With the announcement this afternoon that U.S. President George Bush will host leaders of the G20, including Canada, in Washington on Nov. 15 for an economic summit, the calendar for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Parliament is starting to firm up. Here's what we know with best guesses denoted by a (?):
Week of Oct. 27 : New cabinet sworn in ? PMO types are saying sometime in the next two weeks for this although the buzz around Ottawa is that a new cabinet will, in fact, be sworn in at Rideau Hall on Monday, Oct. 27.
UPDATE: Nov 13-15 – Conservative Party convention in Winnipeg. Pencil in Harper to speak in the evening of Nov. 14 before jetting to Washington? Maybe he speaks on the 13th to open the convention?
Nov. 15: Harper joins G20 leaders in Washington, D.C. for economic summit.
Nov. 16-21: Harper joins APEC Leaders in Lima, Peru for annual leaders summit.
Week of Nov. 24: – 40th Parliament opens with Throne Speech ? followed in short order by Economic and Fiscal Update ?
Week of Nov. 24: Finance Department releases latest federal government budget info.
Dec. 12: By standing order, the House of Commons rises for its Christmas break.
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