Politics This Morning: House Public Safety to reconvene to talk data breach; Singh to tour Quebec

Good Monday morning,

The House Public Safety Committee is reconvening today for an emergency meeting at the request of four opposition MPs over concerns about the Desjardins data breach, which has affected some 2.9 million of its customers, including prosecutors and judges, whose personal information may be in the hands of criminal groups. MPs meet at 1 p.m. in room 415 of the Wellington Building.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, is expected to attend the welcoming ceremony for NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, at the Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, in Ontario. The two are expected to discuss their support for a rules-based international order and will hold a joint presser following their meeting at 11:15 a.m. Mr. Stoltenberg, former prime minister of Norway, is then slated to deliver a speech in Toronto, at University of Toronto’s Massey College.

Here’s a rundown of what else is happening today:

• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is embarking on a weeklong effort to tour Quebec, where he plans to make a series of announcements aimed at shoring up the party’s fragile base in the province.
• In Charlottetown, the Senate Agriculture Committee is expected to talk about its report on how to Canada’s “value-added sector more competitive” globally. That’s at9 a.m. at the Culinary Institute of Canada.
• Transport Minister Jim Carr, meanwhile, will be in Dorval, Que., to discuss “phase one” of the feds’ new rules aimed at protecting the airline passengers. That’s at 10 a.m. at the Trudeau airport.
• In Guelph, Ont., Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is expected to hold a community event alongside the provincial party’s leader, Mike Schreiner. That’s at 7 p.m. at the University of Guelph’s Peter Clark Hall.

What the newsroom is reading:

• DND ordered to pay $25K for ‘pure and simple racial prejudice’: He alleged that he was the victim of harassment and that he was treated differently than his colleagues. (via CBC News)
• How Canadians are part of an underground network helping Hong Kong protesters in their struggle against Chinese control: The informal network is also engaged public outreach to bring attention to the protests playing out in the former British colony. (via Star Vancouver)
• Abortion-pill obstacles: How doctors’ reluctance and long-distance travel stop many Canadians from getting Mifegymiso: Roughly 69 per cent of the 10,092 prescriptions for the pill dispensed were from large urban centres. (via Globe and Mail)

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