CHRYSTIA FREELAND TABLES HER FIRST CANADIAN BUDGET Budget 2021: 20 ways it could affect your wallet 1. Extension of Canada Recovery Benefit and Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit Earlier this year, the government announced that both the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) and Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) would be extended by 12 weeks to a maximum of 38 weeks. Budget 2021 proposes adding up to 12 more to … Read More
Ontario setting up checkpoints at borders with Manitoba and Quebec to limit entry amid surge of COVID-19 cases Ontario Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the changes along the provincial borders would take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. Jones said incoming travellers not meeting a list of prescribed exceptions will be turned back. Quebec has since signalled the province will be closed to travellers coming in from Ontario. The Ontario government announced an extended provincewide stay-at-home order and new restrictions … Read More
Mississauga and Brampton residents between 18 and 49 can book vaccines this week If you are a young person living in Mississauga’s Malton or Brampton’s Bramalea neighbourhoods, you might be able to book a vaccine appointment as early as this week. On April 13, Premier Doug Ford provided an update to last week’s announcement that people aged 18 and over in designated hot spots, as identified by postal code, are eligible for vaccination … Read More
Prolific Canadian journalist and war correspondent Matthew Fisher has died at age 66 Matthew Fisher, who has died aged 66, was a Canadian war correspondent from a bygone era, a globetrotting solo reporter of no fixed address who witnessed the greatest and most dire news events of the last half century, from the fall of communism through the campaigns against al-Qaeda and ISIS. He died of liver failure after a short illness in … Read More
COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 8, 2021 There are 1,036,023 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,036,023 confirmed cases (64,291 active, 948,521 resolved, 23,211 deaths).*The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 7,984 new cases Thursday. The rate of active cases is 169.16 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 48,108 new cases. The seven-day … Read More
Canada’s national carbon tax will remain intact Canada’s national carbon tax will remain intact after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of its legality. The federal law sets minimum standards for carbon pricing with the intent to price out emissions over time. Three provincial governments had pushed back on the plan, arguing Ottawa overstepped its role with the scheme. The court’s decision bolsters the key component … Read More
COVID-19 vaccines delayed again: Moderna to send fewer vaccine doses while Pfizer issues continue Questions around delays in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries remain outstanding, with reductions in both Modern and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses coming throughout February. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the vice-president of logistics and operations at the Public Health Agency of Canada and head of the country’s vaccine distribution efforts, confirmed that 180,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Canada Thursday morning. … Read More
Temporary Pfizer vaccine delays are ‘largely behind us,’ procurement minister says CBC News published this video item, entitled “Temporary Pfizer delays are ‘behind us,’ procurement minister says” – below is their description. Federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canadians can soon expect the country’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign to pick up steam after Canada’s vaccine rollout was temporarily beset by delivery delays and reduced shipments of doses. “The temporary delays that we … Read More
Pfizer Vaccine Delivery would be late Yesterday, January 20, 2021, Procurement Minister Anita Anand told the press that the vaccine delivery would be late. This morning the Prime Minister called Pfizer and tweeted, “Today, I spoke with the CEO of Pfizer Global, Dr. Bourla, about the timely delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada. He assured me that we’ll receive 4 million doses by the end of … Read More
Governor General Resigns Governor General of Canada Julie Payette resigns today, January 21, 2021. Her office was under investigation for months following complains that she and her secretary has abusive behavior towards staff. No charges were framed against her but after discussion with the Prime Minister few hours before the resignation she decided to go. In a statement posted on the Governor General’s … Read More
