💰Ex-bureaucrat pleads guilty to stealing $47.4M from Ontario government, gets 10 years in prison
A former bureaucrat accused of embezzling public funds has pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the Ontario government.
The Ministry of the Attorney General says a judge sentenced Sanjay Madan to ten years in prison on Tuesday after a joint submission from the defence and the Crown.
Madan had faced two counts of fraud over $5,000 and two counts of breach of trust after he was accused of stealing nearly $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
The ministry said he was also accused of and pleaded guilty to stealing more than $36 million from the government through kickbacks from 2011 to 2020.
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A former bureaucrat accused of embezzling public funds has pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the Ontario government.
The Ministry of the Attorney General says a judge sentenced Sanjay Madan to ten years in prison on Tuesday after a joint submission from the defence and the Crown.
Madan had faced two counts of fraud over $5,000 and two counts of breach of trust after he was accused of stealing nearly $11 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
The ministry said he was also accused of and pleaded guilty to stealing more than $36 million from the government through kickbacks from 2011 to 2020.
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Canada introduced a bill that implies criminal liability and a fine of $25,000 for offensive speech and protests against LGBT community
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Toronto food banks are at 'breaking point,' says Daily Bread CEO, calling on province to boost social supports
More people visited Daily Bread Food Bank locations in March than at any time in the charity's 40-year history, its CEO said Tuesday while calling on the province to do more to help people fight the high price of groceries.
Prior to the pandemic, the network of 128 food banks across the Greater Toronto Area saw about 65,000 clients a month. In March, that number more than quadrupled to 270,000. The charity is also now spending $1.8 million a month on food. Before the onset of COVID-19, it spent $1.5 million a year.
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More people visited Daily Bread Food Bank locations in March than at any time in the charity's 40-year history, its CEO said Tuesday while calling on the province to do more to help people fight the high price of groceries.
Prior to the pandemic, the network of 128 food banks across the Greater Toronto Area saw about 65,000 clients a month. In March, that number more than quadrupled to 270,000. The charity is also now spending $1.8 million a month on food. Before the onset of COVID-19, it spent $1.5 million a year.
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RCMP investigating 4 homicides connected to 'drug subculture' in northern B.C. city
RCMP in Prince George, a city in northern B.C. located about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver, are investigating their fourth homicide in less than two months.
Investigators believe all four deaths are "related to the drug subculture in Prince George," according to RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper.
She said although the violence has been directed at people involved in the drug trade, there is also a threat to public safety.
"We are advising the public that those responsible for these crimes are violent and do not hold public safety in any regard."
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RCMP in Prince George, a city in northern B.C. located about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver, are investigating their fourth homicide in less than two months.
Investigators believe all four deaths are "related to the drug subculture in Prince George," according to RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper.
She said although the violence has been directed at people involved in the drug trade, there is also a threat to public safety.
"We are advising the public that those responsible for these crimes are violent and do not hold public safety in any regard."
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💨Alarming rates of vaping revealed amongst Canadian teens
Researchers found 26 per cent of high school students have vaped in the past month, and 12 per cent of them reported having exclusively smoked vapes containing nicotine.
In terms of age as a factor, students in grades 10 and 11 showed a higher rate of nicotine vaping compared to those in Grade 9. However, students in Grade 9 were more likely to vape with both nicotine and nicotine-free vapes than students in grades 11 and 12.
These findings are important, according to one of the researchers, as understanding the differences amongst the categorized groups of teens who vape can aid policy-makers to implement more targeted interventions based on factors such as age or gender.
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Researchers found 26 per cent of high school students have vaped in the past month, and 12 per cent of them reported having exclusively smoked vapes containing nicotine.
In terms of age as a factor, students in grades 10 and 11 showed a higher rate of nicotine vaping compared to those in Grade 9. However, students in Grade 9 were more likely to vape with both nicotine and nicotine-free vapes than students in grades 11 and 12.
These findings are important, according to one of the researchers, as understanding the differences amongst the categorized groups of teens who vape can aid policy-makers to implement more targeted interventions based on factors such as age or gender.
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Hundreds of thousands lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec
Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 800,000 people, officials reported.
Quebec's power utility said shortly after 5 p.m. that more than 676,000 of its 4.5 million customers had no electricity as much of the province remained under a freezing rain warning.
In Montreal, more than 316,000 customers had lost power, while 171,000 people were hit with outages in the Montérégie region, south of the city.
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Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 800,000 people, officials reported.
Quebec's power utility said shortly after 5 p.m. that more than 676,000 of its 4.5 million customers had no electricity as much of the province remained under a freezing rain warning.
In Montreal, more than 316,000 customers had lost power, while 171,000 people were hit with outages in the Montérégie region, south of the city.
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🏠 Protesters call on Nova Scotia government to protect renters, expand public housing
Protesters held a housing justice rally outside of Province House in Halifax on Wednesday. The protesters called for an end to fixed-term leases and for more public housing.
People carried signs with slogans including “Everybody Deserves Housing” and “The System is Broken” as speakers denounced what they say is lack of action by successive provincial governments.
In an interview before the rally, organizer Sam Krawec, said the protesters were calling for more social housing, an end to fixed-term leases and permanent rent control.
The Progressive Conservative budget tabled last month allotted $21.6 million in additional rent subsidy payments, representing about 1,000 more people who could get help.
Another $8.2 million was set aside for emergency and overnight shelters but Krawec noted there is no new money for public housing.
“We need 30,000 new units of social housing to address … housing needs, we need to legislate rent control permanently at three per cent every year and end fixed-term leases, we need to close the fixed - term loophole so that landlords fulfil their obligations for tenants.”
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Protesters held a housing justice rally outside of Province House in Halifax on Wednesday. The protesters called for an end to fixed-term leases and for more public housing.
People carried signs with slogans including “Everybody Deserves Housing” and “The System is Broken” as speakers denounced what they say is lack of action by successive provincial governments.
In an interview before the rally, organizer Sam Krawec, said the protesters were calling for more social housing, an end to fixed-term leases and permanent rent control.
The Progressive Conservative budget tabled last month allotted $21.6 million in additional rent subsidy payments, representing about 1,000 more people who could get help.
Another $8.2 million was set aside for emergency and overnight shelters but Krawec noted there is no new money for public housing.
“We need 30,000 new units of social housing to address … housing needs, we need to legislate rent control permanently at three per cent every year and end fixed-term leases, we need to close the fixed - term loophole so that landlords fulfil their obligations for tenants.”
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🏠 Ontario to introduce new housing legislation
Ontario will introduce new housing legislation on Thursday afternoon that officials say will outline the “latest steps” the government is taking to reach its goal of building 1.5 million homes by 2031.
▪️Part of the legislation will include changes meant to protect renters from so-called reconvictions. If passed, landlords will be required to give tenants a 60-day grace period to move back in once renovations are complete at the same rent they were paying before.
▪️If a landlord doesn’t allow the tenant to move back in at the same rate, the tenant would have two years after moving out or six months after the renovations are completed to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board.
▪️About $6.5 million will be invested in 40 adjudicated, as well as give additional staff, to improve services and decision timeframes at the landlord and Tenant Board.
▪️As part of the legislation, the government is also proposing to double fines for offences under the Residential Tenancies Act to $100,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations.
▪️Renters will also gain new rights to install air conditioning.
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Ontario will introduce new housing legislation on Thursday afternoon that officials say will outline the “latest steps” the government is taking to reach its goal of building 1.5 million homes by 2031.
▪️Part of the legislation will include changes meant to protect renters from so-called reconvictions. If passed, landlords will be required to give tenants a 60-day grace period to move back in once renovations are complete at the same rent they were paying before.
▪️If a landlord doesn’t allow the tenant to move back in at the same rate, the tenant would have two years after moving out or six months after the renovations are completed to apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board.
▪️About $6.5 million will be invested in 40 adjudicated, as well as give additional staff, to improve services and decision timeframes at the landlord and Tenant Board.
▪️As part of the legislation, the government is also proposing to double fines for offences under the Residential Tenancies Act to $100,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations.
▪️Renters will also gain new rights to install air conditioning.
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🩺 Health authorities spent $100M on travel nurse contracts in past year
Newfoundland and Labrador's regional health authorities have spent around $100 million on private agency nurse contracts in the past year. 8 contracts for out-of-province agencies show recruitment and retention efforts are failing.
Not including tax, the total works out to more than a quarter-million dollars — $266,438.36 — per day, every day, spent on travel nurses since April 2022.
NDP Leader Jim Dinn suggested that at least some of the $100 million could have been used to improve provincial retention.
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Newfoundland and Labrador's regional health authorities have spent around $100 million on private agency nurse contracts in the past year. 8 contracts for out-of-province agencies show recruitment and retention efforts are failing.
Not including tax, the total works out to more than a quarter-million dollars — $266,438.36 — per day, every day, spent on travel nurses since April 2022.
NDP Leader Jim Dinn suggested that at least some of the $100 million could have been used to improve provincial retention.
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Quebec to ban prayer rooms in public schools, only 'silent' praying allowed
Bernard Drainville told reporters he has learned of at least two Laval schools that have permitted students to gather for prayer.
Drainville says he will issue the directive to all school service centres, adding that prayer rooms in schools are not compatible with official secularism.
The minister, however, isn’t prohibiting prayer altogether, saying that students who want to pray should do so “discreetly” and “silently.”
Drainville’s position has evolved in the past 24 hours — on Tuesday he told schools not to reserve rooms for a single religion and to ensure prayer spaces respected gender equality.
But he changed his mind after the Parti Québécois called for a stronger directive from the Education Department to avoid prayer rooms cropping up across the province.
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Bernard Drainville told reporters he has learned of at least two Laval schools that have permitted students to gather for prayer.
Drainville says he will issue the directive to all school service centres, adding that prayer rooms in schools are not compatible with official secularism.
The minister, however, isn’t prohibiting prayer altogether, saying that students who want to pray should do so “discreetly” and “silently.”
Drainville’s position has evolved in the past 24 hours — on Tuesday he told schools not to reserve rooms for a single religion and to ensure prayer spaces respected gender equality.
But he changed his mind after the Parti Québécois called for a stronger directive from the Education Department to avoid prayer rooms cropping up across the province.
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City reached 'turning point' in dealing with East Hastings Street encampment
The premier and Vancouver's top officials defended their approach to Wednesday's takedown of the Downtown Eastside tent encampment with police enforcement, insisting safety issues had escalated to the point they had to act.
Ongoing fires in and around the tents, escalating violence, and reported sexual assaults of women were all repeatedly cited by officials, who described the remaining campers as entrenched and unwilling to leave despite multiple offers of shelter spaces.
“We need to restore Hastings as a street that is safe and welcoming to everyone,” said Mayor Ken Sim.
The chiefs of Vancouver's police and fire departments, the city manager and the mayor held a news conference at city hall as the tent clearing was underway.
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The premier and Vancouver's top officials defended their approach to Wednesday's takedown of the Downtown Eastside tent encampment with police enforcement, insisting safety issues had escalated to the point they had to act.
Ongoing fires in and around the tents, escalating violence, and reported sexual assaults of women were all repeatedly cited by officials, who described the remaining campers as entrenched and unwilling to leave despite multiple offers of shelter spaces.
“We need to restore Hastings as a street that is safe and welcoming to everyone,” said Mayor Ken Sim.
The chiefs of Vancouver's police and fire departments, the city manager and the mayor held a news conference at city hall as the tent clearing was underway.
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🇸🇾RCMP arrests two women after they return to Canada from ISIS camps in Syria
Two Ontario women were arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects.
Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad were arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon arriving at Montreal airport.
They were then flown to Ontario and appeared by teleconference in a courtroom in Brampton, Ont., north of Toronto. The women were among four the Canadian government brought out of Syria on Wednesday, along with their children.
They do not face any criminal charges. Peace bonds impose a list of conditions on suspects that can include wearing an ankle bracelet and taking part in a de-radicalization program.
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Two Ontario women were arrested on terrorism allegations on Thursday after returning to Canada from camps in Syria for captured ISIS suspects.
Dure Ahmed and Ammara Amjad were arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon arriving at Montreal airport.
They were then flown to Ontario and appeared by teleconference in a courtroom in Brampton, Ont., north of Toronto. The women were among four the Canadian government brought out of Syria on Wednesday, along with their children.
They do not face any criminal charges. Peace bonds impose a list of conditions on suspects that can include wearing an ankle bracelet and taking part in a de-radicalization program.
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🇨🇦🇺🇸 Roxham Road quiets down after U.S. Canada deal on asylum seekers
▪️Officials say the massive wave of would-be refugees crossing into Canada has slowed significantly since the end of March, when the government negotiated a deal with the United States to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings like Roxham Road — closing a long-standing loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement.
▪️That agreement assumes that Canada and the U.S. are "safe" countries for would-be refugees. It also forces asylum seekers to apply for refugee status in the first country they enter — Canada or the U.S. — and prohibits them from crossing the border to file a claim.
▪️Now that asylum seekers are blocked from using that road, they will likely try to enter Canada through other spots along the 9,000-kilometre border that separates the two countries, refugee advocacy groups expect.
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▪️Officials say the massive wave of would-be refugees crossing into Canada has slowed significantly since the end of March, when the government negotiated a deal with the United States to turn away asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings like Roxham Road — closing a long-standing loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement.
▪️That agreement assumes that Canada and the U.S. are "safe" countries for would-be refugees. It also forces asylum seekers to apply for refugee status in the first country they enter — Canada or the U.S. — and prohibits them from crossing the border to file a claim.
▪️Now that asylum seekers are blocked from using that road, they will likely try to enter Canada through other spots along the 9,000-kilometre border that separates the two countries, refugee advocacy groups expect.
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Two men arrested, 90 kg of cocaine seized in undercover bust
Calgary police have seized more than 90 kilograms of cocaine and arrested two men after a four-month investigation into an alleged drug trafficker.
Investigators received information in October about a person believed to be involved in a cross-Canada drug trafficking operation.
Two vehicles travelling to Calgary from Vancouver were stopped in February and found to have the cocaine inside hidden compartments.
Two men are charged with two counts each of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. They are scheduled to appear in court April 14.
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Calgary police have seized more than 90 kilograms of cocaine and arrested two men after a four-month investigation into an alleged drug trafficker.
Investigators received information in October about a person believed to be involved in a cross-Canada drug trafficking operation.
Two vehicles travelling to Calgary from Vancouver were stopped in February and found to have the cocaine inside hidden compartments.
Two men are charged with two counts each of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. They are scheduled to appear in court April 14.
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Ontario man allegedly claimed he smuggled over 1,000 people through Akwesasne
An Ontario man who once allegedly bragged he'd moved over 1,000 people across the Canada-U.S. border, is now facing a nine-count indictment alleging he was the "primary organizer" of a human smuggling network using Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
Simranjit Singh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of New York to charges related to human smuggling. He was extradited to the U.S. on Thursday.
The indictment is based on evidence gathered through surveillance, Facebook messages and human sources related to four failed smuggling attempts across the St. Lawrence River between March 2020 and April 2022, according to court records.
Singh allegedly acted as a broker, charging $5,000 to $35,000 per person to smuggle mainly Indian nationals into the U.S., according to court records.
He then paid people in the community between $2,000 to $3,000 per person to take them across the river through Akwesasne territory.
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An Ontario man who once allegedly bragged he'd moved over 1,000 people across the Canada-U.S. border, is now facing a nine-count indictment alleging he was the "primary organizer" of a human smuggling network using Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
Simranjit Singh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of New York to charges related to human smuggling. He was extradited to the U.S. on Thursday.
The indictment is based on evidence gathered through surveillance, Facebook messages and human sources related to four failed smuggling attempts across the St. Lawrence River between March 2020 and April 2022, according to court records.
Singh allegedly acted as a broker, charging $5,000 to $35,000 per person to smuggle mainly Indian nationals into the U.S., according to court records.
He then paid people in the community between $2,000 to $3,000 per person to take them across the river through Akwesasne territory.
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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Ukraine's PM to visit Canada to seek heavy armoured vehicles and ammunition
Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine, is visiting Canada in the coming weeks. Ukrainian government is not disclosing the date of the trip.
Shmyhal said the Ukrainian government would like the Canadian government to offer Canadian companies investing in Ukraine a war risk insurance.
The Canadian government’s 2023 budget, unveiled in March, offered a new $2.4 billion loan for Ukraine. In the past 12 months Ottawa has provided more than $1 billion in military gear to Kyiv.
Shmyhal said his visit will include signing cooperation agreements with a Canadian company in the nuclear industry – he did not provide more details – and noted that Kyiv has already signed deals with foreign firms including some from Canada.
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Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine, is visiting Canada in the coming weeks. Ukrainian government is not disclosing the date of the trip.
Shmyhal said the Ukrainian government would like the Canadian government to offer Canadian companies investing in Ukraine a war risk insurance.
The Canadian government’s 2023 budget, unveiled in March, offered a new $2.4 billion loan for Ukraine. In the past 12 months Ottawa has provided more than $1 billion in military gear to Kyiv.
Shmyhal said his visit will include signing cooperation agreements with a Canadian company in the nuclear industry – he did not provide more details – and noted that Kyiv has already signed deals with foreign firms including some from Canada.
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Nova Scotia suspends doctor’s licence after 17,000 Ozempic prenoscriptions sent mostly to U.S.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended the licence of a doctor who allegedly wrote thousands of Ozempic prenoscriptions for Americans and prompted British Columbia to limit the drug to Canadian residents.
The doctor reportedly lives in the U.S. but holds a Nova Scotia licence.
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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended the licence of a doctor who allegedly wrote thousands of Ozempic prenoscriptions for Americans and prompted British Columbia to limit the drug to Canadian residents.
The doctor reportedly lives in the U.S. but holds a Nova Scotia licence.
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Union representing 35,000 CRA workers vote in favour of strike
The union representing 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) service workers voted "overwhelmingly" to strike Friday.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Union of Taxation Employees made the announcement at 1 p.m. ET. The vote was held between Jan. 31 and April 7 and impacts the majority of CRA employees.
Union members who work at the CRA will be in a legal strike position as of April 14. The strike could cause delays for Canadians filing their 2022 taxes by the May 1 deadline.
A final round of negotiations between PSAC and the CRA is set for April 17 to 20.
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The union representing 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) service workers voted "overwhelmingly" to strike Friday.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Union of Taxation Employees made the announcement at 1 p.m. ET. The vote was held between Jan. 31 and April 7 and impacts the majority of CRA employees.
Union members who work at the CRA will be in a legal strike position as of April 14. The strike could cause delays for Canadians filing their 2022 taxes by the May 1 deadline.
A final round of negotiations between PSAC and the CRA is set for April 17 to 20.
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More than 115,000 still without power in Quebec following deadly ice storm
Hydro-Quebec says it hopes to reconnect power today to more than 50,000 customers who have been without electricity since last week's deadly ice storm.
Around 114,000 clients remain without power, including approximately 80,000 in Montreal.
The utility has restored power to over 90 per cent of the more than one million customers who lost power after Wednesday's ice storm and plans to reach 95 per cent today.
The vast majority will have power back on Monday, but some complex cases may not be resolved until Tuesday.
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Hydro-Quebec says it hopes to reconnect power today to more than 50,000 customers who have been without electricity since last week's deadly ice storm.
Around 114,000 clients remain without power, including approximately 80,000 in Montreal.
The utility has restored power to over 90 per cent of the more than one million customers who lost power after Wednesday's ice storm and plans to reach 95 per cent today.
The vast majority will have power back on Monday, but some complex cases may not be resolved until Tuesday.
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Hundreds of thousands lose power as freezing rain hits Ontario and Quebec
Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 800,000 people, officials reported.
Quebec's power utility said shortly…
Freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of Ontario and Quebec on Wednesday, knocking out power for about 800,000 people, officials reported.
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Multiple bureaucrats stripped of security clearance for allegedly spying since 2017
▪️Since 2017, at least three employees working in Canada’s public service had their security clearance revoked due to allegedly spying or acting on behalf of a foreign country.
▪️Two bureaucrats had their security clearance revoked in 2019 due to allegations of spying and another one in 2017. The public servants were employed by Employment and Social Development Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
▪️The Canada Border Services Agency did not reveal which countries the employees were acting on behalf of nor if the employees were criminally charged. It is unclear if the other bureaucrats who had their security status stripped away are still employed by the public service.
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▪️Since 2017, at least three employees working in Canada’s public service had their security clearance revoked due to allegedly spying or acting on behalf of a foreign country.
▪️Two bureaucrats had their security clearance revoked in 2019 due to allegations of spying and another one in 2017. The public servants were employed by Employment and Social Development Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
▪️The Canada Border Services Agency did not reveal which countries the employees were acting on behalf of nor if the employees were criminally charged. It is unclear if the other bureaucrats who had their security status stripped away are still employed by the public service.
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🏠 Only 27% of Canadians believe the feds are doing enough on housing affordability
🔹An Ipsos poll found that 63% of Canadians who currently do not own a home have “given up” on ever owning one.
🔹The poll also revealed that only 27% of Canadians feel the government is doing enough to address housing affordability.
🔹While 76% of Canadians believe purchasing a home is the best investment choice, seven in 10 believe home ownership is only for the wealthy. This belief was most widely held by Canadians aged 18-24.
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🔹An Ipsos poll found that 63% of Canadians who currently do not own a home have “given up” on ever owning one.
🔹The poll also revealed that only 27% of Canadians feel the government is doing enough to address housing affordability.
🔹While 76% of Canadians believe purchasing a home is the best investment choice, seven in 10 believe home ownership is only for the wealthy. This belief was most widely held by Canadians aged 18-24.
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