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Nov 26 2020 — John Paul Tasker — CBC — Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos will today release the federal government’s plan to drive down greenhouse gas emissions within the federal bureaucracy itself, with the goal of achieving “net zero” by 2050 through a radical restructuring of the government’s property and vehicle portfolio. The Liberal government’s “greening government strategy” sets new, more ambitious targets to […]

Nov 26 2020 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — Mexico’s ambassador to Canada apparently watches question period — and it seems he did not like what he saw and heard on Tuesday. “Mexico has worked hard to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all,” Juan José Gómez Camacho tweeted on Tuesday night. “We believe a pandemic is a time to promote solidarity, rather than […]

Nov 26 2020 — Chris Hall — CBC — The federal government’s prescription for the COVID-19 pandemic — spending is the best medicine — hasn’t varied much since the spring. The finance minister is signalling that approach will continue (if in much smaller doses) in next week’s economic statement. “Our plan will continue to support Canadians through the pandemic and ensure that the post-COVID […]

Nov 26 2020 — CBC — On the morning of June 4, a team of Alberta civil servants gathered — as it had nearly every day since the COVID-19 pandemic began — to co-ordinate the province’s response to the crisis. A few minutes into the meeting in a boardroom in downtown Edmonton, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw weighed […]

Nov 25 2020 — CBC — Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder’s sharing of an article on Facebook that says only 10 “otherwise healthy” people have died of COVID-19 in Alberta has triggered angry responses from people who say she is showing a lack of compassion and empathy for all who have died of the disease. The article highlights that all of the […]

Nov 25 2020 — CBC — After expressing outrage, disgust and regret over reports of Coun. Rick Chiarelli’s egregious conduct, Ottawa city council unanimously voted Wednesday to impose the harshest penalties available to them to sanction the veteran councillor. Council was united in its call for the College ward councillor to resign immediately, and to ask the minister of municipal affairs […]

Nov 25 2020 — Mike Crawley — CBC — Ontario’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was hampered by poor emergency preparedness, inadequate lab capacity and a disorganized public health system, according to a report issued Wednesday by the province’s auditor general. In a special report on COVID-19, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk raises concerns that flaws in Ontario’s communication, decision-making and management of positive cases […]

Nov 25 2020 — Eric Grenier — CBC — Alberta is now one of Canada’s worst COVID-19 hotspots and Premier Jason Kenney’s handling of the pandemic in his province is getting low marks, according to polls. It might also be sapping support for the federal Conservative Party in its most loyal stronghold. On Sunday and Monday, Alberta reported over 1,500 new cases of COVID-19 […]

Nov 24 2020 — Janyce McGregor — CBC — When Canadian trade negotiators begin talks with the United Kingdom next year on a permanent bilateral trade deal, their hands could be tied when it comes to offering any future dairy, egg or poultry concessions, if Parliament passes a new private member’s bill up for its first hour of debate later today. Bloc Québécois MP […]

Nov 24 2020 — Murray Brewster — CBC — The NATO principle of one-for-all and all-for-one was the reason it — and by extension Canada — went into Afghanistan, but that assumption is being sorely tested by a U.S. administration that is in a hurry to wind things up. Hurry might be a relative term, though, considering Washington’s military involvement in the country is […]

Nov 24 2020 — Evan Dyer — CBC — Some Australians see the country’s new powers to stop foreign interference as an overdue shift from complacency to vigilance, while others have warned of the dangers of a McCarthyite moral panic. But all can agree that Australia’s approach to foreign meddling in its politics, universities and public debate has changed a great deal in recent […]

Nov 24 2020 — Ashley Burke — CBC — NAV Canada, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, is considering cutting air traffic controller jobs at seven towers across Canada in an effort to save money as the global health crisis continues to drag down air traffic. But some aviation experts and airlines warn that reducing the number of people who control air traffic and […]

Nov 24 2020 — Kathleen Harris — CBC — Canada has turned away at least 4,400 asylum seekers at the U.S. border since 2016 — including some who were hoping to find refuge here at the height of the global pandemic — according to newly released government figures. Nearly half of those trying to enter Canada over that five-year period made the attempt in […]

Nov 23 2020 — CBC — The Atlantic bubble is no more. The government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced Monday that all incoming travellers will be expected to isolate for 14 days, regardless of where they’re coming from. Premier Andrew Furey said the bubble will be paused for two weeks. Furey said the province will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation […]

Nov 23 2020 — Joanne Chianello — CBC — When Stephanie Dobbs sat down for her second interview for a job in Coun. Rick Chiarelli’s office back in 2015, she says he pressured her to tell him either the worst thing she’d ever done or her deepest secret. The College ward councillor justified the question by saying that during an election campaign, his opponents […]