Calls for a Ceasefire, Saskatchewan's Parental Rights Bill – October 23, 2023

24/10/2023 28 min
Calls for a Ceasefire, Saskatchewan's Parental Rights Bill – October 23, 2023

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Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, explains why it took Canada nearly a week to conclude Israel was not responsible for a deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital.

MPs Heather McPherson (NDP) and Mike Morrice (Green Party) discuss an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Helen Kennedy, executive director of EGALE Canada, a leading LGBTQ advocacy group, responds to the Saskatchewan government's passing of its controversial parental rights bill.