House of Commons returns after holidays. What are the big issues at stake?
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The Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill back up for debate and pressure the Conservatives to support it as MPs return to the House of Commons Monday.
The Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill back up for debate and pressure the Conservatives to support it as MPs return to the House of Commons Monday following the Christmas break.
The legislation to implement an updated free-trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine became unexpected political fodder in the fall when the Conservatives voted against it in a protest against carbon pricing.
Ukraine has had a carbon price since 2011 and Canada since 2019 but the updated free-trade agreement calls on both to promote carbon pricing.
The Conservatives say they voted against the legislation solely because they won’t support any promotion of carbon pricing and have shown no signs of willing to budge.
Conservatives, meanwhile, will be wasting no time in bringing a carbon pricing carve-out for farmers onto the floor, with the potential to drive more holes in one of the Liberals’ signature climate policies.
The Conservative carbon-pricing bill to remove some additional farm fuels from carbon pricing was amended in the Senate and is up first for further debate this morning.
Several Ukrainian organizations in Canada criticized the Conservatives for the vote against the Ukrainian free-trade bill and the Liberals seized on it, accusing the Conservatives of bending to American right-wing commentators and politicians who have taken Russia’s side over Ukraine’s in the conflict.
Liberal House Leader Steven MacKinnon said the bill will be brought up for debate soon, as will legislation to implement the fall economic statement and one banning the use of replacement workers in most federally regulated workplaces.
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