Trudeau talks climate action during B.C. visit Tuesday
Posted March 29, 2022 12:25 pm.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a busy agenda as he visits B.C. this week, including doubling down on his climate promises.
Trudeau delivered the keynote address at a North American climate conference in Vancouver Tuesday, just moments after the government’s new climate strategy was tabled in Ottawa. He also addressed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis which has entered its 34th day with some concessions announced in talks by Russia.
The prime minister is set to meet with B.C. Premier John Horgan after an announcement with Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
Tuesday afternoon, he will meet with local students to again speak about the environment. That event will also see Vancouver South Liberal MP Harjit S. Sajjan in attendance. Sajjan, former Defence Minister, has been put in charge of two ministries since a cabinet shuffle and is responsible for Pacific Economic Development and International Development.
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His itinerary also includes attending two Liberal party fundraising events.
A few protesters have vowed to bring their messages to the prime minister. As of 10 a.m. PDT, there were no incidents reported.
On Monday, Trudeau joined Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Brampton, ON, to detail the $13.2-billion agreement to bring $10-per-day child care to the province by 2025.
The prime minister is set to travel to the B.C. Interior for a sombre visit with the Williams Lake First Nation Wednesday.
Trudeau will tour the grounds of a former residential school were a preliminary search has found more than 90 possible remains of Indigenous children through ground-penetrating radar technology. Only a small portion of the site has been searched to date.
St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School was operated by the Catholic Church between 1891 and 1969. The Canadian government then took it over until it was closed in 1981.
