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Thousands of Helly Hansen sweaters recalled in Canada due to ‘flammability hazard’
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
Health Canada says consumers should stop wearing certain Helly Hansen sweatshirts, sweaters and hoodies because they may be a “flammability hazard.” It says 128,680 of the affected items have been sold in Canada since August 2019. Health Canada says treated brushed cotton fabrics in the clothing “either do not or may not comply” with Canada’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers optimistic about national health deal, as B.C.’s Eby floats side meetings
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Premiers have expressed optimism about striking an improved national health funding deal with the federal government, ahead of next week’s meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. British Columbia Premier David Eby said in Ottawa Wednesday that he believed the federal government would present the provinces and territories with details of a health transfer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dominic Barton says he had nothing to do with federal contracts awarded to McKinsey
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Dominic Barton, the former global managing director of McKinsey & Company, says he had no involvement in federal contracts awarded to the firm in recent years. While testifying before the House of Commons government operations committee, Barton said he has played no role in contracts Ottawa awarded to the firm since he relocated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives vote to send Liberal child-care bill to committee for study
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Despite their misgivings about the Liberals’ national child-care plan, the Conservatives voted in favour of the bill Wednesday, approving it for further study. In the House of Commons, the Tories backed Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois members of Parliament by voting to send Bill C-35 to a parliamentary committee, following several hours of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Staff strategy needed to improve work conditions in long-term care, employee reps say
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Governments must go beyond new national standards to make working in long-term care a profession of choice if they hope to address serious staffing issues that led to deadly conditions for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the workers said Wednesday. Experts with the non-profit Health Standards Organization released updated guidelines this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accepts role in Calgary advising law firm
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
EDMONTON – Jason Kenney, more than three months after stepping down as Alberta’s premier, has landed a new role as a Calgary-based adviser in law firm Bennett Jones. Kenney, who is also a former federal cabinet minister, will work in the public policy group. Kenney says on Twitter he looks forward to the new job ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group says private school near Montreal ignored racism complaints
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
MONTREAL – A private high school west of Montreal is promising to make changes, following allegations that administrators for years ignored complaints about racist bullying targeting two Black students. Joel DeBellefeuille, founder of Montreal-based anti-racism group Red Coalition, said the family of the two girls approached his organization after administrators brushed off their complaints. “They’ve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wilkinson says ‘just transition’ bill for energy workers isn’t expected for months
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says legislation to oversee the government’s plan to protect jobs during the clean-energy transition is still months away. The minister had indicated recently that the long-promised “just transition” legislation could be tabled early this year. That prospect prompted outcry in Alberta, where the energy transition will have the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs vote unanimously to have Canada resettle 10,000 displaced Uyghur people
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament have unanimously called on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China. Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi proposed the motion last June, calling on the government to launch a program in 2024 to bring Uyghurs and other Muslims of Turkic origin to Canada. The UN ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group says administrators at private school near Montreal ignored racism complaints
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
MONTREAL – A private school west of Montreal is promising action after allegations that for years administrators ignored complaints about racist bullying targeting two Black students. Joel DeBellefeuille, the founder of Montreal-based anti-racism group Red Coalition, says two teenage sisters who attend Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Que., have been called the N-word, spit on and ... Read More »
1 responseWork conditions in long-term care must go beyond new standards: labour congress
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of the Canadian Labour Congress says new standards to improve the quality of long-term care are not enough to address the serious staffing issues that led to dismal and deadly conditions for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts with the non-profit Health Standards Organization this week released updated guidelines for delivering ... Read More »
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