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There are big things happening in Canadian conservative politics: Mad Max is on the scene. That would be Quebec member of parliament Maxime Bernier, who recently parted ways with Canada's Conservative Party over his more restrictionist views on immigration and his more libertarian position on ongoing trade disputes with the United States.
A couple of days ago, he delivered a heartfelt apology to members of the LGBTQ community for the decades-long persecution of sexual minorities by their own government. During his 20-minute speech, he took out Kleenex to dab away his tears.
On July 3, word of a 10.5 million dollar federal settlement with Omar Khadr reached the media. The settlement was greeted with heated debate along political lines.
U.S. President Donald Trump has already pushed through an astonishing portion of his campaign platform without needing a hint of Congressional approval. And with more orders to come, Trump opponents are suddenly dusting off their law books to see just how much executive power he has to play with.
President Barack Obama's outgoing envoy to Canada has some guidance for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in dealing with the new Trump administration: Don't assume anything. "If I was going to give one piece of advice," U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman said in an interview with Bloomberg, it would be that "whenever you are working on a relationship that's new, don't presume that the other party really understands all the history and background as to where you are."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to China on Monday, adding to the long list of countries he has visited since winning last year's federal election. Yet there's one place closer to home that Trudeau hasn't set foot in since forming a government: Canada's far north.
Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper is escorted into the House of Commons by M.P.s Art Hanger and John Reynolds to take his seat May 21, 2002. Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper speaks at the annual Ahmadiyya Muslim convention in Toronto, June 26, 2005.
Clean energy and climate policy will be a dominant theme when the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico convene June 29 in Ottawa, a senior government official said Monday. But because Barack Obama's days in office are numbered, Canada isn't pursing any major initiatives beyond climate change for reinvigorating the complicated three-way relationship at the summit, said Kevin Thompson, executive director for North America policy and relations at Global Affairs Canada.