Sep 24 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberals are proposing to increase the value of benefits for unemployed workers to $500 a week under newly tabled legislation that lands days before aid runs out for millions. The proposal still needs parliamentary approval, but would bring the value of payments to the same level as under the soon-to-disappear Canada Emergency […]
Sep 23 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberals are reversing course on a decision to wind down a federal wage subsidy, vowing in their throne speech to extend the program for businesses harmed by COVID-19 into next year. Over the summer the government decided to start scaling back the program through the rest of the year by providing a […]
Sep 23 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberals are reversing course on a decision to wind down a federal wage subsidy, vowing in their throne speech to extend the program for businesses harmed by COVID-19 into next year. Over the summer the government decided to start scaling back the program through the rest of the year by providing a […]
Sep 23 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn. For years, advocates of broader federal involvement in a provincially regulated sector have been used to hearing questions about funding, spaces and the need to help parents have daycare in order for them to work. […]
Sep 23 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — It was in a recent meeting with child-care experts that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made some heads turn. For years, advocates of broader federal involvement in a provincially regulated sector have been used to hearing questions about funding, spaces and the need to help parents have daycare in order for them to work. […]
Sep 22 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals' throne speech Wednesday is to lay out plans for child care, health care, affordable housing and navigating the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. The speech, crafted by the governing party but delivered by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette, will be given in the shadow of rising COVID-19 cases across the […]
Sep 21 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals plan to spend $1 billion over the next six months so cities and housing providers can buy properties being sold because of the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to keep people from becoming homeless. The details of the program unveiled Monday fill what was seen as a gap in the […]
Sep 21 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal Liberals plan to spend $1 billion over the next six months so cities and housing providers can buy properties being sold because of the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to keep people from becoming homeless. The details of the program unveiled Monday fill what was seen as a gap in the […]
Sep 19 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The national housing strategy will need new tools to move more quickly from ideas to finished projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the head of the federal housing agency. The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp. is a key overseer of the decade-long national housing strategy, which includes tens of billions in federal and […]
Sep 19 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The national housing strategy will need new tools to move more quickly from ideas to finished projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the head of the federal housing agency. The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp. is a key overseer of the decade-long national housing strategy, which includes tens of billions in federal and […]
Sep 18 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal minister overseeing key aid programs for workers during the pandemic says there could still be changes to a proposed package of income-support benefits as the country faces renewed pressure from COVID-19. As it stands, the package includes caregiver payments for anyone who can't go to work because their child's school or […]
Sep 18 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal minister overseeing key aid programs for workers during the pandemic says there could still be changes to a proposed package of income-support benefits as the country faces renewed pressure from COVID-19. As it stands, the package includes caregiver payments for anyone who can't go to work because their child's school or […]
Sep 17 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will be getting a new name in the coming months, part of a larger rebranding by the federal housing agency to better reflect its changing mandate.The head of the Crown corporation says the decades-old name overemphasizes the financing of home ownership and does not do enough to […]
Sep 17 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will be getting a new name in the coming months, part of a larger rebranding by the federal housing agency to better reflect its changing mandate.The head of the Crown corporation says the decades-old name overemphasizes the financing of home ownership and does not do enough to […]
Sep 16 2020 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada’s former ambassador to the United States has been cited by the federal ethics watchdog for improper lobbying after he left office, and barred from contact with senior ministers and political officials. David MacNaughton was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s point man in Washington for 3 1/2 years before he left one year ago. […]