The throne speech will happen Sept. 23. The student campaign comes as COVID-19 cases rise again, and as the government appears to back off from its initially lofty promises of a green recovery.

The group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous activists served the Conservative Party of Canada leader with a cease and desist letter Thursday morning. “Canada has never belonged to people like Erin O’Toole. Canada was founded on stolen Indigenous land," said Giiwedinong Kisinaaikwe, one of the youth involved in the effort.

The House of Commons "has developed an application that you just have to test for a short period, and during that time, we can do like British Columbia and vote by Zoom,” Pablo Rodríguez told media at a cabinet retreat Tuesday.