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Health Canada won’t say how much pain medicine for kids is coming or where it’s going
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada officials say more doses of children’s painkillers and fever medication will be available soon, but they won’t say how many or where exactly they’ll be sent. Deputy Minister Stephen Lucas and several other senior Health Canada officials with responsibility for pharmaceutical policy were summoned to the House of Commons health committee ... Read More »
1 responseNicholson ‘sorry’ for how Hockey Canada handled sexual assault claims under his watch
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson says he’s “sorry” for not putting written guidelines in place on how the national sport organization should handle sexual assault claims during his time in charge. Testifying before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Nicholson said he’s satisfied with how ... Read More »
2 responsesTrudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social media. The message said Iran’s decision to impose the death penalty on nearly 15,000 protesters was “barbaric,” but that number has been widely discredited ... Read More »
2 responsesCabinet didn’t get up-to-date police briefing during Emergencies Act deliberations
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says she didn’t get to tell cabinet that Ottawa had a complete plan to remove the “Freedom Convoy” protest as ministers deliberated whether to invoke the Emergencies Act. Lucki is testifying at the public inquiry into the federal government’s decision to invoke the act on Feb. 14, more than ... Read More »
1 responseHealth Canada won’t say how much new kids’ pain medicine coming, where it’s going
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada officials say more doses of children’s painkillers and fever medication will be available soon but it won’t say how many or where exactly they’ll be sent. Senior officials are answering questions at a House of Commons committee as hospitals and nervous parents with sick kids at home struggle to find children’s ... Read More »
1 responseHydro-Québec employee alleged to have sent secrets to China makes court appearance
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
LONGUEUIL, Que. – A Montreal-area Hydro-Québec employee charged with economic espionage has made a first court appearance since he was accused of sending trade secrets to China. Yuesheng Wang, 35, appeared in Quebec court in Longueuil, Que., today by videoconference from RCMP headquarters in Montreal and was assisted by a translator. The resident of Candiac, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general finds aging icebreakers, aircraft hamper monitoring of Arctic waters
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
Canada’s auditor general says the federal government doesn’t have a good handle on what’s going on in its Arctic waters. In a report tabled today, Karen Hogan says the agencies responsible for safety and security in the North don’t have a clear picture of traffic in the region. She says Transport Canada and the Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general calls for stronger federal action on cloud cybersecurity
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The federal auditor general says government departments have not always effectively implemented measures to ensure secure storage of information in the digital cloud. In a report tabled in Parliament today, Karen Hogan says requirements were not always clear for putting information in the cloud – computer servers located in data centres. Hogan says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP caught off guard by Ottawa mayor’s request for officers during ‘Freedom Convoy’
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Ottawa mayor’s request for 1,800 police reinforcements during the “Freedom Convoy” protest in February caught the Mounties off guard. Lucki is testifying at the public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act last winter, which was invoked after nearly three weeks of protests against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government doesn’t know if it’s reducing homelessness: auditor general
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Auditor general Karen Hogan says the federal government doesn’t know if its initiatives aimed at reducing chronic homelessness are actually working. In a new report, Hogan says no organization has taken the lead on the federal government’s goal of reducing chronic homelessness by 50 per cent by 2028. The report says Infrastructure Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous Services Canada failing First Nations in response to wildfires, floods: AG
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s Auditor General say the federal government has not given First Nations communities the support they need to respond to emergencies like wildfires and floods, despite warning about this almost a decade ago. Karen Hogan has released an audit of Indigenous Services Canada’s handling of emergency management, which found that not much has ... Read More »
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