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Parliamentarians kick off return to House of Commons with debate on child care
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The economy was top of mind for members of Parliament as they returned to the House of Commons Monday, with the Liberal government kicking off the new sitting with a debate on child care. Families Minister Karina Gould tabled Bill C-35 last December, which seeks to enshrine the Liberals’ national daycare plan into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to begin drug decriminalization Tuesday as province says services ramped up
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says its plan to decriminalize small amounts of drugs for personal use includes hiring staff in health authorities to connect people with services in their community. It says even though police will no longer be arresting people and seizing their drugs, officers will hand out resource cards when they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tamil groups ask Ottawa to bring Sri Lanka officials to global courts
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Tamil diaspora groups are praising Ottawa’s sanctions on Sri Lanka officials, while asking Canada to bring that country to international tribunals. “The Tamil diaspora has been calling for a new Nuremberg-like tribunal to prosecute the leadership of government of Sri Lanka,” Vel Velautahpillai, a board member with the Federation of Global Tamil Organizations, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec calls for resignation of federal government’s anti-Islamophobia representative
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is calling for the resignation of the federal government’s special representative to combat Islamophobia. Quebec Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says Ottawa should fire Amira Elghawaby immediately if she chooses not to resign. The journalist and activist was appointed to the role last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Elghawaby co-wrote ... Read More »
2 responsesAlberta Premier Danielle Smith opposes assisted-dying expansion as Ottawa eyes delay
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office says the province objects to Ottawa’s plan to extend eligibility for medically assisted death to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness. An update to assisted-dying law passed in 2021 included a two-year sunset clause that would see the expansion take effect this March. Justice Minister ... Read More »
1 responseTamil groups ask Ottawa to bring Sri Lanka officials to International Criminal Court
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Tamil diaspora groups are praising Ottawa’s sanctions on Sri Lanka officials, while asking Canada to bring that country to international tribunals. Ottawa sanctioned four high-ranking officials earlier this month for alleged human-rights breaches during Sri Lanka’s bloody, 26-year civil war with Tamil separatists. The asset and travel ban included Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his ... Read More »
1 responseWHO decides the COVID-19 global emergency isn’t over
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The World Health Organization decided Monday not to declare an end to the COVID-19 global public health emergency. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the international body, said Monday “there is no doubt that we’re in a far better situation now” than a year ago, when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet set to retire after overseeing Vatican’s bishops’ office
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
Marc Ouellet, the Quebec cardinal who oversaw the Vatican’s powerful bishops’ office and has been recently accused of sexual misconduct, is retiring. Pope Francis on Monday named American-born Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, who has been ministering in Peru since the 1980s, to take over the Vatican’s Holy See office from the retiring Canadian. At 78, ... Read More »
1 responseFiring of Memphis police officers signals progress, but also need for change: experts
By Brieanna Charlebois, Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
Canadian experts and advocates say the firing and charging of the five Memphis, Tenn., officers who beat a Black man to death during a traffic stop suggests there’s been societal progress in holding police to account, but also highlights the need for further institutional change. Authorities in Memphis, Tenn., released footage on Friday of officers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Jan. 30 : Debating the privatization of health care
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 30 … What we are watching in Canada … Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will call on the House of Commons ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parliamentarians return to House of Commons facing rocky economic year
By The Canadian Press on January 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Economic matters will be top of mind for parliamentarians as they return to Ottawa to kick off a new year in federal politics. Members of Parliament will sit in the House of Commons today for the first session of 2023 after retreating with their respective parties to strategize their priorities. Last week, Prime ... Read More »
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