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Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees cries foul over private rehab contract that feds say will mean ‘fewer steps’ for vets, case managers

The union representing Veterans Affairs Canada workers is sounding the alarm over a $560-million contract for rehabilitation services that national president Virginia Vaillancourt says is a “contracting out of many of our functions to a private sector entity who does not have the same level of concerns for our clients.” But Veterans Affairs spokesperson Marc […]

‘This can never happen again’: downtown residents launch Ottawa People’s Commission to address failures to keep community safe during convoy protests

Ottawa residents have launched a citizen-led commission into the so-called “Freedom Convoy”—which turned into an occupation of the nation’s capital downtown core for nearly a month in February—to hear the voices of those who lived through it. The Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation was launched on June 27 in the Ottawa Public Library’s […]

Conservative membership verification process to make high-stakes leadership race even more divisive, say top political players

The already tense Conservative leadership race will become even more divisive in the coming days once the candidates receive the preliminary membership list and start to challenge the legitimacy of each other’s supporters’ membership. “The stakes are high, they [Conservatives] have a real chance of winning in the next election,” said Innovative Research president Greg […]

Parliament Hill braces for Canada Day protest as MPs face threats

This year’s official Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill will be lower-key than years past, including before the pandemic. As Centre Block undergoes a rehabilitation retrofit, most July 1 activities are set to occur at LeBreton Flats Park and across the Ottawa River at Place des Festivals Zibi in Gatineau, Que. But what happens unofficially on […]