Sep 29 2020 — Murray Brewster — CBC — A Canadian military reservist whose membership in two far-right groups is being investigated by the army has spoken publicly about the matter for the first time, telling a local print and online publication in British Columbia that the allegations against him are “rubbish.” Erik Myggland, who belongs to the Canadian Ranger Valemount, B.C. patrol, spoke […]
Sep 29 2020 — Janyce McGregor — CBC — Less than three weeks after talks concluded on the revised North American free trade agreement, executives from a Chinese infant formula manufacturer that had invested $332 million to build a new plant in Kingston, Ont. asked for a sudden meeting with Canadian officials. Zhiwen Yang, the general manager of Canada Royal Milk — the Canadian […]
Sep 28 2020 — Ashley Burke — CBC — A private consulting company is inviting current Rideau Hall employees to confidentially share their experiences on the job as part of its independent review of claims that Gov. General Julie Payette created a toxic workplace and verbally harassed employees. The Privy Council Office launched an unprecedented third-party review in July following a CBC News report […]
Sep 28 2020 — CBC — A prominent Arctic research mission is coming under fire for a dress code policy that has highlighted concerns about systemic sexism in the polar sciences. The MOSAiC expedition, an international research mission led by Germany’s Alfred-Wegener-Institut, embedded polar researchers in Arctic sea ice for a full year to make groundbreaking observations about the Arctic climate. […]
Sep 28 2020 — Mike Crawley — CBC — Fresh projections suggest that Ontario’s second wave of COVID-19 will peak in mid- to late October and will likely send enough patients to intensive care that hospitals will need to scale back non-emergency surgeries. The forecasts come from the COVID-19 Modelling Collaborative, a joint effort of scientists and physicians from the University of Toronto, University […]
Sep 28 2020 — CBC — The pandemic has put some of the Liberal government’s key deadlines of its reconciliation agenda in jeopardy, including a promise to end all long-term boil-water advisories on First Nations by next March. Last week’s throne speech indicated a shift in language around the commitment to eliminate the long-term advisories. It dropped mention of the 2021 […]
Sep 27 2020 — Vassy Kapelos — CBC — The last six months have been stressful. The stress of worrying about catching a potentially deadly virus, of seeing your loved ones catch it, of trying to work from home, of sending your kids back to school. Now the stress of a second wave. It’s overwhelming for so many of us. But for some people […]
Sep 27 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — On Thursday — a day after a throne speech vowed to take action on pharmacare, long-term care and child care — Conservative House leader Gerard Deltell stood in the House of Commons and accused the Liberal government of “setting the stage for fights with the provinces.” “Before the throne speech was even finished,” Deltell reported, […]
Sep 27 2020 — John Paul Tasker — CBC — The federal government says it will soon introduce a free, automatic tax filing system for simple returns — a policy change meant to provide government benefits to qualified people who don’t collect them now because they skip filing their taxes. The promise — a one-line commitment buried in the 6,783-word speech from the throne — […]
Sep 26 2020 — CBC — The police service tasked with overseeing Parliament Hill says it has expanded its security presence in the area following several harassment incidents targeting politicians and members of the media. “As a result of recent incidents whereby parliamentarians and members of the press were harassed, the Service has increased its presence and visibility around the precinct,” […]
Sep 26 2020 — Jason Proctor — CBC — With a historic U.S. election looming and the fate of two Canadians imprisoned in China hanging in the balance, Meng Wanzhou will appear in a B.C. courtroom next week as her lawyers launch their latest attempt to end extradition proceedings against the Huawei executive. Meng’s defence team will argue that the United States provided Canada […]
Sep 26 2020 — David Cochrane — CBC — The Atlantic Loop was mentioned just once in the speech from the throne this week — but if the project goes ahead, it could transform the energy market of eastern Canada, bringing billions of dollars and thousands of new jobs to the region in the process. A senior Liberal source called the Atlantic Loop the […]
Sep 26 2020 — David Thurton — CBC — Among its members, it’s a running joke: the Green Party of Canada comes up with the big ideas and the other parties rip them off. Many of those policies — same-sex marriage, cannabis legalization, a carbon tax and a guaranteed basic income — have now come to define the national conversation and, in some cases, […]
Sep 25 2020 — Catherine Cullen — CBC — Erin O’Toole says his COVID diagnosis demonstrated the need for Canadians to remain “extremely vigilant” — but social media postings and conversations with people who met with O’Toole before his COVID diagnosis show that he interacted with dozens of people in the course of one day of travel and events in Montreal. While the Conservatives […]
Sep 25 2020 — CBC — The Liberal government will expand the number of people who can access sick days, clearing the way for New Democrats to support the throne speech and bypass a fall election, sources tell CBC News. Bill C-2 — the proposed legislation that would transition people from the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) to an employment insurance […]