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If the federal government wants to tackle the climate crisis, it could have simply made it a crime to pollute, lawyers for Saskatchewan and Alberta argued Tuesday.

The news of O’Toole’s positive test result led Quebec Premier François Legault, who had met with O’Toole earlier in the week, to self-isolate and get tested himself. “No one is immune to contagion,” he said.

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.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has talked about using the revenue from the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to pay for green energy projects. But what if that revenue never comes because there’s little demand for oil in the first place?

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.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the ability of parliamentarians to vote on behalf of their constituents during the upcoming session of Parliament, without putting themselves, their families or their communities at risk of contracting COVID-19, is a challenge.

The charity announced last week that it will shut down its Canadian operations. Many questions remain about what the charity’s finances were like in the months leading up to the controversy and what winding down entails, charity experts say.

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.

Under new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, environment critic and B.C. MP Dan Albas has his work cut out for him. His task: writing a climate plan popular enough to win votes, but ambitious enough to hit Canada’s climate targets.

Mona Nemer’s three-year term is coming to a close on Sept. 24, 2020, and the government is staying quiet as to what will happen to her office after her term expires.

Minister of Health Patty Hajdu said extra patient charges would “undermine equity” in our medical system.

Speaking to reporters in Sudbury, Ont., Friday, Trudeau didn’t answer when asked if he’d take any responsibility for WE Charity’s decision to wind down its Canadian operations.

Canada has been locked into an arms contract with Saudi Arabia since 2014, providing them military equipment used in the brutal Yemen war.

The application process for the government’s National Housing Strategy funds can take up to a year or longer.