Canadian universities, unions and medical professions must confront anti-Semitism, the Senate human rights committee said yesterday. A committee report specifically denounced anti-Jewish discourse in professions: "It was deeply sad." READ MORE
PM Pick Now Budget Officer
The Commons by a 164 to 153 vote yesterday confirmed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s nominee as Budget Officer. Annette Ryan, 55, a former assistant associate deputy finance minister, acknowledged she knew Carney when both studied at Oxford in the 1990s but denied any partisan leanings: "Will you commit to never censoring or watering down a report at the request of the government, bureaucracy or Prime Minister’s Office?" READ MORE
Post Office To Cut 30,000 Jobs
Canada Post yesterday said it will cut 30,000 jobs through attrition after reporting a “seismic” pre-tax loss of $1,569,000,000 last year. “Some changes will raise concerns,” CEO Doug Ettinger wrote in an Annual Report to Parliament: "Change is never easy, especially at Canada Post." READ MORE
Warn Over China Concession
Auto executives yesterday warned cabinet concessions to Chinese automakers undermine Canadian jobs. Cabinet on March 11 granted Chinese battery electric cars low-tariff access to the Canadian market with an initial quota of 49,000 vehicles this year, rising by 6.5 percent annually: "It is a major mistake." READ MORE
Feds Erase Anti-Black Record
The Canadian Human Rights Commission in a report to the United Nations said it's upset by anti-Black bigotry. The federal agency made no mention of mistreating its own Black employees, prompting censure by the Treasury Board and a public apology by the Chief Commissioner: "There needs to be a swift and complete overhaul of the Commission’s senior management." READ MORE
Enlistment’s Up, But Slowly
Enlistment is up in the Canadian Armed Forces, according to figures released yesterday by Defence Minister David McGuinty. Recruiters noted it still takes more than four months to process an application to join the Army, Navy or Royal Canadian Air Force: "We’d like to bring that down to 30 days." READ MORE
ArriveCan Duo Lose Appeal
A federal judge yesterday dismissed an attempt by two ArriveCan executives to challenge an internal report on alleged wrongdoing. The two former Canada Border Services Agency managers, Antonio Utano and Cameron MacDonald, were ordered to pay a combined $41,709 in costs. READ MORE
Guest Commentary
All families have skeletons. Ours is illegal betting. My grandfather’s incarceration was an embarrassment for my mother. He served his time at Burch Industrial Farm near Brantford, Ont. Over the years I have spoken to people who knew of these events, but none really told me anything. Parliament wrote an epilogue to my grandfather’s story. Now if someone in Canada wants to bet on a boxing match or hockey game, it’s as simple as downloading an app.
