The call for Ottawa to back a guaranteed livable income has gained traction in recent months, with proponents saying it should replace the range of COVID-19 relief measures the feds have rolled out.
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, pictured in December 2020, says the development of the now-defunct Canada Emergency Response Benefit 'saved lives' while highlighting the 'need and gap that exists' in the country's social safety net. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says the pandemic has made clear guaranteed basic income’s ” time has come,” rebuffing the “regrettable conclusions” in a recent academicreportthat argued against its adoption in British Columbia.
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MPs will be able to continue to charge the central House budget for the cost of items like masks and hand sanitizer, or office reconfiguration as a result of COVID-19, until Sept. 30, among other measures.
Press Gallery president Jordan Press says Hill journalists have been incredibly accommodating to Parliamentarians, but are now asking political parties to meet the gallery halfway.
As of January, $185-million of the $761-million approved for the first five years of work on the Centre Block building and construction of the underground welcome centre, up to 2021-22, has been spent.
While modern technologies make a virtual gathering possible, longtime Liberal Kevin Bosch says he 'can’t wait to get back to a time when there are real flesh and blood conventions again.'
Canada and the U.K. have agreed to 'strive to conclude' a comprehensive trade deal by 2024, but without a sunset clause, the current transitional pact could be in place for years to come.
With only 55 per cent complete at the end of March 2019, the results to date are 'encouraging,' and the turnaround suggests a priority was placed on this goal, says former diplomat Roy Norton.
Statistics Canada figures suggest Ottawa did ‘the right thing’ with its COVID-19 economic relief measures, says Senator Diane Bellemare. ‘Otherwise, the impact would have been worse.'
The federal Alberta riding of Edmonton West has proposed a constitutional amendment demanding that party money only be used to ‘advance the political and electoral interests of the party.’