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Indigenous groups hope for infrastructure dollars and economic development in budget
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Funding for infrastructure and economic development are two of the main asks some prominent Indigenous organizations have put to the Liberal government ahead of its upcoming budget. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has promised that the spending plan to be made public Tuesday will demonstrate fiscal restraint. It is also expected to include money ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Judge grants bail to sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
YORKTON, Sask. – A Saskatchewan judge has granted bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 stabbing death of 70-year-old Saskatchewan farmer Anthony Dolff near Kamsack. Defence lawyers asked for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watchdog couldn’t probe charity bias allegations ‘deeply enough’ due to lack of info
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal taxpayers’ ombudsperson is recommending better unconscious bias training for employees of the Canada Revenue Agency’s charities directorate. In a report today on the fairness of the audit process for registered charities, François Boileau says the training should be mandatory for all employees involved in the audit process, including decision-makers. However, Boileau ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Han Dong threatens legal action against Global over foreign interference report
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Han Dong is threatening legal action against Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment after the media outlet published an allegation the Toronto MP spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians. The Liberal-turned-Independent MP says in a statement released today that he has retained a lawyer “to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government’s slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains untouched, says Canada’s auditor general. The lack of internet access continues to exclude First Nation reserves from accessing education, work and medical or government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disorganized foreign-aid reporting means Ottawa can’t track feminist outcomes: audit
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning. “It was highly problematic that critical information, such as project progress reports, could not be readily found,” reads a report by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s auditor general says the modernization of Parliament’s Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major construction begins. Karen Hogan warns in a report released today that if decision-making remains fragmented, it could lead to construction delays ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
SAINT-UBALDE, Que. – A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home. The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on them in the town of St-Ubalde, about 100 kilometres west of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police were called to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. The changes will take effect on March 31. The border agency first restricted hours at land border crossings in April 2020, closing many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as well as a company that creates armoured vehicles and a cybersecurity training institute. The Tehran commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli diplomats in Canada join strike against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that mission in Ottawa is closed in accordance with a decision by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut. The consulates in Toronto and Montreal are also closed and on ... Read More »
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