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Deadly attacks in Paris raise security concerns ahead of COP21

This week on The House, we discuss the aftermath of Friday's attacks in Paris. Then, in the lead up to the UN Climate Change Conference at the end of the month, the Liberal government still has no emissions targets, or clear policies on how to reach those future targets. Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna joins us. Then, the NDP's Environment and Climate Change critic, Nathan Cullen, outlines what he wants to hear from the new government. We also talk to the Minister Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, about how she's approaching her new file.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pauses as he addresses the media on the terrorist attacks in Paris prior to his departure for the G20 and APEC summits from Ottawa, Friday November 13, 2015. Trudeau says Canada has offered all the support it can to France following Friday's attacks in Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The House48:29Deadly attacks in Paris raise security concerns ahead of COP21

This week on The House, we begin in France where a series of deadly attacks shocked the capital of Paris late Friday night, sending shockwaves around the world. Security expert Christian Leuprecht joins us from France to discuss what the attacks and how they affect the United Nations climate change conference in Paris in two weeks' time.

Then, in the lead up to the conference, the new Liberal government still has no emissions targets, or clear policies on how to reach those future targets. Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna joins us. Then, the NDP's Environment and Climate Change critic, Nathan Cullen, outlines what he wants to hear from the new government.

Whether we talking about the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women or implementing recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the new Liberal government wants to drastically change Ottawa-First Nations relations. What are they ready to do in order for that to happen? The Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett, joins us to explain how she's approaching her new file.

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