NDP’s ethics critic Charlie Angue wrote to the lobbying commissioner on Aug. 10 requesting she investigate WE Charity’s communications with government officials.
A recent poll suggests 16 per cent of Canadians are worried to some degree about paying their housing costs in August, while one in four renters are worried.
Dalal Al-Waheidi, WE Charity’s executive director, told MPs the organization submitted its registration with the federal lobbyist registry on Thursday.
The sobering milestone was reached on August 12, after Quebec reported 12 more deaths attributed to COVID-19.
The Globe and Mail reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources, that the prime minister isn’t committed to keeping Bill Morneau in the top finance portfolio.
That 20-million figure is likely a “real underestimate” of the true number of infections to date, according to Dr. Anna Banerji, a paediatric infectious disease specialist.
The U.S. reimposing tariffs on some Canadian aluminum exports and Canada intends to put a reciprocal surtax on aluminum and aluminum-containing products from across the border.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada will ‘respond swiftly and strongly’ with retaliatory tariffs valued at C$3.6 billion.
The U.S. president made the announcement as he touted his administration “Buy American” policies at a Whirlpool Corp. manufacturing plant in Ohio.
It’s believed at least 135 people were killed and about 5,000 more injured after a pair of explosions rocked Beirut, Lebanon’s capital and largest city, on Tuesday evening.
The death toll attributed to COVID-19 globally has surpassed 689,908 people, according to public health data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The federal weather agency placed many municipalities under various warnings and watches on Sunday afternoon for possible tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and rainfall.
The underlying framework the app is built on is only available on Apple and Android phones ‘released with the past 5 years,’ according to the Canadian Digital Service.
Experts weigh in on how they think Canadians responded to first national COVID-19 projections and what they think of those numbers now.
Ottawa will also create a ‘transitional, parallel benefit’ for people who don’t qualify for Employment Insurance, like contract and gig workers, the prime minister said.