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Unmarried parents would get ‘parental union’ status under Quebec bill
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
Quebec is proposing a new legal status for unmarried, non-civil union couples with children that would set a framework for splitting family assets if the parents separate. The “parental union” designation is the centrepiece of a family law reform bill that Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette introduced today. Under a parental union certain property, including the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big polluters shouldn’t be punished financially — they should just emit less: Moe
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says big polluters shouldn’t be forced to pay for their pollution – they should just emit less. Moe appeared today at a House of Commons committee at the invitation of Conservative MPs to discuss his plea for Ottawa to kill off the carbon price. Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives blast pro-carbon price economists as ‘so-called experts’
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives say they won’t be taking advice from “so-called experts” when it comes to carbon pricing, after more than 200 economists signed an open letter challenging Pierre Poilievre’s stance. Instead, the party is pledging to listen to the “common sense of the common people.” The comments come after economists associated with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous nation gives stranded B.C. killer whale calf name: Brave Little Hunter
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue today despite federal Fisheries Department concerns about limited opportunities due to changing tidal flows. Jared Towers, who’s with the whale research group Bay Cetology, says attempts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three men dead after apparent avalanche during snowmobile trip in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. – Three men died after an apparent avalanche on Quebec’s Mount Médaille on Tuesday during a snowmobiling expedition on the Gaspé Peninsula. Quebec provincial police say a fourth member of the snowmobiling group called emergency services at around 5:30 p.m. to report the disappearance of his three companions in the Chic-Chocs nature reserve. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interference inquiry must walk very fine line on secrecy, transparency: commissioner
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – The head of an inquiry into foreign interference says the need for secrecy about the sensitive subject has not hindered her work to date. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue cautions, however, that the inquiry must walk a very fine line in balancing confidentiality and the desire for transparency. Hogue’s remarks come as the commission begins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP release progress report on their response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
HALIFAX – The RCMP released today a strategy that they say will ensure “meaningful change” results from their response to the public inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. Commissioner Mike Duheme issued a statement admitting the national police force is aware that its previous responses to other reviews ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry begins today, findings due May 3
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Interference inquiry to hear from diaspora members Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interference inquiry to hear from members of diaspora communities as hearings resume
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings will focus on possible interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. The commission of inquiry, led ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP to release progress report on response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting
By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
HALIFAX – The RCMP are expected to provide an update today on progress they have made in responding to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting that killed 22 people. The report from RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme comes three months after the police force’s self-imposed deadline passed, and almost a year after the ... Read More »
2 responsesTrudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn’t pitch better ideas
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change. Trudeau says in a letter to premiers today that the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, their ... Read More »
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