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Military procurement chief wants defence firms to stop overpromising, underdelivering
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Defence Department’s top procurement official says he would like to see defence companies put more focus on delivering what they have promised and less on trying to win the next contract. Assistant deputy minister of materiel Troy Crosby says he respects that companies are in the business of trying to make money, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Allies must balance ‘friendshoring’ with opening trade: U.S. Chamber of Commerce head
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – United States chambers of commerce are pushing Washington and Ottawa to strike the right balance between protecting supply chains and maintaining free trade across the continent. The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Suzanne Clark, said in a speech this morning in Ottawa that Washington will only make life more expensive and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal workers now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected
By Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. Here’s an updated list ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government moves to ban flavoured vape products, limit nicotine content
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is modifying the province’s anti-tobacco law to crack down on vaping, including by banning the sale of flavoured products. The new regulations would prevent the sale of vape products in flavours other than tobacco, cap the nicotine content to 20 milligrams per millilitre, and limit the size of capsules and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union leaves bargaining table as federal workers hit picket lines Wednesday morning
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s largest federal public-service union has left the bargaining table but says it is standing by to resume negotiations when the federal government comes back with a new offer. Federal workers were hitting the picket lines across the country on Wednesday after Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the government failed to reach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CAQ breaks major campaign promise on ‘third link’ project for Quebec City
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
QUEBEC – Premier François Legault is abandoning his government’s plan to build a multi-purpose tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore in favour of one that will be for public transit only. The so-called “third link” across the St. Lawrence River — in addition to the Pierre Laporte Bridge and the Quebec Bridge — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No deal at union deadline; Singh joins federal workers hitting picket lines in Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal workers were hitting the picket lines across the country on Wednesday morning, after negotiations between Canada’s largest federal public-service union and the government failed to produce an agreement by a Tuesday evening deadline. A late Tuesday news release from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says the government and the Public Service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 19: How might a federal workers’ strike impact you?
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 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 Wednesday, April 19, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … Negotiations are expected to continue despite thousands of members with Canada’s largest federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No deal at union deadline; federal workers hit the picket lines as talks continue
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Negotiations are expected to continue despite thousands of members with Canada’s largest federal public-service union walking off the job this morning at 12:01 a.m. ET. A late Tuesday news release from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada are still at odds when it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquest hears Vancouver officer ‘feared for safety” when meeting man killed by police
By The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – The first officer to interact with a man who died after a beating that involved several Vancouver police officers has told a coroner’s inquest that she wasn’t thinking about mental health and instead believed intoxication was driving the man’s “bizarre” behaviour. Const. Hardeep Sahota testified yesterday that she responded to a 911 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former consultant to wind industry warns of turbines’ toll on migrant birds in N.S.
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on April 19th, 2023
HALIFAX – Environmental researcher John Kearney says the whirring blades of a proposed 13-turbine wind farm in Nova Scotia may cut greenhouse gases, but the risks they pose to migrating birds are too high. The 74-year-old former consultant to the wind industry has in recent years set up acoustic monitoring in southwestern Nova Scotia, documenting ... Read More »
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