🌱🔌Alberta to ban renewables on prime land, declare no-build zones for wind turbines
Swaths of land in Alberta will be barred from hosting renewable power projects under sweeping new rules that will govern the industry.
The changes, set to be announced Wednesday by Premier Danielle Smith and Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf, are the culmination of a ban on renewable approvals that lasted almost seven months.
The province announced the pause in August last year. It ordered the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to halt approvals for all renewable projects and launch an inquiry into various issues including where projects can be built.
Wednesday’s announcement deals only with the first set of issues, which includes land use, reclamation and viewscapes.
Alberta will ban renewable electricity projects from private property deemed to have excellent or good irrigation capability according to the province’s land classification system, and land deemed “fair” if it can host specific specialty crops.
#Alberta #energy
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Swaths of land in Alberta will be barred from hosting renewable power projects under sweeping new rules that will govern the industry.
The changes, set to be announced Wednesday by Premier Danielle Smith and Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf, are the culmination of a ban on renewable approvals that lasted almost seven months.
The province announced the pause in August last year. It ordered the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to halt approvals for all renewable projects and launch an inquiry into various issues including where projects can be built.
Wednesday’s announcement deals only with the first set of issues, which includes land use, reclamation and viewscapes.
Alberta will ban renewable electricity projects from private property deemed to have excellent or good irrigation capability according to the province’s land classification system, and land deemed “fair” if it can host specific specialty crops.
#Alberta #energy
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🎓Ottawa will shut down shady post-secondary institutions if provinces don't: Miller
Ottawa is ready to step in and shut down shady schools that are abusing the international student program if provinces don't crack down, Immigration Minister Marc Miller warned Tuesday.
Miller said there are problems across the college sector, but some of the worst offenders are private institutions — and those schools need to go.
Miller said on Parliament Hill ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting.
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Ottawa is ready to step in and shut down shady schools that are abusing the international student program if provinces don't crack down, Immigration Minister Marc Miller warned Tuesday.
Miller said there are problems across the college sector, but some of the worst offenders are private institutions — and those schools need to go.
There's responsibility to go around. I just think that some of the really, really bad actors are in the private sphere and those need to be shut down.
Miller said on Parliament Hill ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting.
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RCMP never tried to interview Justin Trudeau as part of SNC-Lavalin scandal probe, ethics committee told
The RCMP did not interview Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before concluding that there was insufficient evidence to substantiate a criminal offence in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, top officials confirmed in a House of Commons committee hearing on Tuesday.
In fact, the federal police interviewed only four individuals, one of whom was former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, and they did not even attempt to get Trudeau’s testimony.
When the SNC-Lavalin affair erupted in 2019, the RCMP investigated whether Trudeau had breached any criminal laws in pressuring Wilson-Raybould to let the Montreal construction firm benefit from a deferred prosecution agreement to avoid a criminal prosecution.
The offences the RCMP was looking into were obstruction of justice and the intimidation of a justice system participant.
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The RCMP did not interview Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before concluding that there was insufficient evidence to substantiate a criminal offence in the SNC-Lavalin scandal, top officials confirmed in a House of Commons committee hearing on Tuesday.
In fact, the federal police interviewed only four individuals, one of whom was former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, and they did not even attempt to get Trudeau’s testimony.
When the SNC-Lavalin affair erupted in 2019, the RCMP investigated whether Trudeau had breached any criminal laws in pressuring Wilson-Raybould to let the Montreal construction firm benefit from a deferred prosecution agreement to avoid a criminal prosecution.
The offences the RCMP was looking into were obstruction of justice and the intimidation of a justice system participant.
#Trudeau
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🏠💰Most Canadian mortgage owners concerned about payments, survey finds
A new survey found the majority of homeowners share concerns about making their mortgage payments due to increased interest rates.
67 per cent are worried about paying their mortgage once their next renewal comes up, while 69 per cent of homeowner respondents reported that their mortgage has been generally more challenging to pay in the last two years.
The data found that 24 per cent of surveyed homeowners considered downsizing their home, while 29 per cent considered refinancing their mortgage. Other major decisions included tightening other areas of their budget (54 per cent) or considering a switch to an alternative lender to help cover costs (17 per cent).
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A new survey found the majority of homeowners share concerns about making their mortgage payments due to increased interest rates.
67 per cent are worried about paying their mortgage once their next renewal comes up, while 69 per cent of homeowner respondents reported that their mortgage has been generally more challenging to pay in the last two years.
The data found that 24 per cent of surveyed homeowners considered downsizing their home, while 29 per cent considered refinancing their mortgage. Other major decisions included tightening other areas of their budget (54 per cent) or considering a switch to an alternative lender to help cover costs (17 per cent).
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House passes motion calling on Trudeau to recoup ArriveCan funds
Opposition parties teamed up Wednesday to pass a motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to collect and recoup, within 100 days, all funds paid to ArriveCan contractors and subcontractors that did no work.
The non-binding motion from Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre passed by a vote of 170 to 149, with only the Liberals voting against it.
The motion also calls on the federal government to table in the House by March 18 a report that details all direct and associated costs related to ArriveCan.
Among the line items the opposition parties want to see, but have yet to be revealed, are any bonuses given to public servants who worked on the app, any legal or research costs, and any adverting or public relations expenses.
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Opposition parties teamed up Wednesday to pass a motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to collect and recoup, within 100 days, all funds paid to ArriveCan contractors and subcontractors that did no work.
The non-binding motion from Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre passed by a vote of 170 to 149, with only the Liberals voting against it.
The motion also calls on the federal government to table in the House by March 18 a report that details all direct and associated costs related to ArriveCan.
Among the line items the opposition parties want to see, but have yet to be revealed, are any bonuses given to public servants who worked on the app, any legal or research costs, and any adverting or public relations expenses.
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💰Close to $1 billion drop in direct foreign investment in Greater Montreal in 2023
Montréal International, the organization responsible for attracting foreign investment to Greater Montreal, revealed that in 2023 there was $2.7 billion in direct foreign investment in Greater Montreal coming from 87 projects.
These projects, according to Montréal International led to the creation of close to six thousand jobs with an average salary of $97,500.
These investments of $2.7 billion, however, are down from $3.6 billion in 2022 and $3.8 billion in 2021.
Stéphane Paquet, the president and CEO of Montréal International, said this drop in investment is due to the current global economic context, notably a slow down in money invested in the information technology (IT) sector.
#Quebec
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Montréal International, the organization responsible for attracting foreign investment to Greater Montreal, revealed that in 2023 there was $2.7 billion in direct foreign investment in Greater Montreal coming from 87 projects.
These projects, according to Montréal International led to the creation of close to six thousand jobs with an average salary of $97,500.
These investments of $2.7 billion, however, are down from $3.6 billion in 2022 and $3.8 billion in 2021.
Stéphane Paquet, the president and CEO of Montréal International, said this drop in investment is due to the current global economic context, notably a slow down in money invested in the information technology (IT) sector.
#Quebec
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🇨🇦🇨🇳 Censored documents about Winnipeg scientists reveal threat to Canada’s security
Two scientists at Canada’s high-security infectious disease laboratory – Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng – provided confidential scientific information to China and were fired after a probe concluded she posed “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security” and it was discovered they engaged in clandestine meetings with Chinese officials, documents tabled in the House of Commons reveal.
The two infectious-disease scientists were escorted out of the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg in July, 2019, and later had their security clearances revoked. They were fired in January, 2021. Their whereabouts are not known.
On Wednesday, the government released records of the investigation into the two scientists that had been previously censored from public view. Opposition parties had united to demand the release of the documents after the government in 2021 released heavily redacted Public Health Agency of Canada documents that obscured the full story.
#China
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Two scientists at Canada’s high-security infectious disease laboratory – Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng – provided confidential scientific information to China and were fired after a probe concluded she posed “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security” and it was discovered they engaged in clandestine meetings with Chinese officials, documents tabled in the House of Commons reveal.
The two infectious-disease scientists were escorted out of the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg in July, 2019, and later had their security clearances revoked. They were fired in January, 2021. Their whereabouts are not known.
On Wednesday, the government released records of the investigation into the two scientists that had been previously censored from public view. Opposition parties had united to demand the release of the documents after the government in 2021 released heavily redacted Public Health Agency of Canada documents that obscured the full story.
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🇨🇦🇲🇽 Canada bringing back visa requirements for Mexican nationals to curb asylum seekers
The federal government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada. The new rules take effect on 11:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The U.S. government also has been asking Ottawa to bring back the visa requirement to curb a sharp increase in illegal crossings from Canada into the United States.
The new visa requirement is expected to affect roughly 40 per cent of all Mexican travellers to Canada.
#Mexico #US
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The federal government is reimposing some visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada. The new rules take effect on 11:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The U.S. government also has been asking Ottawa to bring back the visa requirement to curb a sharp increase in illegal crossings from Canada into the United States.
The new visa requirement is expected to affect roughly 40 per cent of all Mexican travellers to Canada.
#Mexico #US
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Brian Mulroney, former prime minister, is dead at 84
Brian Mulroney — who, as Canada's 18th prime minister, steered the country through a tumultuous period in national and world affairs — has died. He was 84.
his daughter Caroline Mulroney shared on X.
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Brian Mulroney — who, as Canada's 18th prime minister, steered the country through a tumultuous period in national and world affairs — has died. He was 84.
On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th Prime Minister. He died peacefully, surrounded by family.
his daughter Caroline Mulroney shared on X.
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🇨🇦🇺🇦Canada open to non-combat military training mission in Ukraine: Defence Minister
Defence Minster Bill Blair says Canada is open to sending Canadian troops on a non-combat mission to train Ukrainian troops within Ukraine.
The move would only occur away from the war’s front lines and in a clearly defined non-combat role, Mr. Blair said in an interview. He stressed the delicate nature of such a mission.
he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, when asked by reporters Feb. 27 about Canada sending troops to Ukraine, did not mention the possibility of training taking place directly in Ukraine.
Freeland said.
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Defence Minster Bill Blair says Canada is open to sending Canadian troops on a non-combat mission to train Ukrainian troops within Ukraine.
The move would only occur away from the war’s front lines and in a clearly defined non-combat role, Mr. Blair said in an interview. He stressed the delicate nature of such a mission.
It has to be done in a fairly careful and limited way, the possibility of delivering training.
he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, when asked by reporters Feb. 27 about Canada sending troops to Ukraine, did not mention the possibility of training taking place directly in Ukraine.
I have to emphasize the fact that our soldiers are there in Poland, and they’re directly working with Ukrainian soldiers.
Freeland said.
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Ottawa adds funding to CBC; broadcaster will get $1.4B budget
Canada's public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that a request to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's budget for the next fiscal year was one reason they announced layoffs for 10 per cent of staff.
Documents Canadian Heritage released on Thursday show CBC will get a $1.4-billion budget in 2024-25, an increase from the $1.3 billion it spent in the previous fiscal year. It's about a $90-million increase, documents say.
The broadcaster announced in December it would cut 800 jobs and $40 million from its production budget because of a $125-million projected shortfall for the coming fiscal year, which begins on April 1.
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Canada's public broadcaster is getting an increase in funding, despite executives insisting that a request to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's budget for the next fiscal year was one reason they announced layoffs for 10 per cent of staff.
Documents Canadian Heritage released on Thursday show CBC will get a $1.4-billion budget in 2024-25, an increase from the $1.3 billion it spent in the previous fiscal year. It's about a $90-million increase, documents say.
The broadcaster announced in December it would cut 800 jobs and $40 million from its production budget because of a $125-million projected shortfall for the coming fiscal year, which begins on April 1.
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💰Lawsuit over massive Veterans Affairs accounting error to cost Ottawa almost $1 billion
An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion, now that a Federal Court judge has signed off on a combined class-action settlement.
More than 272,000 former soldiers, sailors and aircrew — most of them elderly — were short-changed on pension and disability payments for almost eight years, starting in 2002.
VAC staff made the mistake by not factoring provincial tax credits for individuals into their calculations. The department discovered the error in 2010.
The oversight was fixed but officials decided at the time not to notify the affected veterans and not to offer reimbursement for the missed payments.
The affected veterans — who include some former members of the RCMP — sued and have now been awarded an additional $817 million on top of $165 million in compensation earmarked by the federal government.
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An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion, now that a Federal Court judge has signed off on a combined class-action settlement.
More than 272,000 former soldiers, sailors and aircrew — most of them elderly — were short-changed on pension and disability payments for almost eight years, starting in 2002.
VAC staff made the mistake by not factoring provincial tax credits for individuals into their calculations. The department discovered the error in 2010.
The oversight was fixed but officials decided at the time not to notify the affected veterans and not to offer reimbursement for the missed payments.
The affected veterans — who include some former members of the RCMP — sued and have now been awarded an additional $817 million on top of $165 million in compensation earmarked by the federal government.
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🌱🔌Canada to expedite approval of new nuclear projects, energy minister says
Canada will expedite the approval process for new nuclear projects, but will not exclude them from the federal environmental review as requested by the province of Ontario, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said.
All new major projects in Canada, including nuclear reactors, have to be reviewed under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), which the government has promised to revise this spring after the Supreme Court last year ruled it overstepped into provincial jurisdiction.
Canada is the world's second-largest uranium producer, but the long regulatory process has resulted in miners like NexGen Energy having to wait seven years and counting to build the world's largest uranium mine in Saskatchewan.
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Canada will expedite the approval process for new nuclear projects, but will not exclude them from the federal environmental review as requested by the province of Ontario, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said.
All new major projects in Canada, including nuclear reactors, have to be reviewed under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), which the government has promised to revise this spring after the Supreme Court last year ruled it overstepped into provincial jurisdiction.
Canada is the world's second-largest uranium producer, but the long regulatory process has resulted in miners like NexGen Energy having to wait seven years and counting to build the world's largest uranium mine in Saskatchewan.
#energy
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🇨🇦🇨🇳 Poilievre claims Trudeau is covering up lapses at high-security lab
During a Thursday news conference Trudeau was asked how scientists working on high-security viruses at the Winnipeg-based National Microbiology Lab were able to collaborate with the People's Republic of China.
After a years-long fight for access, the federal government dumped hundreds of pages of documents about the dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng. The two were marched out of the facility in July 2019 and were stripped of their security clearances. Their dismissals were announced in January 2021.
The documents show Canada's intelligence agency conducted multiple security screenings and determined Qiu "intentionally" shared scientific information with China, potentially putting people's health in jeopardy.
Earlier Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference, accusing Trudeau of allowing China to "infiltrate" Canada and covering it up by delaying the release of the documents.
#Poilievre #Trudeau #China
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During a Thursday news conference Trudeau was asked how scientists working on high-security viruses at the Winnipeg-based National Microbiology Lab were able to collaborate with the People's Republic of China.
After a years-long fight for access, the federal government dumped hundreds of pages of documents about the dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng. The two were marched out of the facility in July 2019 and were stripped of their security clearances. Their dismissals were announced in January 2021.
The documents show Canada's intelligence agency conducted multiple security screenings and determined Qiu "intentionally" shared scientific information with China, potentially putting people's health in jeopardy.
Earlier Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference, accusing Trudeau of allowing China to "infiltrate" Canada and covering it up by delaying the release of the documents.
#Poilievre #Trudeau #China
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Ottawa says it will bypass Quebec's immigration cap to speed up family reunification
After several months of asking the Quebec government to increase its family reunification capacity, Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says it's time for his government to pull rank.
Miller says his ministry will begin issuing permanent residence permits to those looking to unite with their loved ones in Quebec, regardless of the province's self-imposed cap on applicants, which he describes as "artificially low."
Miller said.
Quebec's family reunification envelope is capped at around 10,000 applicants per year.
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After several months of asking the Quebec government to increase its family reunification capacity, Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says it's time for his government to pull rank.
Miller says his ministry will begin issuing permanent residence permits to those looking to unite with their loved ones in Quebec, regardless of the province's self-imposed cap on applicants, which he describes as "artificially low."
We're talking about people who are husbands, wives, parents, grandparents, who are waiting unsuccessfully to be reunited with their families in Quebec.
Miller said.
Quebec's family reunification envelope is capped at around 10,000 applicants per year.
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💰Two-thirds of Canadians oppose April 1st carbon tax increase: poll
Over two-thirds of Canadians oppose the Trudeau Liberals’ planned increase to the federal carbon tax, suggests new numbers released this week by Leger.
Canadians will see another hike to the federal carbon tax on April 1, with the levy increasing to 17 cents per litre of gasoline, 21 cents per litre of diesel, and 15 cents per cubic metre of natural gas.
🔹69 per cent of respondents said they’re not in support of increasing the federal carbon tax. Three-quarters of rural respondents were opposed, along with 70 per cent of suburban and 63 per cent of urban respondents.
🔹Of the 31 per cent who were in favour of the April 1 increase, most were between the ages of 18 and 34, and lived in urban areas.
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Over two-thirds of Canadians oppose the Trudeau Liberals’ planned increase to the federal carbon tax, suggests new numbers released this week by Leger.
Canadians will see another hike to the federal carbon tax on April 1, with the levy increasing to 17 cents per litre of gasoline, 21 cents per litre of diesel, and 15 cents per cubic metre of natural gas.
🔹69 per cent of respondents said they’re not in support of increasing the federal carbon tax. Three-quarters of rural respondents were opposed, along with 70 per cent of suburban and 63 per cent of urban respondents.
🔹Of the 31 per cent who were in favour of the April 1 increase, most were between the ages of 18 and 34, and lived in urban areas.
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💰Ottawa to table 2024 budget on April 16
The federal government will table its 2024 budget on April 16, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
Freeland said in a news release Monday the budget will be released at 4 p.m. Eastern that day.
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The federal government will table its 2024 budget on April 16, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
Freeland said in a news release Monday the budget will be released at 4 p.m. Eastern that day.
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💉Alberta drug deaths soar to highest level ever recorded
Alberta is expected to break another annual record for toxic drug crisis deaths, with nearly 1,700 recorded in the first 10 months of last year.
If the figures from the last two months of the year continue at this pace, 2023 will surpass the previous deadliest year of the province’s toxic drug crisis, 2021, when 1,869 fatal drug poisonings were recorded. (There were only about 1,500 drug fatalities in the first 10 months of 2021.)
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Alberta is expected to break another annual record for toxic drug crisis deaths, with nearly 1,700 recorded in the first 10 months of last year.
If the figures from the last two months of the year continue at this pace, 2023 will surpass the previous deadliest year of the province’s toxic drug crisis, 2021, when 1,869 fatal drug poisonings were recorded. (There were only about 1,500 drug fatalities in the first 10 months of 2021.)
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60% of Canadians believe Ottawa should balance the budget, but only 25% believe that the federal government should reduce spending
🔹Internal government polls, from July through to the beginning of October, found nearly 60 per cent of Canadians believe Ottawa should balance the budget.
🔹The government’s internal polling found barely one in four say the government should reduce overall spending.
🔹The polling showed strong support — 42.5 per cent — to increase spending on housing even if that means rising deficits.
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🔹Internal government polls, from July through to the beginning of October, found nearly 60 per cent of Canadians believe Ottawa should balance the budget.
🔹The government’s internal polling found barely one in four say the government should reduce overall spending.
🔹The polling showed strong support — 42.5 per cent — to increase spending on housing even if that means rising deficits.
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🇨🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱Canadian government will resume funding to United Nations relief agency for Palestinians: source
The federal government is resuming funding to UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians.
In addition to going ahead with a scheduled payment in April of $25 million, Canada's international development minister also intends to announce new funding, according to a senior government official.
The Canadian government announced a pause on funding in January after Israel alleged that 12 employees of UNRWA were involved in some capacity in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
UNRWA moved quickly to fire the 12 staff members on Jan. 26, as soon as Israel made its allegations.
#Palestine #Israel
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The federal government is resuming funding to UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians.
In addition to going ahead with a scheduled payment in April of $25 million, Canada's international development minister also intends to announce new funding, according to a senior government official.
The Canadian government announced a pause on funding in January after Israel alleged that 12 employees of UNRWA were involved in some capacity in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
UNRWA moved quickly to fire the 12 staff members on Jan. 26, as soon as Israel made its allegations.
#Palestine #Israel
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PQ leader wants Quebec referendum on immigration
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is urging Quebec Premier François Legault to hold a referendum on immigration in order to end a jurisdictional impasse with Ottawa.
St-Pierre Plamondon even went so far on Tuesday as to suggest the wording of the referendum question: Do you believe Quebec should decide for itself regarding immigration planning in Quebec?
The leader’s suggestion follows the latest public confrontation between Quebec and Ottawa over the issue.
On Monday, federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he had instructed his bureaucrats to proceed with the settling of 20,500 family reunification files, even though Quebec has placed an annual ceiling on such forms of immigration to 10,000.
#Quebec #immigration
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Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is urging Quebec Premier François Legault to hold a referendum on immigration in order to end a jurisdictional impasse with Ottawa.
St-Pierre Plamondon even went so far on Tuesday as to suggest the wording of the referendum question: Do you believe Quebec should decide for itself regarding immigration planning in Quebec?
The leader’s suggestion follows the latest public confrontation between Quebec and Ottawa over the issue.
On Monday, federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he had instructed his bureaucrats to proceed with the settling of 20,500 family reunification files, even though Quebec has placed an annual ceiling on such forms of immigration to 10,000.
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