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The federal government promised to plant 2 billion trees by 2030. It’s nowhere close.
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two years ago, Canada embarked on an odyssey to plant two billion trees in just 10 years. An audit of the program so far says that unless things drastically change, it won’t even get one-tenth of those trees in the ground in time. The audit was one of five reports issued Thursday by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The president of the Canadian Medical Association says the new health funding deal struck between provinces and the federal government represents the biggest nominal injection of cash into Canada’s health system, but that won’t be enough to fix what’s broken. The association compared the deal with other health agreements over the last two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 20 : Federal public servant strike continues as both sides meet
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 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 April 20 … What we are watching in Canada … Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the federal government are both warning of likely service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Both union, government warn of major service disruptions as a result of strike
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s largest federal public-service union and Ottawa are both warning of likely service disruptions as nearly one-third of all federal workers remain on strike. The job action taken by members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada could amount to a complete halt of the tax season, slowdowns at the border and pauses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver police promise upgrades to psychological testing following inquest
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Police Department is promising to upgrade psychological interviews for potential new recruits and to seek funding for annual psychological check-ins for all officers. The pledges are in a report detailing how the department says it plans to implement eight recommendations from an inquest into the suicide death of Vancouver Const. Nicole ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some U.S. cities may offer model to ease Canada transit violence: experts
By Tyler Griffin, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
TORONTO – As Canadian cities look for ways to combat violence on public transit, experts say strategies south of the border that combine law enforcement, social supports and community engagement could offer new solutions. Violence on transit has captured national attention in recent weeks ““ a 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on a Vancouver-area bus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs tout supply management as fix for poor countries, aim to shelter from trade deals
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament are rallying to bolster Canada’s system of protecting dairy and poultry prices amid trade deals, and suggest developing countries do the same. The House of Commons trade committee is set to undertake its final, detailed review Thursday of a Bloc Québécois bill aimed at tying trade negotiators’ hands so that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charities find loopholes in ‘broken’ terror laws to help Afghans as MPs study bill
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Humanitarian and development groups say Canada’s vague terror laws have forced them to find loopholes in the Criminal Code for aid workers to operate in Taliban-held Afghanistan, as MPs consider amendments to the law. “Every organization has a different risk appetite,” World Vision Canada’s policy director Martin Fischer told the House justice committee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 7 of the men caught crossing border from Manitoba are Mexican: officials
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
WARROAD, Minn. – United States officials say at least seven of the nine men caught crossing the border this week from southeast Manitoba are Mexican citizens. RCMP were first alerted to the group when one of them called 911 early Tuesday suffering from the cold weather. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau told NATO Canada can’t meet defence spending target, Washington Post reports
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
WASHINGTON – The Washington Post says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau privately told NATO that Canada would never meet the military alliance’s targets for defence spending. The Post report, published today, is based on the contents of a trove of top-secret Pentagon documents that were leaked online in recent weeks. The report cites one anonymous document ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senator says several cabinet ministers knew she was issuing travel docs to Afghans
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Manitoba senator who denies falsifying travel documents says several cabinet ministers were aware of her choice to send letters to Afghans to help them flee as the Taliban took over the country, and that no one told her to stop. The Globe and Mail reports that 150 Afghans who received letters from ... Read More »
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