Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong in a private letter to cabinet worried a European trade pact would “challenge” Canadian supply management. Chong had publicly praised the agreement as historic. The MP did not respond to an interview request.
Canadian diplomats representing the nation abroad should drive Canadian-made cars, says Unifor. The foreign ministry is placing September 1 orders for millions in new vehicles without any requirement they be made here: "It's a real opportunity".
Cabinet supervision of the Transportation Safety Board has been transferred to the Privy Council from Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Officials said it was to avoid any conflict with the fisheries department, responsible for the Canadian Coast Guard: "It makes sense".
Poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday: “Men gather by the downtown shelter, smoke, watch life roll by. I cross the street to the city’s newest condos…”
A Supreme Court decision affecting nearly a million workers will see far-reaching restrictions on employers’ ability to fire staff, say analysts. The Court upheld a wrongful dismissal claim by a whistleblower at Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.: "The ability some employers thought they had to terminate without cause is gone".
Sponsored Tweets and a $10 million ad budget are proposed by the Canadian Tourism Commission to promote the nation’s 2017 sesquicentennial. A Liberal Senator described the plan as so meagre it appeared pointless: "The money is going to be wasted".
Cabinet should press ahead with cuts to federal inefficiencies, says the outgoing chair of a Red Tape Regulatory Advisory Committee. The Treasury Board yesterday confirmed the Conservative-appointed panel will be disbanded: 'We challenged the bureaucracy at every turn'.
A Canadian university has received millions in U.S. grants to examine the unregulated e-cigarette market, the broadest research of its kind in Canada. The University of Waterloo study funded with $8.8 million from the U.S. National Cancer Institute comes more than a year after a Commons committee voted for quick regulation of electronic vaping: "When you don’t have evidence, then opinion fills the void".
The Treasury Board is quietly disbanding a Conservative-appointed panel mandated to oversee red tape reductions. Members of the Red Tape Regulatory Advisory Committee are to be dismissed at month's end: "We're not surprised".
The foreign ministry is placing a hefty order for new vehicles with no requirement that Canadian diplomats drive Canadian-made cars. The contract follows industry department memos that Canadian auto production is “relatively stagnant” and losing ground to Mexico: 'It's a competitive marketplace'.
The nation’s commercial fishing fleet faces millions in costs for safety upgrades under new Transport Canada regulations. It follows data that fisheries have a higher occupational death rate than policing or firefighting: 'The number of accidents remains unacceptably high'.
A Prairie businessman has lost a federal lawsuit to retrieve nearly $68,000 in undeclared cash seized by the Canada Border Services Agency. The Court ruled the onus is on travelers to prove hidden banknotes are not the proceeds of crime. The Agency confiscates millions in undeclared cash each year: "This can hardly be characterized as unreasonable".
Parks Canada is flouting a UNESCO deadline to report on the impact of oil sands mining and other industry on the world’s largest natural herd of wood bison. The Agency yesterday confirmed it will not meet a United Nations committee request for a “state of conservation of the property” at Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park: "This is shocking".
Successful blood transfusions may be linked to the age and sex of the donor, says a new study by the University of Ottawa. Researchers tracked thousands of transfusion patients and donors in suggesting blood from women and younger donors resulted in poorer survival rates: "This should not deter people from donating".
The Correctional Service committed “abuse of authority” in appointing a plumber to fill a job that required a post-secondary degree, says a federal labour board. An adjudicator ruled there was insufficient evidence to conclude the appointee had a “personal relationship” with a prison manager: "The appointment was not made on the basis of merit".
