Jan 22 2021 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — In the U.S., the media are full of fury at the sluggish pace of the country’s vaccination rollout. Headlines describe it as a “debacle,” a “disaster,” even a “total disaster,” and why not? As of Thursday, just 36 million doses had been distributed nationwide, of which 17.2 million had been administered, i.e. injected into people’s […]
Jan 22 2021 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Justin Trudeau signalled Friday that he wants to move beyond the Keystone XL disagreement with the Biden administration because there are so many other areas where he wishes to collaborate with his American counterpart, from fighting climate change to resolving the COVID-19 pandemic. “These are things we are going to be able to dig into […]
Jan 22 2021 — Robert Fife and Kristy Kirkup — Globe and Mail — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was a rigorous vetting process for naming former astronaut Julie Payette to the role of Governor-General but he did not say whether past employers were contacted prior to her appointment to the viceregal role. Mr. Trudeau spoke to media on Friday following the resignation of Ms. Payette on Thursday. […]
Jan 22 2021 — Peter Donolo — Globe and Mail — The eyes of the world have been so riveted by the shocking rhetorical and physical violence of the U.S. presidential transition that it’s been easy to miss the other big story: the apparent transformation of Joe Biden. Gone are the tentativeness and discomfort of many of his campaign appearances. He no longer seems a politician […]
Jan 21 2021 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — The federal government is making final revisions to its plans to act against online hate and harassment on social-media platforms in light of the deadly U.S. Capitol Hill riots, and its proposed measures will be presented to cabinet in the coming weeks. The recent actions of web giants Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple and Amazon following […]
Jan 21 2021 — Robert Fife — Globe and Mail — An independent review of workplace harassment allegations made by former and current staff at Rideau Hall has been completed, with confidential sources who have been briefed on the review saying it paints a very negative picture of the work environment in the Governor-General’s office since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped former astronaut Julie Payette for […]
Jan 21 2021 — Kelly Cryderman — Globe and Mail — In the past, Alberta’s oil wealth has helped to soothe voter angst about risky investment bets. But with the Biden administration’s revocation of the presidential permit for the Keystone XL project Wednesday – which could be the final stop for the controversial pipeline after more than a decade of stops and starts – that era […]
Jan 21 2021 — Globe and Mail — The Keystone XL pipeline project is dead. Right up to Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was saying he’d continue to make the case for it, but that was whistling past the graveyard. Now it’s a question of picking up the bones. The political path for Keystone was set by U.S. President Joe Biden. Once he […]
Jan 19 2021 — Bill Curry — Globe and Mail — Pfizer Canada Inc. (PFE-N) is urging the Liberal government to cut or freeze corporate taxes and approve targeted tax breaks in the 2021 federal budget, while also criticizing Canada’s efforts to reduce tax avoidance by global multinationals. The policy recommendations are outlined in a prebudget submission sent to the Commons Finance committee by Pfizer Canada, […]
Jan 19 2021 — Andrew Coyne — Globe and Mail — Derek Sloan is right. It is hypocritical for the Conservative Party to kick him out of caucus for unwittingly accepting a donation from the notorious neo-Nazi – and party member – Paul Fromm, when the party had done the same. Like Mr. Sloan, the party failed to screen out either Mr. Fromm’s donation or membership […]
Jan 19 2021 — Globe and Mail — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says government officials will contact Canadian companies doing business in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region to warn them against using forced labour or engaging in other human-rights abuses. Mr. Trudeau told reporters Tuesday that the outreach will include three publicly traded Canadian resource companies that have active projects and plans in Xinjiang, […]
Jan 19 2021 — Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his top advisers are optimistic that relations with the more like-minded Biden administration will be effortless enough to collaborate on matters such as fighting climate change, building a new green economy and pushing for a North America First policy. No one is under the illusion, however, that a newly Democratic […]
Jan 19 2021 — Adam Radwanski — Globe and Mail — Joe Biden is poised to begin his presidency with a wake-up call for Canadians who expect him to compromise his climate agenda in the name of diplomacy. The president-elect’s apparent plan to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline expansion as one of his first actions after Wednesday’s inauguration, laid out in leaked transition documents, shouldn’t come […]
Jan 18 2021 — Robyn Doolittle — Globe and Mail — A dedicated pandemic hospital will be opening just north of Toronto in a matter of weeks, as health care centres in the region struggle to cope with surging COVID-19 infections. In what appears to be the first of its kind in Canada, the Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital will be devoted to treating COVID-19 patients when it […]
Jan 18 2021 — Jim Stanford — Globe and Mail — Like most industries in Canada, fossil-fuel businesses have suffered painful job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession. Plunging global prices and steep reductions in capital spending have led to major job cuts. Fossil-fuel industries (including oil, natural gas, coal, and related activities) lost 17,500 jobs in the 12 months up to September.