Canadians have been very supportive of the new normal, but enough is enough
OTTAWA—Surgical sterility is great for an operating room. But it does not work in the real world. The notion that after almost three months in lockdown people are expected to either stay home or go to places where they are not allowed to sit down for fear of transmitting COVID is unworkable. In Calgary, people […]
Healthy competition for high-speed internet in all regions
In August 2019, at a time when municipalities, the Quebec government, and the federal government, as well as business and regional stakeholders all agreed on the importance of encouraging the introduction of high-speed internet access in remote areas, the CRTC cut the wholesale rates internet service resellers pay for using the networks of facilities-based competitors, […]
Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde, a former retirement home operator, joins call for national standards and more money for long-term care
The federal and provincial governments should get together to set nation-wide standards for long-term care homes, says Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde, who worked as a hospital social worker and retirement home operator before getting into politics. The federal NDP have already called for national standards for long-term care in Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined […]
‘It’s been better than nothing at all’: MPs settle into Zoom sittings, though some say more room for increased oversight
Several weeks into the virtual sittings set up in response to the pandemic, many MPs are comfortably settling into the routine of logging on remotely to probe the Liberal government’s measures, even as some say the arrangement falls short of the oversight needed for the biggest crisis in a generation. The House held its first […]
Online tool tracks more than 100 pandemic-related racism incidents since February
Preliminary research shared Thursday by a group of Chinese-Canadian organizations that is encouraging the public to log experiences of racism throughout the COVID-19 pandemic found more than 100 reported cases in the last three months, with the vast majority of incidents registered in May. Since February, there have been 138 cases of racism related to […]
No ‘magic’ response: diplomats discuss international lessons learned from COVID-19
Diplomats representing Sweden, Taiwan, Germany, and Japan called for global co-operation and warned against embracing a “false security” when countries flatten their curves as among the key takeaways from their respective countries’ response to the coronavirus pandemic at a Wednesday afternoon panel. “We all have to know we’re living a gigantic world-wide experiment of geology, […]
Feds seek logistics company to handle huge PPE imports
The federal government is looking for a business partner to handle the distribution of hundreds of shipping containers worth of personal protective equipment at a time, as it seeks to ramp up imports of equipment needed to fight the novel coronavirus. The government put out a tender notice on May 4 through its procurement website, […]
Canada must remain pragmatic with China amid COVID-19
TORONTO—After weeks of Canada’s diplomatic restraint from joining other allies like Australia in calling for an international investigation into China’s early handling of the global pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally toughened up on Beijing during one of his latest daily briefings when he said that there are many questions, “particularly, for China,” around the […]
Trudeau’s move to co-host UN meeting on pandemic elevates bid for Security Council seat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join UN Secretary General António Guterres and Jamaican Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness on Thursday to convene a high-level meeting to address the economic devastation caused by COVID-19, which threatens the livelihoods of billions of people around the world. The virtual meeting, with many governments participating, will open with […]
Virus-hounded Trump digs in for most ugly, unpredictable electoral free-for-all ever
OTTAWA—Exposed by the pandemic as an incompetent, uncaring con man, U.S. President Donald Trump has ditched any semblance of respect for American democratic tradition in a naked bid for power and re-election. With Trump’s future in doubt after Nov. 3, the president’s approach is degenerating into an implacable embrace of the ugly, unhinged, and extremist […]
