Pipelines, asylum seekers, tuberculosis: how politics touched us this week
OTTAWA — Parliament Hill was a swirl of fresh faces and a storm of news this week in the rush to get things done and square events away before the Thanksgiving break.
In a sea of pageantry, the next Governor General, astronaut Julie Payette, was sworn in to her new position, replacing David Johnston. Premiers and Indigenous leaders from across the country then gathered nearby for a meeting with the prime minister — a meeting that led to a more solid picture of what legalization of cannabis will eventually look like.
The next day, the NDP’s new leader, Jagmeet Singh, took a victory lap through his party’s caucus room, inspiring a jubilance not seen since the days of Jack Layton.
Personalities aside, there were impactful developments on pipelines, asylum seekers and tuberculosis. Here’s how politics affected Canadians’ everyday lives this week: