Ministers on Alberta Sovereignty Act, Pharmacare Negotiations

Ministers speak with reporters on Parliament Hill as the federal cabinet holds its weekly meeting. Steven Guilbeault (environment) and Randy Boissonnault (employment) are asked about the Alberta government’s decision to invoke its sovereignty act in response to proposed federal clean electricity regulations.

Mark Holland (health) and Karina Gould (government House leader) comment on their government’s negotiations with the NDP on pharmacare legislation.

Pablo Rodriguez (transport), Jean-Yves Duclos (public services and procurement), Ya’ara Saks (mental health), Gary Anandasangaree (Crown-Indigenous relations), Pascale St-Onge (heritage), Jenna Sudds (families), Dominic LeBlanc (public safety), and François-Philippe Champagne (industry) face questions on other issues including federal funding for English-speaking communities in French, military plane procurement, the suicide of a 12-year-old boy in B.C. after an apparent case of online sextortion, and the potential use of temporary foreign workers for the subsidized NextStar electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ontario. (November 28, 2023) (no interpretation)