Politics This Morning: Trudeau heads to London, U.K.; Petitpas Taylor faces Senate committee; privacy commissioner discusses Cambridge Analytica probe
Good Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be abroad over the next three days. After meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on his turf, Mr. Trudeau’s next stop will be London, U.K., where he is scheduled to sit down with British Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II. But before Mr. Trudeau heads to […]
When the doctor says sorry
WINNIPEG—My introduction to the complex and emotional world of adverse events in health care occurred in 2001 when I chaired a committee to review an inquest report into the tragic deaths of 12 infants in a paediatric surgery program in Manitoba. Justice Murray Sinclair who conducted the inquest had concluded that at least five of […]
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee won’t have time to fully examine how sweeping cannabis bill will affect international treaties, says Andreychuk
The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee won’t be able to examine all the ways the government’s cannabis legalization bill will affect Canada’s international treaties before reporting back to the Senate by May 1, says Saskatchewan Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk, who chairs the committee. “It is going to be very difficult to accomplish what we […]
Feds on the right track in setting timeline to eliminate TB by 2030
Amid the hullaballoo of the marathon votes that captured every political journalist’s attention a couple weeks ago came a government announcement that deserved more attention. During the hardworking Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott’s one-hour “sleep-break” amid the 20 hours of votes on March 23, she stood alongside Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed to announce […]
Senators expected to lobby peers over controversial pot bill amendments, Social Affairs calling the shots
The Senate is breaking new ground with a sweeping study of the marijuana legalization Bill C-45, with five committees tackling the legislation that would fulfill a key Liberal campain promise, and Senators are expected to lobby peers on the Senate’s Social Affairs Committee who will decide which amendments to include or leave out of a […]
Cannabis bill a concern for Indigenous communities and ‘ripe for amendment’: Sen. Sinclair
The effect legal marijuana will have on historically “over-policed and under-resourced” Indigenous communities is cause for concern, according to Independent Senator Murray Sinclair, who is calling on the government to address gaps in services he said will be further strained by legalization. “Right now, Indigenous communities have a significant amount of drug problems without them […]
TB is a clear and present danger in Venezuela and beyond
March 24 was World Tuberculosis Day, a day to raise awareness that TB is not a disease of the past, but the top global health threat of today. In 2016, it was the leading cause of death from infectious disease, surpassing even HIV/AIDS, claiming 1.7 million lives, about 15 per cent of which were children. Venezuela […]
Legionella ‘absolutely not’ a risk for federal public servants, PSPC says despite Ottawa firm’s findings
Senior bureaucrats and an Ottawa company hired to test federal buildings for the bacteria that causes legionnaires’ disease are at odds over the risk the findings pose to public servants. Spartan Bioscience partnered with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) through the Build in Canada Innovation Program to try out new testing methods for the […]
Medical marijuana: the forgotten issue in the new law
If the trend continues, once Bill C-45 on legalizing cannabis is passed, Canadians will find themselves in a totally absurd situation. On the one hand, there’s recreational cannabis, which is legal and carefully regulated. On the other, there’s medical marijuana, which is left out and will continue to be distributed solely by mail and without […]
Minister O’Regan: on veterans, let’s compare apples to apples
OTTAWA—I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the recent article by Brian Forbes (re: “O’Regan’s entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts,” The Hill Times, March 12, p. 14). Forbes is to be admired for his longtime advocacy for veterans, and I am fully supportive of his suggestion that we […]
