LIBERALS' PRESENCE IN
PARLIAMENT IS REDUCED TO A
MINORITY, WITH REGIONAL
DIVISIONS ALL TOO OBVIOUS.
AFTER BEING ALL BUT RUN
OUT OF PARTS OF WESTERN
CANADA, A PICTURE EMERGES
OF A COUNTRY DIVIDED.
BETWEEN RED AND BLUE
STRONGHOLDS WITH SLICES OF
ORANGE IN BETWEEN.
NOW JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S
PRIORITIES WILL BECOME
CLEAR, LAYING OUT THE
FUTURE OF HIS GOVERNMENT
AND OF THIS COUNTRY.
THE ENVIRONMENTALIST, THE
ECONOMY, KEEPING
COMMUNITIES SAFE,
RECONCILIATION WITH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THE STAKES ARE HIGH.
AS TRUDEAU ATTEMPTS TO
LEAD HIS FIRST MINORITY
GOVERNMENT, THE LIBERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT HAS
TO LISTEN.
THE QUESTION NOW: WILL IT?
THIS IS THE SPEECH FROM
THE THRONE.
♪♪♪
>> YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT
THE SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING.
THE RED CARPET ROLLED OUT
FOR THE BEGINNING OF THIS
43rd SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT.
THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE, WHICH OFFICIALLY
BEGINS THIS SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT AND THIS
GOVERNMENT'S WORK.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, OF COURSE,
WITH HIS SECOND MANDATE
NOW, BUT THIS TIME A
MINORITY GOVERNMENT, WHERE
HE WILL BE FORCED TO WORK
WITH DIFFERENT PARTIES IN
ORDER TO GET HIS AGENDA
PASSED.
HELLO, I'M ROSEMARY BARTON
HERE IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL IN OTTAWA.
JUST OUTSIDE THAT SENATE
OF CANADA BUILDING.
IT IS A LITTLE CHILLY
TODAY, BUT WE LIKED THE
WAY IT LOOKED.
SO HERE WE ARE, JUST STEPS
AWAY FROM WHERE THE THRONE
SPEECH WILL HAPPEN, AND
NOT TOO FAR FROM
PARLIAMENT, WHERE THEY
WILL MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN
TO THE READING OF THE
THRONE SPEECH, AND ALL OF
THAT GETS UNDER WAY IN 90
MINUTES' TIME.
AND HELPING ME WITH OUR
COVERAGE, THE HOST OF
"POWER AND POLITICS,"
VASSY KAPELOS, AND ERIN
WEARY, GOOD TO SEE YOU
BOTH.
>> HI.
>> THRONE SPEECHES
GENERALLY PRETTY BROAD,
BUT THEY DO GIVE US SOME
HINTS, I GUESS, OF HOW THE
NEXT NUMBER OF MONTHS WILL
PLAY OUT.
VASSY?
>> THEY WILL GIVE US SOME
HINTS OF WHAT THE
PRIORITIES FOR THE
GOVERNMENT WILL BE.
I'M WATCHING TO SEE THE
WAY IN WHICH THE PRIME
MINISTER -- HE IS NOT
GIVING THE SPEECH, BUT HE
AND HIS OFFICE WROTE IT.
AND THE WAY HE AND HIS
OFFICES ADDRESSES WHAT IS
EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE
ELECTION, AND THAT'S THE
UNITY OR LACK THEREOF.
I'M WANT TO SEE WHAT KIND
OF LANGUAGE IS USED TO
ADDRESS THAT, AND WHAT THE
BY-PRODUCT IS OF ALL OF
THE MEETINGS, AND HOW THAT
KIND OF PLAYS INTO TODAY.
>> AND WE'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THE STRATEGY THAT
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS
TAKEN OVER THE 45 DAYS
SINCE THE ELECTION WAS
HELD.
ERIC?
>> I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW
THIS GOVERNMENT FRAMES THE
CHALLENGES OF DEALING WITH
THE OTHER PARTIES, HOW IT
WANTS TO SORT OF WALK THE
BALANCE OF FINDING COMMON
GROUND, BUT CONCEIVABLY
PUTTING FORWARD A MANDATE
AND AN AGENDA, AND WHAT
EMPHASIS THEY GIVE TO
CERTAIN TOPICS.
IF YOU GO BACK TO FOUR
YEARS AGO, THE MIDDLE
CLASS WAS FRONT AND
CENTRE, THAT WAS THE
CAMPAIGN AND THE FIRST
TOPIC OF THE THRONE
SPEECH.
IS THAT WHERE THEY BUILD
THE BACKBONE OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT, OR HAS THE
TONE OR ISSUE SPECTRUM
CHANGED TO SOME DEGREE?
>> AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT
WORD THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS
TAX CUT IS THE FIRST THING
ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT
WEEK, WHEN BUSINESS REALLY
GETS STARTED.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW
THIS IS GOING TO UNFOLD
BECAUSE THAT ARE A LOT OF
SYMBOLS AND MOMENTS AND
CEREMONIES THROUGHOUT THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, ALL
OF IT STEEPED IN HISTORY,
PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY, AND
THE WAY THIS COUNTRY
OPERATES.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
WHAT TO EXPECT, TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS.
♪♪♪
>> UNTIL THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL DELIVERS
THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE, NO BUSINESS CAN BE
CONDUCTED BY EITHER THE
SENATE OR THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
AND LIKE MANY
PARLIAMENTARY RITUALS
DATING BACK TO
CONFEDERATIONS, THIS
CEREMONY IS STEEP WITH
TRADITIONS.
IT STARTS WITH OFFICIALLY
THE QUEEN'S MESSAGER IN
PARLIAMENT.
HE TRAVELS FROM THE SENATE
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
WITH A MESSAGE FROM THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, KNOCKING
THREE TIMES ON THE
COMMON'S DOOR WITH HIS
BLACK ROD, A GOLD-TIPPED
EBONY CANE, HE SUMMONS THE
M.P.s TO THE SENATE TO
LISTEN TO THE THRONE
SPEECH.
THE USHER THEN MARCHES
BACK TO THE RED CHAMBER
WITH A PARADE OF M.P.s
BEHIND HIM.
BUT TODAY THIS POMP AND
PAGEANTRY IS A LITTLE MORE
COMPLICATED.
HISTORICALLY, ALL OF THAT
BETWEEN THE COMMONS AND
THE SENATE WOULD HAPPEN IN
THE SAME BUILDING AT
OPPOSITE ENDS OF CENTRE
BLOCK.
BUT LAST YEAR IT IS SHUT
DOWN FOR AT LEAST A DECADE
OF RENOVATIONS.
NOW THE TWO CHAMBERS ARE
HOUSED IN SEPARATE
BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE CONFEDERATION,
ROUGHLY 700 METRES APART.
TODAY A CARAVAN OF SHUTTLE
BUSES WILL CARRY THE
M.P.s BETWEEN THE
TEMPORARY HOUSE OF COMMONS
DOWN THREE CITY BLOCKS,
ACROSS A BUSY STREET, TO
THE NEW SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING IN WHAT WAS
ORIGINALLY OTTAWA'S
CENTRAL TRAIN STATION.
>> THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE
OF WHAT TO EXPECT AND OF
WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE OUR
THREE PARLIAMENTARY
REPORTERS ARE POSITIONED
AS WELL BECAUSE THIS IS
GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY FROM
ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER.
LET'S START WITH HANNAH
THIBADEAU, AND SHE IS
OUTSIDE THE SENATE OF
CANADA BUILDING, THE PLACE
WHERE MOST OF THE
V.I.P.s WILL ARRIVE
SHORTLY.
>> HEY, ROSIE, I'M IN THE
COLD BEHIND THE SENATE.
TRADITIONALLY ALL OF
FORMER PRIME MINISTERS,
ALSO FORMER
GOVERNOR-GENERALS ARE
INVITED TO THE THRONE
STREET.
WE HAVE SEEN FORMER
GENERAL MICHAELLE JEAN
ARRIVE, AND WE'VE HEARD
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF
PREMIERS HERE AS WELL.
THEY'RE NORTHERN PREMIERS.
THE PREMIER OF THE YUKON,
SANDY SILVER, AND CARLIN 
CARLOLYNNE COCHRANE.
SO WE'LL WATCH TO SEE WHO
ELSE IS COMING THROUGH
HERE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE
STAFF, IT IS EXPECTED
WE'LL SEE HIM ARRIVE AS
WELL, AND THE HEAD OF THE
RCMP.
AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
PEOPLE YOU'LL SEE COME
THROUGH HERE AS WE WAIT
FOR THE THRONE SPEECH TO
BE READ, ROSIE.
>> THANKS FOR THAT,
HANNAH.
THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE
ALL OF THE VERY IMPORTANT
PEOPLE DO TRY TO GET AN
INVITE TO.
AND SALIMAH SHIVJI IS
INSIDE THE SENATE OF
CANADA BUILDING, WHICH AS
I SAID IN THAT LITTLE
PIECE, THIS USED TO BE THE
OLD TRAIN STATION, AND IT
WAS RENOVATED IN ORDER TO
PUT THE SENATE INSIDE, AND
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING.
AND YOU'LL BE SEEING
PEOPLE GOING DOWN THAT RED
CARPET BEHIND YOU?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE
DIGNITARIES WILL BE COMING
IN BEHIND ME.
THIS IS A NEW SITUATION.
THE M.P.s WILL HAVE TO
BE WALKING OR SHUTTLED
OVER IN A DIFFERENT WAY,
INSTEAD OF JUST WALKING
INSIDE AS THEY HAVE DONE
IN THE PAST.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF A
DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT HERE,
A BIT OF ANTICIPATION
SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE'RE DOING IT IN
TIME THIS NEW BUILDING,
INTRAFIRST TIME THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JULIE
PAYETTE, WILL BE GIVING
THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE.
AND WE'VE SEEN SOME
M.P.s AND MINISTERS
ENTER THIS SENATE BUILDING
HERE.
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
MINISTER CATHERINE MCKENNA
WALKED IN A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
AND MOST PEOPLE TRYING TO
FOCUS ON WHAT THEY WILL
HEAR IN THIS SPEECH,
BASICALLY THE IDEAS OF
FINDING COMMON GROUND AS
WE'RE IN A MINORITY
PARLIAMENT.
WE'RE HEARING THAT FROM
SOME OF THE M.P.s
ALREADY SORT OF TRICKLING
IN AS THE ANTICIPATION
BUILDS FOR THIS THRONE
SPEECH THAT SHOULD START
IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.
>> OKAY.
THANKS, WE'LL CHECK BACK
WITH YOU THROUGH THE NEXT
90 MINUTES OR SO.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS INSIDE.
NOT EVEN ALL OF THE
M.P.s WILL GET INSIDE.
BUT DAVID COCHRANE IS OVER
IN WEST BLOCK, NEAR THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO CHECK
OUT OR TALK TO PEOPLE AS
THEY COME AND GO, AND TALK
TO HIM ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
WAITING TO HEAR.
>> PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN
TODAY FOR SOME BIG
SURPRISES, THEN THEY'LL BE
VERY DISAPPOINTED.
I WAS SPEAKING TO A SENIOR
LIBERAL ABOUT WHAT TO
EXPECT.
AND I SAID, THERE WILL BE
ANY NEWS?
AND THEY SAID, IF BY NEW,
YOU MEAN ANYTHING NEW,
THEN THE ANSWER IS NO.
THEY PLAN TO GOVERN
ACCORDINGLY, TO SEND A
MESSAGE IN A HUNG
PARLIAMENT, IN A MINORITY
SITUATION, THEY'RE GOING
TO REACH ACROSS THE ISLAND
AND FIND A WAY TO WORK
WITH THE OTHER OPPOSITION
PARTIES, THE PATH FORWARD
THE LIBERALS BELIEVE IS
WITH A PROGRESSIVE POLICY
AGENDA, AND THEY THINK
THERE IS A MAJORITY
CONSENSUS OR ACTION ON
THINGS LIKE ON THE FIGHT
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE,
RECONCILIATION, AND THINGS
LIKE GUN CONTROL TO MAKE
COMMUNITIES SAFER.
THESE ARE ISSUES THAT
WE'VE HEARD THE LIBERALS
SPEAK ABOUT MANY TIMES.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE.
WHAT COULD CHANGE TODAY
AND GOING FORWARD TODAY,
ROSIE, IS THE TONE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
NO NEWS, BUT PLEASE DON'T
TURN US OFF.
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW,
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET
THE SENSE OF WHERE THIS
GOVERNMENT IS HEADED AND
HOW IT PLANS TO
COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF
THE OTHER PROGRESSIVE
PARTIES, THAT IT THINKS IT
CAN MAKE SOME DEALS AROUND
SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT
DAVID COCHRAN TALKED
ABOUT.
THIS IS THE FIRST MINORITY
GOVERNMENT FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
TO REMIND OF THE THINGS
MINORITY GOVERNMENTS CAN
ACCOMPLISH, WE PUT
TOGETHER A LITTLE TAPE
THAT WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE SUCCESSES THAT
MINORITY PARLIAMENTS,
MINORITY GOVERNMENTS, HAVE
MANAGED TO COME UP WITH,
BECAUSE BIG THINGS HAVE
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE.
MR. PEARSON'S LIBERALS
SWUNG FROM MAJORITY AND
MISSED TWICE IN A ROW IN
1963 AND 1965.
AND YET THE UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE AND THE CANADA
PENSION PLAN AND THE
CANADA LOANS PROGRAMME,
AND THE FLAG, AND BUILDING
ON PREVIOUS WORK BY JOHN
DIEFENBAKER'S
CONSERVATIVES.
AND THEY INTRODUCED THE
WORLD'S FIRST RACE-FREE
>> LIKE HIS SON, TRUDEAU
THE SENIOR FOUND HIMSELF
HUMBLED IN 1972, AFTER
ALIENATING MANY VOTERS.
BUT HIS MINORITY
GOVERNMENT DID HAVE SOME
WINS AT THE TIME.
THEY CREATED PETRO-CANADA
TO HELP MITIGATE THE PAIN
OF THE OIL CRISIS.
IT ALSO AMENDED THE
ELECTIONS ACT TO KEEP
BETTER TRACK OF DONATIONS
AND TO LIMIT SPENDING TO
KEEP THINGS MORE FAIR.
WELCOME BACK HERE IN
OTTAWA, JUST SOUGHT SIDE
 --OUTSIDE THE SENATE OF
CANADA BUILDING.
WE'RE ABOUT 30 MINUTES
AWAY FROM THE ARRIVAL OF
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL,
JULIE PAYETTE, AND IT IS
HER FIRST THRONE SPEECH,
AND SHE IS THE QUEEN'S
REPRESENTATIVE, AND SHE IS
THE PERSON THAT READS THE
THRONE SPEECH ON BEHALF OF
THE GOVERNMENT, THOUGH SHE
HASN'T WRITTEN IT, BUT SHE
WILL READ IT.
IT GETS PARLIAMENT GOING
AFTER AN ELECTION, AND IN
THIS CASE, ABOUT A MONTH
AND A HALF SINCE THE
ELECTION OR SO.
I BELIEVE SALIMAH SHIVJI
IS INSIDE, AND I'M
OUTSIDE, BUT, ANYWAY,
SALIMAH SHIVJI IS INSIDE.
>> AND I'M STANDING WITH
MICHAEL BARRETT, ONTARIO
CONSERVATIVE M.P.
THE LIBERALS WERE SHUT OUT
IN ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN.
WHAT ARE YOU AND SOME
OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR
PARTY NEEDING TO HEAR TO
HELP SORT OF ALLAY
FRUSTRATIONS?
>> CANADIANS, AFTER JUST
FOUR YEARS, PUT JUSTIN
TRUDEAU AND HIS GOVERNMENT
ON NOTICE THAT WHAT THEY
SAW IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS
IS NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE
GOING TO TOLERATE IN THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS.
SO WITH PERSONAL
BANKRUPTCIES AT AN
ALL-TIME HIGH, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED A TAX RELIEF.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY
HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
AND ALSO WITH ALL OF THE
LITANY OF SCANDALS THAT
CAME OUT OF THE PAST FOUR
YEARS, WE'RE EXPECTING
STRONGER ACCOUNTABILITY
MEASURES FROM THIS
GOVERNMENT IN THE THRONE
SPEECH, AND THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: THE
MINORITY SITUATION, I
THINK CANADIANS EXPECT ALL
PARTIES TO WORK TOGETHER
TO GET STUFF DONE.
HOW WILL YOUR PARTY TAKE
THAT INTO ACCOUNT?
>> THIS PARLIAMENT IS
GOING TO LAST EXACTLY AS
LONG AS THE PRIME MINISTER
WANTS IT TO.
IF HE IS WILLING TO PUT
FORWARD LEGISLATION THAT
THE OPPOSITION LEADERS
HAVE IDENTIFIED TO HIM AS
PRIORITIES, WE RECEIVED A
VERY STRONG MANDATE FROM
CANADIANS TO HOLD THIS
GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT AND
TO GET THOSE THINGS, LIKE
BROAD-BASED TAX RELIEF FOR
HARD-WORKING CANADIANS.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
FIGHTING AGAINST THE
CARBON TAX.
WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR IT
DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE
ENVIRONMENT, AND IT ONLY
HURTS PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY
IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, LIKE
MY RIDING.
WE'RE GOING TO PRESS THE
GOVERNMENT FOR THAT, LOOK
FOR REAL ACTION, AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
EXPECTING FROM THIS THRONE
SPEECH AND FOR THE
DURATION OF THIS
PARLIAMENT.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
THERE IS A FOCUS FROM THE
CONSERVATIVES ON THE
FEDERAL CARBON TAX, AND WE
KNOW THERE WILL BE AN
EMPHASIS ON FIGHTING
CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH WE
HEARD FROM THE LIBERALS
DURING THE ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
>> THANK YOU FOR SNAGGING
THE CONSERVATIVE M.P. IN
THIS CASE.
WE'LL TRY TO GET OTHER
PEOPLE AS THEY'RE COME ING
COMINGIN AND ARRIVE FOR THIS
THRONE SPEECH.
I GUESS THE CONSERVATIVES
WILL BE HAPPY ON MONDAY TO
SEE THAT MIDDLE CLASS TAX
CUT, WHICH ENDED UP BEING
VERY MUCH LIKE A SIMILAR
ONE TO WHAT THEY PRESENTED
DURING THE ELECTION.
THEY MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH
OTHER PARTS OF THIS
SPEECH.
BUT THAT IS SORT OF HOW
THIS IS GOING TO WORK WHEN
YOU'RE IN A MINORITY
GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE SOME BONES TO
THROW TO ONE TEAM AND SOME
BONES TO THROW TO ANOTHER
TEAM.
>> I BELIEVE YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE BIGGEST SIGNAL THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR IS TAX RELIEF
FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS,
THEY'RE GOING TO FIND IT.
THE MINORITY GOVERNMENT
SAID THAT WILL BE THE
FIRST THING THAT THEY WILL
DO.
THE WAY THEY POSITIONED
THEMSELVES IN ADVANCE OF
THIS THRONE SPEECH, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW IN A
MINORITY CONTEXT WHERE THE
PARTIES STAND IS PRETTY
IMPORTANT.
THE N.D.P. HAS BEEN THE
MOST SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT
THEY WANT TO SEE, WHAT
THEY HAVE TO SEE IN THIS
THRONE SPEECH.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD
FROM CONSERVATIVES, ABOUT
WHAT THEY NEEDED TO HEAR,
AND THEY HAVEN'T SAID
BEYOND THAT WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN STRONG
SIGNALS EXCEPT FROM THE
N.D.P.
>> AND THE DETAILED
DEMANDS FROM THE N.D.P.
HAVE BEEN SORT OF, I WOULD
SUGGEST, ODD FOR A PARTY
THAT DID NOT DO
PARTICULARLY WELL DURING
THE ELECTION, AND IS
REALLY NOT IN A POSITION
TO HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S
JUST POSTURING AND I
SHOULD EXPECT THAT FROM
THEM --
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD
EXPECT POSTURING.
LOOK, THERE IS GOING TO BE
EVERY MINORITY
PARLIAMENT -- THEY CAN BE
VERY PRODUCTIVE, BUT EVEN
THE PRODUCTIVE ONES ARE
FULL OF POSTURING AND
SABER RATTLING AND THREATS
AND DEMANDS.
AND EITHER PEOPLE DON'T --
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
PARTIES HAVE TO DECIDE
WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO TO
AN ELECTION OR NOT.
THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF
THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN
THIS CASE IS THAT THE
LIBERALS DON'T NEED ONE OR
THE OTHER.
THEY DON'T NEED JUST ONE
PARTY.
THEY CAN SORT OF BARGAIN
AMONGST THE THREE OF THEM.
THERE IS ENOUGH POINTS OF
COMMONALITY BETWEEN THE
LIBERAL PLATFORM AND THE
N.D.P. PLATFORM OR EVEN
THE BLOC PLATFORM FOR THAT
MATTER, THEY SHOULD FIND
ROOM TO DEAL.
THERE COULD BE OVER TAX
CUTS OR NAFTA, BUT FOR THE
MOST PART IT IS GOING TO
BE A GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON
TRYING TO APPEASE THE BLOC
AND THE N.D.P.
>> AND THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE PARTIES DEALING WITH
THEIR OWN STUFF, FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD, THE
CONSERVATIVES IN
PARTICULAR, THAT ALSO
MEANS THAT THE SABER
RATTLING THAT SORT OF
HEIGHTENS AS YOU GET
TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE OF
MINORITY PARLIAMENT, ABOUT
24 MONTHS, THAT STUFF,
TOO, ISN'T PROBABLY TOP OF
THEIR LIST.
MAYBE CRITICISM, BUT NOT
IN ANYTHING THAT IS IN ANY
REAL SENSE.
>> I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR
THE CONSERVATIVES THOUGH,
NOT NECESSARILY SABER
RATTLING, BUT THEY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO
CAPITALIZE ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE,
RATHER THAN JUST FACE
QUESTION AFTER QUESTION
AFTER QUESTION ABOUT THE
LEADERSHIP OF THEIR PARTY.
I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS
ARE WHY WE BARELY HEARD
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS
SESSION FROM THEM OR WHAT
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON TODAY
FOR THE THRONE SPEECH.
THEY HAVE BEEN CONSUMED
FOR VERY PUBLIC CALLS FOR
ANDREW SCHEER TO STEP DOWN
NOW BEFORE THEIR
CONVENTION IN APRIL.
SO THEY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY NOW, TOO.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY GOOD
NEWS FOR THEM.
IF THERE IS A LITTLE MEAT
ON THE BONE IT GIVES THEM
SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK
ABOUT.
LOTS MORE AHEAD, INCLUDING
AT ISSUE, AND ANDREW AND
CHANTELLE ARE STANDING BY
TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT
THEY'RE EXPECTING FROM THE
THRONE SPEECH, AND THEN
THEY'LL BE ON "THE
NATIONAL" LATER AS WELL.
WE DUG ALL THE WAY BACK
AND FOUND THE FIRST THRONE
SPEECH, BACK IN 1949, 70
YEARS AGO.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> LIBERALS, PROGRESSIVE
CONSERVATIVE AND SOCIAL
SENATORS FROM EVERY CORNER
OF CANADA ARE GATHERING TO
CONSIDER THE NATION'S
BUSINESS, YOUR BUSINESS.
THIS IS YOUR PARLIAMENT.
PROMPTLY AT 3:00, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL ARRIVES.
HE HAS COME TO OPEN THE
SESSION OF PARLIAMENT,
WHICH HE, AS THE KING'S
REPRESENTATIVE IN CANADA,
HAS SUMMONED.
>> MR. SPEAKER, HIS
EXCELLENCY, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THIS
HONOURABLE HOUSE IN THE
CHAMBER OF THE HONOURABLE
SENATE.
>> AND SO, HAVING BEEN
DULY SUMMONED, THE
HONOURABLE MEMBERS RISE
AND PROCEED TO THEIR
APPOINTED PLACE.
ALL ASSEMBLED TO HEAR THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH.
>> YOU WILL BE ASKED TODAY
TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.
>> AND THEN IT IS OVER.
THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMONS
RETURN TO THEIR OWN
CHAMBERS WHILE
PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS
RUSH TO TELEGRAPH THE NEW
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME TO
L
PAULMARTIN'S BIG IDEAS WERE
HAMPERED, BUT HE PRODUCED
THE LEGALIZATION OF
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, AND THE
GAS TRANSFER TAX, WHICH
PROVIDED BILLIONS IN
FUNDING TO THE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES TO SPEND
ON MUNICIPALITIES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
SENATE OF CANADA BUILDING,
AND IT IS LOCATED JUST
ACROSS FROM THE FAIRMOUNT
HOTEL.
AND JUST DOWN THE STREET
FROM PARLIAMENT HILL,
WHERE THE WEST BLOCK IS,
OF COURSE, THE HOME OF THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND
THIS, THE OLD TRAIN
STATION HERE IN OTTAWA,
HOME TO THE SENATE, A
TEMPORARY HOME, AS CENTRE
BLOCK GETS RENOVATED FOR
THE NEXT DECADE OR SO.
WE'RE ARE STANDING BY FOR
THE ARRIVAL OF CANADA'S
GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN ABOUT
10 MINUTES, JULIE PAYETTE
WILL BE ARRIVING TO THIS
BUILDING BEHIND MY, AND
SHE WILL DELIVER CANADA'S
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE ON
BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE QUEEN, TO GET THE
43rd SESSION OF
PARLIAMENT UNDER WAY.
AS SUCH, THERE WILL BE
LOTS OF V.I.P.s
ARRIVING, ELECTED MEMBERS,
THERE ARE MORE THAN 90 NEW
MEMBERS, WHO WILL WANT TO
SEE THIS IN PERSON BECAUSE
IT IS SORT OF A COOL
MOMENT, AS WELL AS THE
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN IT,
EITHER, SO THEY'LL WANT TO
BE IN THERE, AS WELL.
AND THE SENATORS,
THEMSELVES, OF COURSE,
INSIDE THE RED CHAMBER.
SALIMAH SHIVJI IS INSIDE
THAT BUILDING AND HAS A
GUEST WITH HER NOW.
>> Reporter: I'M
STANDING WILL TAYLOR
BACKRAC, WHO IS A NEW
N.D.P., TAKING OVER NATH
CULLEN'S OLD RIDING.
YOU WANTED TO BE HERE FOR
THIS COOL MOMENT.
THE FIRST TIME YOU'LL
WITNESS A THRONE SPEECH IN
PERSON.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE
ARE ANY PREPARATIONS
SPECIFICALLY THAT I DID,
BUT I WANTED TO BE DOWN
HERE.
I THINK YOU ONLY GET TO
EXPERIENCE THIS FOR THE
FIRST TIME ONCE.
I WANTED TO TAKE IT ALL IN
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT
MEANS AND GET READY TO
RESPOND TO IT.
>> Reporter: WHAT
SPECIFICALLY -- OBVIOUSLY
YOUR PARTY HAS LAID OUT
YOUR PRIORITIES, WHAT THE
N.D.P. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR,
AND WHAT WILL YOU BE
LOOKING FOR?
>> THERE ARE SO MANY
THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING
FOR IN THE THRONE SPEECH.
A COUPLE OF THEM I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
ON THEIR BEHALF, ONE SA
REALLY CONCERTED APPROACH
TO CLIMATE ACTION,
TACKLING THE CLIMATE
CRISIS, AND WE NEED TO SEE
SOME MEASURABLE PROGRAMMES
ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY COMPENSATING
THE CHILDREN AND THE
FAMILIES THAT WERE SO
AFFECTED BY THE RECENT
SITUATION AROUND THE HUMAN
RIGHTS TRIBUNAL RULING.
AND THE THIRD THING IS
PHARMACARE.
A PUBLIC PHARMACARE
PROGRAMME FOR ALL
CANADIANS.
THOSE ARE THREE THINGS
I'LL BE LOOKING FOR, AND
WE'LL SEE IF THEY'RE IN
THE SPEECH.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: THERE YOU
GO, SOME OF THE PRIORITIES
THAT THE N.D.P. HAS LAID
OUT ALREADY TO HEAR IN
THIS SPEECH.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE
DID HEAR ON THE ELECTION
CAMPAIGN TRAIL FROM THE
LIBERALS AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
I JUST LOVE A NEW M.P.
WHEN THEY'RE EXCITED AND
THEY STILL HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT
HOW THINGS WORK HERE IN
OTTAWA.
THAT'S GOOD.
CHANTELLE IS HERE, AND
ANDREW.
NOT THAT ANY OF US ARE
CYNICAL.
I MEAN, THRONE SPEECHES,
DAVID SAID IT EARLIER ON,
THEY DON'T GENERALLY GIVE
YOU ANY NEWS, BUT
PARTICULARLY FOR THIS
GOVERNMENT, STARTING OFF
IN ITS FIRST MINORITY
MANDATE, IT NEEDS TO
APPEAL TO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT THAT N.D.P.
MEMBER SPOKE ABOUT.
>> IF I CAN PUT IT IN A
PHRASE, THEY'LL BE
REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE
BUT NOT REACHING ACROSS
THE CENTRE.
EVERYTHING IN THIS
GOVERNMENT WILL BE AIMED
AT TRYING TO WIN A
MAJORITY IN THE NEXT
ELECTION.
THE ROAD TO THAT MAJORITY
RUNS THROUGH TWO THINGS.
ONE IS RECAPTURING MORE
SEATS IN QUEBEC, AND
ROUNDING UP OF VOTES SPLIT
BETWEEN THE N.D.P.s AND
THE GREENS.
THEY WILL NOT BE TRYING TO
REACH OUT TO CONSERVATIVES
AND CONSERVATIVE VOTERS --
MAYBE ON TAX CUTS, BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE ON
THE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OF
THINGS.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S
WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOST
TO GAIN, I WOULD IMAGINE.
YOU PUT ALL OF THOSE
PROGRESSIVE SEATS TOGETHER
AND THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM
THERE.
CHANTELLE?
>> IT IS ALSO THE NATURAL
THING TO DO.
VERY RARELY DOES A
MINORITY GOVERNMENT RELY
CONSISTENTLY ON THE
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION FOR
ITS SURVIVAL.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU JUST
HAD AN ELECTION THAT
SHOWED ONLY TWO PARTIES IN
CONTENTION FOR POWER FOR
WEEKS ON END.
SO WHEN THEY LOOK ACROSS
AT THEM, AT THE
CONSERVATIVES, THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THE PARTY MOST
LIKELY TO UNSEAT THEM.
AND THE BLOC AND THE
N.D.P. HAVE MORE COMMON
GROUND WITH THE LIBERALS,
FRANKLY.
SO IT COMES NATURALLY TO
THE LIBERALS TO TRY TO
MAKE THIS PARLIAMENT WORK
MOSTLY BY APPEALING TO
VOTERS THAT SUPPORTED THE
N.D.P. AND THE BLOC, BUT
THE PARTIES THAT REPRESENT
THEM IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
THEY NEED TO MAKE IT HARD
FOR ONE OR BOTH OF THEM TO
SAY I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS.
>> IT IS PARTICULARLY
GIVEN THE CURRENT
CONFIGURATION WHERE THE
CONSERVATIVES HAVE NOT
BEEN CONTENDERS FOR THE
CENTRE GROUND.
AND THEN ALL OF THE GAIN
WILL BE AS CHANTAL SAYS,
IN LOOKING TO THEIR LEFT.
>> Rosemary: I'M GOING
TO PUT YOU GUYS ON HOLD,
BUT YOU'LL BE WITH ME
THROUGHOUT THIS SPECIAL.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
LET ME SHOW YOU A BIT OF
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE ON
PARLIAMENT HILL, THE
CENTRE BLOCK THAT IS NOW
CLOSED.
OVER TO THE LEFT OF THAT,
YOU WILL SEE WEST BLOCK.
IF YOU GO FURTHER UP THAT
HILL, AND THAT IS WHERE
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
M.P.s WILL SOON BE
SIGNALLED TO COME DOWN
HERE TO THE SENATE OF
CANADA BUILDING FOR THE
THRONE SPEECH, AND TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM
GOVERNOR-GENERAL JULIE
PAYETTE, WHO ARRIVES IN 10
MINUTES' TIME.
♪♪♪
>> Rosemary: HELLO, AND
WELCOME TO THE NATION --
BACK TO THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON,
STANDING BY FOR THE THRONE
SPEECH, WHERE WE'RE
AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF
SOMEONE (laughing).
I SUSPECT IT MIGHT BE THE
PRIME MINISTER, BUT WE'RE
GOING TO STAND BY AND SEE
WHO IT IS THAT IS GOING TO
GET OUT OF THESE CARS.
SO THERE IS LOTS OF
DIGNITARIES, OBVIOUSLY,
ARRIVING.
AND THERE, OF COURSE, IS
THE PRIME MINISTER, AND
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY
INTO THE SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING.
♪♪♪
[INSTRUMENTAL OF "O 
CANADA"]
>> Rosemary: THERE IS
THE OFFICIAL ARRIVAL OF
THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS
WIFE FOR THE READING OF
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S SECOND
THRONE SPEECH, WHICH WILL
BE DELIVERED BY JULIE
PAYETTE, WHO WILL BE ALSO
ARRIVING MOMENTARILY HERE
AT THE BUILDING BEHIND US,
THE SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING.
OTTAWA'S OLD TRAIN STATION
THAT HAS BEEN RENOVATED TO
INCLUDE THE SENATE NOW AS
THE CENTRE BLOCK GETS
RENOVATED.
THAT IS THE USHER OF THE
BLACK ROD, MR. GREGG
PETERS.
THIS IS HIS BIG DAY.
HE IS THE ATTENDANT TO THE
QUEEN, AND HE WILL BE
LEADING THE PROCESSION
DOWN TO THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS AND ASKING THEM TO
COME BACK HERE TO THE
SENATE TO GET THIS SHOW ON
THE ROAD.
SO, I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE
EXPECTING IN RELATION TO,
I GUESS, WHAT AT ISSUE WAS
TALKING ABOUT THERE, AND
WHAT THE N.D.P. M.P. WAS
TALKING ABOUT THERE, THE
REACH-OUT TO THE OBVIOUS
ALLIES INSIDE THIS HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE
N.D.P. WANTS VERY SPECIFIC
THINGS AROUND PHARMACARE,
UNIVERSAL PHARMACARE,
WHICH THEY'RE NOT GOING TO
GET.
THEY WANT VERY SPECIFIC
THINGS AROUND
RECONCILIATION, WHICH
ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT.
HOW DO YOU REACH OUT -- OR
DOES IT REALLY MATTER,
WHEN HE CAN PATCH TOGETHER
WHATEVER SUPPORT YOU CAN
GET.
>> HE IS NOT GOING TO
TABLE A DETAILED PLAN OF
EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING
TO DO.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIST
OF LEGISLATION FOR THE
OPPOSITION PARTIES TO VOTE
ON.
YOU HAVE TO SHOW ENOUGH
THAT THE BLOC AND THE
N.D.P. FEEL THEY CAN
SUPPORT THIS, FEEL THEY
CAN SAY, YES, WE CAN SEE
WHAT MORE THIS GOVERNMENT
HAS TO SAY.
IT WOULD BE SHOCKING IF
THE BLOC OR THE N.D.P.
DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS THRONE
SPEECH, OR TRIED TO TAKE
DOWN THE GOVERNMENT OVER
THIS THRONE SPEECH.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE
LIBERALS CAN'T TAIG IT FOR TAKER
GRANTED, AND IGNORING THE
FACT THEY HAVE TO WORK
WITH THE OTHER PARTIES.
>> Rosemary: DAVID
COCHRANE HAS THE
GOVERNMENT'S CHIEF, MARK
COLLINS, WITH HIM.
>> I'M HERE WITH MARK
HOLLAND, AND THIS IS A
VERY DIFFERENT PARLIAMENT
THAT WE'RE COMING BACK TO
THAN THE ONE YOU WERE PART
OF BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DO
YOU NEED TO DELIVER IN THE
THRONE SPEECH TO GET THE
OPPOSITION SUPPORT GOING
FORWARD?
>> THE CANADIANS ARE VERY
CLEAR, THEY WANT US TO
WORK TOGETHER.
THEY ELECTED A PARLIAMENT
WHERE NO PARTY HAS THE
MAJORITY.
WE'VE HAD EXCELLENT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
OTHER PARTIES.
I THINK THEY ALL
UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY
HAS A LITTLE WATER IN
THEIR WINE, COMPROMISE IN
MAKING SURE WE FIND A
PATHWAY TO WORK TOGETHER
IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY.
>> Reporter: AND YOU'LL
HEAR THAT REFLECTED IN THE
THRONE SPEECH.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN EVERY
INDICATION FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER IT IS GOING TO BE
A PROGRESSIVE POLICY
AGENDA, AND SO ITS TOWARDS
THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS AND THE
N.D.P. AND PERHAPS THE
GREENS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED
TO DROP?
>> NO.
I LOOK AT WHAT WE RAN ON,
AND I THINK WE CAN FIND
SOMEBODY TO WORK WITH IN
JUST ABOUT ALL OF IT.
AND THERE IS ALSO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME
IDEAS THAT THE OTHER
OPPOSITION PARTIES HAD AND
WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
THE REALITY IS BECAUSE OF
THE COMPOSITION WHERE WE
NEED THAT ONE PARTY AND
THERE ARE A FEW TO WORK
WITH, I THINK THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS TO
DO IT WITH.
I THINK CANADIANS REALLY
EXPECT US TO DO THAT.
ANY PARTY THAT DOESN'T
COME IN THAT SPIRIT,
DOESN'T COME PREPARED TO
COMPROMISE AND WORK
TOGETHER WILL FACE A VERY
ANGRY ELECTORATE.
>> Reporter: IN THE
CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD,
IS THERE ONE PARTY THAT
HAS DEMONSTRATED A
WILLINGNESS TO PERHAPS
PLAY BALL OR MORE LIKELY
TO KEEP THIS PARLIAMENT
GOING?
>> I'VE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS
ON ALL SIDES, AND MEETING
WITH THE WHIPS AND THE
HOUSE LEADERS FROM THE
OTHER SIDE.
NO.
IT HAS BEEN VERY
CONGENIAL.
I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED
WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AND
THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK
TOGETHER.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT
HOLDS UP, OBVIOUSLY, WHEN
THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD
AND HARD DECISIONS MOVE
FROM THE THEORETICAL TO
THE REAL, WE'LL SEE HOW IT
WORKS.
BUT I SENSE A REAL EFFORT
TO MAKE THIS PARLIAMENT
WORK.
>> Reporter: THAT IS
MARK HOLLAND, THE CHIEF
GOVERNMENT WHIP.
ROSEMARY, BACK TO YOU.
>> Rosemary: ON THE
RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU
CAN SEE COOL SHOTS FROM
INSIDE THE SENATE CHAMBER,
WHICH IS FILLED WITH
DIGNITARIES.
THAT IS WHAT IS CALLED A
BENCH OPENING TO
PARLIAMENT, WHICH MEANS
THEY HAVE REMOVED ALL OF
THE DESKS INSIDE THE
SENATE, AND THEY'VE PUT IN
BENCHES SO THEY CAN
SQUEEZE IN AS MANY PEOPLE
AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
VASSY, WITH MARK HOLLAND,
IT IS SORT OF WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN HEARING OVER THE PAST
45 DAYS OR SO ABOUT HOW
THE GOVERNMENT APPROACHES
THIS.
WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF
SORT OF -- I WOULD SAY A
KIND OF DIFFERENT STRATEGY
IN TERMS OF REACH OUT AND
MAYBE SUDTLETY.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
MESSAGE THEY HAVE RECEIVED
FROM VOTERS, AND THEY DO
HAVE A REDUCED NUMBER OF
SEATS.
AND TODAY WE CAN LOOK TO
HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
ADDRESS THAT MESSAGE THAT
WAS SENT.
WE HAVE SEEN A VERY
DIFFERENT TONE, I WOULD
ARGUE, FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER, AND WE HAVE ONLY
HEARD HIM SPEAK A COUPLE
OF TIMES SINCE ELECTION,
BUT IT WAS SERIOUS AND
ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT THE
UPCOME OF THE ELECTION
WAS.
AND EVERY SINGLE PHOTO OP,
AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
25 IN A ROW, HAS BEEN HIM
IN HIS OFFICE WORKING.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM
THE KIND OF PHOTO OPS
WE'RE USED TO SEEING THE
PRIME MINISTER IN, AND I
THINK THAT GOES TO EXACTLY
WHAT MARK HOLLAND WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVEY
THAT THEY TOOK THE MESSAGE
DELIVERED TO THEM DURING
THE ELECTION SERIOUSLY.
>> Rosemary: THERE HAS
BEEN SOME HUMILITY, I
THINK IS FAIR TO SAY,
DEMONSTRATED, AND A LOT OF
BEHIND THE SCENES WORK
THAT PEOPLE AREN'T SEEING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
MAYORS THE PRIME MINISTER
HAS CALLED BECAUSE HE
KNOWS THE MORE MAYORS YOU
GET ON SIDE, THE MORE IS
GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, HERE
IS THE ARRIVAL OF CANADA'S
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
INCLUDING THE CHIEF
JUSTICE, MR. BAGMA.
SOME OF THESE FAMILIAR
FACES TO YOU, ROSE LEE
ABELLA, AND OTHERS HERE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SHEILA MARTIN, FOR
INSTANCE.
THESE ARE THE ROBES THAT
ARE FONDLY CALLED THE
ST. CLAUSE ROBES HERE.
JUST IN KEEPING WITH THE
SEASON.
THEY'RE VERY FESTIVE.
AND THESE ARE THEIR FORMAL
ROBES.
AND THE SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES ARE MAKING THEIR
WAY, AND THIS IS THE FIRST
TO SEE THE PROCESSION FOR
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AS
SHE MAKES HER ARRIVAL
HERE, BEHIND WHERE WE ARE.
WE'RE IN A TENT ON THE
SAME STREET CORNER AS THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND
TRAFFIC IS NOT ENJOYING
THE HOLD-UP HERE.
DOWNTOWN OTTAWA'S TRAFFIC
SNARE.
AND THERE SHE IS.
HERE IS JULIE PAYETTE.
♪♪♪
[INSTRUMENTAL, "O CANADA"]
[SALUTE]
>> Rosemary: OKAY, YES,
THAT WAS 21 GUNS THAT HAVE
TO GO OFF, AND THEY'RE
VERY NEAR TO WHERE WE ARE.
SO IT IS LOUD AT HOME, AND
EXTREMELY LOUD HERE IN
PERSON.
THAT'S WHAT THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL GETS WHEN
SHE ARRIVES FOR EVENTFUL
LOCATION, SUCH ACE THIS
ONE.
JULIE PAYETTE APPOINTED
TWO YEARS AGO BY JUSTIN
TRUDEAU.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
SHE IS READING A THRONE
SPEECH.
THE FIRST MANDATE FOR
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LIBERALS
WAS ONE ENTIRE SESSION.
MEANING THEY DIDN'T STOP,
THEY DIDN'T PROROGUE.
MORE THAN 1300 DAYS
WITHOUT STOPPING.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
JULIE PAYETTE WILL DELIVER
THE THRONE SPEECH.
SHE IS EXPECTED TO TALK
PERHAPS FOR ABOUT 20
MINUTES.
AND SHE, AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SPEECH, CAN SORT OF
DO HER OWN INTRODUCTION
THAT SHE WOULD HAVE
WRITTEN HERSELF WITH
STAFF.
BUT THE REST OF THE SPEECH
IS REALLY WHAT SHE IS
DELIVERING ON BEHALF OF
THE GOVERNMENT AND IS
WRITTEN, OF COURSE, BY THE
PRIME MINISTER'S STAFF AND
HIS OFFICE, BASED ON THE
AGENDA AND PRIORITIES LAID
OUT FOR THEM.
21 IS A LOT, ACTUALLY, 21
SALUTES.
IT IS ALMOST OVER.
YOU CAN SEE THERE INSIDE
THE RED CHAMBER OF THE
SENATE, SENATORS, OF
COURSE.
AND THERE ARE BEAR SPOTS
ON BENCHES, BUT ALSO
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES OF
CANADA AND SPECIAL INVITED
GUESTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT
WOULD HAVE WANTED THERE,
AND THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
IS ALLOWED TO INVITE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
AND THEY GET THIS PRIME
SEATING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTS
TO DO WITH ITS TIME, OVER
HOWEVER MANY MONTHS THIS
GOVERNMENT WILL LAST IN
ITS CURRENT FORM.
IS AT ISSUE STILL HERE?
CAN I TALK TO AT ISSUE?
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT -- WH
WILL START IN ABOUT 40
MINUTES' TIME.
LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT
YOU CAN EXPECT IN ABOUT 40
MINUTES' TIME.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
REMEMBER THE TWO CHAMBERS,
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND
THE SENATE, ARE NOW IN
SEPARATE BUILDINGS,
ROUGHLY 700 METRES APART.
M.P.s WILL SOON BOARD
SHUTTLE BUSES FROM
PARLIAMENT HILL'S WEST
BLOCK.
AND THEY'LL TRAVEL DOWN
THREE CITY BLOCKS ACROSS A
BUSY MAIN STREET TO THE
NEW SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING.
ONCE IN THE CHAMBER,
M.P.s STAY BEHIND THE
BRASS BAR TO VIEW THE
SPEECH, WHILE SENATORS AND
OTHER DIGNITARIES WILL BE
ON THE SENATE FLOOR TO
LISTEN.
>>> SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE
HERE, STATIONED OUTSIDE
THE SENATE OF CANADA
BUILDING.
AS WE TALK TO AT ISSUE
AGAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT.
CHANTAL AND ANDREW JOINING
ME FROM MONTREAL AND
OTTAWA.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE
SIGNALS THE GOVERNMENT HAS
SENT OVER ITS APPROACH IN
TERMS OF, AGAIN, IF YOU
TAKE OUT THE PAST 48
HOURS, THE WAY THE PRIME
MINISTER HAS APPROACHED
HIS JOB, SEEMINGLY
DIFFERENTLY, I THINK, FROM
WHEN HE HAD A MAJORITY,
AND RIGHTLY SO, I WOULD
SUGGEST.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REASONS.
THIS IS NOT A NEW
GOVERNMENT.
IT KIND OF KNOWS THE
ROPES.
A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IN
THAT THRONE SPEECH ARE
THINGS THAT GOT STARTED
FOR YEARS AGO.
SO EVEN IF JUSTIN TRUDEAU
HAD WON A MAJORITY, YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED HIM
TO TAKING SELFIES OF
HIMSELF AND PREPARING A
THRONE SPEECH THAT WOULD
SURPRISE YOU.
INDIGENOUS RECONCILIATION,
CLIMATE CHANGE, ALL THOSE
ISSUES, AND IF YOU ROLL
BACK THE TAPE TO 2015, YOU
WILL FIND THAT READING
THAT FIRST SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE, IT WAS THE SPEECH
FROM THE THRONE OF A
GOVERNMENT THAT WAS GIVING
ITSELF TWO MANDATES TO
ACCOMPLISH, IF YOU LOOK AT
THE HEAVY ITEMS ON THIS
AGENDA.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
OF THOSE ITEMS BACK ON THE
AGENDA.
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT
A FEW NEW THINGS, LIKE THE
NEW NAFTA THAT WASN'T ON
THE HORIZON IN THE LAST
MANDATE.
BUT I DON'T SEE ALL OF
THOSE SIGNALS AS SIGNALS
OF HUMILITY AS MUCH AS
CONTINUATION OF THE
RE-ELECTION OF A
GOVERNMENT.
>> Rosemary: THAT'S
FAIR.
HERE ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR
SCREEN, YOU'RE SEEING THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JULIE
PAYETTE, ARRIVE AND BEING
GREETED BY THE PRIME
MINISTER AND HIS WIFE AND
THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE,
AND THE GOVERNMENT'S
REPRESENTATIVE FOR A
LITTLE LONGER, ANYWAY,
PETER HARDER, AND THE
CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE
STAFF, AND ON THEY GO DOWN
THIS OFFICIAL LINE,
INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONER
OF THE RCMP RIGHT THERE
NEXT TO THE CHIEF OF THE
DEFENCE STAFF.
ANDREW, SPEAK TO THAT
ISSUE WE'RE DISCUSSING IN
TERMS OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S -- WE HAVE
SEEN THEM CHANGE TONE.
MAYBE YOU DON'T AGREE, BUT
OUTWARDLY IT DOES SEEM
THAT WAY.
>> WEARYING ALL KINDS OF
THINGS ABOUT THE TONE HAS
CHANGED.
WE'LL SEE IF THE TONE HAS
CHANGED IN THE SPEECH AND
AFTERWARDS.
IT IS NATURAL ON A DAY
LIKE TODAY THAT WE BE
FOCUSED ON PARLIAMENT.
BUT PARLIAMENT IS THE
LEAST OF THIS GOVERNMENT'S
WORRIES, IN A SENSE.
THEY'RE IN A RATHER STRONG
POSITION.
THEY ONLY NEED TO GET ONE
OF THE PARTIES, AS WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, TO
SUPPORT THEM.
THEY CAN PLAY THE PARTIES
OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND WE'VE GOT A GATHERING
SEA OF DIFFICULTIES
OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT.
>> Rosemary: I'M GOING
TO CUT YOU OFF BECAUSE IT
IS HARD TO HEAR YOU AND TO
LISTEN TO THIS PART AS
WELL.
[DRUMMING]
♪♪♪
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS THE OTTAWA RIVER
SINGERS, FIRST NATIONS
DRUMMERS AND SINGERS.
BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO
HEAR OVER THERE.
SO I HAD TO CUT OFF
ANDREW.
THE LAST THING I HEARD YOU
SAY WAS, IT IS ONE THING
TO SUGGEST THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
HAVE A DIFFERENT TONE.
WE ALSO HAVE TO SEE WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE
WE'LL GET A FIRST HINT OF
THAT TODAY, MAYBE.
>> AND AS I WAS SAYING,
PARLIAMENT IS THE LEAST OF
THEIR WORRIES.
EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THIS
VERY WEAK MANDATE WITH
ONLY 33% OF THE VOTE, AND
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE
OTHER PARTIES, INSTEAD OF
GOVERNING WITH AN
EFFORTLESS MAJORITY, THEY
ONLY NEED THE SUPPORT OF
ONE OF THE PARTIES TO
GOVERN SO THEY CAN PLAY
THEM OFF EACH OTHER.
I THINK THEIR GREATER
DIFFICULTIES ARE OUTSIDE
OF PARLIAMENT.
THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT
IS TO LOOK BACK AT WHEN
THEY LAST GAVE THAT THRONE
SPEECH IN 2015.
YOU HAD BARACK OBAMA AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND LIBERAL
PREMIUMS IN QUEBEC AND
ONTARIO AND SEVERAL OTHER
PROVINCES, AND IT WAS
STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
PATH OF CHINA.
AND NOW CHINA IS
INCREASINGLY CAUSING PAIN
AND DIFFICULTIES FOR US AS
A COUNTRY, NOT LEAST WITH
THE HOLDING OF OUR TWO
HOSTAGES.
SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF
PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH
OUTSIDE OF PARLIAMENT THAT
WILL OCCUPY THEIR MINDS AS
MUCH OR MORE THAN DEALING
WITH PARLIAMENT.
>> Rosemary: I'LL LET
CHANAL WEIGH IN ON THAT
BEFORE I JUMP OVER TO
DAVID COCHRANE.
YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THE
PRESSURES ARE NOT ONLY
INSIDE, HOW YOU MANAGE A
MINORITY GOVERNMENT, BUT
THE EXTERNAL THINGS THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T
CONTROL.
>> MATCHING A MINORITY
PARLIAMENT SHOULD BE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST
YEAR, RELATIVELY EASY.
VOTERS BY AND LARGE ARE
NOT SCREAMING TO GO PACK
TO THE POLLS TO CORRECT
WHATEVER THEY DID ON
OCTOBER 21st.
BUT ANDREW IS RIGHT, WHEN
WE LOOK BACK AT THE
TRUDEAU YEARS, WE WILL SEE
THAT CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED
ON THIS GOVERNMENT ALMOST
AS SOON AS IT WAS ELECTED.
THINK OF THE DONALD TRUMP
ELECTION.
AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT
MEANT THAT THE LIBERAL
TEAM SPENT A LOT MORE TIME
ON EVENTS OUTSIDE OF
PARLIAMENT, EVEN IN THAT
FIRST MANDATE, THAN THEY
EVER EXPECTED TO.
NOW, IF THE ECONOMY IS
GOING TO SLOW DOWN, THEN
THAT WILL BE A BIGGER
CHANGE THAT WILL CALL ON
THIS GOVERNMENT FOR A LOT
MORE ADJUSTMENTS THAN
ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO
DO IN THE THRONE SPEECH TO
ENSURE THEY HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF ONE PARTY TO GO
ON IN THIS PARLIAMENT.
>> Rosemary: THANK YOU
BOTH.
I'LL BE BACK TO YOU
SHORTLY.
LET ME HEAD OVER TO THE
WEST BLOCK, AND MY
CO-ANCHOR IS HERE.
I'M COMING TO YOU, SO GET
READY.
LET'S GO OVER TO THE WEST
BLOCK AND DAVID COCHRANE,
WHO IS WITH A GUEST.
>> WE'RE HERE WITH
MR. JULIAN, AND IN THE RUN
OF TO TODAY, THE THRONE
SPEECH, YOUR LEADER,
JAGMEET SINGH, HAS BEEN
VERY EXPLICIT ON WHAT HE
NEEDS TO VOTE FOR THIS.
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS
PHARMACARE, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING LESS THAN THE
SINGLE-PAYER, CAN YOUR
PARTY SUPPORT IT?
>> WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
NATIONAL PHARMACARE, WE'RE
LOOKING FOR DENTAL CARE
AND SUPPORTS THAT WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
CANADIANS' LIVES.
THE CANADIAN FAMILIES ARE
THE MOST INDEBTED IN OUR
HISTORY, AND PART OF THAT
IS BECAUSE WE'RE -- THE
CANADIAN FAMILIES AREN'T
GETTING THE SUPPORTS THEY
NEED.
AND WE WANT TO SEE REAL
ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
BECAUSE THAT IS COSTING
OUR ECONOMY NOW $5 BILLION
THIS YEAR, AND THAT CAN
ONLY INCREASE AS WE SEE
MORE CATASTROPHIC FLOODS
AND FIRES AS A RESULT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO THOSE KINDS OF
MEASURES, THAT DIRECTION,
IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IN THIS THRONE SPEECH.
>> Reporter: IT IS NOT
LIKELY TO BE SUPER
SPECIFIC, THRONE SPEECHES
RARELY ARE.
WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE ON
THESE ISSUES DO YOU NEED
TO SEE?
IF IT IS A RECITATION OF
WHAT THEY CAMPAIGNED ON OR
SIMILAR LANGUAGE, THAT IS
PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH FOR
YOU?
>> A SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE IS AN INTENT.
OF COURSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT
OF BROKEN PROMISES FROM
THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENTS IN
THE PAST.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE CLEAR
DIRECTION IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS SO
MANY CANADIAN FAMILIES ARE
LIVING THROUGH, UNABLE TO
PAY FOR THEIR MEDICATION,
UNABLE OFTEN TO ASSUME THE
HUGE STUDENT DEBT LOAD.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR
ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I THINK MORE AND MORE,
PARTICULARLY YOUNG
CANADIANS, ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHERE OUR PLANET IS
HEADED.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF
THINGS WE WANT TO SEE IN
THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE.
OF COURSE, IT IS ONLY A
SERIES OF COMMITMENTS THAT
THEN HAVE TO PUT INTO REAL
PLACE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE PREPARED TO WORK
FOR.
WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT
ON, IF THE GOVERNMENT
WANTS TO TAKE THAT
DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: ONE LAST
QUICK THING: WE KNOW THERE
IS GOING TO BE LEGISLATION
PROBABLY NEXT WEEK ON THE
MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT, YOU
MENTIONED AFFORDABILITY,
IS THAT SOMETHING THE NEW
DEMOCRATS CAN SUPPORT?
>> WELL, THE WHOLE ISSUE
IS HOW IT IS PUT INTO
PLACE.
THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN THE
DETAILS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
MOTION, IT APPEARS THAT
HALF CANADIANS WOULDN'T
BENEFIT FROM IT AT ALL.
AND MOST OF THE BENEFITS
WOULD GO TO PEOPLE EARNING
SIX-FIGURE INCOMES AND
MORE.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT TAX CUTS, YOU'RE
TAKING THAT AWAY FROM
OTHER THINGS THAT COULD
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
PEOPLE'S LIVES, THINGS
LIKE PHARMACARE AND DENTAL
CARE AND OTHER INITIATIVES
LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR
THE DETAILS.
AND HOPE THAT GOVERNMENT
HAS THOUGHT THIS THROUGH.
>> Reporter: PETER
JULIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME.
ROSEMARY, BACK TO YOU.
>> Rosemary: THANKS FOR
THAT, DAVID.
THAT, OF COURSE, IS WHERE
THE ACTION WILL START, THE
SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE READ
AT AROUND 3:30 EASTERN, SO
ABOUT A HALF HOUR'S TIME.
AND THE USHER OF THE BLACK
ROD HAS TO GO OVER TO
WHERE DAVID IS, IN THE
WEST BLOCK, KNOCK THREE
TIMES AND TELL THE M.P.s
IT IS TIME TO COME DOWN
HERE AND GET THIS 43rd
SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
STARTED.
JOINING ME HERE AT THE
DESK IS VASSY AND AARON.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE
TAKING HER SEAT, SO THINGS
WILL GET UNDER WAY -- I
GUESS THE PROCESSION PART
OF THIS WILL GET UNDER
WAY, NOT THE ACTUAL
SPEECH.
I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, THAT
THE N.D.P. HAS TO KEEP
THIS MESSAGING, BUT THE
GOVERNMENT ALSO HAS TO DO
WHAT IT WAS ELECTED TO DO,
WITH THE THINGS IT PUT
FORWARD AS PART OF ITS
MANDATE.
CAN'T INVENT NEW THINGS.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH
SOME DEAL, YOU CAN FIND
SOME MIDDLE GROUND ON AN
ISSUE.
I'M NOT SURE THE
GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
EMBRACE UNIVERSITY
PHARMACARE OR FREE DENTAL
CARE.
THAT'S NOT THINGS THEY
CAMPAIGNED ON.
[PLEASE STAND BY]
>> HE HAS CONVEY ADD MESSAGE
THAT HE RECEIVED DURING THE
ELECTION, WHICH WAS, WE'VE HEARD
IT OVER AND OVER, WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO WORKING TOGETHER.
HE HASN'T BEEN SPECIFIC BUT I
WON'T GET IN THE WAY OF THE
OTHER STUFF.
I THINK THE ONE PLACE IN WHICH
THE PRIME MINISTER CAN MAKE
OVERTURES TO BOTH THE BLOC AND
N.D.P. IS THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE POLICY THEY MIGHT BE
SIGNALING IN THIS AND I THINK
BOTH PARTIES ARE LOOKING FOR
MORE SUBSTANCE AND
UNDERSTANDABLY SO, THE IDEAS THE
LIBERALS CAMPAIGNED ON AN
AGGRESSIVE TARGET BY 2050 AND
WILL THERE BE A BIT FOR
SUBSTANCE HOW THEY WILL
ACCOMPLISH THAT AND WHAT WE
MIGHT BE ANTICIPATING FROM THE
BLOC AND N.D.P. HAS SIGNALED
THEY WANT TO SEE MORE AND THAT'S
THE EASIEST GET THROUGH THE
THRONE SPEECH IN THAT AREA.
>> Rosemary:  WE ARE JUST
STANDING BY HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN FOR
THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL INSIDE THE RED CHAMBER,
JULIE PAYETTE AND THAT WILL
START THINGS IN TERMS OF THE
NEXT HALF HOUR WHAT NEEDS TO
UNFOLD BEFORE THE ACTUAL SPEECH
IS ACTUALLY DELIVERED BY THE
GOVERNOR GENERAL.
IT'S A VERY HISTORICALLY RICH
PROCESS THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE
AND YOU CAN SEE THE THRONE THAT
HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE, OBVIOUSLY
REPRESENTING THE QUEEN, WHO
JULIE PAYETTE ALSO REPRESENTS.
I WOULD POINT OUT THERE'S NO
M.P. ALLOWED ON THE FLOOR DURING
THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER.
HE IS THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED ON
THE FLOOR DURING THE READING.
M.P.S HAVE TO STAY BEHIND A
BRASS BAR PUT IN THE OPENING OF
THE SENATE AND THE YESTERDAY IS
TO KEEP THE SENATE INDEPENDENT
FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND TO
KEEP THOSE TWO BODIES APART FROM
ONE ANOTHER.
HERE IS THE FORMAL PRECESSION,
FRED PETERS.
THIS IS HIS BUSIEST DAY FOR HIM,
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE
GOVERNOR GENERAL AND THE PRIME
MINISTER AND FOR NOW, THE
GOVERNMENT'S REPRESENTATIVE IN
THE SENATE, PETER HARDER.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE
GOVERNOR GENERAL WILL DELIVER A
THRONE SPEECH BUT THE FIRST TIME
IN THIS BUILDING.
(TRUMPETS PLAYING).
>> Rosemary:  PARLIAMENT CAN
ONLY BE BACK TO WORK AFTER.
THEY ELECTED A NEW SPEAKER FOR
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND THAT
HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY WITH THE
ELECTION OF LIBERAL M.P. FROM
NORTHERN ONTARIO.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
>> Rosemary:  THAT WAS THE
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE ASKING THE
BLACK ROD TO MAKE HIS WAY TO THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS AND ASK THE
ELECTED MEMBERS TO JOIN THEM
HERE AT THE SENATE FOR THE
READING OF THE THRONE SPEECH.
SO NORMALLY THIS WOULD TAKE, YOU
KNOW, A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
THEY WOULD WALK DOWN THE HALL IN
CENTRE BLOC AND KNOCK ON THE
DOOR AND OFF HE WOULD GO.
IN THIS CASE, HE'LL HITCH A RIDE
DOWN THE STREET, ABOUT 700, 800
METRES FROM WHERE WE ARE DOWN
WELLINGTON TO THE WEST BLOC
WHERE HE WILL KNOCK ON THE DOOR
AND ASK ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
ACCOMPANY HIM DOWN HERE AND THEY
WILL NOT WALK.
THEY WILL GET INTO SMALL BUSES
USED TO TRANSPORT THEM AROUND
THE BUILDINGS OF PARLIAMENT AND
THEY WILL MAKE THEIR WAY HERE,
AS WELL.
NOT EVERYONE WILL GET IN AND NOT
EVERYONE WILL GET TO SEE THINGS
AND PROBABLY NOT EVERYONE WILL
COME.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SEEN THIS MANY
TIMES BEFORE, PROBABLY THE
NOVELTY HAS WORN OFF BUT SOME OF
THE NEW PEOPLE MAY WANT TO MAKE
THEIR WAY DOWN TO SEE THIS IN
PERSON.
NONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE
OPPOSITION PARTY ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE SENATE FOR THE SPEECH
BUT WILL RESPOND INFORMALLY IN
SCRUM AFTER THE SPEECH HAS TAKEN
PLACE AND WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A
VOTE ON THE THRONE SPEECH AT
THIS TIME.
IT IS NOT REQUIRED AND SO IT
WILL HAPPEN.
IT WILL BE DEBATED BUT IT DOES
NOT HAVE TO BE VOTED ON.
AND THE FIRST CONFIDENCE MOTION
THIS GOVERNMENT WILL FACE WILL
BE NEXT WEEK AND THAT WILL BE A
MOTION TO RELEASE JUST TO KEEP
THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING IN TERMS
OF MONEY, BUDGETARY MOTIONS.
AND THIS IS WHEN IT'S LIKE A
COCKTAILS PARTY, REALLY --
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  -- THEY ALL STAND
AROUND IN THE CHAMBER AND CATCH
UP WITH PEOPLE THEY KNOW AND
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHO GETS
INVITED AND WHO DOESN'T AND
ALWAYS HARD FOR ME TO REMEMBER
THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE
I'M LOOKING AT.
VASSY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
>> Vassy:  THIS HAS BEEN JULIE
PAYETTE, HER FIRST TIME DOING
THIS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF REPORTING
ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH SHE
VIEWED HER ROLE.
I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HER
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND SHE
HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY.
THE EXPERIENCE THAT SHE BRINGS
TO THE ROLE AND FASCINATING AND
HER TIME AS AN ASTRONAUT, AS
WELL AS HER TIME IN THE
MILITARY.
SHE VIEWS THE ROLE A BIT
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS HAVE,
THOUGH, WHERE THEY'RE -- NOT
JUST BUT TO THE QUEEN'S
REPRESENTATIVE, SHE SOMETIMES
TAKES THE ROLE, YOU KNOW, VERY
ANALYTICALLY AND SHE'S HANDS ON.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THAT
IMPACTS THE WAY SHE DELIVERS THE
SPEECH OR THE THINGS SHE SAYS IN
INTRODUCING THAT BECAUSE SHE
DOES HAVE A BIT OF LEVERAGE
THERE OR OTHERWISE SHE'S READING
SOMEONE ELSE'S WORDS.
>> Rosemary:  FREELANCING IS
FROWNED UPON IN THE THRONE
SPEECH.
[ Laughter ]
>> Vassy:  THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT
MONTHS, THINGS HAVE NORMALIZED
IN HER OFFICE DIDN'T THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HER AND THE
GOVERNMENT SEEM TO BE LESS
FRAUGHT WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF
LOOKING AT THINGS AND SHE SEEMS
ACCLIMATIZED TO WHAT WAS
EXPECTED OF THE ROLE.
>> SHE IS NOT LIVING IN THE
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S HOME.
IT WAS RENOVATED, TOO, BUT SHE'S
LIVING IN A MUCH SMALLER HOUSE
ON THE PROPERTY AS ARE THE
TRUDEAUS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
RENOVATED EITHER.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S RENOVATED
IS CENTRE BLOC, APPARENTLY.
>> Rosemary:  THAT'S THE SENATE
OF CANADA BUILDING, THAT HAVING
YOU'LL SEE MOVING IS THE USHER
OF THE BLACK ROD MAKING HIS WAY
DOWN WELLINGTON AND MAKE TRAFFIC
IN THE CENTRE OF OTTAWA TERRIBLE
MOMENTARILY.
I GOT STUCK BEHIND A PRECESSION
EARLIER THIS MORNING, OTTAWA
TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND THEN WE WILL
BRING YOU BACK TO THIS IN JUST A
MOMENT AS HE GETS TO THE WEST
BLOC AND KNOCKS THREE TIMES ON
THE DOOR, SUMMONING THE M.P.S.
BUT FIRST, LET US REMIND YOU OF
WHERE WE WERE NOT SO LONG AGO.
IT'S BEEN 45 DAYS SINCE THE
ELECTIONS, FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME
BUT ONLY 45 DAYS AND THE
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN BUSY GETTING
ITSELF SET UP, REORGANIZED AND
DESIGNING THE CABINET, PUTTING
DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS IN
PLACE, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER,
BEFORE THAT, SPENT 40 DAYS, HE
AND HIS PARTY CAMPAIGNING HARD
TO GET TO THIS PLACE TODAY WHERE
HE IS BEGINNING HIS SECOND
MANDATE.
TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT THAT
ELECTION CAMPAIGN LOOKED LIKE,
HERE IS JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S 40 DAYS
AND 40 SECONDS.
IN EVERY ELECTION WE MAKE AN
IMPORTANT CHOICE ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF HER COUNTRY AND WE GET
TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF FUTURE WE
WANT TO BUILD TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY TODAY WE'RE
ANNOUNCING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
DOUBLING OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENTS
IN CHILDCARE, CUT TAXES FOR THE
MIDDLE-CLASS AND GIVE THE
MIDDLE-CLASS BREATHING ROOM,
KEEP DELIVERING FOR THE
MIDDLE-CLASS FOR NATIONAL
PHARMACARE.
PLANT TWO BILLION TREES, BAN
MILITARY-ASSAULT RIFLES.
>> Rosemary:  BREAKING NEWS, A
DRAMATIC NIGHT IN CANADIAN'S
POLITICS, A PHOTO OF HIM WEARING
BROWNFACE.
IT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO AND
I'M DISAPPOINTED AND PISSED OFF
AT MYSELF.
JASON KENNEY AND DOUG FORD AND
OTHER CONSERVATIVE PREMIERS
DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ON
CLIMATE CHANGE.
TONIGHT YOU'RE SENDING US BACK
TO WORK FOR YOU WITH A CLEAR
MANDATE THAT WE WILL KEEP
INVESTING IN CANADIANS!
THIS PARLIAMENT WILL BE ONE IN
WHICH COLLABORATION, WORKING
WITH A BROAD RANGE OF PARTIES
AND, INDEED, STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WILL BE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
[ ♪♪♪ ]
>> Rosemary:  THERE, IN CASE YOU
BLOCKED OUT THE ELECTION, WHICH
IS THE WAY SOME CANADIANS
REACTED TO THAT WHOLE THING,
THAT REMINDS YOU OF HOW THE
PRIME MINISTER GOT RE-ELECTED
INTO THIS SECOND MANDATE, A
MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
AS THINGS GET KICKED OFF HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THE USHER OF THE
BLOCK ROD HAS, INDEED, MADE HIS
WAY TO THE WEST BLOC.
A REMINDER THAT NOT ALL 338
M.P.S WILL GET A CHANCE TO COME
DOWN AND ACTUALLY WATCH THIS AND
SOME WILL WATCH IT ON TV LIKE
THE REST OF US.
WITH ME IS AARON WEIRY AND VASSY
KAPELOS IT'S EXCITING, NOT FOR
THE CONTENT BUT FOR THE REST OF
THIS AND I ENJOY THIS.
>> VERY EXCITING.
IT'S A DAY TO BE A PROUD
CANADIAN.
>> Rosemary:  SOME PEOPLE THINK
IT'S A BIT MUCH BUT I LIKE THAT
WE KEEP A HISTORY ALIVE AND KEEP
THE CEREMONY ALIVE, RIGHT?
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  GIVE IT TO ME.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ME.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN FOUR
YEARS, FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
OK, HERE IS THE MOMENT WE'VE
BEEN WAITING FOR.
>> A MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL.
Mr. SPEAKER, A MESSAGE FROM
OUR EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
>> ADMIT THE MANAGER.
 MESSENGER.
Mr. SPEAKER, IT IS THE
PLEASURE OF SOUR EXCELLENCY, THE
GOVERNOR GENERAL, THAT THIS
HOUSE ATTEND HOME RUN
IMMEDIATELY IN THE CHAMBER OF
THE SENATE.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
>> Rosemary:  SO THAT IS THE
OFFICIAL REQUEST BY THE USHER OF
THE BLACK ROD AND EVEN THOUGH
THREE BOWS, THAT'S ALL A PART OF
THE CEREMONY, NOW WORKS, THE
THREE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, AND
THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE
CEREMONY AND ONE FOR THE SPEAKER
AND ONE FOR THE EXECUTIVE AND
FOR THE WHOLE OF THE LEGISLATOR
TO LET THEM KNOW THE CROWN IS
THERE AND NOW THE PRECESSION
WILL LEAD THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
IN A CERTAIN PATTERN, AS WELL,
THE SERGEANT ARMS BEARING THE
MACE AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
NEWLY ELECTED AND ANTHONY RODA,
FROM NORTHERN ONTARIO, THE
CLERK, TABLE OFFICERS AND
FINALLY MEMBERS AND YOU DIDN'T
SEE A LOT OF MEMBERS IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS RIGHT NOW AND
THAT'S BECAUSE AS OF THIS
COMPLICATED ISSUE AROUND THE
RENOVATIONS THEY'VE HAD TO
PREPOSITION SOME OF THE M.P.S AT
THE SENATE BUILDING OR ALREADY
LOAD THEM ON TO BUSES.
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  SO SOME WILL GO ON
THE BUSES, SOME ARE ON THEM AND
SOME WON'T BETTER COMING BUT
WE'LL SEE.
AND THEN AFTER THE SPEECH, THERE
WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
OPPOSITION PARTIES TO RESPOND
AND TO SORT OF SET THEIR OWN
TONE FOR HOW THEY PLAN TO
APPROACH THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
LET'S BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK
THE HOUSE WILL SIT MUCH PASSED
THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER AND THEN
PROBABLY DOESN'T COME BACK
TOWARDS THE END OF JANUARY, IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD
EXPECT FROM THEM IN TERMS OF
GETTING ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED,
VASSY, WOULD BE THE TAX CUT.
>> Vassy:  YEAH, THE TAX CUT
WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THING AND I
WOULD INTERESTED IN THEY OFFER
FISCAL AID BECAUSE WE MISSED
THAT THIS FALL AND FOR PEOPLE
WATCHING, THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY
BE A LOOK INTO WHERE THE FEDERAL
COFFERS STAND.
I WOULD LOOK TO THOSE TWO
THINGS.
IT'S ABOUT A WEEK AND A BIG
BREAK AND THE REAL THING KICKS
OFF AT THE END OF JANUARY AND
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET TO SEE
EVERYTHING THEY SIGNAL IN THE
THRONE SPEECH, WHERE THE RUBBER
THERE MEETS THE ROAD AND HOW
THAT WILL TRANSLATE OR IF IT
WILL TRANSLATE INTO POLICY THEY
PUT FORWARD.
>> Rosemary:  NOT ONLY IS THE
GOVERNMENT STILL GETTING STAFF
IN PLACE WHICH IS PRETTY
FUNDAMENTAL TO HOW OFFICES RUN,
BUT PARLIAMENT HAS TO SET UP
COMMITTEES AND THAT'S WHERE THE
LEGISLATION IS WALKED ON,
IMPROVED OR NOT, AMENDED,
CHANGED.
MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE TIME TO PUT
COMMITTEES TOGETHER IN TWO
WEEKS.
>> Vassy:  THE MINISTERS DON'T
HAVE THEIR MANDATE LETTERS.
THAT COMES LATER THIS WEEK OR
NEXT WEEK AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES
ARE.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS
LEFT TO BE ANSWERED AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE THERE'S ROOM LEFT FOR
LEGISLATION.
>> Vassy:  THERE WAS A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT TO
GET BACK TO WORK AND NOT LEAVE
THIS UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.
>> YEAH, THEY GAVE THEMSELVES A
LONGER TIME THAN THEY GAVE
THEMSELVES IN 2015 TO GET SET UP
AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER, THE PRIME MINISTER HAD
TAKEN A VERY LOW-KEY APPROACH TO
THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE
THE ELECTION.
BUT I THINK PART OF THAT, PART
OF THE REASON THEY'VE TAKEN THE
PERSON THEY WANT IS BECAUSE HE
NEEDS TO RECALIBRATE WHO HE IS
AND HOW HE WILL APPROACH
GOVERNMENT AND PART OF THAT IS
SHOWING YOU'LL DO THINGS.
YOU COULDN'T CRUISE THROUGH
DECEMBER WITHOUT MOVING SOME
THINGS.
YOU ALSO, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE,
ESPECIALLY IN A MINORITY
GOVERNMENT, YOU WANT MOMENTUM
BUILT IN TERMS OF GETTING A
THRONE SPEECH, GETTING THINGS
WORKING AND GETTING THE PARTY
USED TO HOW THINGS WILL WORK AND
WORK TOGETHER, START FIGURING
OUT WHERE YOUR ALLIANCES WILL BE
SO YOU CAN COME INTO JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY WITH A BIT OF A SENSE
OF HOW THINGS PLAY OUT.
>> Rosemary:  JUST TO REMIND
PEOPLE THE LAST TIME, IT WAS
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, A CERTAIN
LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE
PEOPLE ELECTED THAT MAYBE YOU
DON'T GET A SECOND TIME AROUND
AND EVERYTHING HAPPENED QUICKLY.
THE CABINET WAS NAMED WITHIN TWO
WEEKS AND THIS TIME IT TOOK A
MONTH AND THEY WERE RUNNING
QUICKLY AND THIS TIME, YOU KNOW,
THIS HAS BEEN 45 DAYS SINCE THE
ELECTION AND YES, THEY'VE BEEN
WORKING ONLY THINGS, BUT NOT
NEARLY AT THE SAME PACE, WHICH,
TO ME, IS AN INTERESTING -- I
THINK IT'S INTERESTING INTEREST
WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AS WELL.
>> Vassy:  IT'S A DIFFERENT
ELECTION, RIGHT?
2015, THEY WALKED AWAY WITH A
STRONG MANDATE AND THAT MANDATE
IS NOT NEARLY AS STRONG THIS
TIME.
AND NOT JUST WAS THE MANDATE
REDUCED -- AND A STRONG MINORITD
SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS.
IN QUEBEC, THE BLOC WAS A
RESURGENCE OF THE BLOCK AND BLO.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SAY, WE
HAVE A MANDATE, MOVE FORWARD AND
DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO THE
HOUSE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF
PRESSURE FROM THE CONSERVATIVES
SPECIFICALLY, BUT THEY DIDN'T
TAKE THAT TIME AND I WOULD BE
CURIOUS WHY.
>> Rosemary:  IF THEY COME BACK
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO GIVE US
A SENSE OF WHAT DAY THEY'RE
PROJECTING FOR THE ECONOMY, THAT
WOULD SETTLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ANXIETY.
THIS IS AN ODD SCENE.
LIKE, IN TERMS OF HISTORY.
>> Vassy:  IT'S VERY DIFFERENT.
THAT IS THE BUS.
>> Rosemary:  THERE'S A BUILDING
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN.
AND THEY REGULARLY USE TO
TRANSPORT M.P.S AND SENATORS
AROUND TO VARIOUS CASES IN CASE
YOU THOUGHT THESE WERE
ESPECIALLY RENTED, THEY ARE
ALWAYS THERE.
SO THERE'S, MAYBE, FOUR OR FIVE
BUSES THAT WILL CRAM A BUNCH OF
M.P.S THAT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY
PARTIES MAKING THEIR WAY TO
WHERE WE ARE AT THE SENATE OF
CANADA TO GET THIS SHOW ON THE
ROAD.
CAN I GO BACK TO "AT ISSUE" TO
GET ONE MORE THOUGHT FROM THEM
BEFORE WE HEAR THE THRONE
SPEECH?
YOU CAN SEE WHY THE TRAFFIC
WOULD BE SO BAD, TOO.
THERE'S ONE ROAD IN AND AROUND
THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN OTTAWA.
ANDREA AND SHANTAL ARE STANDING
BY AND JUST BEFORE THE SPEECH IS
OFF TO A START, CHANTAL, MAYBE
WE COULD GO BACK TO HOW THE
GOVERNMENT -- WE TALKED ABOUT
CHANGES OF STRATEGY, BUT THE
REACH-OUT TO SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE IN THE PAST 45 DAYS AND
THE PRIME MINISTER IN PARTICULAR
AND WHAT THAT HAS MEANT TO DO
AND WHAT WE MIGHT SEE OF THAT
TODAY.
>> Chantal:  SOMETIMES DOING
MATTERS MORE THAN WHAT IT
ACCOMPLISHES AND I DO THINK THAT
IN PART, TAKING THE TIME,
TALKING AND REACHING OUT WITH
THOSE WHO TRY TO HEEL SOME OF
THE WOUNDS OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
REGIONALLY DIVISIVE OUTCOME.
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE OUTSIDE OF
PARLIAMENT THAT GIVES, FOR
INSTANCE, JUSTIN TRUDEAU VERSUS
JASON KENNEY, THAT THERE ARE
CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL A PART
OF TRYING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK
FOR THE POLARIZATION AND THE
RESULT AND THE DEFINING REACH OF
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
>> Rosemary:  ANDREA, JUST TO
REMIND PEOPLE, JUSTIN TRUDEAU
MET WITH SEVEN PREMIERS OVER THE
COURSE OF THE PAST MONTH AND A
HALF AND HIS DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER HAS BEEN TRAVELING,
PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN CANADA,
DOING SOME OF THAT REACH-OUT,
TOO.
SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT MESSAGE
HAS TO BE REFLECTED HERE, AS
WELL.
>> WELL, WE'LL SEE WHETHER IT IS
OR NOT.
CHANTAL PHRASED THAT DELICATELY.
I MIGHT PUT THAT MORE BLUNTLY.
THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO BE SEEN
TO BE CONSULTED AND WANTED TO BE
SEEN TO BE REACHING OUT AND YOU
SEND OUT CHRYSTIA FREELAND BUT
YOU GIVE HER NO MANDATE OR
AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY
CONCESSIONS AND I DON'T THINK
YOU'LL SEE, CERTAINLY NOT IN
THIS SPEECH, MUCH IN THE WAY OF
CONCESSIONS.
THEY DON'T, FRANKLY, NEED THE
WEST TO WIN A GOVERNMENT.
AND THEY DON'T SEE MUCH
PERCENTAGE IN JEOPARDIZING THEIR
BASE AMONG PROGRESSIVES IN
QUEBEC BY MAKING CONCESSIONS ON
PIPELINES.
>> Rosemary:  BUT IS IT NOT YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY OF A PRIME
MINISTER TO NOT DO SOMETHING --
GO AHEAD, CHANTAL.
>> Chantal:  I WAS IN ALBERTA
TWICE AND ANDREW PUT IT MORE
BLUNTLY AND WE'RE AGREED ON THE
FACT THAT PART OF IT IS FOR SHOW
BUT IT DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND
IT DID HELP THE PREMIERS LAST
WEEK CHIME DOWN FROM SOME OF THE
RHETORIC.
THEY COULDN'T STAY AT THAT
LEVEL.
BUT THERE WAS ONE THING I'VE
NEVER FORGOTTEN.
I WAS IN WHEN PREMIER TRUDEAU
GAVE HIS FAREWELL SPEECH AND ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK WITH ME
THAT HE OR SHE IS TALKING TO
ACTUAL VOTERS, NOT JUST THE
ELITE.
AND YES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE
A CHANGE WITH JASON KENNEY OR
FRANÇOIS LEGAULT WANT, BUT
VOTERS DO SEE THAT AND ARE
RECEPTIVE TO THE IMPRESSIONS
THAT THERE'S REACHING OUT.
>> Rosemary:  ANDREW, I MAY BE
BEING NAIVE, BUT I UNDERSTAND
THERE'S A POLITICAL ADVANTAGE TO
SHOWING REACH-OUT WITHOUT
NECESSARILY NEEDING TO DO
ANYTHING, BUT I WOULD HOPE, I
WOULD HOPE THAT ANY PRIME
MINISTER WOULD BE INVESTED IN
KEEPING THE COUNTRY UNITED IN
SOME WAY AND YOU CAN ROLL YOUR
EYES AT MY NAIVETY IF YOU WANT.
[ Laughter ]
>> Andrew:  OF COURSE THAT'S A
PART OF ANY PRIME MINISTER'S
ROLE AND POLITICS IS OFTEN ABOUT
GESTURES AS SUBSTANTIVE POLICIES
BUT WE SHOULDN'T MISTAKE ONE FOR
THE OTHER.
I THINK ONCE YOU GET, WHICH I
ANTICIPATE WE WILL, THAT YOU GET
THE TRANsMOUNTAIN PIPELINE
BUILT, IT WILL TAKE SOME OF THE
STEAM OUT OF THIS FIGHT.
>> Rosemary:  I'LL CHECK IN WITH
BOTH OF YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER
AND WE'LL LISTEN TO THE THRONE
SPEECH.
SALIMAH SHIVJI HAS BEEN IN A
HALL WHERE M.P.S HAVE BEEN
GATHERING AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY
TO STAND BEHIND THAT BAR THERE
OR THE BOX THAT YOU SEE.
AND SALIMAH, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE
US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
SEEING AND HEARING.
>> Reporter:  WE WERE SEEING ALL
OF THE M.P.S WAITING FOR THEIR
COLLEAGUES TO BE BROUGHT IN WITH
THE USHER OF THE BLACK ROD.
THEY WERE WAITING PATIENTLY ON
THE RED CARPET FOR THEIR
COLLEAGUES TO ARRIVE SO THEY
COULD WALK IN TOGETHER AND YOU
DID SEE THAT PRECESSION JUST
PASS, OF COURSE.
WE HAVE TO REMAIN SILENT AS THAT
PASSES AND ENTERS INTO THE
SENATE CHAMBER.
SO THEY ARRIVED, I WAS CHATTING
WITH THE M.P.S, THE MINISTERS
THERE AND A LOT OF THEM EXCITED
TO SEE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THEIR FIRST THRONE SPEECH AND
ALSO NEW SURROUNDING, OF COURSE,
IN THIS NEW SENATE BUILDING.
>> Rosemary:  THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I'M CUTTING YOU OFF BECAUSE I
BELIEVE WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS AND YOU CAN SEE THE
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND
CABINET MINISTERS GATHERED
BEHIND HIM.
THE SPEECH IS THERE TO CLAIM
RECOGNITION RIGHTS AND
PRIVILEGES OF THE MEMBERS BEHIND
HIM.
>> THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HAS
ELECTED ME THEIR SPEAKER.
THOUGH I'M BUT LITTLE ABLE TO
FULFILL THE IMPORTANT DUTIES
THUS ASSIGNED TO ME.
IF THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE
DUTIES I SHOULD AT ANY TIME FALL
INTO ERROR, I PRAY THE FAULT MAY
BE IMPUTED TO ME AND NOT TO THE
COMMONS WHOSE SERVANT I AM AND
WHO THROUGH ME THE BETTER TO
ENABLE THEM TO DISCHARGE THEIR
DUTIES TO THEIR QUEEN AND
COUNTRY, HUMBLY CLAIM ALL
UNDOUBTED RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES,
ESPECIALLY THAT THEY MAY HAVE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THEIR
DEBATES, ACCESS TO THEIR
EXCELLENCY'S PERSON AT ALL
SEASONABLE TIMES AND THAT THEIR
PROCEEDINGS MAY PROCEED FROM
YOUR EXCELLENCY THE MOST
FAVORABLE CONSTRUCTION.
 INSTRUCTS.
 INSTRUCTS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
>> Mr. SPEAKER, I'M COMMANDED
BY HER EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR
GENERAL, TO DECLARE SHE FREELY
CONFEEDS IN THE DUTY AND HOUSE
OF COMMONS TO HER MAJESTY'S
PERSON AND GOVERNMENT AND NOT
DOUBTING THAT THEIR PROCEEDINGS
WILL BE WITH WISDOM, TEMPER AND
PRUDENCE.
SHE GRANTS UPON ALL OCCASIONS
WILL RECOGNISE AND ALLOW THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL PRIVILEGES.
I AM COMMANDED ALSO TO ASSURE
YOU THAT THE COMMONS SHE'LL HAVE
READY ACCESS UPON ALL SEASONABLE
OCCASIONS AND THEIR PROCEEDING
AS WELL AS YOUR WORDS AND
ACTIONS WILL CONSTANTLY RECEIVE
FROM HER THE MOST FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) YOUR
PREDECESSOR FIRST SAT IN
PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER OF 1867,
CANADA WAS BARELY FIVE MONTHS
OLD AND ON A SCALE OF WORLD
HISTORY, WE ARE STILL YOUNG.
YET, MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE
WORLD SINCE THEN.
WE HAVE MATURED AND WE ARE HERE,
STRONG AND FREE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO CIVIL WAR, NO
FOREIGN ARMS MARCHING ON OUR
SOIL AND THERE HAVE BEEN
AGREEMENTS AND DIFFERENCES ALONG
THE WAY AND LOTS OF ARGUMENTS,
YES, MOST DELIVERED WITH MUCH EL
ELOQUENCE IN THIS VERY CHAMBER.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> IN MANY WAYS WE MOVE FORWARD
AS IF WE WERE ONE PEOPLE LOOK
FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMON
GROUND.
THIS IS NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT BY
CHOICE.
IT IS WHO WE ARE.
>> AND REMEMBER, AS WELL, THAT
OUR FRIENDS HAVE RELIED OFTEN ON
THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE STRATEGIES
OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, WHAT I
CALL INDIGENOUS GENIUS.
THAT ALLOWED THIS NATION TO
THRIVE AND THEIR DEEP
UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NATURAL
WORLD, THEIR INTENSE SENSE OF
COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO AFFECT
WHAT WE BELIEVE, FOR THE GOOD OF
OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE FUTURE
OF OUR CHILDREN.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) THIS
IS OUR PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM AND
YOUR WORK IS VIOLATAL BECAUSE
VITAL.THE NETWORK OF LAWS AND
TRADITIONS AND THAT DEFINES WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE CANADIAN, A WAY
OF LIFE AND PAVES THE WAY FOR
THE FUTURE WITH DESIRE.
>> YOUR ROLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS IS A PRIVILEGE AND A
RESPONSIBILITY.
I KNOW THAT YOU EMBRACE IT,
RESPECTING THE WISHES DIDN'T
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF US ALL.
WE SERVE EVERY SINGLE CANADIAN.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> CANADIANS OF OUR GENDER FACE
LANGUAGES, CUSTOMS OR SKIN
COLOUR.
IT IS, PERHAPS, THE MOST NOBLE
THING WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH.
AND WE SHARE THE SAME PLANET.
>> WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ON THE
SAME PLANETARY SPACESHIP.
IF WE PUT OUR BRAINS, SMARTS,
OUR ALTRUISTIC CAPABILITIES
TOGETHER, WE CAN DO A LOT OF
GOOD.
WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
DIMINISH THE GAPS AND INEQUITIES
HERE AND ELSEWHERE AND HAVE A
BETTER CHANCE AT TACKLING ISSUES
LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY,
INEQUALITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
BECAUSE GLOBAL ISSUES NO NO
BORDERS, NO TIMELINE AND TRULY
NEED OUR ATTENTION.
I AM CERTAIN THAT BY WORKING
TOGETHER THAT ANYONE CAN RISE TO
ANY OCCASION IF THEY ARE WILLING
TO WORK WITH OTHERS, TO REACH
HIGHER GOALS AND DO WHAT IS FOR
THE COMMON GOOD.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THIS FALL, CANADIANS WENT TO
THE POLLS AND THERE RETURNED A
MINORITY PARLIAMENT TO OTTAWA.
THIS IS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
AND YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO ACT
ON IT.
AND SO WE OPEN THIS WITH A CALL
FOR UNITY IN THE PURSUIT OF
COMMON GOALS AND THE 
ASPIRATIONS.
HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CHAMBER,
WE RECOGNIZE THAT CANADA'S
SENATE IS INCREASINGLY
NON-PARTISAN AND MEASURES WILL
BE TAKEN TO HELP IT CONTINUE
ALONG THAT PATH.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE DEDICATED
PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO HAVE VOWED
TO WORK TIRELESSLY ON BEHALF OF
THE PEOPLE.
CANADIANS HAVE SENT A CLEAR
MESSAGE FROM YOUNG PEOPLE TO
SENIORS, THEY WANT THE
PARLIAMENTARIANS TO WORK
TOGETHER THAT MATTER THE MOST TO
THEM.
IN THIS ELECTION,
PARLIAMENTARIANS RECEIVED A
MESSAGE FROM PEOPLE OF CANADA
WHICH MINISTERS WILL CARRY OUT.
WE WILL FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE,
STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS,
WALK THE ROAD OF RECONCILIATION,
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE AND HEALTHY
AND POSITION CANADA FOR SUCCESS
IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD.
THESE ARE NOT SIMPLE TASKS, BUT
THEY'RE ACHIEVABLE IF YOU STAY
FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE WHO SENT
YOU HERE.
MOMS AND DADS, GRANDPARENTS AND
STUDENTS, NEW CANADIANS,
BUSINESS OWNERS, WORKERS, PEOPLE
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
EVERYONE OF THEM EXPECT THEIR
PARLIAMENTARIANS TO GET TO WORK
AND TO DELIVER A PLAN THAT MOVES
OUR COUNTRY FORWARD FOR ALL
CANADIANS, FOR WOMEN, MEMBERS OF
VISIBLE AND LINGUISTIC
MINORITIES AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES AND MEMBERS OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
WHILE YOUR APPROACHES MAY
DIFFER, YOU SHARE A COMMON
BELIEF GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY
WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO MAKE LIFE
BETTER FOR CANADIANS.
THAT INCLUDES BETTER HEALTHCARE
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOWER
TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND
THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST,
INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
PUBLIC TRANSIT, SCIENCE AND
INNOVATION, LESS GUN VIOLENCE
AND A REAL PLAN TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE WHILE CREATING GOOD,
WELL-PAYING JOBS.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW AREAS WHERE
THIS PARLIAMENT CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
CANADIANS.
AND AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE
INSTRUCTED YOU TO WORK TOGETHER,
CANADIANS HAVE ALSO SPOKEN
CLEARLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THEIR REGIONS AND THEIR LOCAL
NEEDS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS HEARD
CANADIANS' CONCERN, THAT THE
WORLD IS INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN
AND THAT THE ECONOMY IS
CHANGING.
AND IN THIS CONTEXT, REGIONAL
NEEDS AND DIFFERENCES REALLY
MATTER.
TODAY THE ECONOMIC CONCERNS ARE
BOTH JUSTIFIED AND IMPORTANT.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL WORK WITH
PROVINCES, TERRITORIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES, INDIGENOUS
GROUPS, STAKEHOLDERS, INDUSTRY
AND CANADIANS TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH)
>> OUR REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
CAN RISE TO TODAY'S CHALLENGE
AND ACHIEVE.
AS THE GOVERNMENT PUTS IN PLACE
AN AMBITIOUS STAND TO MOVE
CANADA FORWARD, PARLIAMENTARIANS
CAN DRAW INSPIRATION FROM
CANADIANS THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO DO
IMPORTANT WORK AND THEY MODEL
HOW YOU CAN BE AFFECTING AFFECTG
PARLIAMENTARIANS.
IT'S FINDING COMMON GROUND.
THEY WILL JUDGE US BY ACTION OR
INACTION UNDER A DEFINING
CHALLENGE OF THE TIME, CLIMATE
CHANGE.
A YEAR MAJORITY OF CANADIANS
VOTED FOR AMBITIOUS CLIMATE
ACTION NOW AND THIS IS WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND PRESERVE
CANADA'S NATURAL LEGACY AND IT
WILL DO SO IN A WAY THAT GROWS
THE ECONOMY AND MAKES LIFE MORE
AFFORDABLE.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL SET A TARGET
TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY
2050 AND THIS GOAL IS AMBITIOUS
BUT NECESSARY FOR BOTH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
LEAD IN ENTERING A PRICE ON
POLLUTION, EVERYWHERE IN THIS
COUNTRY, WORKING WITH PARTNERS
FOR EMISSIONS.
(SPEAKING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE).
>> THEY WILL INTRODUCE MEASURES
TO BUILD CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND
AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE IT
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLES.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL WORK TO MAKE
CLEAN AFFORDABLE POWER AVAILABLE
IN EVERY CANADIAN COMMUNITY AND
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO WORK
WITH DIGNITARIES TO MAKE CANADA
THE BEST PLACE TO START AND GROW
A CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY AND
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE
HELP FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED BY
CLIMATE.
RELATED DISASTERS.
>> THEY WILL PRESERVE CANADA'S
NATURAL LEGACY, PROTECTING 25%
OF CANADA'S LAND AND 25% OF
CANADA'S OCEANS BY 2025.
FURTHER, IT WILL CONTINUE
EFFORTS TO REDUCE PLASTIC
POLLUTION AND USE NATURE-BASED
SOLUTIONS TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE, INCLUDING PLANTING TWO
BILLION TREES TO CLEAN THE AIR
AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES GREENER
AND WHILE THE GOVERNMENT TAKES
STRONG ACTION TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE, IT WILL ALSO WORK JUST
AS HARD TO GET CANADIAN
RESOURCES TO NEW MARKETS AND
OFFER UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO THE
HARD-WORKING WOMEN AND MEN IN
CANADA'S NATURAL RESOURCE'S
SECTOR MANY OF WHOM HAVE FACED
TOUGH TIMES RECENTLY.
CANADA'S EXPERIENCE PROVES THAT
ECONOMIC GROWTH IS THE SUREST
WAY TO MAINTAIN A GOOD QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR CITIZENS.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, CANADA
HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND
THROUGH IT ALL, THE GOVERNMENT
HAS WORKED TO ENSURE THAT ALL
CANADIANS BENEFIT FROM CANADA'S
ECONOMIC SUCCESS, REDUCING
TAXES, POVERTY AND CREATING OVER
A MILLION JOBS.
AND IN THIS NEW MANDATE, THE
GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE GREATER
SUPPORT TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS AND
TO THE MOST VULNERABLE CANADIANS
BY PURSUING TAX FAIRNESS,
CONTINUING TO INVEST IN PEOPLE
AND GROWING THE ECONOMY.
AS ITS FIRST ACT, THE GOVERNMENT
WILL CUT TAXES FOR ALL BUT THE
WEALTHIEST CANADIANS, GIVE MORE
MONEY TO MIDDLE MANUFACTURE
-CLASS FAMILIESAND THOSE WHO NE.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL ACT ON
HOUSING AFTER DRASTICALLY
REDUCING POVERTY, THE GOVERNMENT
WILL CONTINUE A CRUCIAL
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
IT WILL ALSO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
MORE PEOPLE TO BUY THEIR FIRST
HOME.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE
FAMILIES MORE TIME AND MONEY TO
HELP RAISE THEIR KIDS AND MAKE
BEFORE AND HALF-SCHOOL CARE MORE
ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE.
IT WILL CUT THE COST OF CELLULAR
AND WIRELESS SERVICES BY 25% AND
IT WILL STRENGTHEN THE PENSIONS
SO THAT MANY SENIORS RELY ON AND
INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT AN EDUCATED
CANADA IS A SUCCESSFUL CANADA,
THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE MORE
SUPPORT TO STUDENTS, BE THEY NEW
GRADUATES STRUGGLING WITH LOAN
PAYMENTS OR BE THEY HEADING BACK
TO SCHOOL NEW CAREER TO LEARN
NEW SKILLS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON
AN ECONOMIC AGENDA THAT WILL
GROW THE MODERN CANADIAN
ECONOMY, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
NEW NAFTA TO MAINTAIN A STRONG
AND INTEGRATED ECONOMY.
ON THIS, ON OTHER CREATIVE
THINGS, THOSE IN THE SUPINE
MANAGEMENT SECTORS WILL BE FULLY
AND FAIRLY COMPENSATED WITH MANY
FARMERS RECEIVING THEIR CHEQUES
THIS MONTH.
THEY WILL VIEW THE RULES
CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL REMOVE
ADDITIONAL BARRIERS TO DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE FOR
BUSINESSES AND FARMERS AND WILL
CONTINUE WITH AMBITIOUS
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND REDUCE RED TAPE SO THAT IT
IS EASIER TO CLEAR AND RUN A
START-UP OR SMALL BUSINESS.
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL PURSUE A
RESPONSIBLE FISCAL PLAN TO KEEP
THE ECONOMY STRONG AND GROWING.
>> EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CANADA
DESERVES A REAL AND FAIR CHANCE
AT SUCCESS AND THAT MUST INCLUDE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
IN 2015, THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED
A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, ONE THAT
WOULD HELP TO DELIVER A BETTER
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
REAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE OVER
THE PAST FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING
THE ELIMINATION OF 87 LONG-TERM
DRINKING WATER ADVISORIES,
EQUITY AND FUNDING FOR
FIRST-NATION K-12 EDUCATION, THE
PASSAGE OF HISTORIC LEGISLATION
TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE
AND TO AFFIRM INDIGENOUS
JURISDICTION OVER CHILD AND
FAMILY SERVICES.
AND THE COMPLETION OF THE
NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
AND GIRLS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL
MUCH WORK TO DO.
RECONCILIATION WITH INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE REMAIN A CORE PRIORITY
FOR THIS GOVERNMENT AND IT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS A
PARTNER ON THE JOURNEY OF
RECONCILIATION.
INDEED, WHEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE BETTER OUTCOMES, ALL
CANADIANS BENEFIT.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE
GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ACTION TO
CODEVELOP AND INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT UNITED
NATION'S DECLARATION ON RIGHTS
OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE
FIRST YEAR OF THE NEW MANDATE.
CONTINUE TO WORK OF ELIMINATING
ALL LONG-TERM DRINKING
ADVISORIES ON RESERVES BY 2021
AND ENSURE SAFE-DRINKING WATER
IN FIRST NATION'S COMMUNITIES.
IT WILL CODEVELOP NEW
LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
HIGH QUALITY, CULTURE RELEVANT
HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE TRUTH AND
RECONCILIATION COMMISSION'S CALL
TO ACTION AND THE NATIONAL
INQUIRY INTO MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS CALL FOR JUSTICE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST NATIONS,
INUIT AND METIS PEOPLE.
(SPEAKING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE).
>> THEY WILL MOVE TOGETHER TO
ENSURE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
ARE IN CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY
AND COMMUNITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE NEW
STEPS TO ENSURE THE GOVERNMENT
IS LIVING UP TO CONSTRUCTIVE
ARRAIGNMENTS WITH INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL
ENSURE THAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
WHO WERE HARMED UNDER THE
DISCRIMINATORY CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM ARE COMPENSATED IN A WAY
THAT IS BOTH FAIR AND TIMELY AND
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN INDIGENOUS PRIORITIES
IN COLLABORATION WITH INDIGENOUS
PARTNERS.
THE PAST RECONCILIATION IS LONG,
BUT IN ITS ACTIONS AND
INTERACTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT
WILL CONTINUE TO WALK WITH
NATIONS, FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT
AND METIS PEOPLE.
>> WHEREVER THEY LIVE, IN RURAL
COMMUNITIES, BIG CITY, IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE ROCKIES OR THE
FISHING VILLAGES OF OUR
COASTLINES, IN THE FAR NORTH OR
ALONG THE CANADA-U.S. BORDER,
ALL CANADIANS WANT TO MAKE
CANADA A BETTER FUTURE AND
REALITY.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, HEADLINE AFTER
HEADLINE, CANADIANS HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND THE DEVASTATING EFFECT
OF GUN VIOLENCE.
TOO MANY LIVES LOST AND TOO MANY
FAMILIES SHATTERED.
IT IS TIME TO SHOW COURAGE AND
STRENGTHEN GUN GUN CONTROL.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL CRACK DOWN
ON GUN CRIME, BANNING
MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT RIFLES
AND TAKING STEPS TO INTRODUCE A
BUY-BACK PROGRAM.
MUNICIPALITIES AND COMMUNITIES
THAT WANT TO BAN HANDGUNS WILL
BE ABLE TO DO SO AND THE
GOVERNMENT WILL INVEST TO HELP
CITIES FIGHT GANG-RELATED
VIOLENCE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WE ARE THE EVE OF THE 
30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
KILLING OF 14 WOMEN IN MONTREAL.
A DAY WHEN ALL CANADIANS PAUSE
TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR THOSE
WOMEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR
GENDER AND WE TAKE STOCK OF THE
HARM THAT THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES
TO DO TO CANADIAN SOCIETY.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE GREATER
STEPS TO ADDRESS GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE IN CANADA AND BUILDING
WHAT THE GENDER-BASED STRATEGY
AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO
DEVELOP A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN.
>> ENSURING A BETTER QUALITY OF
LIFE FOR CANADIANS ALSO INVOLVES
PUTTING THE RIGHT SUPPORT IN
PLACE SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
SICK, THEY CAN GET THE HELP THEY
NEED.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL STRENGTHEN
HEALTHCARE AND WORK WITH THE
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL CANADIANS GET
THE HIGH QUALITY CARE THEY
DESERVE.
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL WORK
WITH PROVINCES, TERRITORIES,
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS
IN INDUSTRY IN ACADEMIA TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL CANADIANS CAN
ACCESS A PRIMARY CARE FAMILY
DOCTOR.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL PARTNER WITH
PROVINCES, TERRITORIES AND
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO
INTRODUCE MENTAL HEALTH
STANDARDS IN THE WORKPLACE AND
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CANADIANS
ARE ABLE TO GET MENTAL HEALTH
CARE WHEN THEY NEED IT.
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE IT
EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE
HELP THEY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO
OPIOIDS AND SUBSTANTIVE USE AND
CANADIANS HAVE SEEN THE
WIDE-SPREAD HARM CAUSED BY THE
USE OF OPIOIDS IN THIS COUNTRY
AND MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE AND
MORE WILL BE DONE.
TOO OFTEN, CANADIANS WHO FALL
SICK SUFFER TWICE.
ONCE FROM BECOMING ILL AND AGAIN
FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP CAUSED
BY THE COST OF THEIR MEDICATION.
GIVEN THIS REALITY, PHARMACARE
IS THE KEY MISSING PIECE OF
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE STEPS
TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT
NATIONAL PHARMACARE SO THAT
CANADIANS HAVE THE DRUG COVERAGE
THEY NEED.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> FINALLY ONE THE GOVERNMENT
WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNISE THE
SOLEMN DUTY TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE
TO SERVE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED
FORCES.
THE GOVERNMENT INVESTED MORE
THAN $10 MILLION TO DELIVER
BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CANADA'S
VETERANS AND IN THIS NEW
PARLIAMENT, THE GOVERNMENT WILL
BUILD ON THAT WORK BY IMPROVING
MENTAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORTS AND
HELPING ENSURE THAT EVERY
HOMELESS VETERAN HAS A PLACE TO
CALL HOME.
>> CANADIANS EXPECT THEIR
LEADERS TO STAND UP FOR THE
VALUES AND INTERESTS THAT ARE
CORE TO CANADA'S PROSPERITY AND
SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN
RIGHTS AND RESPECT FOR
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
CANADIANS EXPECT THE GOVERNMENT
TO POSITION CANADA AND CANADIANS
FOR SUCCESS IN THE WORLD.
AS A TRADING NATION, THE
GOVERNMENT WILL SEEK OUT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANADIANS,
INGENUITY AND ENTERPRISE.
AS A COALITION BUILDER, THEY
WILL BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH
LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES TO PUT
CANADA'S EXPERTISE TO WORK ON A
GLOBAL SCALE IN AREAS LIKE THE
PROMOTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS, THE FIGHT AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE
DEVELOPMENT AND ETHICAL USE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THE GOVERNMENT WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO MORE LATERAL
EFFORTS, TO MAKE THE WORLD MORE
SAFE, JUST, PROSPEROUS AND
SUSTAINABLE.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL RENEW
CANADA'S COMMITMENT TO NATO AND
UNITED NATION'S PEACEKEEPING.
IT WILL STAND UP FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL ORDER WHEN THAT
ORDER IS PUT IN QUESTION,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
TRADE AND DIGITAL POLICY AND IT
WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT
CANADA'S VOICE IS PRESENT AT THE
U.N., NOTABLY ON THE U.N.
SECURITY COUNCIL.
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
>> FINALLY, AS A COMPASSIONATE
PARTNER, THE GOVERNMENT WILL
PROVIDE TARGETED SOURCES FOR
INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE INCLUDING INVESTMENTS
IN EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUALITY
TO HELP THE WORLD'S POOREST AND
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO BECOME
STRONG PARTNER FOR CANADA, IN
TURN.
PARLIAMENTARIANS, CANADIANS ARE
COUNTING ON YOU TO FIGHT,
STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE-CLASS,
WALK THE ROAD OF RECOLLECT SILL,
KEEP CANADIANS SAFE AND HEALTH
AND POSITION CANADA FOR SUCCESS
IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD.
AND WITH GOOD WILL, HUMILITY AND
A WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE,
YOU CAN DO THAT.
YOU CAN RAISE THE BAR ON WHAT
POLITICS IS LIKE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AFTER ALL, THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS
THAT IT NEEDS TO WORK WITH OTHER
PARLIAMENTARIANS TO DELIVER
RESULT.
THE MANDATE OF THIS RECENT
ELECTION, NOT IN A FINAL WORD
AND THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN TO
NEW IDEAS FROM ALL 
PARLIAMENTARIANS AND
STAKEHOLDERS.
IDEAS LIKE UNIVERSAL DENTALCARE
IS WORTH EXPLORING AND I
ENCOURAGE PARLIAMENT TO LOOK
INTO THIS.
WHETHER IT'S FIGHTING MONEY
LAUNDERING OR MAKING BENEFITS
TAX-FREE, THERE ARE GOOD IDEAS
ACROSS PARTIES AND THIS
GOVERNMENT IS READY TO LEARN
FROM YOU AND WORK WITH YOU IN
THE YEARS AHEAD.
SOME BELIEVE THAT MINORITY
GOVERNMENTS ARE INCAPABLE OF
GETTING THINGS DONE, BUT
CANADA'S HISTORY TELLS US
OTHERWISE.
CANADA'S PARLIAMENT IS ONE OF
THE MOST ENDURING AND VITAL
INSTITUTIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC
WORLD AND DELIVERED A TREMENDOUS
WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CANADIAN
PEOPLE THROUGH CRISIS AND
THROUGH PROSPERITY, THROUGH
MAJORITY AND MINORITY
GOVERNMENTS.
AND DECEMBER 31st, 1966, PRIME
MINISTER LESTER B. PEARSON
WELCOMED CANADA'S CENTENNIAL
YEAR AND LIT THE FLAMES IN FRONT
OF THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
IN HIS REMARKS, HE SAID, TONIGHT
WE BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR
COUNTRY'S STORY.
LET THE RECORD OF THAT CHAPTER
BE ONE OF COOPERATION AND NOT
CONFLICT, OF DEDICATION AND NOT
DIVISION, OF SERVICE AND NOT
SELF, OF WHAT WE CAN GIVE, NOT
WHAT WE CAN GET.
LET US WORK TOGETHER AS
CANADIANS TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY
WORTHY OF ITS HONOURED PAST AND
CERTAIN OF ITS PROUD FUTURE.
IN THIS 43rd PARLIAMENT, YOU
WILL DISAGREE ON MANY THINGS,
BUT YOU WILL AGREE ON A GREAT
MANY MORE.
FOCUS ON YOUR SHARED PURPOSE,
MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR THE
PEOPLE YOU SERVE.
NEVER FORGET THAT IT IS AN
HONOUR TO SIT IN THIS
PARLIAMENT.
PROVE TO CANADIANS THAT YOU ARE
WORTHY HOLDERS OF THOSE SEATS
AND WORTHY STEWARDS OF THIS
PLACE.
YOU WILL BE ASKED TO APPROPRIATE
THE FUNS TO CARRY OUT THE
SERVICES AND EXPENDITURES
AUTHORIZED BY PARLIAMENT.
HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE, AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS, AS YOU CARRY OUT
YOUR DUTIES AND EXERCISE YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES, MAY YOU BE
GUIDED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE.
>> Rosemary:  THERE YOU HAVE IT,
28 AND A HALF MINUTES LATER,
MORE THAN 3,000 WORDS, J PIE YET
OPENED OFFICIALLY A 
43rd SESSION OF CANADA'S
PARLIAMENT.
THAT IS THE OFFICIAL PART OF THE
SPEECH.
ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE
PROCEDURAL BITS AND PIECES THAT
WE WILL SEE AS THE CEREMONY
WRAPS UP AND THEN, OF COURSE,
WE'LL GET REACTION FROM PEOPLE
IN GOVERNMENT AND FROM THE
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION MEMBERS.
SO VASSEY KAPELOS AND AARON ARE
HERE WITH ME STILL AND HAVE BEEN
LISTENING OVER THE PAST 28 AND A
HALF MINUTES TO THE SPEECH THAT
WAS DELIVERED BY JULIE PAYETTE,
THE FIRST TIME SHE DELIVERED
THIS SPEECH.
I MUST SAY IT FLIES BY, IN PART,
BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKE A STATE
OF THE UNION ADDRESS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND CLAPPING IS
NOT ALLOWED.
IT IS FROWNED UPON, AS IS BOOING
OR ANY REACTION AS WELL.
IT'S ALL POLITE, CANADIAN AND
EFFICIENT AND SO THAT'S WHY IT
HAPPENS QUICKLY AND WITH LITTLE
REACTION.
THE REACTION COMES AFTER IT'S
OVER AND AFTER THE M.P.S DEPART
AS THEY WILL SPORTILY.
SO VASSY, MAYBE AS WE KEEP THESE
PICTURES UP AND WATCH AS PEOPLE
MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS, GET TO WORK, WHETHER
THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STRUCK YOU
THERE.
>> Vassy:  THE LEVEL OF
SPECIFICITY.
LEVEL THRONE SPEECHES AS WE WERE
DISCUSSING PRIORITY TO THIS, ARE
THE BROAD STROKE WHICH SIGNAL
THE GOVERNMENT.
ALTHOUGH THEY DID THAT IN THIS
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF SPECIFIC
THINGS.
GRANTED THINGS THEY HAD PROMISED
IN THE CAMPAIGN, SO THEY DON'T
COME AS A SURPRISE, BUT
INCLUDING THINGS LIKE REDUCING
CELL PHONE BILLS BY 25% IS A
SPECIFIC THING TO INCLUDE IN THE
SPEECH.
THE THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS IN
WHAT WAY WILL THEY TRY TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUES DOING WITH
THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION,
PARTICULARLY IN ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN AND MAYBE IN QUEBEC
AND THERE WASN'T A LOT THERE.
GUESSES THAT THE OPPOSITION,
PARTICULARLY THE CONSERVATIVES
WILL JUMP ON THAT AND THERE'S
ONE PHRASE WHERE THEY SAID, THE
WORK IS HARD ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
AFTER DETAILING THINGS THEY'LL
DO, THE WORK IS HARD ON CLIMATE
CHANGE AS THEY WILL ON GETTING
NATURAL RESOURCES TO MARKET,
WHICH IS A NOD TO THE PIPELINE
THEME.
I'M NOT SURE I HEARD THE WORD.
THERE WASN'T MUCH SPECIFICITY.
SO MY GUESS IS THE OPPOSITION
WILL JUMP ON THAT.
>> Rosemary:  THEY DID TALK A
LOT ABOUT THE MESSAGE FROM
REGIONS OF CANADA AND HOW THE
NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT
REGIONS AND HOW THEY WILL HAVE
TO RESPOND TO THAT AND I'LL GET
AARON TO WAY IN BUT FIRST
SALIMAH SHIVJI, I BELIEVE, IS
WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER, BILL
MORNEAU.
>> Reporter:  I WANTED TO ASK
YOU, WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE SENT
WITH THIS THRONE SPEECH, THAT
YOU WANTED CANADIANS TO HEAR
ABOUT THIS NEW MINORITY
GOVERNMENT?
>> A NUMBER OF MESSAGES, BUT I
THINK YOU HEARD AN OVERARCHING
THEME WE WANT TO MAKE THIS
PARLIAMENT WORK AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE RESPECT THE VIEWS
OF CANADIANS, THAT WE WORK
TOGETHER WITH ALL PEOPLE IN
PARLIAMENT TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND YOU HEARD KEY MESSAGES ABOUT
WHAT WE WANT TO GET DONE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DEAL WITH THE ANXIETY PEOPLE ARE
FEELING IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS,
THAT WE GET AT CLIMATE CHANGE
AND RECOGNISE THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
HERE ARE OTHER THINGS IMPORTANT,
KEEPING CANADIANS HEALTHY, GUN
SAFETY AND THINGS WE KNOW PEOPLE
WERE TALKING ABOUT DURING THE
ELECTION AND WE INTEND MOVING
FORWARD ON THEM.
>> Reporter:  FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS FROM THE PRIME
MINISTER, THERE WILL BE A TAX
CUT TO LOWER INCOME AND
MIDDLE-INCOME CANADIANS.
WILL THERE BE AN ECONOMIC UPDATE
NEXT WEEK FROM YOU?
>> WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UPDATE
PEOPLE.
I'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHEN
THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMING
DAYS BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KEEP
ABREAST OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT
AND ECONOMY IS DOING.
THAT WILL BE ONE OF MY FIRST
ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON A
MIDDLE-CUT TAX CUT.
THAT WILL GIVE EVERYBODY, EXCEPT
FOR THE WEALTHIEST CANADIANS A
TAX REDUCTION.
>> Reporter:  SO THERE WILL BE
AN ECONOMIC UPDATE NEXT WEEK?
>> I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON THE ACTUAL TIMING, BUT I'M
SURELY GOING TO GET BACK TO
CANADIANS TO MAKE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND HOW THE ECONOMY IS
DOING.
>> Reporter:  BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
THEN?
>> WATCH THIS SPACE.
>> Reporter:  OK, I DID MY BEST
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH,
Mr. MORNEAU.
THERE YOU GO, ROSIE.
>> Rosemary:  THAT'S VERY GOOD.
I TAKE THAT AS NEXT WEEK MYSELF.
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  HE DIDN'T WANT TO
GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT THERE BUT
VERY WELL DONE.
SO THE TAX CUTS WE'RE EXPECTING
AS EARLY AS MONDAY AND SOUNDS AS
THOUGH A FISCAL UPDATE VERY
QUICKLY AND MORNEAU WILL NAIL
DOWN A DATE ONCE HE'S GOT THAT
SORTED.
AARON, YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
>> I THINK THERE'S A RECOGNITION
THAT THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT
SITUATION, THE AMOUNT OF
EMPHASIS ON COLLABORATION AND
WORKING TOGETHER IN PARLIAMENT.
ONE BIG LINE WHERE THEY SEEMED
VERY INTERESTED IN HITTING WAS
THAT IDEA THAT CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN WILL JUDGE US
BASED ON WHAT WE DO OR DON'T DO
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
IF YOU GO BACK FOUR YEARS
CLIMATE CHANGE WAS A PART OF THE
THRONE SPEECH AND THE THIRD
TOPIC, MORE ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
IT WASN'T GIVEN NEARLY THE
EMPHASIS IT WAS GIVEN THIS TIME
AROUND.
I THINK ALL OF THE
RECONCILIATION AND THE AMOUNT OF
EMPHASIS -- THAT'S NOT A NEW
TOPIC FOR THIS GOVERNMENT OR
PRIME MINISTER.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF EMPHASIS THEY
GAVE ON IT, THE SLIGHTLY
DEFENCIVE, I THINK, APPROACH OF
LISTING OFF THE FIRST FOUR
YEARS, THAT HAS BEEN TOUGH
POLITICALLY AND A TOUGH ISSUE
FOR THEM TO SORT OF CLAIM
SUCCESS ON, BUT THERE'S TO
SHYING AWAY FROM IT AND IF
ANYTHING, IT'S LIKE THEY WERE
DOUBLING DOWN ON MUCH EMPHASIS.
>> Rosemary:  IT GOT ITS OWN
SECTION WHICH IT DIDN'T GET IN
2015.
IT PUT VERY CLEARLY UNDRIP IN
PLACE BY THE FIRST YEAR AND
THERE'S MOMENTS LIKE THAT THAT
GAVE YOU TIMELINES.
WE HAVE ANOTHER GUEST.
>> Reporter:  OBVIOUSLY, I'M
STANDING HERE WITH THE GREEN
PARTY LEADER, ELIZABETH MAY AND
WE HEARD A LOT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IN THAT THRONE SPEECH, BASICALLY
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
CANADIANS VOTED FOR MORE AM BUSH
AMBITIOUS ACTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU
HEARD?
>> IT WAS LARGELY WHAT WE
EXPECTED.
>> Elizabeth May:  I SAID HERE
ARE THE BROAD AREAS WHERE YOU
FIND CONSENSUS, THE NEED FOR
PHARMACARE, RECONCILIATION BEING
IMPORTANT AND WE LOOK AT THOSE
ISSUES AND THEY'RE ALL
REFERENCED AND SOME WITH MORE
SPECIFICS THAN OTHERS.
THE RECONCILIATION AGENDA HAD
TIMELINES.
WE'LL GET TO THE INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS OF RECONCILIATION IN THE
FIRST YEAR AND IN CLIMATE
CHANGE, NOT SO MUCH SPECIFICITY
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
NEGOTIATIONS, AND NOW IS WHEN
CANADA WHO PUT FORWARD THE
TARGET THAT IS ACTUALLY GROUND
INTO SCIENCE, THE SPEECH FROM
THE THRONE SAID, THE SCIENCE IS
CLEAR.
BUT CANADA'S CLIMATE TARGET
ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH THAT
SCIENCE.
SO WE WILL WAIT AND WE WILL PUSH
BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE LIBERALS
HEARD THE MESSAGE.
CANADIANS WANT CLIMATE ACTION,
WE HAVE TO SEE IF THEY'RE
SERIOUS AND WHEN WE'LL SEE REAL
CLIMATE ACTION CONSISTENT WITH
THE SCIENCE.
>> Reporter:  WHAT DO YOU TAKE
FROM THAT, THERE WERE SPECIFIC
DETAILS IN TERMS OF MAKING IT TO
THE TARGET OF NET ZERO EMISSIONS
BY 2050?
ELIZABETH MAY THAT'S A GOOD
>> Elizabeth May:  THEY PROMISE,
OUR CURRENT TARGET AT 2030,
WHICH WE'RE NOT ON TRACK TO
MEET, MEETING THAT TARGET MEANS
YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE
AND THE 2030 TARGET IS TOO WEAK.
THE SPRINGBOARD TO THE 2050
TARGET.
WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR TARGET
QUICKLY, PREFERABLY YEARS AGO,
BUT AT LEAST NOW AND SO, WHAT I
TAKE FROM THAT IS THAT THEY'RE
GIVING US THE RHETORIC OF
CLIMATE ACTION AND WE NEED TO
KEEP PUSHING.
>> Reporter:  THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ELIZABETH MAY, A GREEN PARTY
PARLIAMENTY LEADER.
>> Rosemary:  THANK YOU FOR
THIS.
ON THE RIGHT PART OF YOUR
SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE A GROUPING
AND WE ARE EXPECTING OPPOSITION
LEADERS TO MAKE THEIR WAY THERE
AND GIVE US IMPRESSIONS OF THE
SPEECH.
SO WELE WILL STAND BY AND LOOKS
LIKE SOMEONE IS MOVING INTO
POSITION, MAYBE.
UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, LET ME BRING
IN AT ISSUE, CHANTAL AND ANDREW.
ANDREW, WHAT DID YOU MAKE?
>> Andrew:  WHAT NATIONAL
DIVISIONS?
THERE'S REGIONAL CONCERNS AND
MAYBE REGIONAL NEEDS BUT VERY
LITTLE SUBSTANCE.
THERE WERE LONG PATCHES ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE END OF
WHICH THERE'S TALKING ABOUT
MOVING RESOURCES TO MARKETS.
THERE'S A LONG PASSAGE ABOUT ALL
OF THE MONEY THEY'LL GIVE TO
VARIOUS GROUPS IN SOCIETY AND A
LINE ABOUT FISCAL PLANS, NO
MENTION OF THE DEFICIT OR
PROTECT DUC
PRODUCTIVITY.
>> Rosemary:  I'LL LISTEN IN TO
THE HOUSE LEADER, PABLO
RODRIGUEZ BEFORE I GET TO YOU
CHANTAL.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
THE THREE GOVERNMENT LEADERS,
FOR THE N.D.P., THE BLOC AND
CONSERVATIVES.
IT WOULD BE ON A CASE BY CASE
BASIS.
FOR BILLS REGARDING GREENHOUSE
GAS, IT WOULD BE NATURAL TO DO
THAT WITH THE N.D.P. AND BLOC
AND REDUCING THE MIDDLE-CLASS,
AS WELL, AND MAYBE THE
CONSERVATIVES WILL COME ALONG.
THE DOORS WILL OPEN, ANYWAY.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS SUPPORT
WILL COME FROM?
WELL, I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
I DISCUSS WITH THEM THIS WEEK
AND INTEND TO DISCUSS WITH MY
COUNTERPARTS ALMOST ON A DAILY
BASIS AND I'M WAITING FOR THE
REACTIONS.
I THINK THIS REFLECTS WHAT WE
HEARD FROM CANADIANS, THAT WE
WILL COLLABORATE.
>> Reporter:  WHAT WILL YOU DO
TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PARTIES?
>> I HAD THREE PRIVATE MEETINGS
WITH THE HOUSE LEADERS,
CONSERVATIVES, N.D.P. AND BLOC
QUÉBÉCOIS AND THEY NOW HAVE MY
CELL PHONE AND CAN CALL ME ANY
TIME.
MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND I'M
READY FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SAID IN THE
THRONE SPEECH, GOOD IDEAS CAN
COME FROM ANYBODY.
>> Rosemary:  THAT'S THE LIBERAL
HOUSE LEADER, ONLY DIPPED INTO
THAT BECAUSE HE'S THE GUY WHO
WILL BE IN CHARGE OF TRYING TO
REACH THESE AGREEMENTS ON A
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS ON CONFIDENCE
VOTES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AND
HE'S GIVEN HIS CELL PHONE OUT TO
EVERYBODY, ALL OF THE OTHER
HOUSE LEADERS IN CASE THEY NEED
TO CALL AND DISCUSS SOMETHING.
SORRY, I JUMPED INTO ANY
DISCUSSION WITH "AT ISSUE" AND
DIDN'T GIVE CHANTAL A CHANCE TO
RESPOND.
JUST AS THE PRIME MINISTER
LEAVES THE SPACE WHERE WE ARE
AND CHANTAL, WHAT STRUCK YOU
ABOUT THAT.
>> Chantal:  THERE WAS A CLEAR
EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE AGENDA OF
THE GOVERNMENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU THROW IN A LINE
ABOUT FREE DENTAL CARE, SAYING
WE'LL IMPLEMENT A NATIONAL
PHARMACARE PROGRAMME AND EASIER
SAID THAN DONE, BY THE WAY.
AND CHEQUES ROLLING OUT AND
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE BLOC.
SO WHAT STRUCK ME BEYOND THOSE
CLOCK-TICKING EXERCISES IS THIS
IS PROBABLY THE THRONE SPEECH
THAT GIVES THE MOST SPACE TO AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THAT WE HAVE
EVER SEEN AND IT COULDN'T BE
MORE DIFFERENT THAN THE THRONE
SPEECH THAT A CONSERVATIVE
MINORITY GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE
TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER WITH THE
EMPHASIS ON DOUBLING DOWN ON
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I THINK IT IS THE KIND OF THRONE
SPEECH THAT VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED
THE LIBERALS, BUT ALSO THE
N.D.P. AND THE BLOC PROBABLY
EXPECTED.
I NOTED, LIKE ANDREW, THAT THE
WORDPIPELINE OR TRANSMOUNTAIN IT
IN THERE AND I NOTED AT THE END
OF THE DAY, THE LIBERALS WORRY
THAT THE N.D.P. AND BLOC WOULD
CHOKE ON THAT WORD AND THEY WENT
WITH GETTING RESOURCES TO MARKET
TO MAKE SURE THIS WOULD NOT
STICK AND BE TOO HARD TO SWALLOW
FOR THE PARTIES THEY'RE HOPING
TO GET SUPPORT FROM.
>> Rosemary:  THEY PUT A LINE
ABOUT THE CARBON TAX AND CALL IT
PRICE ON POLLUTION BECAUSE
THAT'S LESS, SORT OF A TRIGGER
WORD.
CASUALLY SIGNALING TO THOSE
PREMIERS THAT DON'T LIKE IT THAT
WE'RE NOT BACKING AWAY FROM
THIS.
IF ANYTHING, AS CHANTAL SAID,
WE'RE GOING HARDER.
>> Chantal:  THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN HUGE NEWS BUT I SUSPECT THE
GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE A HARD
TIME SURVIVING THAT IF IT HAD
SAID WE'RE BACKING AWARE FROM
CARBON PRICING, ALL AFTER THIS?
>> Rosemary:  RIGHT, BUT TO SAY
TO THE PROVINCES, LIKE, YOU CAN
HAVE THIS BATTLE, IF YOU WANT,
YOU CAN PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE
COURTS, IF YOU WANT, BUT THIS IS
THE WAY IT'S GOING TO GO.
ANDREW, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN
ON THE CLIMATE AND HOW PROMINENT
IT WAS AND THE MESSAGING.
>> Andrew:  THIS IS DEFINITELY
THE CENTREPIECE OF THE THRONE
PEACH AND I DIDN'T GET MUCH OF A
READ ON WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH
CARBON PRICING.
HOW HIGH WILL THEY RAISE THE
PRICE WAS LEFT BIG.
WE HAVE THE TARGET OF THE ZERO
NET BUT WE DON'T HAVE A ROAD MAP
ON HOW TO GET THERE, BUT I AGREE
WITH YOU, WE WOULDN'T EXPECT
THEM TO BACK OFF ON THE CARBON
PRICE AT ALL.
>> Rosemary:  I MEAN, SO WE WENT
THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, WERE ATTEMPTS TO GET
OTHERS ON SIDE AND THEY DID TALK
ABOUT GUNS AND REFERENCED THE
30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SHOOTING AT THE POLYTECHNIC
WHICH IS TOMORROW.
THEY REFERENCED PHARMACARE TO
IMPLEMENT IT AND TALKED ABOUT
TRYING TO WIN THAT SEAT AT
SECURITY COUNCIL, AT THE UNITED
NATIONS AND I WASN'T CONVINCED
THEY WEREN'T STILL TRYING DO BUT
APPARENTLY THEY ARE.
THERE WON'T BE A VOTE ON THIS
AND SO THEIR FUTURE IS FINE FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
GO AHEAD, CHANTAL.
>> Chantal:  NOTHING IS
PREVENTING AN OPPOSITION PARTY
FROM PRESENTING A NONCONFIDENCE
MOTION ON THE BASIS OF THE
THRONE SPEECH AND THAT TOOL IS
ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
I DON'T EXPECT THE N.D.P. AND
THE BLOC TO BE DOING THAT, BUT
OTHER PARTIES COULD.
SO NO MINORITY GOVERNMENTS ARE
NEVER SAFE.
>> Rosemary:  YOU WOULD NOT
EXPECT THIS SPEECH WOULD IN ANY
WAY, I DON'T KNOW, BE
PROVOCATIVE.
>> Chantal:  I WOULD BE
SURPRISED IF, AT LEAST ONE OR
MAYBE TWO OF THE THIRD PARTIES
DO NOT FIND A REASON OR ENOUGH
REASONS TO BACK THIS SPEECH.
>> Rosemary:  ANDREW.
>> Andrew:  IT'S ONLY
PROVOCATIVE TO THE VERIFIES AND
CONSERVATIVES.
THIS IS NOT A CONTEST FOR THE
MIDDLE GROUND.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO WAIT
UNTIL THE CONSERVATIVES SORT OUT
WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHERE
THE LEADERS ARE GOING.
RIGHT NOW THE LIBERALS ARE
FOCUSED ON ROUNDING UP THE VOTE
ON THE LEFT AND CONTINUE TO DO
SO UNTIL THEY FIGURE THEY GET
FROM THE CONSERVATIVES.
>> Rosemary:  THANK YOU ANDREW
AND CHANTAL AND I WANT TO REMIND
PEOPLE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT
MICROPHONE BECAUSE OPPOSITION
LEADERS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY
THERE AND THAT IS THE WAY OF THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS IN THE WEST
BLOC, WHERE THEY WILL GIVE THEIR
REACTION.
AS YOU HEARD, THIS ISN'T LIKELY
TO -- IT MIGHT BE PROVOCATIVE
FOR THE CONSERVATIVES BUT NOT
LIKELY TO GET EVERYBODY IN A
FIT, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S REMARKS
HAVE BEEN DELIVERED SO WE'LL SEW
SCHEER WHO WILL BE FIRST.
VASSEY KAPELOS WILL HEAD TO THE
WEST BLOC WHERE SHE'S HOSTING
POWER AND "POWER & POLITICS"
TONIGHT.
>> Vassy:  WE'RE IN A MINORITY
GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING IS
ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION AND I
THINK THAT BLED THROUGH THAT
THEY'RE APPEALING TO PARTIES
THEY CAN WIN VOTES FROM.
>> Rosemary:  LET'S LISTEN INTO
MR. SCHEER HERE.
(SPEAKING AFRICAN AMERICAN).
>> TODAY WAS THE DAY TO SHOW
CANADIANS THIS GOVERNMENT IS
CHANGING DIRECTION.
>> Andrew Scheer:  NOTHING
TALKING ABOUT PREPARING CANADA
FOR A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC
DOWN-TURN WITH MANY WARNING
SIGNS ON THE HORIZON.
NOTHING ABOUT OUR ENERGY WORKERS
IN ALBERTA AND IN SASKATCHEWAN,
NOTHING ABOUT OUR FORESTRY
WORKERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, NO
SENSE THAT DECISIONS THAT WERE
TAKEN IN THE PREVIOUS PARLIAMENT
UNDER THIS GOVERNMENT HAVE
CAUSED SOME OF THE VERY DAMAGE
TO OUR SOCIETY, TO CANADA.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, NOTHING ON
NATIONAL UNITY.
.(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> WE HAVE A NATIONAL UNITY
CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY.
WILL THE RESURGENCE OF THE
BLOC --
>> Andrew Scheer:  CONFEDERATION
IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM BUT
LUCKILY FOR CANADIANS, THERE'S A
PARTY FIGHTING TO PUT CANADIANS
FIRST AND STILL BELIEVES IN THE
UNITED CANADA AND THAT THERE IS
STILL SOMEONE RUNNING FOR PRIME
MINISTER WHO WILL PUT CANADIANS
FIRST AND WHO BELIEVES IN
UNITING CANADIANS, NOT DIVIDING
THEM.
SO OVER THE COURSE OF TOMORROW,
WHEN I RESPOND TO THE THRONE
SPEECH AND OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WELL INTO
THIS PARLIAMENT, THE
CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL BE
SHOWING CANADIANS HOW
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL
KEEP CANADA UNITED AND HELP
CANADIANS GET AHEAD AND PUT
THEIR NEEDS FIRST.
>> IS THIS POTENTIALLY
TRIGGERING AN ELECTION, THEN?
>> Andrew Scheer:  WE'RE
DISAPPOINTED IN THIS THRONE
SPEECH AND WILL MOVE AN
AMENDMENT TO IT AND WE'LL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT AMENDMENT.
>> WHAT KIND OF AMENDMENT, MR.
SCHEER?
>> Andrew Scheer:  WE'LL TABLE
THAT TOMORROW AND IT WILL
HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS WE BELIEVE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE SPEECH,
THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT
JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAD TO SEND A
SIGNAL, HE GETS IT, THAT HE'S
HEARD FROM CANADIANS.
THAT WASN'T IN THE SPEECH THAT
WE SAW TODAY.
SO WE WILL BE COVERING THAT.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THE THRONE SPEECH DOES,
INDEED, TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF TAKING NATURAL
RESOURCES TO NEW MARKETS.
HE MENTIONED THAT SPECIFICALLY.
NO, HE DID NOT.
ENERGY SECTORS AND ALSO HE
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT
HIS VERY LEGISLATION BUILDS 179
AND THE OTHER THAT CAUSED THE
PROBLEM AND I THINK CANADIANS
NEED A SIGNAL TO SHOW THAT HE
LEARNED THE LESSONS.
YES, IN FRENCH.
ARE YOU PLANNING TO VOTE AGAINST
THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE?
WHAT WILL BE YOUR STRATEGY FROM
NOW?
TODAY AND TOMORROW WE'LL BE
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT AND WE
WILL SEE IF PARLIAMENT PASSES
THE AMENDMENT.
>> ONE BRIEF MENTION OF THE
RESOURCE SECTOR IN THE ENTIRE
SPEECH, NO MENTION OF ALBERTA OR
SASKATCHEWAN AND WHAT IS THIS
GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE TO
CANADIANS IN THOSE PROVINCES?
>> Andrew Scheer:  A NEGATIVE
MESSAGE.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS CAUSED THE
DAMAGE AFFECTING OUR NATURAL
RESOURCE SECTOR, OIL AND GAS
SECTOR AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF INVESTMENT HAVE LEFT CANADA
TO BE INVESTED IN OTHER
COUNTRIES.
THIS NOTION, THIS IDEA THAT MR.
TRUDEAU LIKES TO SAY THE PEOPLE
OF SASKATCHEWAN ARE VICTIMS OF A
GLOBAL PHENOMENON ARE FALSE.
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE LEFT,
BEING INVESTED IN OTHER
COUNTRIES AND BUSINESSES ARE
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, GOING
BANKRUPT AND THEY'RE SELLING
OUGHT AUCTIONS, THEIR EQUIPMENT,
TO AMERICAN COMPANIES TO BUILT
PIPELINES AND INVEST IN AN
ENERGY SECTOR IN THE UNITED
STATES.
SO TODAY'S THRONE SPEECH, I
BELIEVE, WAS AN INSULT TO THE
PEOPLE OF ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN, FOR NOT
RECOGNISING THE ANGER AND
SENTIMENTS THAT EXIST THERE.
>> WILL BE THERE CONCERNS OF
SEPARATISM IN ALBERTA?
>> Andrew Scheer:  I'M WORRIED
MR. TRUDEAU'S ENTIRE APPROACH IS
SENDING A NEGATIVE SIGNAL TO
ENTIRE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND
THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTANDINGS
THE FEELINGS THAT EXIST IN
SEVERAL PROVINCES.
LUCKILY, THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
STANDS READY TO SHOW CANADIANS
HOW WE WILL ENSURE CANADA WORKS
AND HOW WE WILL PUT FORWARD
CONCRETE PROPOSALS THAT BRING
OUR COUNTRY CLOSER TOGETHER AND
WE BELIEVE IN A UNITED CANADA
AND WE'LL WORK HARD.
>> DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH ALBERTA?
>> Andrew Scheer:  YOU'LL SEE
OUR PLAN TOMORROW.
>> YOU SAY YOU HAVE CONCRETE
PLANS OF HOW YOU WOULD DO BETTER
AND CAN YOU GIVE US ONE EXAMPLE?
>> Andrew Scheer:  STARTING THE
WORK FOR A NATIONAL ENERGY
CORRIDOR ADDRESSING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND FIRST NATION'S
CONCERNS SO THAT WE CAN GET BIG
PROJECTS BUILT IN THIS COUNTRY
AGAIN.
ELEMENTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT PLAN
THAT WOULD ACCELERATE
INVESTMENTS AND RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY, HELPING THE ENERGY
SECTOR GROW.
WHILE REDUCING EMISSIONS.
WE HAVE MANY IDEAS AND YOU CAN
SEE MORE OF THEM "THE WEEKLY."
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> THERE ARE NEW BLOC M.P.S
BECAUSE THERE IS IN NEW FEELING
IN QUEBEC, SUPPORT THE
SOVEREIGNIST PARTY AND MAYBE YOU
SHOULDN'T NAME TEN PROVINCES AND
THREE TERRITORIES IN THE SPEECH
FROM THE THRONE BUT SENDS
CANADIANS A SIGNAL THAT THE
PRIME MINISTER RECOGNIZES
THERE'S A PROBLEM TODAY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> ANYTHING IN WHAT THE LIBERALS
ARE SAYING ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
POLICY-WISE, THAT YOU SUPPORT?
>> Andrew Scheer:  I DID SEE A
MENTION TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAD
PROPOSED AROUND ATTRACTING
INVESTMENT, AROUND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENTS AROUND BUSINESS AND
TECHNOLOGY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
OBVIOUSLY IN A THRONE SPEECH,
YOU DON'T SEE ALL OF THE
DETAILS.
THERE WAS A MENTION TO THAT SO
WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY GO WITH
THAT.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BLOC
QUEBEC TWICE AND NOT THEY WHO
ARE THREATENING NATIONAL UNITY
IN THE CURRENCY TREASURE IN
CANADA.
IT'S HEADED BY ALBERTA AND THE
MOVEMENTS SO WHY DO YOU HARP ON
THE BLOC QUEBEC?
WELL, IN THIS PARLIAMENT, THERE
IS A PARTY WHOSE PLATFORM IS
INDEPENDENT, THAT IS HERE.
WE OFFERED QUEBECORS CONCRETE
MEASURES BECAUSE WE SHOWED
RESPECT TO QUEBEC AND GAVE THE
QUEBEC GOVERNMENT MANY POWERS
CONCERNING CULTURE AND
IMMIGRATION AND WE OFFERED THAT
QUEBECORS SHOULD BE PREPARING
ONE SINGLE TAX RETURN, BUT MR.
TRUDEAU REJECTED MANY OF THOSE
IDEAS.
SO CLEARLY, THE CONSERVATIVE
PARTY CAN IMPROVE ON THE
SITUATION AND IMPROVE ON THE
NATIONAL UNITY SITUATION.
BUT QUEBECORS ALSO REACH OUT TO
YOUR IDEAS, YOUR LOST TWO SEATS
IN QUEBEC AND YOUR TOTAL IN
QUEBEC DROPPED, AS WELL.
WELL, WHEN WE FACE A SITUATION,
WHERE THE BLOC QUEBEC WAS ALMOST
FINISHED AND NOW WITH JUSTIN
TRUDEAU HAS PRIME MINISTER OVER
FOUR YEARS, THEY'RE STILL HERE.
SO MY WORK AND THE WORK OF OUR
TEAM FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS
TO SHOW QUEBECORS AND ALL OF
CANADA, PEOPLE IN EVERY REGION
WE CAN GOVERN THIS COUNTRY BY
RESPECTING ALL REGIONS AND
PROBLEMS.
>> Andrew Scheer:  AS LONG OR
SHORT THIS MAY LAST, HOW A
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL
GOVERN IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF
EVERY PROVINCE AND REGION.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS DIVIDED THIS
COUNTRY.
HE HAS PITTED REGION AGAINST
REGION AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY
TO KEEP THIS CONFEDERATION
TOGETHER AND WE WILL SHOW
CANADIANS A BETTER WAY.
THANKS VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
>> Rosemary:  THAT'S
CONSERVATIVE LEADER, ANDREW
SCHEER, THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO
THE THRONE SPEECH, SAYING HE IS,
QUOTE, DISAPPOINTED AND THAT HE
WILL RESPOND DURING THE ACTUAL
DEBATE AND PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT
WHICH IS JUST A PART OF HOW THIS
THRONE SPEECH UNFOLDS AND AARON,
THOUGHTS ON THAT.
>> IT WAS INTERESTED TO SAY HE
WAS REFERRING TO RUN FOR PRIME
MINISTER AND IS TECHNICALLY THE
CAMPAIGN IS OVER, BUT I THINK IT
IS STILL A SITUATION FOR ANDREW
SCHEER, AT LEAST UNTIL APRIL
THAT HE IS EFFECTIVELY
CAMPAIGNING TO KEEP HIS JOB AND
TO SHOW WHY HE SHOULD BE GOING
INTO THE NEXT CAMPAIGN AS THE
CONSERVATIVE LEADER.
>> Rosemary:  IF I CAN INTERRUPT
YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SAY
GOODBYE TO OUR FRIENDS IN
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WHO
WILL TUNE IN FOR THEIR LOCAL
NEWSCAST.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WATCHING
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
YOU ARE WELCOMED TO DO THAT AND
ON "CBC NEWS NETWORK."
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR AND,
OK, YOU CAN'T IGNORE THEM,
BECAUSE THEY GET REALLY UPSET
WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE TO THEM.
AND I MEAN, AS I SAID TO YOU AS
HE WAS TALKING, IT WAS PROBABLY
THE FIRST SCRUM I HAVE SEEN
SINCE THE ELECTION WHERE THERE
WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT HIM.
>> RIGHT.
>> Rosemary:  SO THAT WOULD BE A
LITTLE MOMENT OF LEAF FOR HIM.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MADE LIFE FOR DIFFICULT FOR
FORANDREW SCHEER OVER THE LAST
MONTH AND A HALF IS THERE WASN'T
A PARLIAMENT.
I DON'T THINK THE GOVERNMENT
INTENDED IT THIS WAY, BUT BY
CREATING THIS GAP BETWEEN THE
ELECTION AND PARLIAMENT
RETURNING IN NORMAL BUSINESS
RESUMING, IT LEFT A VACUUM THAT
ANDREW SCHEER ENDED UP FILLING,
PROBABLY NOT TO HIS DESIRE.
BUT EVEN BEYOND THE CAMPAIGNING,
HE IS HITTING ON ISSUES HE'LL
CHALLENGE THE GOVERNMENT ON, THE
RESOURCE SECTOR NATIONAL UNITY,
THE ECONOMIES AND IT IS PROBABLY
A BIT WHO EARLY TO PLAN FOR A
RECESSION BUT ANY SIGNS OF
WEAKNESS IN THE ECONOMY, THAT'S
WHERE ANDREW SCHEER WILL HIT
THIS GOVERNMENT.
>> Rosemary:  SALIMAH SHIVJI IS
STANDING BY.
>> Reporter:  I'M STANDING HERE
WITH Mr. OBED, PRESIDENT OF
THE OKK AND WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF
THE SECTION IN THE THRONE SPEECH
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
RECONCILIATION, THAT THE PATH
FORWARD CONTINUES.
THERE ARE A FEW DETAILS IN TERMS
OF THE DECLARATIONS ON THE
RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> THAT IS EXCELLENT NEWS, THAT
THIS GOVERNMENT WILL CODEVELOP
LEGISLATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.
THE ONE-YEAR WINDOW IS AMBITIOUS
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
WE ALSO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE
TERM CO-DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE
WILL WORK, STARTING TODAY, I'LL
BE CALLING PMO A BIT LATER
TALKING ABOUT HOW CO-DEVELOPMENT
WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT THE PITFALLS
AND CHALLENGES WE HAD IN THE
PROCESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS.
>> Reporter:  WAS THERE A STRONG
ENOUGH SIGNAL THEY'RE SERIOUS
FOR CONTINUING, BECAUSE OF THAT
TIME FRAME?
IT'S AN AMBITIOUS TIME FRAME?
>> IT SHOWS THAT CASE IS THE
FOCUS OF THIS GOVERNMENT.
I THOUGHT THE TERM INDIGENOUS
WAS USED AND I WOULD HAVE HOPED
TO HEAR A BASE LANGUAGE BUT
AGAIN, WE'RE ALL LEARNING.
SO IN SOME OF THE AREAS,
ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO
INFRASTRUCTURES, THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND NORTHERN
POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE ACT THAT
WAS PROMISED ON THE LIBERAL
PLATFORM, THESE ARE ALL PIECES
THAT WEREN'T SPECIFICALLY IN THE
THRONE SPEECH BUT AS INNUIT,
WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP.
>> Rosemary:  LET'S GO TO THE
WEST BLOC TO YVES-FRANCOIS
BLANCHET.
>> THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
JURISDICTION AND THERE IS
JURISDICTION THAT IS SOLELY
PROVISIONAL OR TERRITORIAL AND
BY INSISTING ON TALKING ABOUT
REGIONS, THAT ALMOST LIKE TAKING
OUT THE FACT THAT THOSE
PROVINCES HAVE THEIR OWN
PARLIAMENT AND THAT THE
GOVERNMENT COULD INTERFERE, AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BROAD
PRINCIPLES BUT REALIZE THAT THEY
TALKED ABOUT STUDENT CARE OR
DAYCARE AND ISSUES THAT AT FIRST
SIGHT OFFER PROVISIONAL
JURISDICTION.
AND THERE IS THE HEALTHCARE
ISSUE.
THE GOVERNMENT SAID WE'LL BE
HELPING CANADIANS TO HAVE ACCESS
TO DOCTORS.
QUEBEC WILL HIRE DOCTORS AND
HIRE HEALTHCARE PRIORS AND
QUEBEC HIRES NURSES AND QUEBEC,
LIKE ALL OF THE PREMIERS OFFER
TO CANADA IS ASKING FOR AN
INCREASE IN THE HEALTH TRANSFER,
BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
TURNING A DEAF EAR BY SAYING,
WELL, THEY WANT TO KNOW TO TELL
US WHAT TO DO.
WELL, THEY MAY BE POLITE BUT
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ISN'T
NECESSARILY TRUE.
THE GOVERNMENT, AND I SALUTE
THEM FOR THIS, BECAUSE THEY ARE
AGREEING ABOUT THE FARMERS WHO
ARE UNDER THE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM BUT SOME THINGS HAVE TO
BE SPELLED OUT.
THIS TIME AROUND IT SHOULD BE
RENEWABLE OVER A PERIOD WHICH
ISN'T CLEAR SO FAR.
THE PROCESSERS WHO ARE UNDER
SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE
COMPENSATED AND ESPECIALLY WE
MUST ENSURE THAT AGRICULTURE AND
IN PARTICULAR, THE SUPPLY
MANAGEMENT SECTOR WILL TO LONGER
BE SACRIFICED DURING TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS.
I EXPECTED THAT TO COME UP
CLEARLY IN THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE BECAUSE THERE IS BROAD
CONSENSUS ON THAT AND FINALLY,
THERE IS AN ABSENCE WHERE
VIRTUALLY IT'S ABSENT FROM THE
SPEECH, FROM THE THRONE, TALKING
ABOUT THE WORD OIL.
WELL THE WORD" OIL" IS IN THERE
BUT THE WORLD ISN'T IN THERE.
AND I FOUND THIS SENTENCE
EXTRAORDINARY.
UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE, THEY WROTE
THE GOVERNMENT WORKS EQUALLY
HARD TO TAKE RESOURCES TO NEW
MARKET AND WILL PROVIDE
PERMANENT SUPPORT TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN WORKING HARD IN THE
NATURAL RESOURCE'S SECTOR IN
CANADA WHERE THEY HAVE FACED
MANY DIFFICULTIES LATELY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE PRIME MINISTER IS ADDRESSING
ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN PEOPLE
AND THEY'RE HOPING BY NOT USING
THE WORD OIL, THAT WILL
ELIMINATE SOME FEAR AND IT
ALMOST WORKED.
NATURAL RESOURCES SHOULD INCLUDE
QUEBEC'S FORESTRY PRODUCT AND
THE MINING PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS
QUEBEC'S HYDROELECTRICITY.
SO I FEEL THAT I EXPECT THAT IS
WHERE THE EFFORTS SHOULD BE
FOCUSED.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO OTHER
THINGS NOW THAT I WANTED TO
RAISE CONCERNING INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS.
I FEEL THERE WAS A NEED, WHICH I
FEEL MIGHT BE SINCERE.
THAT IS THE SINCERE NEED TO
RECOGNISE THE FACT THAT
INDIGENOUS NATIONS ARE FULL
NATIONS AND IT BEING A NATION IS
GOOD TOR CANADA, GOOD FOR
QUEBEC, AND WELL, IT SHOULD BE
GOOD FOR ALL INDIGENOUS NATIONS
AND THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNISED
AND WE WHO PUT AN END TO WHAT WE
ALL DEPLORE BUT THE DESIRES TO
APPLY THE U.N. DECLARATION IS
SOMETHING THAT I WELCOME.
BUT WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER
TALKED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND
CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS,
WELL, THIS IS THE DAY AFTER HE
BOASTED ABOUT HIS GREAT
FRIENDSHIP WITH Mr. SANCHEZ IN
A TWEET.
I FIND THAT SO INCONSISTENT.
WHERE PEOPLE'S HUMAN RIGHTS ARE
BEING VIOLATED AND PEOPLE ARE
JAILED BECAUSE OF A REFERENDUM
AND MR. TRUDEAU IS A CHAMPION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AND I WOULD LIKE
HIM TO BE MORE CONSISTENT.
AND FINALLY, THE ISSUE THAT YOU
OBVIOUSLY ARE INTERESTED IN, AS
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN NAMED,
BUT IT'S HARD TO VOTE AGAINST
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
MENTIONED.
SO HOW DO I VOTE AGAINST THE
WORD THAT IS NOT IN THE SPEECH
FROM THE THRONE, THE WORD OIL?
BECAUSE WHEN WE READ THE TEXT,
WE FEEL AS IF OUR LEG HAS BEEN
PULLED AND I DON'T WANT TO BE
CRUDE.
PLEASE, DON'T PUSH IT BECAUSE I
MIGHT GO THERE.
WHAT I'M SAY, IT'S HARD TO VOTE
AGAINST SOMETHING NOT IN THE
SPEECH.
CONSEQUENTLY, IT WILL MAKE IT
WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE OF IT.
WE'LL ACT ACCORDING TO WHAT WE
COMMITTED TO DOING TO QUEBECORS
AND THAT IS TO SERVE QUEBEC AND
QUEBEC INTERESTS.
I SEE THAT IN THE WORDING OF
THIS SPEECH AVENUES THAT WILL
ENABLE ME TO MAKE SOME GAINS
BECAUSE WE'RE NOW 32 M.P.S AND
WE HAVE A STRONG MANDATE TO MAKE
GAINS FOR QUEBEC.
>> Rosemary:  THAT'S THE LEADER
OF THE BLOC QUEBEC,
YVES-FRANCOIS BLANCHET AND HAS
NOT YET STOPPED SPEAKING IN
ORDER TO TAKE A QUESTION.
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  I'VE GIVEN HIM
ENOUGH TIME TO SAY HIS SPEECH, I
FEEL, FOR THE SEATS IN THE
ELECTION AND NEW-FOUND POWER AND
NEW THINGS TO SAY.
THE LARGE POINT I THINK HE SAID
WAS THAT OIL WAS NOT EXPLICITLY
MENTIONED AND PIPELINES NOT
EXPLICITLY MENTIONED IN THIS
THRONE SPEECH BUT STILL
SOMETHING OF CONCERN TO HIM AND
I'LL GO BACK WITH "AT ISSUE" ONE
MORE TIME BEFORE I GET THEM GO
AND REGROUP BEFORE THEY HAVE TO
DO THE THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
AND CHANTAL, WE DIDN'T GET
QUESTIONS BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING
AWAY IS ENJOYING HIS MOMENT.
[ Laughter ]
>> Chantal:  HE DID SAY
SOMETHING THAT GOES TO THE WORDS
TRANSPIPELINE BECAUSE HE SAID
YOU CAN'T VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING
THAT ISN'T THERE AND IF THAT
WORD HAD BEEN THERE, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR
THE BLOC, BUT IT ISN'T AND ON
THIS, HE'S CHOOSING TO READ THE
PARAGRAPH ABOUT GETTING
RESOURCES TO MARKET IN THE
LARGER SENSE OF THE WORD.
WHAT I DIDN'T GET FROM ALL THESE
WORDS WHAT HE'S GOING TO BE
VOTING ON ON THE THRONE SPEECH,
WHETHER HE'S BRINGING IN AN
AMENDMENT.
THOSE AMENDMENTS, BASICALLY,
WILL LEAD TO VOTES.
BUT HE HAD A LOT TO SAY, BUT HE
DIDN'T SOUND LIKE SOMEONE WHO
COULDN'T SWALLOW MOST OF THE
THRONE SPEECH.
IN PART, BECAUSE THE LIBERALS
FUDGED THE PIPELINE THING.
>> Rosemary:  YEAH, AS YOU
RIGHTLY POINTED OUT BEFORE, IF
YOU REMOVE THE TRIGGER WORDS AND
THE BLOC KNOWS YOU DIDN'T PUT
THEM IN THERE TO MAKE THEM MANY.
IT'S HARD TO MAKE A STINK ABOUT
SOMETHING IF IT'S NOT EXPLICITLY
MENTIONED.
ANDREW, ONE MORE WORD ON WHERE
WE'RE LEFT NOW.
>> Andrew:  HE WOULD BE MAD IF
THEY SAID THE WORD OIL AND THE
PHRASE THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE
RESOURCES TO MARKETS AND THAT'S
CLEARLY ABOUT OIL.
SO HE'S AGREED TO LOOK THE OTHER
WAY, BUT I WOULD BE MORE
CONCERNED, I THINK, ABOUT THE
REACTION ANDREW SCHEER WAS
VOICING THAT IF YOU WERE
WATCHING THIS SPEECH IN ALBERTA
OR SASKATCHEWAN, YOU WOULD HAVE
SEEN VERY LITTLE TO ASSSUADE
CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER CANADA
WOULD PUT YOU OUT OF BUSINESS.
YES, THEY'LL BUILD A PIPELINE
AND TO CLEARLY, THERE WAS VERY
LITTLE THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE
REASONS WHY PEOPLE VOTED
OVERWHELMLY AGAINST THE LIBERALS
IN THOSE PROVINCES.
>> Rosemary:  I WILL BID YOU
GOODBYE AND YOU CAN SEE "AT
ISSUE" AND THEY'LL DO THEIR TAKE
AFTER THEY'VE HAD A FEW MINUTES
TO THINK ABOUT THINGS.
SEE YOU SOON.
I'M GO BACK TO DAVID COCHRAN IN
THE WEST BLOC WHERE THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS IS AND TALKING TO
PEOPLE, AS WELL, AND JUST WANTED
TO GET YOUR OPINIONS, TOO,
DAVID.
WE DID THE ROUNDS HERE ON
CLIMATE CHANGE WAS A BIG DEAL
AND YOU HEARD FROM ANDREW AND
CHANTAL AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS
ANDREW SCHEER WAS EXPRESSING
AROUND PLACES IN THE COUNTRY
THAT DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO HEAR AND WHAT ARE
PEOPLE TELLING YOU?
>> Reporter:  THIS STRIKES ME AS
A PREDICTABLE THRONE SPEECH.
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SIGNALING
FOR SOME TIME, SINCE JUSTIN
TRUDEAU'S FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE,
THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT
AND VIEWS THIS AS A PROGRESSIVE
PARLIAMENT AND THEY WILL ADVANCE
A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA AND THAT'S
WHY THERE'S EFFORTS ONLY THINGS
LIKE A NOD TO THE N.D.P. ON
BEING OPEN TO DENTAL CARE AND
TAKING STEPS ON PHARMACARE AND I
SUSPECT JASMEET SINGH WILL
SUSPECT WANTING TO SEE MORE ON
THOSE.
THEY ARE TILTING LEFT AND NOT
NECESSARILY TRYING TO APPEASE
SOME OF THE CONCERNS BEING
RAISED BY ANDREW SCHEER.
IT IS NOT SURPRISES THAT MR.
SCHEER WOULD SAY HE'S DEEPLY
DISAPPOINTED IN THE THRONE
SPEECH.
HE'S FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS JOB
AND WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP
JUSTIN TRUDEAU DO HIS JOB.
SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE
THAT THERE.
BUT IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT AND
IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
MINORITY PARLIAMENT COULD FALL
BUT NO IN NOBODY'S INTEREST TO
GO TO AN ELECTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR
RESOURCES AND THE APPETITE IS
NOT THERE INTERNALLY OR
EXTERNALLY.
WE SEE A LOT OF RHETORIC AND
AMENDMENT FROM ANDREW SCHEER AND
THAT MAY FORCE A SPEECH ON THE
THRONE SPEECH BUT DESPITE THIS,
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE ANY
TIME TO DEFEAT JUSTIN TRUDEAU
ANY TIME SOON.
>> Rosemary:  WE'LL CHECK BACK
SHORTLY AS WE GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND I'LL GO
BACK TO AARON HERE.
YVES-FRANCOIS BLANCHET IS STILL
SPEAKING.
[ Laughter ]
>> Rosemary:  WE MAY NEVER HEAR
FROM THE PARTY LEADER EVER
AGAIN.
JUST PICKING UP ON SOMETHING
DAVID SAID THERE, YOU KNOW, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPEECH MAY
NOT GO OVER WELL WITH THE M.P.S
FROM ALBERTA OR SASKATCHEWAN
WHERE THE M.P.S WERE SHUT OUT.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE NOT
IMPROVING THE FORCES IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE DEFENDING.
SO YOU GET INTO THE ROCK AND
HARD PLACE OF WHO THE LEADER
WILL BE WILL FIND THEMSELVES IN.
IF THE LIBERALS PUSH YOU INTO A
PLACE WHERE THEY'RE DEFENDING A
REGION LIKE THE BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS,
YOU'LL BE AS SUCH AS THEY ARE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY WHO PUT
THAT IN THE THRONE SPEECH, MAY
THEY SHOULD BE MORE EXPLICIT TO
THE PROVINCE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRAP BEING
LAID, AS WELL.
>> I THINK BOTH PARTIES HAVE A
BIT OF A WEAKNESS HERE.
AS YOU SAY, THE CONSERVATIVES
CAN'T JUST BE DEFENDING ALBERTA
AND SASKATCHEWAN'S INTERESTS.
ALTHOUGH, GOING INTO A
LEADERSHIP VOTE, ANDREW SCHEER
MAY BE WAGERING AND ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN CONSERVATIVES ARE
THE PEOPLE HE NEEDS TO TURN OUT
FOR HIM.
THE LIBERALS, THOUGH, CAN'T
IGNORE THE ISSUE AND THEY WILL
BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF THEIR
EMPHASIS ON THE WEST, ON HOW
EXPLICITLY THEY'RE REACHING OUT
TO THE WEST AND THAT WILL BE THE
FRAME FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING THEY
DO GOING FORWARD.
AND ANY TIME THEY ACT ON
CLIMATE, THE QUESTION WILL BE,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE WEST
AND THIS IS THE DIALOGUE THAT IS
JUST GOING TO PLAY OUT OVER THE
NEXT LITTLE WHILE.
>> Rosemary:  BUT THE REASON
THEY TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT
CLIMATE, THE REASON THE THRONE
SPEECH IS SO CLIMATE HEAVY WAS
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THIS
ELECTION SENT A MESSAGE ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE VAST
MAJORITY, WHAT IT IS TWO-THIRD
OR THREE QUARTERS VOTED IN SOME
WAY FOR STRONGER CLIMATE ACTION.
GIVEN THE CONSERVATIVES, THEY
DIDN'T HAVE THAT ON THE TABLE
AND THEY'LL TAKE THAT AND RUN
WITH IT.
>> CLIMATE CHANGE BECAME IN THIS
ELECTION, THE FUNDAMENTAL SPLIT
BETWEEN THE POLITICAL LEFT AND
THE POLITICAL RIGHT AND THE
POLITICAL LEFT AT THIS POINT IS
60% OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR A
PARTY THAT WANTED TO IMPLEMENT A
PRICE ON CARBON AND IF YOU'RE
THE LIBERALS AND YOU'RE LOOKING
AT IT AND SAYING, OK, WHERE CAN
WE GROW OUR SUPPORT, IT'S TO THE
LEFT.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PIERRE
TRUDEAU SITUATION IN '72, WHERE
HE WAS KNOCKED DOWN TO A
MINORITY, GETTING KNOCKED DOWN
TO A MINORITY GAVE HIM A BIT OF
AN EXCUSE TO BECOME A MORE OF
PROGRESSIVE PRIME MINISTER.
I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF THAT,
TOO, WHERE JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS AN
EXCUSE TO LEAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE
AS THE ISSUE FOR POLITICAL
REASONS, FOR HIS OWN SORT OF
LEGACY AND THAT'S WHERE HE HAS
TO GO.
BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COME
BACK TO, IN HIS CASE, YES,
YOU'LL MOVE FORWARD ON CLIMATE
CHANGE AND YES, THAT'S WHERE
YOUR VOTE IS AND YOU CAN GROW
YOUR MAJORITY, MAYBE, FOR THE
NEXT ELECTION, BUT HOW DO YOU DO
THAT AND BRING ALONG THE WEST?
BECAUSE AS ANDREW SAID EARLIER,
SURE, THERE AREN'T, MAYBE, YOU
KNOW, 20 SEATS FOR THE LIBERALS
TO WIN IN ALBERTA AND
SASKATCHEWAN, BUT THERE'S A
PRICE TO BE PAID BOTH
POLITICALLY AND HISTORICALLY FOR
ANYONE WHO SEEMS TO BE SORT OF
ENDANGERING NATIONAL UNITY.
>> Rosemary:  YVES-FRANCOIS
BLANCHET IS STILL TALKING AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS
HE'S GETTING.
>> CONCERNING THE HEALTH
COMMITMENTS IN THE SPEECH FROM
THE THRONE, DO YOU FIND THOSE
COMMITMENTS -- THE FACT THAT IS
IT REMAINS A SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE, INCREASING ACCESS TO
POSITIONS AND ALL OF THAT AND
WORKING ON PHARMACARE, WELL, IT
HAS TO STAY GENERAL IN THE NAME
OF THE THRONE SPEECH.
PROVISIONAL PREMIERS AND THE
PREMIER OF QUEBEC MET AND I
REMEMBER TWO THINGS FROM THAT
MEETING.
THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCREASE
THE HEALTH TRANSFERRED BY 5.2% A
YEAR BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TURNED A DEAF EAR TO THAT AND
THE PROVINCES.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO
MAKE A QUALITATIVE HEALTH
INVESTMENT.
THERE IS ONE MADE BY THE
PROVINCE FROM QUEBEC AND THAT'S
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN
QUEBEC, OVER WHETHER THE FEDERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO TURNED A
DEAF EAR TO THAT.
MY REASONING IS THAT BY TALKING
BROADLY ABOUT CANADIAN REGIONS,
THE GOVERNMENT IS IGNORING THE
FACT THAT ALL OF THOSE PROVINCES
AND TERRITORIES HAVE GOVERNMENTS
AND PARLIAMENTS OR NATIONAL
ASSEMBLIES WITH THEIR OWN
JURISDICTIONS AND THEY KEEP
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INTERVENE.
THE PROVINCES IN QUEBEC WOMEN
KEEP HAVING TO FIGHT TO PROTECT
THEIR JURISDICTION.
>> Rosemary:  THE BLOCK IS ABLE
TO WEIGH IN ON QUEBEC INTERESTS
AND IT SEEMS AT THE END OF THE
PART THAT YVES-FRANCOIS BLANCHET
IS THERE'S INTERACTION HAPPENING
ON THE PART OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TRYING TO INVENT
REGIONS WHICH DOESN'T GO OVER
WITH THE BLOC OR QUEBECERS AT
ALL.
LET'S GO BACK TO DAVID COCHRAN
WHERE YVES-FRANCOIS BLANCHET IS
STILL SPEAKING WITH ONE FINAL
THOUGHT ON WHY HE THINKS THIS
GOVERNMENT NEEDED TO DO IN TERMS
OF MANAGING FOR CANADIANS.
>> Reporter:  IT IS GOING BACK
TO THAT WHOLE IDEA THE LIBERALS
VIEW THIS AS A PROGRESSIVE
ELECTORATE OR COUNTRY AND
PARLIAMENT AND THAT'S WHO
THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO IN THIS.
THE PERSON WE KNOW THEY DID NOT
CONVINCE IS ANDREW SCHEER AND I
HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO
CONSERVATIVES AND ANDREW SCHEER
DROPPED THAT NEWS IN HIS
AVAILABILITY THAT HE'LL BE
TABLING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
THRONE SPEECH.
WELL, YVES-FRANCOIS BLANCHET
SAID HE COULDN'T VOTE AGAINST
THIS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE THE
WORLD OIL OR PIPELINE IN IT AND
I THINK AFTER THE AMENDMENT,
THEY HAVE OIL, PIPELINE AND TMX
AND WE'RE HEARING THEY'RE ABSENT
AND MR. SCHEER MAY PUT AND INTO
THE THRONE SPEECH WHEN HE RISES
TOMORROW.
IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW IN THE
TEXTS AS WRITTEN BY THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE AND DELIVERED
BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL BUT IF
ANDREW SCHEER GETS TO TAKE A PEN
TO THIS AND DO SOME EDITING OF
HIS OWN, YOU'LL SEE HIM PUT THAT
IN OR FORCE IT TO A VOTE IN THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
>> Rosemary:  BUT THE VOTE
ITSELF WON'T BE A CONFIDENCE
VOTE UNLESS HE STIPULATES IN
SOME WAY HE WANTS TO MAKE
SOMETHING A CONFIDENCE VOTE AND
WE DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.
SO IT'S SYMBOLIC AND IMPORTANT
TO THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THAT
LANGUAGE THERE.
>> Reporter:  I THINK YOU'LL SEE
A LOT OF SYMBOLISM AND THE
CAMPAIGN IS OFFICIALLY OVER, BUT
THE CONSERVATIVES WITH MR.
SCHEER ARE KIND OF IN AN
UNOFFICIAL LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN
WHERE HE HAS TO DELIVER NOT JUST
NOT THE PROVINCES BUT THE BASE
OF THE PARTY, AS THE CLOCK TICKS
DOWN TO THE APRIL DATE AS THE
CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION IN
TORONTO.
WHO KNOWS WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION
WILL BE.
THE BLOC HAS SAID THEY WILL LIKE
THIS TO GO SEVERAL YEARS.
HE WOULD COME OUT WITH 30 PLUS
SEATS IN QUEBEC AND YOU DON'T
WANT TO PUSH THE CHIPS INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THE QUEBEC POLITICAL
CRAP'S TABLE BECAUSE IT COULD GO
BUSTING FAST.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF POSITIONING
AND RHETORIC BUT ANY ATTEMPTS TO
CURTAIL THE GOVERNMENT AND FORCE
IT IS NOT REALISTIC AT THIS
POINT IN TIME.
>> Rosemary:  DAVID COCHRAN,
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND I'LL
SEE YOU LATER ON "THE NATIONAL."
LET'S GO TO SALIMAH SHIVJI FOR
ONE LAST THOUGHT ABOUT HER
IMPRESSIONS.
OH, CHANGE ON, I'LL GO TO
JASMEET SINGH FIRST, IF YOU
DON'T MIND.
THE N.D.P. LEADER IS AT THE MIC
AND LET'S GET SOME OF HIS
REACTION.
>> Jasmeet Singh:  WE JUST GOT
THROUGH A CAMPAIGN WHERE PEOPLE
SAID THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR
MEDICATIONS AND MILLIONS ARE
MAKING DECISIONS TO CUT THEIR
PILLS IN HALF OR SKIP TAKING THE
MEDICATION THEY HAVE TO STAY
HEALTHY AND WE KNOW SO MANY
CANADIANS CANNOT FIND A PLACE TO
STAY HOME AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR
PLANET.
THERE'S A CLIMATE CRIESES.
THIS GOVERNMENT IS TAKING
INDIGENOUS KIDS TO COURT.
IN THIS THRONE SPEECH, THEY SAID
THERE WAS NATIONAL PHARMACARE
AND DIDN'T COMMIT TO THEIR OWN
REPORT WHICH SAID IT WOULD BE
UNIVERSAL, NO COMMITMENT THERE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AND
SAID THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT
THEY'RE DOING, CONTINUE TO DO
WHAT THEY'RE DOING MEANS
SPENDING 19% LESS AS A PORTION
OF GDP THAN THE CONSERVATIVES
BEFORE THEM.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT
RECONCILIATION AND THEY HAVE NOT
MENTIONED STOPPING, TAKING
INDIGENOUS KIDS TO COURT.
AND WITH THE CLIMATE CRISIS, WE
NEED CONCRETE ACTION WHICH MEANS
SCIENCE-BASED TARGETS WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENDING FOSSIL
FUEL SUBSIDIES AND WE HAVE NOT
SEEN THAT ACTION.
INSTEAD, WE'RE JUST SEEING THE
NICE WORDS AND A SIGNAL THEY'RE
WILLING TO TALK TO US AND YES,
WE'RE WILLING TO TALK, JUST
SEEING THEIR OWN SPEECH, WE NEED
TO TALK BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD
ENOUGH AND WE NEED FIRMER
COMMITMENTS.
WE NEED REAL ACTION TO TACKLE
THE URGENT PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE
FACING.
NOT JUST SAYING THE RIGHT WORD
BUT FACING IT UP WITH THE RIGHT
IDEAS.
(SPEAKING FRENCH).
>> IN THIS SPEAK, IT WAS CLEAR
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE FACING,
CONCERNING THE CLIMATE CRISIS,
THE BEAUTIFUL WORK BUT WITHOUT
ANY CONCRETE STEPS BECAUSE WE
NEED TO DARING THE TARGETS AND
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, THEY
KEEP TAKING THEM TO COURT.
ON PHARMACARE, SOMETHING SO
CRUCIAL, THEY USE THE
TERMINOLOGY, BUT WITHOUT
ACCEPTING THE SAME REPORT THAT
IT BE PUBLIC AND UNIVERSAL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DENTAL
CARE, THEY TALKED ABOUT IT AS
SOMETHING POSITIVE, BUT THEY
SAID THAT IT WILL BE
PARLIAMENT'S ROLE TO EXPLORE IT.
THAT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
SO WE ARE READY TO WORK
TOGETHER, WE WANT TO WORK
TOGETHER, BUT WHAT THEY'VE
OFFERED SO FAR IS NOT
SUFFICIENT.
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR OR
AGAINST THE SPEECH FROM THE
THRONE?
FOR NOW, LET'S SAY IT'S NOT
SUFFICIENT.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
WE'RE READY TO TALK.
I'M READY TO TALK IN ORDER TO
BUILD ON THOSE PROMISES AND TO
GET MORE DETAILS ON THOSE
PROMISES BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S
NOT SUFFICIENT.
>> Jasmeet Singh:  I DON'T SEEK
WAYS TO PUT US BACK INTO
ELECTION BUT TO MAKE THIS
GOVERNMENT WORK FOR PEOPLE AND
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT WHAT
PEOPLE NEED.
PEOPLE NEED REAL COMMITMENT AND
REAL CRISES THAT PEOPLE ARE
DEALING WITH.
>> Rosemary:  THAT IS THE
N.D.P.'S POSITION, JASMEET SINGH
SAYING THAT IS ISN'T QUITE WHAT
HE WANTS BUT WILLING TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY
GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GOVERNMENT
AT THIS POINT.
LET'S GO TO SALIMAH SHIVJI
INSIDE THE SENATE BUILDING WITH
ONE LAST THOUGHT OF YOUR FIRST
IMPRESSIONS YOUR FIRST THRONE
SPEECH.
SALIMAH.
>> Reporter:  I WAS STRUCK BY,
AS DAVID AND OTHERS SAID BEFORE
ME, THE FOCUS ON THE PROGRESSIVE
GOVERNMENT AND THE STUFF WE
HEARD ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID IN THIS
THRONE SPEECH ON CLIMATE ACTION
WAS ANNOUNCED, NO FURTHER
DETAILS ON THAT AND IT WAS, YES,
MY FIRST TIME COVERING A THRONE
SPEECH AND ALSO, THE FIRST TIME
JULIE PAYETTE GAVE A THRONE
SPEECH AND I THOUGHT HER
INSECOND, ADDING A BIT OF FLARE,
FORMER ASTRONAUT FLARE WAS
INTERESTING, TALKING ABOUT
PLANET SPACESHIPS AND SPACE TIME
CONTINUUM, CAUSING A BIT OF A
FLUTTER ON FACE-TIME, AS WELL.
>> Rosemary:  WE'LL TALK AGAIN
SOON AND AARON, I'LL THANK YOU
AND SEE YOU LATER ON AT ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME AND
BRAVING THE COLD AND THANKS TO
EVERYBODY THAT HELPED WITH THE
SPECIAL, OUR REPORTERS,
PRODUCERS, OUR CREW.
AND EVERYBODY IN THE CONTROL
ROOM, MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND
YOU CAN WATCH MORE COVERAGE
COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS
ON "CBC NEWS NETWORK" WITH
VASSEY KAPELOS AND POWER AND
"POWER & POLITICS" AND INCLUDE
THANK YOUFOR WATCHING.
THE PARLIAMENT IS OPEN FOR
BUSINESS AND THIS HAS BEEN THE
THRONE SPEECH IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL IN OTTAWA.
I'M ROSEMARY BARTON AND ON
BEHALF OF ALL OF US, THANK YOU
FOR WATCHING AND SEE YOU LATER
ON "THE NATIONAL."
