🇨🇦🇮🇱Olivia Chow skips Toronto's Israeli flag raising event as 'it's a bit divisive'
An Israeli flag raising ceremony to mark the country’s independence on Tuesday was not attended by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, who called the event “divisive” in a statement.
#Israel #Palestine
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An Israeli flag raising ceremony to mark the country’s independence on Tuesday was not attended by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, who called the event “divisive” in a statement.
#Israel #Palestine
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National Post
Olivia Chow skips Toronto's Israeli flag raising event as 'it's a bit divisive'
An Israeli flag raising ceremony to mark the country’s independence on Tuesday was not attended by Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, who called the event “divisive” in a statement.
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💉Canada Post was wrong to suspend unvaccinated remote workers during COVID, arbitrator rules
A labour arbitrator has struck down part of Canada Post’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for employees, ruling it was unreasonable to suspend staff without pay who worked remotely simply because they did not confirm they were vaccinated.
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A labour arbitrator has struck down part of Canada Post’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for employees, ruling it was unreasonable to suspend staff without pay who worked remotely simply because they did not confirm they were vaccinated.
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National Post
Canada Post was wrong to suspend unvaccinated remote workers during COVID, arbitrator rules
OTTAWA — A labour arbitrator has struck down part of Canada Post’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for employees, ruling it was unreasonable to suspend staff without pay who worked remotely simply because they did not confirm they were vaccinated.
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CRTC won’t implement online streaming act until late 2025
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will delay implementing the online streaming act until late 2025. However, the commission plans to continue consultations into 2026.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will delay implementing the online streaming act until late 2025. However, the commission plans to continue consultations into 2026.
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MobileSyrup
CRTC won't implement online streaming act until late 2025
The CRTC is pushing back the implementation of Bill C-11, the online streaming act, until late 2025 while it continues consultations.
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📈 Immigration to Canada surges in April, worsening outlook for housing affordability
The working-age population (aged 15 and over) rose by over 100,000 in April, bringing the total to over 410,000 after 4 months in 2024. This represents a sharp acceleration (+47%) on the 278,000 increase recorded in the first four months of 2023.
In Greater Toronto, where population growth reached a record 107,000 at the start of the year, the acceleration is 66% compared to the growth seen in 2023. Greater Montreal and Greater Vancouver have not been left behind since the start of 2024, with growth more than double that seen in 2023.
#immigration
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The working-age population (aged 15 and over) rose by over 100,000 in April, bringing the total to over 410,000 after 4 months in 2024. This represents a sharp acceleration (+47%) on the 278,000 increase recorded in the first four months of 2023.
In Greater Toronto, where population growth reached a record 107,000 at the start of the year, the acceleration is 66% compared to the growth seen in 2023. Greater Montreal and Greater Vancouver have not been left behind since the start of 2024, with growth more than double that seen in 2023.
#immigration
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The Globe and Mail
Immigration to Canada surges in April, worsening outlook for housing affordability
Plus, BMO hikes target on the TSX
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🇨🇦📱🇨🇳Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them
The head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians against using TikTok.
CSIS director David Vigneault.
Do you have a total ban on TikTok on your 2024 bingo card?
#China
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The head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians against using TikTok.
My answer as director of [the Canadian Security Intelligence Service] is that there is a very clear strategy on the part of the government of China ... to be able to acquire ... personal information from anyone around the world. As an individual, I would say that I would absolutely not recommend someone have TikTok.
CSIS director David Vigneault.
Do you have a total ban on TikTok on your 2024 bingo card?
#China
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CBC
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them | CBC News
In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok.
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💸Cost of Canada's COP28 climate conference attendance, featuring rapper, hits $3M
In March, the National Post reported that Canada had spent nearly $1.4 million to attend the 28th United Nations climate change conference, commonly known as COP28, that took place in Dubai last year from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.
This week, updated numbers were released, putting the cost to fly and lodge 182 government-sponsored delegates closer to $3 million.
What about all that CO2 emitted to get to Dubai? Didn't Trudeau tell us we were in a climate emergency?
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In March, the National Post reported that Canada had spent nearly $1.4 million to attend the 28th United Nations climate change conference, commonly known as COP28, that took place in Dubai last year from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12.
This week, updated numbers were released, putting the cost to fly and lodge 182 government-sponsored delegates closer to $3 million.
What about all that CO2 emitted to get to Dubai? Didn't Trudeau tell us we were in a climate emergency?
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National Post
Cost of Canada's COP28 climate conference attendance, featuring rapper, hits $3M
Newly released figures have more than doubled what the government spent to attend a high-profile UN climate change summit last year.
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💉Head of Toronto health board concedes drug decriminalization effort won’t succeed
Toronto’s attempt to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs has no hope of success, the head of the city’s health board conceded Thursday, because Ottawa is unwilling to consider an application opposed by the provincial government.
#Ontario
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Toronto’s attempt to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs has no hope of success, the head of the city’s health board conceded Thursday, because Ottawa is unwilling to consider an application opposed by the provincial government.
#Ontario
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The Globe and Mail
Ontario warns Toronto to drop drug decriminalization request
Province’s Minister of Health says unspecified ‘accountability measures’ are coming for supervised injection sites
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🏠 Home building lags despite record number of construction workers
The number of construction workers in Canada hit a record in 2023, but housing production failed to follow suit, falling short of its potential output by a significant margin.
There were approximately 650,000 workers in the construction sector last year, but housing starts only totalled 240,267, below the 400,000 that could have been built if those workers were used to capacity.
And authorities said migrants would help solve the housing crisis. They lied, as usual.
#housing
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The number of construction workers in Canada hit a record in 2023, but housing production failed to follow suit, falling short of its potential output by a significant margin.
There were approximately 650,000 workers in the construction sector last year, but housing starts only totalled 240,267, below the 400,000 that could have been built if those workers were used to capacity.
And authorities said migrants would help solve the housing crisis. They lied, as usual.
#housing
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Financial Post
Home building lags despite record number of construction workers, CMHC finds
The number of construction workers in Canada hit a record in 2023, but housing production failed to follow suit, falling short of its potential output by a significant margin, a report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has found.
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🚫🚬Next generation of Prince Edward Islanders could be hit with tobacco ban
The Prince Edward Island government is hoping a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date will help create a new generation of smoke-free Islanders.
If the idea turns into action, the government would select a watershed year, and anyone born after it would be prohibited from ever legally buying tobacco products on P.E.I.
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The Prince Edward Island government is hoping a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date will help create a new generation of smoke-free Islanders.
If the idea turns into action, the government would select a watershed year, and anyone born after it would be prohibited from ever legally buying tobacco products on P.E.I.
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CBC
Next generation of Prince Edward Islanders could be hit with tobacco ban — no ifs, ands or butts | CBC News
The P.E.I. government is hoping a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date will help create a new generation of smoke-free Islanders.
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In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach
Some provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains.
The phenomenon has prompted at least one province to build a new storage facility. Demand for memorial fundraisers has surged. The overall cost of a funeral in Canada at the top end has increased to about $8,800 from about $6,000 in 1998, according to industry trade group estimates.
In Ontario, Canada's most populous province, the number of unclaimed dead bodies rose to 1,183 in 2023 from 242 in 2013.
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Some provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains.
The phenomenon has prompted at least one province to build a new storage facility. Demand for memorial fundraisers has surged. The overall cost of a funeral in Canada at the top end has increased to about $8,800 from about $6,000 in 1998, according to industry trade group estimates.
In Ontario, Canada's most populous province, the number of unclaimed dead bodies rose to 1,183 in 2023 from 242 in 2013.
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Reuters
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach
"I've never seen the number of unclaimed remains that currently exist," one funeral-home owner said.
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🏳️🌈🚫Alberta premier, UCP banned from 2024 Pride events
A group representing 14 Pride societies in Alberta has banned the United Conservative Party and Premier Danielle Smith from 2024 Pride events.
It's like banning meat eaters from vegan fests.
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A group representing 14 Pride societies in Alberta has banned the United Conservative Party and Premier Danielle Smith from 2024 Pride events.
It's like banning meat eaters from vegan fests.
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CBC
Alberta premier, UCP banned from 2024 Pride events | CBC News
A group representing 14 Pride societies in Alberta has banned the United Conservative Party and Premier Danielle Smith from 2024 Pride events, citing promised changes to the province's gender policies for children and youth.
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🇨🇦🇮🇳Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule
Hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after Prince Edward Island changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the province doesn't review its latest immigration policy.
They forget that studying in Canada as a foreign student is a privilege, not a right.
#Canada #India
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Hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after Prince Edward Island changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the province doesn't review its latest immigration policy.
They forget that studying in Canada as a foreign student is a privilege, not a right.
#Canada #India
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India Today
Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule
In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn't…
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📉 Inflation cooled to 2.7% in April as food price growth slowed
Canada's consumer price index cooled to 2.7 per cent in April, down from 2.9 per cent in March, led by the slower growth of food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Though food prices still rose in April, they did so at a slower pace of 1.4 per cent compared to 1.9 per cent in March.
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Canada's consumer price index cooled to 2.7 per cent in April, down from 2.9 per cent in March, led by the slower growth of food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Though food prices still rose in April, they did so at a slower pace of 1.4 per cent compared to 1.9 per cent in March.
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CBC
Inflation cooled to 2.7% in April as food price growth slowed | CBC News
Canada's consumer price index cooled to 2.7 per cent in April, down from 2.9 per cent in March, led by a decline in the growth of food prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
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💸Ottawa borrowed heavily without locking in at low rates
This year $414 billion in debt will be refinanced at higher interest rates.
Canada has just over $1.4 trillion in debt — more than double the $619 billion owed in the Liberal government’s first year — borrowed using bonds ranging between two and 30 years.
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This year $414 billion in debt will be refinanced at higher interest rates.
Canada has just over $1.4 trillion in debt — more than double the $619 billion owed in the Liberal government’s first year — borrowed using bonds ranging between two and 30 years.
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National Post
Ottawa borrowed heavily without locking in at low rates. The refinancing is getting painful
OTTAWA — One-third of Canada’s debt will be refinanced this year at elevated interest rates, a significant cost to taxpayers that Conservatives argue could have been avoided if the government had issued more of the country’s debt in the form of long-term…
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Conservatives call for Speaker to resign over planned partisan event
Speaker Greg Fergus is facing criticism over anti-Conservative language in an ad for an upcoming partisan event in his riding — and the Conservatives are calling again for him to resign from his position as a neutral arbiter of House of Commons proceedings.
Conservative MP Chris Warkentin says an online posting for "A Summer Evening with the Honourable Greg Fergus" includes a line that takes aim at leader Pierre Poilievre — accusing him of pursuing Conservative policies "that would risk our health, safety and pocketbooks" while promoting a Liberal plan to "grow an economy that works for everyone."
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Speaker Greg Fergus is facing criticism over anti-Conservative language in an ad for an upcoming partisan event in his riding — and the Conservatives are calling again for him to resign from his position as a neutral arbiter of House of Commons proceedings.
Conservative MP Chris Warkentin says an online posting for "A Summer Evening with the Honourable Greg Fergus" includes a line that takes aim at leader Pierre Poilievre — accusing him of pursuing Conservative policies "that would risk our health, safety and pocketbooks" while promoting a Liberal plan to "grow an economy that works for everyone."
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CBC
Conservatives call for Speaker to resign over planned partisan event | CBC News
Speaker Greg Fergus is facing criticism for anti-Conservative language used in an ad for an upcoming partisan event in his riding — and there are renewed calls for him to resign from his position as a neutral arbiter of House of Commons proceedings.
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More Canadian businesses implementing 4-day workweeks, study says
There has been a 34 per cent increase in the number of Canadian businesses implementing four-day schedules in the past year alone.
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There has been a 34 per cent increase in the number of Canadian businesses implementing four-day schedules in the past year alone.
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Financial Post
More Canadian businesses implementing 4-day workweeks, study says
It seems that more Canadian workplaces are shifting to a four-day workweek, a concept that just a few years ago was unheard of in North America.
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Alberta drug deaths hit record high in 2023
A total of 2,052 Albertans died from January to December of drug poisoning. Deaths jumped nearly 17 per cent over 2022, and are nearly 9 per cent over 2021's previous high of 1,885 deaths.
#Alberta
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A total of 2,052 Albertans died from January to December of drug poisoning. Deaths jumped nearly 17 per cent over 2022, and are nearly 9 per cent over 2021's previous high of 1,885 deaths.
#Alberta
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edmontonjournal
Alberta drug deaths hit record high in 2023
A total of 2,052 Albertans died from January to December, including 743 in Edmonton and 629 in Calgary.
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✏️ Just over half (52%) of Canadians agree that foreign governments have interfered significantly in recent elections.
Only 44% express confidence that the inquiry led by Justice Hogue into foreign government interference will get to the bottom of what has been going on.
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Only 44% express confidence that the inquiry led by Justice Hogue into foreign government interference will get to the bottom of what has been going on.
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Ipsos
Half (52%) of Canadians Believe Foreign Governments Have Significantly Interfered in Canadian Elections
There is division on whether the issue is overblown or not, with 37% agreeing that the allegations have been exaggerated and 41% disagreeing.
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🚶♀️Young people in Canada are trading Toronto for cheaper suburbs and cities
Every major city in Ontario recorded a net loss from interprovincial migration for the second year in a row, according to Statistics Canada data.
Toronto lost some 93,000 people to satellite cities and other parts of the province in a year. More than 16,000 moved to other provinces.
Not at all surprising.
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Every major city in Ontario recorded a net loss from interprovincial migration for the second year in a row, according to Statistics Canada data.
Toronto lost some 93,000 people to satellite cities and other parts of the province in a year. More than 16,000 moved to other provinces.
Not at all surprising.
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Bloomberg.com
Young People in Canada Are Trading Toronto for Cheaper Suburbs and Cities
Skyrocketing housing prices appear to be fueling a growing Canadian migration pattern: Young families and early-career workers are abandoning expensive cities for affordable homes in cheaper regions.
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Ottawa to make pathway for newcomers who lack official status, speed up deportations
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures.
Trudeau told reporters.
#immigration
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures.
People who aren’t here regularly need to be supported and taken care of. There needs to be either a pathway towards regularization and citizenship, which I know the (immigration) minister is working on. In some cases, we need to accelerate deportation proceedings.
Trudeau told reporters.
#immigration
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Toronto Star
Ottawa to make pathway for newcomers who lack official status, speed up deportations
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up
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💰Military's former head of HR sues government, others for millions over handling of misconduct claim
Claiming they destroyed his career to score political points after he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is suing his accuser, the federal government, Canada's top soldier and other military officials for $10 million in damages.
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Claiming they destroyed his career to score political points after he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is suing his accuser, the federal government, Canada's top soldier and other military officials for $10 million in damages.
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CBC
Military's former head of HR sues government, others for millions over handling of misconduct claim | CBC News
Claiming they destroyed his career to score political points after he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan is suing the federal government, Canada's top soldier and other military officials for $10…
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