As parliament reopens this week there are some significant events to look into. For starters the Governor General is, for the first time ever, a member of the indigenous community. Her opening speech was well delivered and direct, and I have high hopes for the impact she may have on this government.

As well we are faced with the issue of vaccines in the house of commons. As I predicted 2 months ago, the safety committee agreed to require all members of the house to be vaccinated in order to attend or have verified medical exemptions. The problem is of course that an undisclosed number of Conservative MPs have yet to be fully vaccinated (and may not have any intention of doing so), and under Canadian law not only do our MPs need to sit in Ottawa a certain number of dates each year, but they have no ability to function within our system and vote remotely.

How is Erin O'Toole going to handle this, and what is the fallout going to be? I can tell you one thing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is quite pleased that the conversation is no longer about him!

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