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Ep 247: A hopefully less embarrassing pick
Episode 247
Published 4 years, 8 months ago
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We have a new Governor General, which must mean we're having a federal election.
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Segment 1: Governor General
- Mary Simon named Canada’s 30th Governor General, the first Indigenous person to hold post
- Inuk leader Mary Simon named Canada's 1st Indigenous governor general
- Sources tout Mary Simon as next Governor General
- Julie Payette's comment
Segment 2: Ready for an election
- Federal, BC governments reach deal on child care funding
- B.C. child care to cost $10-a-day on average in 5 years, leaders promise
- Canada announces historic first early learning and child care agreement
- The Government of Canada is taking the first steps in preparing for the procurement process to build a new train service in the Toronto to Quebec City Corridor
- Trudeau pledges $420M to phase out coal at Algoma Steel in campaign-style visit
- 'True partner' for Albertans: Conservative head O'Toole confident in western support
- Jagmeet Singh Opens National Tour in Duncan Slamming Trudeau on Housing Affordability
- Green Party temporarily lays off staff in Leader Annamie Paul’s office
- Green Leader Annamie Paul muted in virtual meeting as she argued against sweeping cuts to party staff
- ‘What are equity-seeking groups?’ Confidential report reveals Greens’ problems supporting diverse candidates in 2019
- Diversity of federal candidates up from 2015 but advocates say more work to be done
- Greens announce shadow cabinet Shadow Cabinet
- Jody Wilson-Raybould announces retirement from federal politics
- Abacus: 2021 is not 2019: Liberals well ahead as Co