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Canada’s new anti-Islamophobia representative apologizes for comments about Quebecers
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s new special representative on combating Islamophobia says she is sorry that her words have hurt Quebecers. Amira Elghawaby apologized in English before a meeting today with Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. She says she is “extremely sorry” for the way her words have carried and how they hurt the people of Quebec, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP seeks to probe federal contracts with other consulting firms — not just McKinsey
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – The NDP is calling on the a House of Commons committee to expand its study of federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company and include other consulting firms that have received large contracts. New Democrat MP Gord Johns is bringing forward a motion to expand the scope of the study to include other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says Quebecers are not racist as he stands by Elghawaby appointment
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s new special representative on combating Islamophobia is the perfect person to help Canadians grapple with difficult conversations about religion. Quebec politicians including Premier François Legault want Trudeau to rescind the appointment of Amira Elghawaby to the role because of comments she made in a 2019 column. The ... Read More »
1 responseMPs to vote on proposal to resettle 10,000 displaced Uyghur people
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament will vote this afternoon on whether Ottawa should 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. ... Read More »
1 responseCompetition Bureau to investigate industry claims of sustainable forestry management
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
The federal Competition Bureau has started an inquiry into whether industry claims that vast stretches of Canadian forest are sustainably managed constitute false advertising. The inquiry comes in response to a complaint filed by the environmental law group Ecojustice, acting on behalf of eight environmental groups. Those groups allege that the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which ... Read More »
1 responsePoilievre says Tories will support studying federal childcare bill in committee
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre says Conservatives will support sending the Liberal government’s childcare bill for further study, but he’s stopping short of endorsing the national plan. Speaking to reporters before his weekly caucus meeting, the Tory leader says his MPs will back sending Bill C-35 – currently being debated in the House of Commons – ... Read More »
1 responseTide begins to turn on shark and ray populations in Northwestern Atlantic: study
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
Researchers say improved fisheries management and conservation are turning the tide on shark and ray population declines in the Northwest Atlantic. The study published last week in PNAS journal, titled “Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays,” says the results show how well-enforced governance coupled with science-based fishing limits can help aquatic life ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health-care deal should come shortly after Feb. 7 meeting with PM: Ford
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he hopes the provinces can reach a health-care deal with the federal government shortly after their meeting next week with the prime minister. Ford echoed recent comments from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a deal will not be signed at the meeting set for Feb. 7. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Feb. 1: Will an updated Ontario Disability Support Program help?
By The Canadian Press on February 1st, 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 Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … Some days, Terrie Meehan goes long stretches eating just one meal a day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden, McCarthy meeting to stake out positions as clash looms over debt ceiling
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on February 1st, 2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden is sitting down with his new Republican nemesis for the first time to talk about how to ensure the federal government can continue to pay its bills. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he wants to avoid a U.S. default, and insists that cherished programs like Social Security and Medicare ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations women overrepresented among B.C. toxic drug deaths: doctor
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
VICTORIA – The top doctor at British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” nearly seven years after the province first declared a public health emergency. Dr. Nel Wieman, the acting chief medical officer, says illicit drugs ... Read More »
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