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5 million adults without primary care, surgeries returning to normal: CIHI report
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
TORONTO – Eight-three per cent of adults in this country have a regular primary-care provider, but that still leaves 5.4 million adults without one, a new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. Seniors 65 years and older are more likely to have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner than younger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP plan motion to push back against anti-abortion ‘creep’ from Conservatives
By Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – The NDP is looking to push back against what it calls a “creep” of legislation, petitions and threats from the Conservatives aimed at reducing access to abortion. Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will use its next opposition day to force the House of Commons to debate and vote on a motion that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly at Paris summit on Lebanon as Canadian donation-matching goal falling short
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is attending a conference on Lebanon as leaders try to help the country cope with the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, Ottawa’s effort to match donations for humanitarian needs in Lebanon is still $1 million short of its goal with 10 days to go. France is hosting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says he will remain prime minister despite caucus revolt
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of stepping down as the leader of the Liberal party by next week. A letter signed by two dozen Liberal MPs asking Trudeau to step down was presented to the prime minister Wednesday at a tense caucus meeting in Ottawa. The letter asked for him to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau announces massive drop in immigration targets, as Liberals make major pivot
By Nojoud Al Mallees and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is slashing immigration targets as he admits the government did not get the balance right following the COVID-19 pandemic. The government had targeted to bring in 500,000 new permanent residents in both 2025 and 2026. Trudeau however now says the target next year will be 395,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How a Montreal school reignited a debate over secularism and Bill 21 in Quebec
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
MONTREAL – An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec’s education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms. Quebec’s education minister says the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was not being respected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to announce massive drop in immigration targets: official
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce a major drop in the number of new permanent residents Canada will accept in 2025. As first reported by The National Post, the government’s immigration levels are expected to drop to 395,000 in 2025, a huge decrease from the 500,000 that had previously been set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals attempt show of unity after tense caucus meeting with Trudeau
By Laura Osman, Rosa Saba and David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told his MPs Wednesday that he would reflect on what they had to say in a three-hour caucus meeting where some Liberals confronted him about his leadership. Trudeau was smiling when he left the meeting on Wednesday afternoon, and as he walked briskly past a horde of reporters on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court of Appeal upholds Quebec ruling that invalidated random police stops
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling. The province’s high court agreed with a Superior Court ruling that declared inoperative an article of the province’s Highway Safety Code that allows police to randomly stop drivers without ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. Green leader spoke with NDP’s Eby, but didn’t pick up when Conservatives called
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
VICTORIA – The leaders of British Columbia’s New Democrats and B.C. Conservatives have received the cold shoulder after looking to start minority government talks with the Greens following last weekend’s inconclusive election result, party leader Sonia Furstenau said Wednesday. She said she spoke briefly with NDP Leader David Eby on Wednesday and described the exchange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things about Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante, who won’t seek re-election in 2025
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she will quit municipal politics after serving the final year of her second term, which comes to an end in November 2025. Known for her trademark laugh and positive energy, here are five things about the municipal politician first elected as a city councillor in 2013. Montreal’s first elected female ... Read More »
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