Aug 14 2020 — Alex Binkley — National Newswatch — Affordable foods and more automated processing are the future. Ottawa—The pandemic will create a massive economic ripple effect through the food system that will make consumers much more price sensitive and processors automating their plants as much as possible, says Dana McCauley of the University of Guelph. There has already been a shift to […]
Aug 13 2020 — CBC — Both Heritage Ottawa and Mayor Jim Watson say they’re pleased with the latest design for an expansion of the city’s iconic Château Laurier hotel. According to Heritage Ottawa, the “dramatically altered” design represents a “ground-breaking change” that “will see an end to the widely vilified horizontal bar-shaped structure that blocked the rear view of the […]
Aug 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — WE Charity is scaling back its operations, making dozens of layoffs in Canada and the United Kingdom and looking to sell some of its real estate holdings in Toronto. The charity has been embroiled in a political controversy since the Trudeau government chose it to run a now-abandoned youth volunteer program. WE Charity says its […]
Aug 13 2020 — Beatrice Britneff — Global News — Executives from WE Charity say the organization — under scrutiny for a now-cancelled deal to deliver a student volunteer grant program — is now registered to lobby the federal government. The charity had been criticized, particularly by opposition MPs, for not being registered to lobby despite its communications with the government over delivering the multi-million-dollar […]
Aug 13 2020 — Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Members of Parliament were warned on Wednesday that sweeping national security legislation in Hong Kong jeopardizes 300,000 Canadians who live in the former British colony, and to prepare for the possibility that China might prevent some from leaving. A new cadre of “secret police” empowered by the June 30 law can arrest Canadians living in […]
Aug 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new measures must be taken to protect Canadian politicians from threatening behaviour. Her comments come after police launched an investigation this week into an incident at her office as well as reports that two other Ottawa-area politicians faced threats recently as well. McKenna — who has spoken out in the […]
Aug 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — Canada’s official fiscal watchdog says the federal wage subsidy program might cost $14 billion less than the government predicted. A new report today by Parliamentary Budget Office analyst Ben Segel-Brown estimates subsidizing wages for companies during the COVID-19 pandemic will cost $67.9 billion through the end of December. Finance Minister Bill Morneau estimated in his […]
Aug 12 2020 — Alex Boutilier — Toronto Star — Threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and federal cabinet ministers are on the rise, according to new RCMP data obtained by the Star. The RCMP’s protective policing division logged 130 threats made against Trudeau or members of his cabinet between January and July, up from 100 recorded during the same period in 2019.
Aug 13 2020 — Angus Reid — Albertans and Manitobans more critical of provincial response than those in the rest of the country. The ongoing battle against the spread of COVID-19 is unceasing for provincial governments across the country. For months, they have walked the wobbly tightrope of trying to ensure the health and safety of citizens while also trying to keep […]
Aug 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — A high-profile feud among members of the Stronach family has been settled. Under a settlement announced by The Stronach Group, control of the family fortune is basically split between two factions. Former politician and business executive Belinda Stronach will remain chairwoman and president of The Stronach Group, with full control of its horse racing, gaming, […]
Aug 13 2020 — CBC — The common-law partner of the Nova Scotia man responsible for April’s shooting rampage has launched a lawsuit against his estate. The woman was the first victim of Gabriel Wortman when he began his attack on the evening of April 18. In her statement of claim, which has been filed with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, […]
Aug 13 2020 — CBC — CBC News has obtained an unredacted copy of a lawsuit launched by an anti-vaccination advocacy group against the government response to the coronavirus crisis, the details of which can now be independently verified and publicly reported for the first time. The lawsuit was filed by Aylmer, Ont.-based Vaccine Choice Canada and seven individuals in the […]
Aug 12 2020 — Tonda MacCharles — Toronto Star — The beleaguered WE Charity says it has reimbursed about $22 million of the $30 million it received from Ottawa to mount the now-cancelled Canada Student Services Grant program. And in a statement to the Star on Wednesday, the charity said it intends to pay back the rest of the money as soon as the federal […]
Aug 12 2020 — The Canadian Press — The leader of the Bloc Quebecois says if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Katie Telford, the prime minister’s chief of staff, don’t resign, he will try to trigger an election in October. Yves-Francois Blanchet told reporters today revelations in the WE controversy — as well as new details about a contract […]
Aug 13 2020 — The Canadian Press — More than one million dozen eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it. The $50-million surplus food program was announced by the Liberal government earlier this year as one way to help the agriculture sector cope with some of the […]