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Steven Blaney and House of Commons

House of Commons: Although the bill itself will, of course, must be tabled in the House of Commons, which is expected to take place shortly after noon, the advisory for today event makes it clear that, as far as the government is concerned, that little more than a bit of parliamentary paperwork, as the two ministers to be charged with shepherding the bill through the House Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and Justice Minister Peter MacKay are slated to join the prime minister at the Toronto-area event. , according to CBC. A few blocks away from Parliament Hill, Canada provincial and territorial premiers except, that is, for Alberta Jim Prentice , who claimed to be too busy planning to the budget to join his counterparts in Ottawa, and Saskatchewan Brad Wall, who will be attending via teleconference will convene behind closed doors at a downtown Ottawa hotel, where they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues pertinent to their respective and collective interests, including energy, infrastructure and internal trade barriers. Justin Trudeau, Kathleen Wynne say Ottawa needs to be involved in greenhouse gas reduction Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Richmond Hill for the much-anticipated unveiling of his government latest bid to boost the powers of Canada law enforcement and intelligence agencies to monitor, track, and, as reported by News last night, even preemptively disrupt the activities of suspected terrorists and terrorist sympathizers. to be given 'power to disrupt,' not arrest, in new anti-terror bill Back in Ottawa, MPs will spend one final day debating the pros and cons of the previous anti-terror bill, which was introduced last fall just weeks after the Oct. 22 shootings, and will expand the reach of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to conduct operations outside Canada. Premiers meet (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.