Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller’s department spent billions on new water plants without ensuring First Nations had properly-trained managers to run them, says an audit. “We are working on a cascade of priorities,” Miller earlier told reporters.
An estimated 1,250 Canadian citizens and residents are trapped in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said yesterday. Garneau’s department in a Travel Advisory warned they are at risk of kidnapping and terrorist bombings: “Shelter in a safe place.”
Small business debts now total at least $139 billion nationwide, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business said yesterday. Some operators are so desperate they have resorted to credit cards for last-chance financing, wrote researchers: “They may never be able to pay it off.”
Green Party leader Annamie Paul yesterday claimed she was victimized by a lying press. Paul’s predecessor also complained of media coverage: “This headline is a lie.”
Pandemic losses mount at VIA Rail. The Crown railway yesterday said operating losses ran to another $241.9 million in the first half of the year: ‘Work continues to minimize operating costs with measures such as temporary layoffs.’
