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Carbon tax, Syrian refugees and the opening of the 42nd Parliament

This week on The House, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley talks carbon tax and Paris Climate Change Conference; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum explains the government's revised Syrian refugees plan; and Government House Leader Dominic Leblanc discusses some of the key issues awaiting parliamentarians when they get to Ottawa next week.
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Premier Rachel Notley unveils Alberta's climate strategy in Edmonton Sunday which will include carbon tax and a cap on oilsands emissions among other strategies. (Amber Bracken/Canadian Press)
The House48:29Carbon tax, Syrian refugees and the opening of the 42nd Parliament

This week on The House, with the United Nations Climate Change Conference about to kick off, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is heading to Paris ready to sell her province's brand new carbon tax and emissions reduction plan. Will that remove some of the 'drama' around debate involving the development of the oil sands? 

The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship insists his government will reach its objective of bringing in 25-thousand government-sponsored Syrian refugees to Canada... at some point in 2016. John McCallum joins us to talk about that, and why wants Canadians to be able to monitor the government's successes and struggles along the way.

Then, Government House Leader Dominic Leblanc discusses some of the key issues awaiting parliamentarians when they get to Ottawa next week, including physician-assisted death, the new relationship between the government and the Senate, the future of the ISIS mission and more. He also answers the question: will we witness the first Prime Minister's Question Period before Christmas?

Finally, In House panelists Elizabeth Thompson, senior writer for iPolitics, and Mark Kennedy, parliamentary bureau chief for the Ottawa Citizen, join us to talk about Canada's objectives at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.

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