Canada’s Minister of Health announced the release of the first national dementia strategy on Monday. It focuses on prevention, advancing therapies and finding a cure, as well as improving the quality of life for people with dementia and their caregivers.…»
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Federal electric vehicle rebate incentive
Starting today a new federal rebate plan kicks in as part of an effort to get more electric vehicles on Canadian roads. The plan originally announced in the budget in March would grant up to $5,000 on the purchase of…»
Economy, International, Politics
How the press and politics have evolved in Canada (and likely elsewhere) (part 2 of 2)
Book: Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill In the beginning was politics, shortly after came the press. In the early days in Canada, and undoubtedly elsewhere, newspapers –print journalism- was very biased. Papers…»
The federal government cabinet shuffle
International trade, pipelines, illegal migrants and other issues were beginning to mount up against the Canadian government. Two-thirds into its mandate the federal Liberal government has moved around its cabinet ministers in a move commonly known as a “shuffle”. This…»
Still more problems for aboriginal inquiry
The non-stop controversy continues with the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) as yet another executive leaves. It is the latest in a series of high-level turnovers at the inquiry since it began in 2016…»
Solitary confinement struck down as unconstitutional
A long legal effort to change rules on solitary confinement of prisoners has won a substantial victory. The non-profit civil liberties and constitutional rights organisation, The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has been fighting the battle to end the practice…»
Controversial aboriginal inquiry moves to Winnipeg
It’s called the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry (MMIWG). It was launched by the federal Liberal government of Justin Trudeau after years of calls for an investigation into the high proportion of indigenous women who have been…»
Economy, Environment, Politics, Society
National government to pressure provinces on GHG
Canada’s environment minister is poised to impose a price on carbon on any provincial government that fails to do so or fails to set up its own cap-and-trade system. But she will not adopt a more aggressive target for reducing…»
Debt: Canadians warned, but who warns the government?
The personal debt load of Canadians rose to close to 164 percent by late last year according to Statistics Canada, the federal statistics agency. That means that for every dollar of disposable income (after taxes and necessities) they owed $1.64.…»
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Canadian election; whither the NDP- on top or back to third?
At the federal level in Canada in recent decades there have been 5 political parties of note: Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic Party, Green, and Bloc Quebecois. Of those, the Greens have been a marginal party with only two members currently…»
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Canada among the world’s top 10 innovators, but China leads the way
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Legal cannabis in Canada: one year later, and 'edibles' join 'smokables'
