possible political future. When the issue came up, he told Trevor Cole in Report on Business magazine, “Look, Trevor, you’ll be the first to know. You and everyone else.”
Asked whether Mr. Carney is, at this point, a member of the Liberal party, Braeden Caley, the party’s senior director of communications, said Monday that he could not comment.
“For privacy reasons, as a matter of course, the party does not comment on whether any specific Canadian is registered as a Liberal,” Mr. Caley wrote in an e-mail.
On the issue of how Mr. Carney came to be speaking to the convention – whether he was invited or asked for the opportunity – Mr. Caley wrote that all speakers were invited.
TODAY’S HEADLINES
Canada is being urged to join an informal four-country alliance that is taking on greater significance in the Indo-Pacific amid rising concerns over China’s expanding military and political influence in the region.
More than two million doses of vaccines are set to arrive in Canada this week as the country scrambles to contain the wildfire spread of more contagious variants of the COVID-19 virus.
The loss of life in the pandemic’s first nine months was more widespread than official numbers indicated, with mortality spiking sharply even in provinces that reported relatively low death tolls from the virus, according to newly available national data.
Ottawa has not yet set a target for diversifying its suppliers, nor decided on how to measure progress, three years after pledging to direct more procurement money to companies owned by Indigenous peoples and women.
Canada’s top military procurement official says there are no plans to change directions on the construction of a fleet of new Navy warships despite a recent warning about escalating costs from Parliament’s budget watchdog.
PRIME MINISTER’S DAY
“Personal”, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
LEADERS
No reported events.
Source:- The Globe and Mail
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