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Immigrant-owned firms suffer from productivity gap for variety of factors: StatCan
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Companies owned by newcomers to Canada tend to struggle taking their businesses to the next level more than Canadian-born founders, new data suggests. The report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday explores barriers immigrants to Canada can face when starting and scaling a business. One of the most significant findings was around labour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec is taking steps to cut the number of international students in the province, but can’t say by how many. The government will issue a maximum of around 124,000 acceptance certificates to foreign students this year, down from more than 156,000 last year. The measure targets private colleges that the government has said ... Read More »
1 responseCanada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs. Germany’s Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann says European ambassadors in Ottawa have been in touch with corporations on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how they can boost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs in Ontario vote in favour of federal child welfare reform deal
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Ontario voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favour of a child welfare reform deal with the federal government. The Ontario-specific deal to allow First Nations to take control of child welfare was supported by 76 chiefs in assembly, with four objections and three abstentions. As the vote concluded, Ontario Regional Chief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election — which could begin in a matter of weeks — will be a tight race. At least one major pollster has the Liberals in the lead and ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years. A new survey from Ipsos released ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987. The office of Justice Minister Arif Virani says the minister found reasonable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Francis Verreault-Paul picked by Assembly of First Nations as Quebec-Labrador chief
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Francis Verreault-Paul has been elected the new regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador. Verreault-Paul, 37, from the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh in Quebec’s Lac-St-Jean region, takes over from Ghislain Picard, who stepped down after 33 years in the role and 11 terms as chief. “I commit to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta man spearheads parliamentary petition to keep Trump out of Canada
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — More than 28,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition urging Ottawa to bar U.S. President Donald Trump from Canada for persistently threatening the country’s sovereignty. Alberta resident Gerard Aldridge, who recently initiated the electronic petition, says he’s a fiercely proud Canadian who sees an opportunity to make a difference on an issue of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doug Ford says he wants to be Ontario premier ‘forever,’ as his rivals urge change
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
Ontario’s political party leaders are making their final pitches to voters a day before the province heads to the polls, with Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford saying he wants to be premier “forever” and his rivals asking Ontarians to choose change. Ford is looking to secure a third consecutive majority government and he said Wednesday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs in Ontario to vote on federal child welfare reform deal
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Ontario are voting today on whether to accept a child welfare reform deal with the federal government as an election approaches. A national $47.8 billion deal proposed by the federal government to reform the First Nations child welfare system was voted down on two occasions last year, when chiefs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assembly of First Nations vote Francis Verreault-Paul as Quebec-Labrador grand chief
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Francis Verreault-Paul has been elected the new regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador. Verreault-Paul takes over from Ghislain Picard, who decided not to run again after 33 years in the role. The 37-year-old beat out three other candidates in a vote held during a meeting in Lac-Beauport, ... Read More »
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