Canada’s medical cannabis system changed but didn’t disappear …
1 day ago · When Canada legalized recreational cannabis use on Oct. 17, 2018, there were concerns about the potential impacts. Would it trigger greater cannabis use, boost economic growth or otherwise affect the country’s health, safety and finances?. Patients already using cannabis legally for medical purposes were especially concerned.
B.C. election: Party proposals on climate action point in opposite ...
1 day ago · With affordability, housing and health care at the top of voters’ minds in British Columbia, they haven’t heard much about climate change with less than a week to go until the provincial election. In fact, between B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad acknowledging that “man” is impacting the ...
Canada’s agricultural policies are falling short of health and ...
1 day ago · Oct. 16 marks World Food Day, a global initiative drawing attention to the “right to foods for a better life and a better future.”However, Canada’s food and agricultural policies are falling short of this objective. Canada’s current agricultural …
What should Quebec do with $900 million in parental leave …
1 day ago · The Quebec Parental Insurance Plan is available to parents who earned a minimum income of $2,000 in the year preceding the application. A basic and a special plan each offers flexible options in terms of duration and income replacement rate. In both cases, the maximum insurable salary is $94,000. The basic plan provides 18 weeks of leave for ...
Caught in an aggressive hunt for documents, Parliament is getting ...
Oct 11, 2024 · Some amount of parliamentary gamesmanship is to be expected whenever and wherever MPs gather. But some days it’s hard to look at the games being played and see how anyone — least of all Canadians — could be said to be winning.
Only the United States benefits from renegotiating the Canada-U.S ...
Sep 30, 2024 · By Blayne Haggart, Brock University, The Conversation. There is a ticking time bomb at the heart of the North American economy. And this is the year that it begins to detonate. Over the past several months, Canadian businesses and analysts have been pressuring the federal government to better prepare for the mandated renegotiation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) that ...
Canada and N.W.T. sign historic funding agreement with Inuvialuit …
Oct 2, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced agreement during Inuvik visit Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Inuvik, N.W.T., on Monday to sign a funding agreement with the N.W.T. government and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation in support of Inuit-led child and family services. The agreement ...
Quebec (and Ottawa) fail victims of violence
Oct 8, 2024 · In 1980, victim compensation cost $7 million. By 2019, that amount had risen to more than $154 million. Quebec had been wanting to eliminate lifetime payments since 1992, when Ottawa ended cost-sharing with the provinces and territories. The federal program had aimed to encourage the introduction of victim-compensation programs across the ...
Indigenous women from Ecuador bring concerns on mining …
Oct 4, 2024 · Indigenous women from Ecuador are in Ottawa this week raising concerns a proposed free trade agreement could enable human rights abuses by Canadian mining companies operating on their ancestral lands. The delegation travelled thousands of kilometres from the rural reaches of the Ecuadorian ...
Airlines can be required to provide compensation for international ...
Oct 5, 2024 · Unanimous ruling dismisses appeal from airlines that said passenger protections violate international law The Supreme Court confirms that airlines can be required to compensate passengers for certain international flight disruptions ruling that Canada’s passenger protection regulations do not ...