The Commons will be meeting today in an actual, real sitting and not an abbreviated strange hybrid committee, in order to pass Bill C-20 on disability payments, which they say is in an improved format from their previous attempt in C-17 (which one presumes is now withdrawn from the Order Paper). The bill also includes the changes to the wage subsidy that were announced on Friday, and it sounds like will also have the changes to court system timelines that were previously announced and part of C-17, but the text of the bill won’t be out until the Commons actually sits. We also know that the bill will pass, because the Bloc have agreed to everything, and this means a motion that will see the bill essentially passed at all stages with a couple hours’ worth of speeches in lieu of actual debate or legislative processes, which is less than ideal. We’ll also have a proper Question Period today, so we can look forward to that, and all of the questions on the WE Imbroglio that will come with it. The Senate has not yet announced when they will be meeting to pass it on their end, which may not be until later in the week.

Good reads:

• François-Philippe Champagne says that the detention of the two Michaels has no bearing on delays to the decision around banning Huawei from the 5G network.
• The federal funds for “top-up pay” for essential workers depends on how each province is defining essential workers.
• The federal government nixed plans for baseball season to be played in Canada, because it would involve constant travel to highly-impacted pandemic zones.
• Here’s a glimpse into how WE’s initial social entrepreneurship proposal was floated to Cabinet in advance of the Student Grant proposal that they won the contract for.
• A charity watchdog raises more red flags about WE and its suspect financials.
• The government is ensuring there are enough supplies to ensure that every Canadian can receive two doses of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine if necessary.
• The Canadian Forces are issuing stronger orders about rooting out hateful conduct, after being flatfooted by white supremacists in their ranks.
• Iran has finally sent the black boxes from downed flight PS572 to Ukraine, who are now sending them to Paris to be decoded.
• Yves-François Blanchet reiterated that there is no substance to the anonymous sexual assault allegation, and that his party stands behind him.
• Kevin Carmichael makes note of the government’s tone-deafness on help for the business community in the economic crisis, particularly in innovative sectors.

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