Canada reaches second agreement for early vaccines, could bring total doses to 417,000 by year-end
Canada will ramp up its coronavirus vaccine rollout next week with an expected 200,000 Pfizer doses set to arrive, while approval of a second vaccine—from U.S. biotech firm Moderna—could come also as early as next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. Canada has reached a second agreement for early doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, […]
Canada focused on ‘long game’ getting vaccines to Canadians, says Procurement Minister Anand
With the first of 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines arriving in Canada this week, a similar number should come next week, says Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, who also says Canada is playing the “long game” with vaccine roll-out amid calls for a firm and faster timeline. While Ms. Anand (Oakville, Ont.) said it’s important […]
Anti-disinformation campaign hard to swallow when the problem is homegrown
OTTAWA—Canadian military officials are constantly warning civilians to be on their guard against the ongoing disinformation campaign being waged by meddlesome foreign state actors. There is no specific objective sought by these sowers of “fake news,” we are told, but rather their intent is to cause Canadians to lose their trust in official organizations—such as […]
Supporting Canadians next tax season needs to start now
As we near the end of a very tumultuous 2020, a COVID-19 vaccine will soon be more widely available, ushering in economic recovery and a return to some normalcy. While we remain optimistic, more challenges await as infection rates surge and businesses continue to struggle. Most of us have friends or family or at least […]
We need to think about the future of jobs after the pandemic
TORONTO—There are big questions about the future of jobs facing us as we move beyond the pandemic next year, including the number of jobs we’ll need, where they’ll come from, the level of compensation, and the quality of jobs. We know that more jobs today are precarious or gig jobs—they constituted 5.5 per cent of […]
Sen. Duncan’s right, Senators should be leading by example by wearing masks in Upper Chamber and so should MPs
Once the World Health Organization declared the pandemic was official last March and the world went into lockdown, hundreds of millions of people around the world began working from home, forming social bubbles, social distancing, and only leaving the house to get essentials. They stopped travelling, and started hand-sanitizing and wearing face masks in public […]
‘All policy roads will travel through the budget’: new Finance DM Sabia tasked with Canada’s long-term growth agenda
After more than half a decade at the helm of the Finance Department, MPs and experts are lauding outgoing deputy minister Paul Rochon’s service as a man who has “lived two years in one” throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but with the appointment of Michael Sabia as his replacement, former parliamentary budget officer […]
Next election a referendum on Trudeau’s handling of COVID-19, and which party has ‘most compelling blueprint for the future,’ say political players
The next federal election will be a referendum on Justin Trudeau’s management of the COVID-19 crisis, and a chance for Canadians to evaluate which party has “the most compelling blueprint for the future” after the once-in-a-century crisis is over, say pollsters. “It’s gonna come down to what the facts are on the ground,” said Darrell […]
House law clerk to file report with committee on documents tied to probe of feds’ handling of pandemic
The House law clerk is expected to file a report to the Health Committee on Friday afternoon about the documents received from the government in response to the opposition’s push to initiate a probe into its handling of the pandemic. “The Law Clerk is preparing a report for the committee that is expected to meet […]
First ministers’ meeting likely to hit on health transfers, vaccine rollout
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc are set to meet virtually with Canada’s premiers on Thursday, a gathering that the provinces have been clamouring for since September. Ottawa and the provinces appear to be at odds over the focus of the meeting. The premiers have been calling for a permanent 13 […]
