Category Archives: Politics
Assessing the costs and benefits of Canada’s 12-year F-35 odyssey
OTTAWA — Then-defence minister Peter MacKay climbed into a fake F-35 cockpit before smiling for the cameras and flashing a thumbs up. The date was July 16, 2010, and MacKay had just announced that Canada was planning to buy a
Bureau looking at adjusting for undercounts in some numbers
The U.S. Census Bureau is going to look at ways to possibly adjust its annual population estimates to account for the undercounts of some minority groups in the 2020 census numbers, a top official at the statistical agency said Tuesday.
B.C. manages cybersecurity risks posed by staff working from home: audit
VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says the government has effective tools in place to manage cybersecurity risks that could arise from an increase in public service employees working from home during the pandemic. Michael Pickup says an au...
Court to rule on motion to allow sale of flavoured e-cigarettes in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick judge has reserved his decision on a motion to suspend the province's ban on flavoured e-cigarettes. Judge Terrance Morrison of the Court of Queen's Bench heard arguments in a Burton, N.B., courtroom Tuesday and will deliv...
A brief history of Canada’s climate plans
OTTAWA — Canada has had at least 11 different climate plans and nine emissions targets since 1988. Here's a snapshot of some of them. 1988: Canada hosts a conference in Toronto called Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security, where governm...
Advocates: Nations must move faster to protect biodiversity
GENEVA (AP) — Environmentalists are criticizing slow progress at a U.N.-backed meeting of nearly all the world’s countries toward beefing up protections for biodiversity on Earth, ahead of a crucial meeting expected later this year in China where deleg...
Feds signal room for tweaking online streaming bill in committee
OTTAWA — The federal government has signalled it is open to MPs tweaking a bill that would subject streaming companies, such as Netflix, to the same rules as traditional Canadian broadcasters. Chris Bittle, parliamentary secretary to the heritage minis...
Trudeau to visit B.C. First Nation in ‘path to healing’ after graves discovery
VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites has highlighted for all Canadians the horrors of our past for which we all bear some responsibility. Trudeau will visit the Williams Lake First...
Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.
Saskatchewan’s child advocate calls for more mental-health supports
REGINA — A report released by Saskatchewan's children's advocate says the province has failed for decades to act on recommendations aimed at improving the mental health of youth. Lisa Broda tabled her report in the legislature Tuesday calling for bette...
