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Leaders of Saskatchewan Party, NDP face off in televised election debate
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Carla Beck are facing off in their first and only debate in the lead up to the provincial election. Beck is promising to make life more affordable, while Moe is pledging to build on his government’s record of growth if elected on Oct. 28. Beck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rustad says no plan for user-pay health as B.C. voters break advance polling record
By Brieanna Charlebois and Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says he has no plan for user-pay health care in British Columbia, after the rival NDP released a recording of him calling the Canada Health Act “silly” for not allowing such a system. Rustad told a news conference in Nanaimo, B.C., that the NDP’s claim was “just another lie.” “We ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rustad says no plan for user-pays health as B.C. voters break advance polling record
By Brieanna Charlebois and Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says he has no plan for a user-pays health-care system in British Columbia, after the rival NDP released a recording of him calling the Canada Health Act “silly” for not allowing such a system. NDP Leader David Eby accused Rustad of planning “American style” user pays, saying he would let ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec anti-corruption unit says 90 per cent of convictions from fake COVID passports
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
Quebec’s anti-corruption unit released its annual report today, saying the past 12 months were busy. The unit, know as UPAC, says 19 people were charged in criminal cases and 18 people were convicted during the 12 months ending March 31, 2024, while 265 individuals or companies were fined. The number of people charged and convicted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby says Rustad wants user-pays health in B.C. as voters break advance polling record
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
NDP Leader David Eby is accusing B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad of planning an “American-style” user-pays health care system for British Columbia as the provincial election campaign enters its latest stages. All three leaders of the province’s main political parties have converged on Vancouver Island in the final stage of campaigning before election day on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military whistleblower sues Ottawa after reporting alleged Afghan civilian killings
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
MONTREAL – A former sergeant with the Canadian Armed Forces is suing the federal government for nearly $3 million alleging unfair treatment after he reported the killing of civilians during the war in Afghanistan. The lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court alleges that former Sgt. Claude Lepage witnessed Canadian soldiers execute an unarmed man and bomb ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds, provinces must work together to tackle productivity crisis: Alberta premier
By The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
CALGARY – Canada’s economic productivity crisis can only be solved if the federal and provincial governments come together to address issues like major project approvals and inter-provincial trade barriers, Alberta’s premier said Wednesday. Danielle Smith made the remarks in Calgary at a national conference on productivity, a term which describes how much an economy produces ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Campaign volunteers in Richmond, B.C., targeted with racist insults
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
RICHMOND – An Independent election candidate in Richmond, B.C., says her campaign volunteers were subjected to racist insults from a passerby who called them “trash” and abused them for speaking Mandarin. The incident on Sunday is captured on video, showing a man in a grey suit berating supporters of Richmond Centre candidate Wendy Yuan while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says he has list of Tories vulnerable to, or engaged in, foreign meddling
By Jim Bronskill and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has refused to get the security clearance necessary to be briefed on a list of people in his party who are involved in or vulnerable to foreign interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a federal commission of inquiry Wednesday. “I have the names of a number of parliamentarians, former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border agency recovered nearly 2,000 stolen vehicles this year: transport minister
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s border guards have recovered more stolen vehicles at railyards and ports so far this year than in all of 2023. Transport Minister Anita Anand said the Canada Border Services Agency has recovered 1,945 stolen vehicles, with the majority found in Quebec. The federal government launched an action plan earlier this year to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Revenue Agency fires 330 employees over CERB claims during pandemic
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency says it has terminated 330 employees for inappropriately receiving the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the pandemic, giving its final update on an internal review. The CRA launched an internal review in June 2023 into employees who received CERB despite being ineligible for the benefit, which identified 600 employees ... Read More »
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