By Isaac Teo Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada “had a better pandemic” than other western countries. “We had a better pandemic than many of our peer countries, with fewer deaths,…
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By Isaac Teo Canada has passed legislation to ban the manufacture and import of lead wheel weights—the most sweeping lead ban since Parliament prohibited the retail sale of leaded gasoline in…
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Backlog of 38,000 Air Complaints Facing Canadian Transportation Agency, Senate Committee Hears
by EditorTBy Marnie Cathcart A Senate transport committee meeting on Feb. 15 was told that the Canadian Transportation Agency has a record backlog of up to 38,000 air complaints. “The Canadian Transportation…
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‘Tip-Flation’ Leads More Canadians to Favour Scrapping Gratuities: Poll
by EditorTBy Marnie Cathcart Canadians are tired of “tip-flation” and “tip creep” and would rather employers pay servers higher wages so that tipping will no longer be necessary, a new Angus Reid…
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Investigate Allegations That China Interfered in 2021 Election to Return Liberals to Office: MPs
by EditorTBy Andrew Chen Conservative MPs want an investigation into allegations that China used an elaborate strategy to enable the return of a minority Liberal government in the 2021 federal election. A Globe…
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Quebec Bill Would Expand Assisted Dying to Include Advanced Consent
by EditorTBy Tara MacIsaac Sonia Bélanger, the Quebec minister responsible for health and seniors, tabled Bill 11 on Thursday, which would allow people diagnosed with serious illness—such as Alzheimers—to give advanced consent to medical…
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Chinese Activist Arrested in Vietnam May Have Been Forcefully Returned to China, Say Family and Supporters in Canada
by EditorTVietnamese government fails to respond to UN rapporteurs’ inquiry about human rights defender Dong Guangping By Limin Zhou Fears are growing that a Chinese human rights advocate who was holed up…
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Government Met the ‘Very High’ Threshold Required to Invoke Emergencies Act to Clear Convoy Protests: Commissioner
by EditorTBy Omid Ghoreishi Commissioner Paul Rouleau says the federal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests in February 2022. “After careful reflection, I have concluded that the very…
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Emergencies Act Inquiry to Release Report on Feb. 17
by EditorTBy Noé Chartier The report into the first-time use of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government last year will be tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17, the Public Order Emergency Commission has announced. After…
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Opponents of Assisted Suicide Express Alarm at Committee Report Recommending MAID for ‘Mature Minors’
by EditorTBy Marnie Cathcart Opponents of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) expansion are expressing alarm about a new report on MAID with 23 recommendations, including one that the federal government offer assisted suicide to…