Federal auditor general to start probe into vaccines this year
Canada’s auditor general is hoping to launch a probe into the federal government’s vaccination efforts sometime this year, an audit that Karen Hogan hopes will paint a “comprehensive picture” of the entire process from approval to rollout. Speaking to the House Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday, Ms. Hogan said some “co-ordination” will be required with […]
MacAulay says ‘progress’ being made cutting veterans’ benefit backlog amid COVID-19
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay reiterated Monday that there are encouraging signs his department is headed in “the right direction” on its goal of bringing the backlog of veterans’ applications for disability benefits “under control” by 2022. Testifying before the House Veterans Affairs Committee Monday, Mr. MacAulay (Cardigan, P.E.I) said he is “confident” that will […]
Finding proper leadership is only a matter of time
OTTAWA—The repetitious routine that has become the pandemic norm gives one the false sense that society has been put on hold. However, one need only contrast where we were just four months ago to get a sense of how quickly public sentiment can change. Back in late November 2020, after more than eight months of […]
MPs call for revamp of federal role in long-term care system devastated by COVID-19
One week away from one of the most anticipated budgets in recent Canadian history, MPs and advocates are calling for greater federal support for infrastructure and staffing for long-term care homes that have been devastated over the last year by a COVID-19 pandemic for which many were completely unprepared. A recent report from the Canadian […]
Canadians are ‘confused and anxious’: COVID-19’s third wave making Trudeau Liberals ‘vulnerable,’ say pollsters
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are becoming politically “vulnerable” as the country is being hit by a serious third wave of COVID-19 along with the more deadly variants, and Canadians are unhappy and “confused and anxious,” while the vaccine rollout continues to be slow and public health guidelines are contradictory in different regions of the […]
Why you should care about the Yukon election
On March 12, Premier Sandy Silver, Leader of the Liberal Party, dissolved the Legislative Assembly and sent Yukoners to the polls with eight months still left in his five-year mandate. Though the election could result in the loss of one of the last Liberal premiers in the federation, it could also foreshadow broader political forces […]
Diseases know no borders, so don’t shut out countries that can help
Nearly three million people have died over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this global fight against the virus, the international community just cannot afford to ignore the experiences and contributions that Taiwan is able and willing to provide. Taiwan has seen 1,030 cases and 10 deaths as of March 30, 2021. Taiwan has […]
Five issues that Liberals, NDP plan to go head to head on at the duelling conventions
The Liberal and NDP conventions are set to go head to head this week, as they look to present and debate a handful of similar policy proposals to issues preoccupying left-leaning voters at their duelling virtual conventions. The Liberals released a list of 42 policy proposals that will be up for debate at the convention, […]
Chaotic management of the pandemic is bringing government into disrepute
OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic is enough to give a semanticist fits. As provincial government consultants have gone into overdrive to coin phrases for measures to reduce caseloads, the public is increasingly confused and restive. “Lockdown, shutdown, moveable curfews, circuit breakers, emergency brake”—the lexicon is becoming meaningless. As are the measures themselves. In Ontario’s “emergency brake,” some […]
Ford’s critiques of federal vaccine procurement rebutted by Minister Anand
In response to a condemnation of vaccine procurement by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand fired back. Mr. Ford called the current vaccine acquirement efforts “a joke” on March 26, pointing to federal procurement processes as the root cause of shortages at the municipal level. He further said they lack […]
