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Covid-19 vaccine delays top agenda as Parliament resumes

Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons on Monday, January 24, 2021, following a month-long break that was anything but restful to again face the ramification of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the threat of a possible election.

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Indigenous conservation can get Canada to climate goals: former MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew to Trudeau

Former MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew says Indigenous people have the know-how but lack resources to help mitigate climate change.

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Ethel Blondin-Andrew is a former Liberal MP and cabinet minister now working with the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. Photo submitted by Ethel Blondin-Andrew

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