Via Rail officials to be questioned by MPs about holiday travel delays – National | Globalnews.ca
Via Rail executives are set to address a federal committee Thursday about the delays that plagued travellers over the holidays. Earlier this month, the Crown corporation apologized for the widespread delays passengers saw between Dec. 23 and 26 as a winter storm swept across Ontario and Quebec. Read more: Ottawa ‘not hiding’ from holiday travel […]
Northern miners say more federal support needed to deliver critical minerals plan – National | Globalnews.ca
Mining companies with projects in the North say more federal support is needed following the release of Canada’s new critical minerals strategy, while some environmental advocates are wary of the potential impacts. Several projects in the North focus on critical minerals – so-called because they are considered critical to Canada’s economy and strategic industries like […]
North American semiconductor industry will prevent ‘over-reliance’ on Asia: Trudeau – National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he will push to ensure Canada plays a vital role in North America becoming a reliable supplier of semiconductors to the global economy — yet admitted that role is “still somewhat to be determined.” Trudeau made the comments following the North American Leaders’ Summit with U.S. President Joe Biden […]
More investment needed to counter COVID-19 misinformation, Canada’s top doctor says – National | Globalnews.ca
After a year that saw the highest number of COVID-19 deaths and a massive increase in infections, Canada’s top doctor says more investments are needed to combat misinformation about vaccines and pandemic measures to ensure Canada is ready for possible new variants of concern. “This is the pandemic that is occurring in (a) full-on social media […]
Trudeau and family to travel to Jamaica for one-week vacation after Christmas – National | Globalnews.ca
The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau will remain in constant contact with Ottawa during the trip and continue to be briefed and updated on issues.
Making more kids’ pain medicine in Canada may not be ‘best way’ to spend money: Trudeau – National | Globalnews.ca
As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children’s medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to addressing the problem. “I don’t know offhand if it is the right thing for Canada to be starting producing these particular pills or whether it’s just […]
Ottawa leading social media effort to demoralize Russian soldiers, Moscow says – National | Globalnews.ca
Russia‘s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa is at the vanguard of an effort to isolate his country, following a series of social-media squabbles and ongoing salvos where each country summons the other’s top diplomat. Oleg Stepanov told Russian state media that he’s exasperated by Canada’s foreign-affairs department tweeting unflattering information about the war in Ukraine, […]
New dental benefit has rolled out to 100K Canadian kids so far, feds say – National | Globalnews.ca
The federal government says it has hit a new milestone with families accounting for 100,000 Canadian kids getting the new child dental benefit that opened to applications on Dec. 1. “It represents the number of children that the benefit has helped thus far (since it is one application per family),” Marie-France Proulx, director of communications […]
Tories maintain lead over Liberals as gap slightly widens, new poll shows – National | Globalnews.ca
A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap. The poll conducted by Leger over the weekend says 33 per cent of respondents would vote for the Conservatives and 30 per cent would vote for the Liberals if a federal election was underway. […]
Ottawa set to unveil new child care legislation. Here’s what to expect – National | Globalnews.ca
Families Minister Karina Gould is expected to introduce legislation Thursday to strengthen child care in Canada, which is likely to include an effort to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the new national daycare system. The Liberal government brought in a national child-care plan that would cut daycare fees by an average of 50 […]