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Trudeau to military staff: Canada needs to take care of you the way you take care of Canada
The message below was sent out to military staff and DND civilian staff: Message from Prime Minister Trudeau to the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence During my travels across Canada, I have had the honour of meeting
Paris attacks part of ISIS strategy to provoke retaliation and force Muslims out of west: activist
ISIS carried out the terror attacks in Paris yesterday killing more than 129 people to provoke retaliation against Islamic communities in France as part of their broader strategy of forcing Muslims out of the west, an Arab Spring activist claimed
Hindu festival greeting angers Tory supporters
Irate Conservative Party of Canada supporters are threatening resignation today after the Tories posted a greeting on Facebook to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali. “Where does Diwali come from?” Gary Hillman from Red Deer, Alberta asked. “It has no
Tory cabinet minister slams Liberals for deficit new government will inherit
A former Conservative cabinet minister slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Tuesday for the for the string of deficits that the newly minted Liberal government is projected to inherit. Tony Clement, the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka who served as the
Tax fossil fuels and turn to renewable energy to fight climate change, majority of Canadians say: poll
A majority of Canadians (55%) favour imposing new taxes on fossil fuels such as gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas to reduce greenhouse gases and overwhelmingly endorse the growth of the renewable energy sector in Canada(93%), according to a new
TPP will cause unnecessary suffering by making medicines unaffordable, MSF warns
The recently released text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the deal contains dangerous provisions that would dismantle public health safeguards enshrined in international law and restrict access to price-lowering generic medicines for millions of people leading to unnecessary suffering
Removing viaducts benefits developers − not the average resident, seven in ten Metro Vancouverites say
A large majority (71%) of Metro Vancouver residents believe that the recent decision by Vancouver City Council to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts only benefits developers, and not the average resident, a new poll has found. An even larger
TPP: Chapter By Chapter Analysis
After years of secret negotiations, the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was finally released last night. Civil society is going through the text with a fine-toothed comb to uncover provisions that threaten the rights, freedoms and the well-being of
Bad deal for Canadian workers, great for foreign corporate giants − labour group slams TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, whose full text was made available to the public yesterday after years of secret negotiations, includes provisions to harmonize Canadian labour laws with those of countries with inferior labour standards, reduce the ability of our government to
Canada will be forced to accept unlimited number of TFWs under TPP
Canada will be forced to grant work permits to an unlimited number of temporary foreign workers who are nationals of the other member countries under the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the final text of the deal released
