A show 'n tell bill that requires all unions to disclose financial data will cost a fortune to administer, says a member of the House finance committee. MPs resume hearings today on the bill to publish details of all unions' finances on a government website.
Federal approval of new genetically-modified crops are reviving debate over science and safety. The uproar follows Health Canada's approval of crop varieties modified to tolerate a herbicide banned in Scandinavia amid concerns of elevated risks of cancer and other illness.
The author, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock's tradition.
Canada's book publishers are appealing for a national policy to rescue an industry hit with cuts and closures. The lobby effort comes as Douglas & McIntyre, the largest Canadian-owned publisher, received an extension of its bankruptcy protection.
A British Columbia tax ruling reaffirms the definition of "employees" includes taxi drivers, noting cabbies who operate company cars have "little control" over their work. "Whose business is this?" asked a federal judge in the case of six Kelowna cabbies who worked 10-hour shifts for a 40 percent split of fare receipts.
Three government scientists have patented a new glue so strong it can withstand the hottest temperatures ever recorded on the earth's surface.
Commemorating an "ugly milestone," a taxpayers' advocate invited Canadians to watch the national debt clock pass the $599,999,999,999 mark. "We've erased all the progress made in 11 years of balanced budgets, pushing our debt to a fresh, all-time high."
Federal inspectors have shut down another Alberta meatpacker only hours after Parliament enacted new legislation promising "stronger" enforcement of food safety. Royal Assent for the food safety bill came amid the closure of an Edmonton plant over a Listeria scare, a bacterium that Health Canada warns may "in serious cases" lead to brain infection and death.
Blacklock’s Reporter today received accreditation in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery following earlier legal notice. The company’s board voted a motion of thanks, noting the name of Blacklock now rejoins Gallery rolls for the first time since 1934.
More cash registers are falling silent this fall despite deep discounting by retailers and historic low interest rates. New federal figure show that, with the exception of two provinces, retail sales year-over-year grew by a dismal 0.4 percent.
A bill before Parliament that would compensate air travelers up to $1,000 for cancelled flights and other nuisances may have little practical benefit for consumers, analysts tell Blacklock's.
The nation's patent system is so slow it has become an "incentive" to leave Canada, an industry group has told MPs. The testimony came amid House committee hearings that have heard expert witnesses describe federal intellectual property management as costly, inefficient and dysfunctional.
A federal ban on a carcinogenic chemical additive in infants' foam products comes decades after concerns were first raised by researchers. Random testing by Health Canada found the chemical in 7 of 40 children's items, from pillows to toys.
VIA Rail says it is close to breaking even on its busiest central route where subsidies average $12 per 100 hundred miles, a fraction of subsidies needed on other services in the crown-owned passenger rail system.
Blacklock’s Reporter today served legal notice it will challenge a gag ruling that disqualifies the online publisher from the Ottawa Press Gallery unless management divulges proprietary information. “If this precedent stands independent journalism is dead on Parliament Hill,” said Blacklock’s board. The gallery rejected a routine application for press credentials unless Blacklock’s discloses details of its payroll and corporate structure. “In the event the Gallery or its president insist on probing the confidential information of Blacklock’s, my client will be obliged to take legal steps,” wrote Yavar Hameed, counsel for the company.
