A coalition of child-care operators is organizing waitlisted parents to urge governments to address the myriad problems with the $10-a-day program
Category: Politics & Policy
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Police dismantle ring that smuggled migrants from Canada to US
Canadian police announced the dismantling of a vast migrant smuggling network accused of sneaking hundreds of people from Canada into the US
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Ottawa eases pathway for caregivers to get permanent residency
Ottawa announced two new programs to give caregivers permanent residency when they arrive in Canada. The programs are getting mixed reviews
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Editorial: Why Canada should mandate military service for young people
The UK Tories have proposed mandatory military service for 18-year-olds. Canada should run with this idea. Here’s why
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Harm-reduction activists should try listening to their opponents
If harm-reduction activists listened to advocates of recovery-oriented drug policy instead of opposing them, they’d likely find many areas of agreement
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CRTC orders streamers to pay to support Canadian broadcasting
Streaming platforms will be required to contribute five per cent of their Canadian revenues to fund local content, beginning September
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AFN chief laments ‘failure’ over violence against Indigenous women
Only two of the 231 recommendations in the 2019 National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ report have been done
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New report weighs in on AI’s impact on the Canadian workforce
A new report urges Ottawa to understand AI’s impact on the Canadian workforce. But experts say it is not clear AI is impacting Canadian jobs
Posted inEconomy
Canada GDP growth lower than forecast at 1.7%
Higher household spending on services, up 0.7 per cent, led the growth in GDP, while slower inventory increases moderated overall growth
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Canada sees third antisemitic attack in days
Vancouver police searched Friday for an arsonist who set fire to the entrance of a synagogue, while stepping up security at other Jewish facilities