If you work in the public service, brace
yourselves – the government is expected to start releasing details about job
cuts today.
Because some people care about this, Justin
Trudeau beat Senator Patrick Brazeau with a TKO at Saturday’s charity boxing
match. (Video here). John Geddes of Maclean’s
writes quite eloquently about it here.
The government is expected to chop some
280,000 would-be immigrants from the backlog, and refund their fees.
Over in the Alberta provincial election, a
PC staffer tweeted comments about Wildrose leader Danielle Smith’s fertility,
prompting Smith to put out a release to discuss her infertility . It’s
loathsome campaigning, and a sad reminder in a province where these kinds of
attitudes about a woman’s worth being based on her fertility are still far too
prevalent.
New Brunswick potato farmer Henk Tepper is back in Canada after a year in a jail cell in Beirut. This is thanks in large
part to the efforts of Liberal senator Pierrette Ringuette, who was a tireless
advocate for Tepper’s case, while Diane Ablonczy and her staff are trying to
dispute this.
And here’s a recounting of Craig Scott’s
first day in the House. Hint: it wasn’t all hugs and smiles.
PS – Whereas I indicated on Friday that the
House wasn’t sitting this week, I was mistaken. It is sitting until Thursdsay
this week, and the following two weeks will be constituency weeks.
A reminder that Hill Queeries is now only
for the daily political round-up. For QP recaps and other blogging goodness, go
to Routine Proceedings.
