Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has established an 18-member Council on U.S. Relations to support him in dealing with the incoming U.S. administration.
The council includes former premiers, business leaders, and policy experts. Here is a list of the members:
Jean Charest - Former Quebec Premier (Liberal)
Rachel Notley - Former Alberta Premier (NDP)
Stephen McNeil - Former Nova Scotia Premier (Liberal)
Brian Topp - Former Chief of Staff to Rachel Notley
David MacNaughton - Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States
Steve Verheul - Former Chief Trade Negotiator for CUSMA
Jody Thomas - Former National Security and Intelligence Adviser
Senator Hassan Yussuff
Kirsten Hillman - Current Canadian Ambassador to the United States
Flavio Volpe - Head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association
Tabatha Bull - President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Martin Caron - President of Quebec's farmers' union
Lana Payne - National President of Unifor
Tim Gitzel - CEO of Cameco (uranium company)
Linda Hasenfratz - CEO of Linamar (manufacturing company)
Shahrzad Rafati - CEO of RHEI (marketing company)
Arlene Dickinson - Entrepreneur and TV personality from "Dragons' Den"
Wes Hall - Entrepreneur and TV personality from "Dragons' Den"
This diverse group of individuals brings expertise from various sectors, including politics, diplomacy, trade, business, and labor unions. The council's primary purpose is to support the Prime Minister and Cabinet in navigating the Canada-U.S. relationship, particularly in light of potential challenges posed by the incoming U.S. administration.
UN Climate Summit blocks Rebel News — again
Sheila Gunn Reid discusses how the United Nations refused to allow Rebel News into its climate change conference in Brazil despite an email claiming Rebel News was accredited.
The United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil, is underway — and, in true UN fashion, it took all of ten minutes for the hypocrisy to hit us in the face.
For the first time in nine years, Rebel News was officially accredited to enter the conference grounds. We got the approval emails. We got our work visas. We flew half way around the world. We went to pick up our badges. Then the bureaucrats did what UN bureaucrats always do when a climate heretic gets too close: they found a problem.
Suddenly, our accreditation “didn’t allow” us inside the main venue — the pavilions, media rooms, and meeting halls packed with activists, diplomats, and 55,000 carbon-burning delegates who flew halfway around the world to lecture ordinary people about their energy use.
But somehow, we were ...
