The premier of Canada’s smallest province of Prince Edward Island, Robert Ghiz, announced Thursday (November 13) he will resign as premier and as leader of the ruling Liberal party as soon as a new leader is chosen. The surprise announcement… »
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Canada’s low income seniors face extremely heavy tax burdens
Low income seniors face extremely heavy tax burdens across Canada, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report released Thursday (November 13). In “Who Loses Most? The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Retirement Incomes,” authors Finn Poschmann and Alexandre… »
Study: Canadian government budget cuts are permanent, dramatic and hit services to citizens
Canadian government attempts to balance the federal budget with cuts have reduced services to veterans, lowered the number of employees dealing with food inspection, and generally cut direct services to citizens, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
China-US climate deal puts pressure on Canada
Pressure will increase on Canada to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions now that the United States and China have signed a ground-breaking deal on climate change, say politicians and environmentalists. ‘No excuses left’ “What it means for Canada… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Immigration & Refugees
Climate change means a need to plan for climate refugees
A new report looked at how climate change around the world will affect human migration. More specifically it looked at how prepared the west coast province of British Columbia was for what may become an influx of climate migrants or… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
After Canada, US Atlantic cod in trouble
In the 1990’s a sweeping ban on fishing for cod off Canada’s east coast was instituted. After 500 years of small scale usually manual fishing, the arrival of massive factory trawlers in Canada and especially abroad, practically wiped out the… »
Innocent man sues for almost 27 years in prison
Ivan Henry is asking the Supreme Court to award him damages for the nearly 27 years he spent in prison for sexual assaults he did not commit. Henry’s lawyers will argue that his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights… »
Missing support cheques cause aboriginal hunger
Aboriginal elders and young mothers in a remote community in Canada’s north are going hungry because regular, government support payments have not arrived in the mail. The cheques for Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan were supposed to be… »
International, Politics, Society
Anger grows over phoney soldier at Remembrance Day
with files from CBC Remembrance Day, as always, was a very solemn event this year. A huge crowd of tens of thousands turned out to attend the ceremony at the National War Memorial in the Canadian capital, Ottawa. Among them… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Peruvian community denounces Canada’s Hudbay Minerals for human rights violations
Local residents from the Peruvian community of Uchucarcco, mobilized on Monday morning (November 19) near the Constancia mining project to protest Hudbay Mineral’s sustained failure to make good on commitments with the local population, according to a press release of… »
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