Aug 15 2018 — Donald Barry — National Newswatch — Is Canada a national security threat to the United States? President Donald Trump’s administration says it is. In June, it invoked a seldom used national security provision in the 1962 Trade Expansion Act to impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imported from Canada, contending that rising imports could endanger […]
Aug 14 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — The department needs to get in step with other countries, CAHI says. A Health Canada plan to impose service fees on human and veterinary medicines will keep many treatments for farm and companion animals out of the country, says Jean Szkotnicki, President of the Canadian Animal Health Institute. The Canadian animal health market is 2.5 […]
Aug 8 2018 — John Milloy — National Newswatch — Although I oppose cancelling the current sex education curriculum, I was not surprised to see a recent poll confirming that over 40 per cent of Ontarians support the decision. I actually believe that the move might be more popular than many think. I also believe that many of the arguments being put forward by supporters […]
Aug 7 2018 — Don Lenihan — National Newswatch — Navdeep Bains, the federal minister of innovation, is consulting Canadians on ways to step up our digital game. So, here’s my two cents: make broadband accessible and affordable to everyone. An extraordinary experiment in Alberta (circa 2000 – 2005) shows us how. Let’s start with some context. Two decades ago, Canada was a rising star […]
Aug 1 2018 — Don Lenihan — National Newswatch — One of the oldest rubs against democracy is that ordinary people aren’t up to the job. And the friends of populism aren’t helping the cause. They’re lining up to throw democracy under the bus in the name of, well, more democracy. The result will surely be less, not more. Take Doug Ford’s decision to intervene […]
Aug 1 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Trade spats and U.S. tariff challenges set the stage for the session. OTTAWA—Canada will host a meeting in October of trade ministers from countries supporting reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its rules for ensuring fair international trade. Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, has invited ministers from around the world […]
Jul 27 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — CFIA needs to keep investigating how unknown GM variety ended up in Alberta roadside. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to keep investigating the still unknown variety of genetically modified wheat found in Alberta last year, says the Canadian co-author of an article that speculates on who could have planted it. Rob Wager of Vancouver […]
Jul 26 2018 — Glen Pearson — National Newswatch — In capitals around the world, including Ottawa, questions are being asked no one ever envisioned examining only a few years ago. The rise of authoritarians and the turbulent world of populist politics represent an ongoing conundrum, leaving global leaders flummoxed in the wake of uncertainty. But one Great Question is outflanking all the others: Is […]
Jul 25 2018 — Don Lenihan — National Newswatch — Elections often turn on a few carefully crafted sentences – a “campaign narrative” that tells voters why they should say yes to a candidate. If Justin Trudeau nailed this in 2015, things will be a lot tougher in 2019. Last week he offered a clue as to what the new narrative might say. After shuffling […]
Jul 24 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Products need to meet changing consumer food expectations around the world, it says. The Agri-Food Economic Strategy Table, set up as part of the federal government’s innovation agenda, has set a hefty agenda for governments and the sector to work on to ensure Canada expands its role as a global food supplier. The table is […]
Jul 19 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Having inspired the agrifood industry to aim for a bigger role in feeding the world, Dominc Barton has spelled out four growth barriers and four building blocks the sector needs to deal with to succeed. The barriers are an underdeveloped value chain, low productivity, trade impediments and regulatory obstacles to trade with the United States, […]
Jul 18 2018 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — NDP MP has all party backing for his proposal. NDP MP Wayne Stetski’s goal is to make the Friday before Thanksgiving be recognized as Food Day Canada to celebrate the wealth of local food products produced across the country and he’s on a tight Parliamentary time line to make it happen this year. In late […]
Jul 18 2018 — John Milloy — National Newswatch — The critics are in high dudgeon. Our prime minister appears to be applying rules to his own conduct that are different from the ones he established for his own MPs. When he gets accused of groping a young reporter many years ago, he writes it off as a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, when members of his own […]