The NewsRoom： Opposition MPs say finance minister 'too busy' to mind budget bills.
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Another crazy news week in Canada and lots of crazy stories to get you up to speed. Today we have a story on a Jewish human rights organization condemning the city of Ottawa for allowing a conference in a city facility involving a member of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PLP) and a story about the Gong shows that are going on at airports as people are trying to get back into travelling and facing six hour waits at airports and still not missing their flights and missing them!
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uh today uh we have a story up on jewish human rights organization condemning the city of ottawa
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for allowing a conference in a city facility involving a member of the popular front for
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liberation of palestine calling them a terrorist organization that the government is allowing in
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canada also federal agencies are warehousing millions of rapid tests as public health agency
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of canada is stopping the distribution of tests to provinces chief public health officer theresa
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tam said at this stage of the pandemic some responsibilities are falling back to provinces
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this comes just weeks after parliament voted to spend billions more with covid response suppliers
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interesting story opposition mps are calling christia freeland finance minister too busy to
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pay attention to her budget uh her budget bill c19 be as it's being chopped by opposition mps and is
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struggling to be passed through parliament um over 100 000 has been billed after six canadian
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officials attended a un climate conference airfare amounted to 37 000 including over 11 000 for
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environmental minister stephen gilbo just for his airfare travel um after after the conference he
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didn't mention his air air travel but he did make statements saying that the climate crisis is upon us
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and we all have to work together so very interesting as he takes presumably private planes uh all over
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europe or at least first class so he can stretch his legs out i mean those orange jumpsuits can be chafing
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yes um uh as well with air travel um melanie has a story coming out um later today about the gong
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shows that are going on at airports as people are trying to get back into traveling and facing six
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hour waits at toronto pearson and still not missing not uh getting on their flights and missing them
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so i'll be up later uh but for now uh fans can read up on saskatchewan rough riders and the final cut
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as we have that break it down on the site another story coming out later today is on a story out of
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texas an interesting showcase showed last saturday a drag show for all ages videos came out uh showing
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provocative messaging and dancing and children giving the dancers cash as they danced and whatnot so we'll
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have that up in a bit today great well always lots on the go so you've jumped back in fee first into
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another crazy news week so i'll let you get back to it and uh thanks for the chicken thanks corey
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