Category Archives: National
Automakers say federal budget not doing enough to hit new electric vehicle targets
OTTAWA — The Canadian auto industry says federal budget programs for electric vehicles and charging stations aren't enough to reach the government's ambitious new sales targets. Those targets, unveiled last week with the new national emissions reductio...
Holocaust denial — and downplaying the Nazis’ murder of Jews — to be outlawed
OTTAWA — Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism. The federal government is set to make it a criminal offence to make a statement denying the Holocaust took place or
Federal budget for child care good start, but more needed: advocates
OTTAWA — Feminist advocates say the federal budget doesn't fully account for the challenges in scaling up child-care systems across the country. Morna Ballantyne, executive director of advocacy group Child Care Now, said she's pleased the government cr...
‘Unmanageable’: Nunavut hamlet sets up satellite centre for TB treatment
A Nunavut hamlet's community hall is to be turned into a place for people with tuberculosis to receive treatment for the respiratory disease that continues to disproportionately affect Inuit. The territory's Health Department declared a TB outbreak in ...
The government has committed $5.3 billion to establish dental care. What comes next?
OTTAWA — The Liberal budget laid out money for a new dental care program Thursday, but not necessarily a plan. Now that $5.3 billion is on the table, the government has just shy of nine months to drill into the details
MPs, Ukrainians call for Parliament’s genocide committee to probe Russian atrocities
OTTAWA — Atrocities emerging in Ukraine, following the withdrawal of Russian troops from around the capital Kyiv, have prompted calls for an urgent inquiry by a Canadian parliamentary committee on genocide. MPs and Ukrainian, Jewish and Armenian groups...
Canada offers more money to COVAX to aid in the delivery of vaccine donations
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is donating another $220 million to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance. The funds will bring Canada's total monetary donation to COVAX to about $700 million for the purchase, delivery and distri...
The federal budget will have the support of the NDP, but will also face opposition
OTTAWA — The Liberals have done enough to honour their agreement with the NDP, but that doesn't mean the federal budget will pass without opposition. "We still have critiques and criticisms," NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. "We're concerned, d...
Jobless rate falls to record low as economy adds 72,500 jobs in March, StatCan says
OTTAWA — Canada's unemployment rate dropped to a record low last month as more people jumped into a hot labour market — and economists say the jobless rate could yet fall even lower. The March unemployment rate registered at 5.3 per
Feds move forward on menstrual equity in budget, advocates want it done ‘right’
OTTAWA — Over six months since the Liberals committed to creating a menstrual equity fund, the federal government has proposed the pilot project in its 2022 budget. Starting in 2022, the government would give $25 million over two years to create