Jan 21 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic is about to force another big break from tradition in the House of Commons: MPs using an app on their smartphones or laptops to cast votes remotely. Party whips are still discussing some unresolved details, the most important of which is ensuring Canadians will be able to see how their […]
Jan 21 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic is about to force another big break from tradition in the House of Commons: MPs using an app on their smartphones or laptops to cast votes remotely. Party whips are still discussing some unresolved details, the most important of which is ensuring Canadians will be able to see how their […]
Jan 19 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Almost two-thirds of Canadians would support a nightly curfew if necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 — even though they're not convinced it would be effective, a new poll suggests.Sixty-five per cent of respondents to a poll by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they would support temporary curfews in […]
Jan 19 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Almost two-thirds of Canadians would support a nightly curfew if necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19 — even though they're not convinced it would be effective, a new poll suggests.Sixty-five per cent of respondents to a poll by Léger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they would support temporary curfews in […]
Jan 17 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, often dubbed "Canada's rabbi," says he has no complaints. "In terms of having complaints to God or complaints that life isn't […]
Jan 17 2021 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, often dubbed "Canada's rabbi," says he has no complaints. "In terms of having complaints to God or complaints that life isn't […]
Dec 20 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that's turned out to be the least of the prime minister's worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in […]
Dec 20 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that's turned out to be the least of the prime minister's worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in […]
Dec 17 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A Conservative senator is questioning why a drug blamed for botched executions in the United States is being used to provide medical assistance in dying in Canada. But Sen. Michael MacDonald's attempt to make an "ugly link" between capital punishment and medically assisted death was denounced Thursday by the president of the Canadian […]
Dec 17 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A Conservative senator is questioning why a drug blamed for botched executions in the United States is being used to provide medical assistance in dying in Canada. But Sen. Michael MacDonald's attempt to make an "ugly link" between capital punishment and medically assisted death was denounced Thursday by the president of the Canadian […]
Dec 16 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don't want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won't get federal funding. In a year-end interview Wednesday with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said his government will "happily partner" with provinces and territories that want to boost standards in long-term […]
Dec 16 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don't want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won't get federal funding. In a year-end interview Wednesday with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said his government will "happily partner" with provinces and territories that want to boost standards in long-term […]
Dec 16 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, a degenerative condition that has over the past 25 years reactivated childhood scoliosis, weakened her muscles, […]
Dec 16 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, a degenerative condition that has over the past 25 years reactivated childhood scoliosis, weakened her muscles, […]
Dec 15 2020 — Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The government's representative in the Senate concedes it's possible that a bill to expand access to medically assisted dying may be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts. But while parliamentarians must be guided by court rulings, Sen. Marc Gold argued Tuesday they also have a duty to try to balance competing rights […]