Biden and Trudeau have entered HoC chamber, with FLOTUS Jill Biden in purple and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau in red. Opening remarks now from House Speaker Rota about celebrating friendship and shared values. Thread to follow here on contents of POTUS’ address to Parliament. PMJT up first with opening remarks. “You are a true friend to Canada and that matters more than ever.” “These are serious times.” Cites climate, COVID, war in Ukraine, cost of living, anxiety about futures. “Our two nations stand united in this moment.”

BREAKING: Canada's first ever federal LGBTQ2S+ "action plan" is being unveiled today. I got an early first look it.

Here's my comprehensive rundown on what it contains and what it doesn't (notably, concrete timelines to implement). #cdnpoli #canqueer

ctvnews.ca/politics/fundi… Unveiling the plan at an event just hours before the @FierteCapPride parade (not a coincidence) Min. @MarciIen highlights the ongoing discrimination/hate faced by the LGBTQ2S+ community.

Says she's been thinking a lot lately about how gov'ts can't legislate kindness or empathy.

🧵PMJT is addressing the EU Parliament, mentions 2017 address, says: “Back then, this Parliament saw me as someone new on the world stage… We could see that something was lurking off on the horizon, something shadowy, something that was threatening. We didn’t look close enough." "Since 2017 the world has changed, a lot: A global pandemic has taken the lives of over 6M people and disrupted the lives of everyone else, a global recession…Growing distrust of governments and facts…People have a real and deep sense of uncertainty...These are anxious times."

'No choice': Liberals look to cut off debate on budget bill in dying days of House sitting ctvnews.ca/politics/no-ch… via @CTVNews They are now calling on the Bloc Quebecois, NDP, and Greens to back the Liberal minority in imposing time allocation, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll find a partner to advance their request.