University of Toronto staff vote 94.5% in favour of strike action, if necessary
Members of the United Steelworkers union Local 1998’s staff-appointed unit at the University of Toronto have sent a strong message to the university, voting 94.5% in favour of going on strike, if necessary. Members voted to give their elected negotiating committee the right to call for job action, up to and including a strike.
The strike deadline is this Thursday, September 7 at 12:01 a.m.
The 5,800-person staff-appointed group at the University of Toronto includes workers who provide administrative and technical support to faculty, students and other members of the university community.
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Members of the United Steelworkers union Local 1998’s staff-appointed unit at the University of Toronto have sent a strong message to the university, voting 94.5% in favour of going on strike, if necessary. Members voted to give their elected negotiating committee the right to call for job action, up to and including a strike.
The strike deadline is this Thursday, September 7 at 12:01 a.m.
The 5,800-person staff-appointed group at the University of Toronto includes workers who provide administrative and technical support to faculty, students and other members of the university community.
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67% of Quebecers believe the Legault government has done a poor job on inflation
According to a study by the Angus Reid Institute, 67% of Quebec adults believe the provincial government led by François Legault has done a poor job helping Quebecers manage cost of living increases due to inflation.
The same study also found that 74% of Quebecers say the Legault government has done a poor job on housing affordability.
Conversely, just 27% say that the Legault government has done a good job with regards to inflation and the cost of living in Quebec.
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According to a study by the Angus Reid Institute, 67% of Quebec adults believe the provincial government led by François Legault has done a poor job helping Quebecers manage cost of living increases due to inflation.
The same study also found that 74% of Quebecers say the Legault government has done a poor job on housing affordability.
Conversely, just 27% say that the Legault government has done a good job with regards to inflation and the cost of living in Quebec.
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🏦 Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 5 per cent
The Bank of Canada kept interest rates on hold on Sept. 6. The key policy rate remains at five per cent, which is still the highest level in 22 years.
The bank said in a statement that policymakers opted not to raise the key rate given demand in the economy is slowing and previous rate hikes need more time to take effect. But it also said it’s ready to raise rates further if needed, and remains concerned about inflationary pressures.
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The Bank of Canada kept interest rates on hold on Sept. 6. The key policy rate remains at five per cent, which is still the highest level in 22 years.
The bank said in a statement that policymakers opted not to raise the key rate given demand in the economy is slowing and previous rate hikes need more time to take effect. But it also said it’s ready to raise rates further if needed, and remains concerned about inflationary pressures.
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📈 Inflation, high interest rates affecting Canadians’ mental health, report finds
Financial struggles brought on by inflation and higher interest rates are damaging the mental health of more than half of Canadians, with many reporting high rates of anxiety over housing and food, according to a poll released Wednesday by Mental Health Research Canada.
The poll found that 51 per cent of Canadians said inflation was having a negative impact on their mental health. Nearly a quarter of respondents – 24 per cent – said they have gone into debt as a result of inflation.
Meanwhile, 23 per cent of Canadians said they are concerned about their ability to make rent or mortgage payments, while 37 per cent are struggling to adequately feed themselves or their families.
Canadians are responding to financial hardship in a variety of ways: 35 per cent said they have reduced essential spending, while 22 per cent have dipped into savings to pay for essentials and 10 per cent said they have had to borrow from friends or family to purchase essential items. Others have put off saving money or relied on credit cards to cover the costs of essentials.
The poll found that 28 per cent of unemployed people and 27 per cent of people having financial troubles reported having had suicidal thoughts in the past year.
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Financial struggles brought on by inflation and higher interest rates are damaging the mental health of more than half of Canadians, with many reporting high rates of anxiety over housing and food, according to a poll released Wednesday by Mental Health Research Canada.
The poll found that 51 per cent of Canadians said inflation was having a negative impact on their mental health. Nearly a quarter of respondents – 24 per cent – said they have gone into debt as a result of inflation.
Meanwhile, 23 per cent of Canadians said they are concerned about their ability to make rent or mortgage payments, while 37 per cent are struggling to adequately feed themselves or their families.
Canadians are responding to financial hardship in a variety of ways: 35 per cent said they have reduced essential spending, while 22 per cent have dipped into savings to pay for essentials and 10 per cent said they have had to borrow from friends or family to purchase essential items. Others have put off saving money or relied on credit cards to cover the costs of essentials.
The poll found that 28 per cent of unemployed people and 27 per cent of people having financial troubles reported having had suicidal thoughts in the past year.
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At the current rate of assisted suicide, how long will it take for these suicide machines to reach Canada?
Canada already has more people resorting to assisted suicide than Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, where it is also legal.
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Canada already has more people resorting to assisted suicide than Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland, where it is also legal.
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🇨🇭Assisted suicide machines may soon become available in Switzerland
In his new article, Paul Serran raised a topic that has bothered us for a long time - assisted suicide.
In the Western countries, especially in Canada and the Netherlands, assisted suicide…
In his new article, Paul Serran raised a topic that has bothered us for a long time - assisted suicide.
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✈️🇺🇸Canadian pilots are flocking to US airlines - and leaving shortages back home
At least 147 Canadian pilots applied for licences to fly commercial jets in the US in 2022, up manifold from the 39 in 2021.
“Pilots in the US have recently secured significant wage increases and other contractual improvements, creating an embarrassing gap with Canada,” union leader of the Air Canada Pilots Association said.
For the ACPA, which represents Air Canada’s 4,500 pilots, the annual 2% wage increase they’ve been receiving since 2014 doesn’t cut it anymore. Air Canada pilots, whose contract expires on Sep. 29, have been pressing for higher raises. And the airline, which just cut six routes citing a pilot shortage, may be more amenable to these demands as the supply of pilots tightens further.
Some Canadian aviation companies have already begun to follow in the footsteps of their US counterparts. Westjet, based in Calgary, gave its pilots a new contract raising wages by 24% over four years, making its crews the highest-paid on narrow-body aircraft in Canada. At Sunwing, a leisure airline headquartered in Toronto, pilots negotiated a 23% wage increase for 2023, with an additional 2.5% hike to follow in January 2024.
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At least 147 Canadian pilots applied for licences to fly commercial jets in the US in 2022, up manifold from the 39 in 2021.
“Pilots in the US have recently secured significant wage increases and other contractual improvements, creating an embarrassing gap with Canada,” union leader of the Air Canada Pilots Association said.
For the ACPA, which represents Air Canada’s 4,500 pilots, the annual 2% wage increase they’ve been receiving since 2014 doesn’t cut it anymore. Air Canada pilots, whose contract expires on Sep. 29, have been pressing for higher raises. And the airline, which just cut six routes citing a pilot shortage, may be more amenable to these demands as the supply of pilots tightens further.
Some Canadian aviation companies have already begun to follow in the footsteps of their US counterparts. Westjet, based in Calgary, gave its pilots a new contract raising wages by 24% over four years, making its crews the highest-paid on narrow-body aircraft in Canada. At Sunwing, a leisure airline headquartered in Toronto, pilots negotiated a 23% wage increase for 2023, with an additional 2.5% hike to follow in January 2024.
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With school back, Quebec still trying to fill more than 1,300 teacher spots
Apparently, it is not only the health care system that suffers from staffing shortages.
Quebec is grappling with an ongoing teacher shortage — with 1,331 positions still needing to be filled.
The province’s education ministry, which issued the update Tuesday evening, has seen about 500 teachers join the classroom in the last week. But it is looking to fill 217 regular full-time and 1,114 part-time teaching jobs in schools across Quebec.
The latest figures show that Quebec was scrambling to hire more than 8,500 teachers two weeks ago. Despite a recruitment drive, the province will continue to rely on what can be called "not legally qualified individuals" — who don’t have teaching degrees or certificates — to fill classrooms.
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Apparently, it is not only the health care system that suffers from staffing shortages.
Quebec is grappling with an ongoing teacher shortage — with 1,331 positions still needing to be filled.
The province’s education ministry, which issued the update Tuesday evening, has seen about 500 teachers join the classroom in the last week. But it is looking to fill 217 regular full-time and 1,114 part-time teaching jobs in schools across Quebec.
The latest figures show that Quebec was scrambling to hire more than 8,500 teachers two weeks ago. Despite a recruitment drive, the province will continue to rely on what can be called "not legally qualified individuals" — who don’t have teaching degrees or certificates — to fill classrooms.
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Greenbelt review could see recommendation for more land removals, new minister says
Ontario’s new housing minister says a review of the Greenbelt might well see a recommendation for more lands to be removed from the protected area.
A day after Premier Doug Ford announced a review of all parcels of protected Greenbelt land, as well as the sites the government removed for housing development late last year, Paul Calandra says he has asked the ministry to come up with parameters for the review.
Calandra says he won’t “presuppose” what that will entail, but that there might be lands that need to be added to the Greenbelt, and there might be some lands that are removed, but it will be a “fair and open process.”
The review comes after two scathing reports were released last month from the auditor general and the integrity commissioner saying that the housing minister’s chief of staff favoured certain developers over others when selecting which lands would come out of the Greenbelt.
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Ontario’s new housing minister says a review of the Greenbelt might well see a recommendation for more lands to be removed from the protected area.
A day after Premier Doug Ford announced a review of all parcels of protected Greenbelt land, as well as the sites the government removed for housing development late last year, Paul Calandra says he has asked the ministry to come up with parameters for the review.
Calandra says he won’t “presuppose” what that will entail, but that there might be lands that need to be added to the Greenbelt, and there might be some lands that are removed, but it will be a “fair and open process.”
The review comes after two scathing reports were released last month from the auditor general and the integrity commissioner saying that the housing minister’s chief of staff favoured certain developers over others when selecting which lands would come out of the Greenbelt.
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Quebec appeal court judge Marie-Josée Hogue to lead foreign-interference inquiry
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue has agreed to head a public inquiry into foreign interference by China and other hostile states, two sources say.
After months of negotiations, the minority Liberal government has reached an agreement with opposition parties on the terms and timing of the long-awaited inquiry.
An announcement on the inquiry is expected to be made Thursday by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who is also Democratic Institutions Minister.
All-party talks on launching an official public inquiry into foreign interference by countries such as China dragged into late summer as the government reportedly had a difficult time finding an eminent jurist to lead the inquiry.
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Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue has agreed to head a public inquiry into foreign interference by China and other hostile states, two sources say.
After months of negotiations, the minority Liberal government has reached an agreement with opposition parties on the terms and timing of the long-awaited inquiry.
An announcement on the inquiry is expected to be made Thursday by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who is also Democratic Institutions Minister.
All-party talks on launching an official public inquiry into foreign interference by countries such as China dragged into late summer as the government reportedly had a difficult time finding an eminent jurist to lead the inquiry.
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Poilievre riding high in polls as Conservatives meet for policy convention
Conservative Party members are assembling in Quebec City for a three-day policy convention.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has seen his fortunes improve over the summer months and the party is registering higher support in public opinion polls — numbers that suggest Conservatives could form a majority government if the next election were held soon.
🔹The list of policy proposals before delegates this weekend includes some ideas to address the crippling increase in the cost of living, including providing different mortgage terms so homebuyers can lock in at lower rates for longer, and changes to the RRSP withdrawal rules for seniors.
🔹There are also pitches on upending transgender-related policies, limiting euthanasia, doing away with forced diversity training, scrapping vaccine mandates for good and dismantling the Emergencies Act, the legislation used to dismantle the 2022 COVID-19 convoy protest.
The policies are designed to inform the party's next election platform but Poilievre isn't required to campaign on what delegates endorse.
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Conservative Party members are assembling in Quebec City for a three-day policy convention.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has seen his fortunes improve over the summer months and the party is registering higher support in public opinion polls — numbers that suggest Conservatives could form a majority government if the next election were held soon.
🔹The list of policy proposals before delegates this weekend includes some ideas to address the crippling increase in the cost of living, including providing different mortgage terms so homebuyers can lock in at lower rates for longer, and changes to the RRSP withdrawal rules for seniors.
🔹There are also pitches on upending transgender-related policies, limiting euthanasia, doing away with forced diversity training, scrapping vaccine mandates for good and dismantling the Emergencies Act, the legislation used to dismantle the 2022 COVID-19 convoy protest.
The policies are designed to inform the party's next election platform but Poilievre isn't required to campaign on what delegates endorse.
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CBC stands to get largest share of cash from Online News Act
The CBC stands to receive the largest share of the $172-million the federal Online News Act is forecast to pump into Canada’s news sector, experts say, raising fears that the new legislation will make it harder for smaller news outlets to compete with the state-funded broadcaster.
The Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18, received royal assent in June and is scheduled to go into effect in December. It is designed to force the biggest online tech giants to compensate Canadian news organizations for posting or linking to their work.
The federal government published draft regulations last week that detail how the bill would apply to Google and Facebook. The regulations say the amount of compensation news outlets receive under the Online News Act should be relative to the number of full-time journalists they employ.
The CBC, as the biggest employer of journalists in Canada, would likely receive the largest amount of money from the bill.
In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the CBC received $1.2-billion in government funding. In 2020-21, it received $1.39-billion.
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The CBC stands to receive the largest share of the $172-million the federal Online News Act is forecast to pump into Canada’s news sector, experts say, raising fears that the new legislation will make it harder for smaller news outlets to compete with the state-funded broadcaster.
The Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18, received royal assent in June and is scheduled to go into effect in December. It is designed to force the biggest online tech giants to compensate Canadian news organizations for posting or linking to their work.
The federal government published draft regulations last week that detail how the bill would apply to Google and Facebook. The regulations say the amount of compensation news outlets receive under the Online News Act should be relative to the number of full-time journalists they employ.
The CBC, as the biggest employer of journalists in Canada, would likely receive the largest amount of money from the bill.
In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the CBC received $1.2-billion in government funding. In 2020-21, it received $1.39-billion.
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More post-secondary students rely on parents, stay home to finish school
Inflation is driving more post-secondary students to stay home with their parents as they complete their studies — marking a shift from a decade ago, a poll shows.
Almost half of respondents aged 18-29, or 47 per cent, said they plan to live with their parents this school year, compared with 36 per cent of students in 2013, the online survey reported.
The survey found 43 per cent of respondents assumed their parents would be taking care of their financial needs, compared to 29 per cent in 2013.
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Inflation is driving more post-secondary students to stay home with their parents as they complete their studies — marking a shift from a decade ago, a poll shows.
Almost half of respondents aged 18-29, or 47 per cent, said they plan to live with their parents this school year, compared with 36 per cent of students in 2013, the online survey reported.
The survey found 43 per cent of respondents assumed their parents would be taking care of their financial needs, compared to 29 per cent in 2013.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s approval dips to historic low in wake of Greenbelt controversy
🔹According to a survey by Angus Reid, fewer than three in 10 Ontarians, or about 28 per cent, approve of the premier.
This marks a five-point drop from Ford’s approval ratings in June, and represents the lowest rating he has ever received since being elected in 2018.
🔹More than half of respondents also said they believe the premier should resign in the wake of the Greenbelt controversy. This included about a quarter of respondents who identified as Progressive Conservative voters.
Ford’s support among PC voters has also dropped, from 80 per cent approval in June to 63 per cent approval in September.
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🔹According to a survey by Angus Reid, fewer than three in 10 Ontarians, or about 28 per cent, approve of the premier.
This marks a five-point drop from Ford’s approval ratings in June, and represents the lowest rating he has ever received since being elected in 2018.
🔹More than half of respondents also said they believe the premier should resign in the wake of the Greenbelt controversy. This included about a quarter of respondents who identified as Progressive Conservative voters.
Ford’s support among PC voters has also dropped, from 80 per cent approval in June to 63 per cent approval in September.
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Canada job gains double expectations, wages accelerate
Canada added 40,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 per cent following three straight monthly increases, Statistics Canada reported Friday in Ottawa. The figures beat expectations for a gain of 20,000 positions and a jobless rate of 5.6 per cent, according to the median estimate.
Rising workers’ compensation reflects some remaining tightness in the labour market, with wages accelerating to 5.2 per cent, beating expectations for a 4.7 per cent gain and up from 5 per cent a month earlier.
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Canada added 40,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 per cent following three straight monthly increases, Statistics Canada reported Friday in Ottawa. The figures beat expectations for a gain of 20,000 positions and a jobless rate of 5.6 per cent, according to the median estimate.
Rising workers’ compensation reflects some remaining tightness in the labour market, with wages accelerating to 5.2 per cent, beating expectations for a 4.7 per cent gain and up from 5 per cent a month earlier.
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Ford government’s appointee to Greenbelt Foundation had family ties to developer
The former vice-chair of a foundation set up to safeguard the Greenbelt, who was appointed to its board by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government, has close family ties to one of the select group of developers whose land was opened up for housing construction in the environmentally protected region.
The government appointed Susan McGovern in 2019 to the board of the Greenbelt Foundation, which describes itself on its website as “the only organization solely dedicated to ensuring the Greenbelt remains permanent, protected and prosperous.” Her three-year term ended on Nov. 20.
Ms. McGovern’s brother and husband operate The Rice Group, one of the handful of developers whose land Mr. Ford’s government removed from the Greenbelt last year, making the property no longer subject to the protected zone’s restrictions on building.
She is the sister of Michael Rice, the chief executive officer of The Rice Group, who during Ms. McGovern’s term as vice-chair lobbied the Ontario government to allow development on the company’s Greenbelt land. That lobbying was detailed in a report released last week by Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner. Ms. McGovern’s husband, John McGovern, is the company’s senior vice-president of policy and planning.
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The former vice-chair of a foundation set up to safeguard the Greenbelt, who was appointed to its board by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government, has close family ties to one of the select group of developers whose land was opened up for housing construction in the environmentally protected region.
The government appointed Susan McGovern in 2019 to the board of the Greenbelt Foundation, which describes itself on its website as “the only organization solely dedicated to ensuring the Greenbelt remains permanent, protected and prosperous.” Her three-year term ended on Nov. 20.
Ms. McGovern’s brother and husband operate The Rice Group, one of the handful of developers whose land Mr. Ford’s government removed from the Greenbelt last year, making the property no longer subject to the protected zone’s restrictions on building.
She is the sister of Michael Rice, the chief executive officer of The Rice Group, who during Ms. McGovern’s term as vice-chair lobbied the Ontario government to allow development on the company’s Greenbelt land. That lobbying was detailed in a report released last week by Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner. Ms. McGovern’s husband, John McGovern, is the company’s senior vice-president of policy and planning.
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🚙 Quebec government to invest $514M in electric vehicle charging stations
The Quebec government is trying to get more people to make the switch to electric vehicles by adding more than 116,000 additional charging stations to the province — an investment of more than $514 million over the next five years.
This is the second major electric vehicle announcement the government has made this week alone, following Tuesday’s news of a new copper foil factory in Granby to help produce car batteries.
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The Quebec government is trying to get more people to make the switch to electric vehicles by adding more than 116,000 additional charging stations to the province — an investment of more than $514 million over the next five years.
This is the second major electric vehicle announcement the government has made this week alone, following Tuesday’s news of a new copper foil factory in Granby to help produce car batteries.
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N.B. pursuing legislation that could see drug users subject to involuntary treatment
The New Brunswick government is pursuing a new approach to addressing drug addiction that could result in people being forced into treatment.
That approach would be carried out through legislation giving police officers the power to order someone to undergo drug rehabilitation in the "most extreme cases," where they pose a danger to themselves or others, said Public Safety Minister Kris Austin, in an interview.
"The objective always is to get people the help that they want but some people are so deep into their addictions that they simply can't make that decision," Austin said.
That's where government needs to step in to "save their lives and and make the community safer at the same time," he said.
Austin's proposal is one of a handful of strategic objectives he said his department is pursuing as part of a wider goal of reducing crime in the province.
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The New Brunswick government is pursuing a new approach to addressing drug addiction that could result in people being forced into treatment.
That approach would be carried out through legislation giving police officers the power to order someone to undergo drug rehabilitation in the "most extreme cases," where they pose a danger to themselves or others, said Public Safety Minister Kris Austin, in an interview.
"The objective always is to get people the help that they want but some people are so deep into their addictions that they simply can't make that decision," Austin said.
That's where government needs to step in to "save their lives and and make the community safer at the same time," he said.
Austin's proposal is one of a handful of strategic objectives he said his department is pursuing as part of a wider goal of reducing crime in the province.
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Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring
Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook.
🔹A strong majority of the delegates (69 per cent) on hand voted for a motion that stated sex reassignment surgery and similar interventions should be banned for children. Michelle Badalich, an Edmonton delegate, said dysphoria is a "mental health disorder" and it should be addressed with treatment not irreversible procedures.
🔹Delegates voted by an overwhelming 87 per cent to support a plan to demand single-sex spaces that are only open to bilogical women. The policy is intended to keep transgender people out of women's prisons, shelters, locker rooms and washrooms.
🔹Another motion states Canadians should have "bodily autonomy" when it comes to vaccines and other health treatments.
🔹On the issue of preferential hiring for minorities by research institutions, delegates passed a policy that said federally funded jobs should go to a person who's best qualified, "irrespective of the personal immutable characteristics," stated the motion.
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Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook.
🔹A strong majority of the delegates (69 per cent) on hand voted for a motion that stated sex reassignment surgery and similar interventions should be banned for children. Michelle Badalich, an Edmonton delegate, said dysphoria is a "mental health disorder" and it should be addressed with treatment not irreversible procedures.
🔹Delegates voted by an overwhelming 87 per cent to support a plan to demand single-sex spaces that are only open to bilogical women. The policy is intended to keep transgender people out of women's prisons, shelters, locker rooms and washrooms.
🔹Another motion states Canadians should have "bodily autonomy" when it comes to vaccines and other health treatments.
🔹On the issue of preferential hiring for minorities by research institutions, delegates passed a policy that said federally funded jobs should go to a person who's best qualified, "irrespective of the personal immutable characteristics," stated the motion.
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Trudeau says he will testify with 'enthusiasm' if called as a witness at foreign interference inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he will "willingly" testify before the public inquiry into foreign election interference if he's asked.
"Willingly and with very much enthusiasm," Trudeau told reporters at a news conference in Singapore.
Following a series of media reports, Trudeau's government has faced sharp criticism over how it handled and responded to intelligence about China's alleged meddling in the past two federal elections.
While the prime minister and his senior advisers have denied some of the allegations, in May the government did confirm that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had in 2021 detected a plot by China to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. The federal government later expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei in response.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he will "willingly" testify before the public inquiry into foreign election interference if he's asked.
"Willingly and with very much enthusiasm," Trudeau told reporters at a news conference in Singapore.
Following a series of media reports, Trudeau's government has faced sharp criticism over how it handled and responded to intelligence about China's alleged meddling in the past two federal elections.
While the prime minister and his senior advisers have denied some of the allegations, in May the government did confirm that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had in 2021 detected a plot by China to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. The federal government later expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei in response.
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🛬🇮🇳Justin Trudeau stuck in India after plane breaks down
Prime minister Justin Trudeau and his entire delegation have been forced to extend their stay in New Delhi for the G20 summit by an extra day after his aircraft broke down.
Trudeau arrived in India for the meeting of the leaders of 20 leading economies on Friday.
He was due to return home on Sunday after laying a wreath at a memorial to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, but a mechanical fault kept him in India overnight.
Maybe he should stay altogether.
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Prime minister Justin Trudeau and his entire delegation have been forced to extend their stay in New Delhi for the G20 summit by an extra day after his aircraft broke down.
Trudeau arrived in India for the meeting of the leaders of 20 leading economies on Friday.
He was due to return home on Sunday after laying a wreath at a memorial to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, but a mechanical fault kept him in India overnight.
Maybe he should stay altogether.
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🇨🇦🇮🇳 Modi scolds Trudeau over Sikh protests in Canada against India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed strong concerns about protests in Canada against India to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.
In June, India criticized Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists.
Relations between India and Canada remain tense, and Ottawa this month paused talks on a proposed trade treaty with India, just three months after the two nations said they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year. Modi, who held bilateral meetings with many world leaders during the G20 summit, did not hold one with Trudeau.
Canada will always defend "freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and peaceful protest," Trudeau said at a press conference in New Delhi.
"At the same time as we are always there to prevent violence, to push back against hatred," he said, adding that the actions of the few "do not represent the entire community or Canada."
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed strong concerns about protests in Canada against India to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi.
In June, India criticized Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists.
Relations between India and Canada remain tense, and Ottawa this month paused talks on a proposed trade treaty with India, just three months after the two nations said they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year. Modi, who held bilateral meetings with many world leaders during the G20 summit, did not hold one with Trudeau.
Canada will always defend "freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and peaceful protest," Trudeau said at a press conference in New Delhi.
"At the same time as we are always there to prevent violence, to push back against hatred," he said, adding that the actions of the few "do not represent the entire community or Canada."
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