Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said she will hear the address for the first time when it is delivered in the Upper Chamber but she points out that the prime minister has signalled clearly and often that the relationship with aboriginal peoples “is the most important relationship to him and to Canada”.
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The Liberals promise to undertake consultations on electoral reform to ensure this year’s election is the last one conducted under the first-past-the-post system.
The newly elected Liberal government is heralding what it hopes will be a new era of mutual co-operation and respect with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples.
In what is likely meant to be an indirect reference to those promises, the throne speech says only that “the government will continue to work to keep all Canadians safe, while at the same time protecting our cherished rights and freedoms”.
It said it will implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that examined the residential schools saga.
Trudeau promised to make government, Parliament and public data more open.
The pre-Christmas week-long sitting is expected to focus on passing Trudeau’s promised middle-income tax cut and corresponding high-income tax increase.
“We saw no mention of the agricultural sector, no mention of the auto sector, no mention of the energy sector”, said Ambrose.
The Opposition Conservatives, however, are focusing on another election promise.
The government committed during the election to working with provinces and territories on carbon prices and emissions-reduction targets.To date, the Liberals haven’t said what they will be because of the need to consult with provincial and territorial premiers. “If there were 60,000 job losses in southern Ontario right now, it would have been mentioned in this speech from the throne”.
“Canadians have been clear and unambiguous in their desire for real change”, Johnston read from the speech, as Trudeau sat beside him.
Abroad, Canada will “strengthen its relationship with allies, especially with our closest friend and partner, the United States” while rolling out a “leaner, more agile, better- equipped military”, Trudeau’s government’s speech said.
Invest in clean technology and introduce new environmental assessment processes.
The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada’s largest student organization, uniting more than one-half million students across Canada.
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Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s mandate letter instructs her to work with the ministers of health and public safety to “create a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana”.
