Commenting on the situation, Trudeau delivered the following message, saying that MP Monsef had “expressed her views.” End of statement.
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Canada must develop immigration policy as climate change increases likelihood of mass displacement
Canada is a signatory to a UN agreement for safe migration when there’s been a natural disaster. Yet, there’s no immigration policy in place.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledges to lower cellphone and internet bills
Flanked by local candidates and union members, in Windsor, Ont., Singh said on Wednesday that if elected prime minister he would work with the CRTC to force large telecommunications companies to reduce prices and cap fees below the global average.
Air Canada requiring all employees, new hires to be vaccinated against COVID-19
The announcement from Canada’s largest domestic and international carrier also marks it as the first major airline to mandate vaccines for all employees.
Trudeau promises to hike taxes on Canada’s big banks, insurance companies
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said today a re-elected government led by him would raise the corporate taxes paid by Canada’s “largest and most profitable” financial services firms to help pay for his promised multi-billion dollar housing program.
Legacy media journalists rush to defend Monsef for calling Taliban “brothers”
Reporters from the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Radio-Canada and elsewhere all excused Monsef’s terminology.
Will Trudeau Be The First PM Forced To Go Into Hiding Upon Re-Election?
The anger is visceral. The evidence damning. To say that things have not gone Justin Trudeau’s way thus far in the 2021 election campaign is the understatement of the year.
Campaigning in small town Ontario last week, Trudeau was served up a hot-plate of voter antagonism. Mandatory vaccine issues were the order of the day, as our ruling PM was forced into running hundred yard dashes to the safety of the campaign bus. Trudeau fared no better on a recent visit to rural British Columbia.
Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses
A Catholic Church organization formed to compensate residential school survivors spent more than a quarter of its funds on expenses, and returned nearly $600,000 to church organizations after a 2015 court settlement, financial records obtained by The Globe and Mail reveal.
FERNANDO: Will Trudeau Finally Be Held Accountable?
Early indications are that some Canadians are wising up to the fact that Trudeau will say literally anything to hold on to power. Will this be his long overdue accountability moment?
Quebecers can download the vaccine passport app beginning Wednesday ahead of Sept. 1 launch
The VaxiCode app will be ready to be downloaded by more than five million Quebecers in the Apple App Store at 8 a.m. The app will roll out to Android users in the Google Play store later this week.
‘We’re in big trouble’: Doctors worry Canada’s 4th wave of COVID-19 could be biggest yet
With case numbers shooting up in Ontario, Alberta and B.C., health experts worry that Canada could be going into its worst wave of COVID-19 yet, unless governments act now to stop it.
Outspoken doctor quits group advising Doug Ford on COVID
“More recently, I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with the degree to which political considerations appear to be driving outputs from the tables, or at least the degree to which these outputs are shared in a transparent manner with the public,” Dr. David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said in a resignation letter he shared on Twitter.
Manitoba Doctors Call For COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For All Healthcare Workers
An organization representing physicians in Manitoba is calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers.
Dr. Kristjan Thompson, President of Doctors Manitoba, says vaccines should be necessary in healthcare, where all workers have a duty to protect their patients.
Don’t let Trudeau ‘reset’ Canada
“This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset,” Trudeau said last November. “This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.”
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‘Nothing short of miraculous’: Immigration minister defends Canada-Afghanistan evacuation
Marco Mendicino made the statement during an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson on Sunday, after being asked if he was worried that they would not be able to bring home everyone they had promised to by the time the Americans wrap up their evacuation efforts.