Canada’s Senate Energy Committee has released a report calling for an independent review of rail transportation safety. In its executive summary, the report highlighted the tragic Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. The derailment of a freight train loaded with crude oil on July 6,… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
International, Politics, Society
Canadian diplomacy must adapt says former diplomat Daryl Copeland
Former Canadian diplomat Daryl Copeland calls diplomacy the world’s second oldest profession, and is convinced more than ever before it, rather than military solutions, is the best approach to dealing with issues such as climate change, pandemic diseases, and food… »
Doctors condemn NHL violence
At its best, ice hockey–Canada’s national passion–is gorgeous to watch: players swooping in on goal, skates slicing the ice, lifting the puck past a sprawling goalie. But hockey also has its dark side. At its worst, it can get very… »
Raising a child not so costly, says think-tank
$3,000-$4,000 is the basic cost of raising a child in Canada estimates the Fraser Institute, releasing figures radically lower than previous estimates. The conservative think-tank says it has never been easier financially to raise a child in this country. Radically… »
Quebec events prompt new dictionary words
The year 2012 was tumultuous in Quebec politics. Students took to the streets to protest a tuition hike and the province turned a harsh spotlight on municipal corruption. The result: new words have been added to what is considered the… »
Former Tory senator ordered to pay up
Disgraced senator and former television personality and diplomat Pamela Wallin has been ordered to pay almost $140,000 for claiming travel expenses she was not entitled to. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who appointed Ms. Wallin to the Senate in 2009, moved… »
Wear the life jacket, safety advocates urge
Canadian law says you have to have a personal floatation device in your boat or watercraft for each person on board, but safety advocates say it won’t save you from drowning unless you wear it. Some like, Barbara Byers of the… »
Queue-jumping confirmed in Alberta health care
Canadians have free health care but it drives them crazy when it’s confirmed that some people push in ahead of them as they wait for medical services. Things got so bad that the western province of Alberta had an inquiry… »
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Canadian police chiefs suggest ticket option for cannabis possession
At its annual general meeting members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) ratified a resolution calling for a ticket option through the Federal Contraventions Act for the simple possession of cannabis. “The current process of sending all simple possession… »
Canadian electoral reform threatened by prorogation, says official opposition critic
There’s very little time to pass electoral reform legislation if it’s to come into effect for Canada’s 2015 federal election says an Official Opposition critic. And the delay in the start of House of Commons session, because of Prime Minister… »
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