Canada Election Issues
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Vancouver mayor says Scheer government would be ‘worse than Stephen Harper’Kennedy Stewart said a Scheer government would be "a disaster for the city" when it comes to issues like transit, opioids and housing.CanadaOct 16, 2019
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Will the parties’ housing plans help affordability in Vancouver? Not quite, critics sayDespite municipal and provincial efforts like taxes, crackdowns on renovictions and easing red tape, the message is clear: more financial help is needed from the federal government.CanadaOct 10, 2019
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The federal leaders — how well do you know ’em? Learn from Ryan Jespersen’s poemCanadian voters soon will make a choice, one Ryan describes in his poetry voice.CommentaryOct 10, 2019
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Politicians need to focus on renting, not buyingPoliticians need to stop peddling the dead dream of homeownership to millennials who will never be able to afford it, Supriya Dwivedi says.CommentaryOct 9, 2019
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Health care barely mentioned during federal leaders’ debateHealth experts lament the lack of debate on health care, which is a top concern for many voters.PoliticsOct 7, 2019
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Sparks fly over climate change, environment in federal leaders’ debateClimate change permeated the federal election debate.CanadaOct 7, 2019
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The Liberals promise to expand drug treatment courts — but will this reduce harm?The Trudeau Liberals have promised to expand access to drug treatment courts as part of their approach on the opioid crisis. But harm reduction workers say this will make things worse.CanadaOct 5, 2019
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In the Downtown Eastside, the overdose crisis is the only federal election issueVancouver's Downtown Eastside remains the epicentre of B.C.'s overdose epidemic, and its residents are looking for solutions to curb the death toll.CanadaOct 4, 2019
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More than half a million Canadians could work in clean tech by 2030: reportCanada's clean tech industry set to grow four times faster than others, according to a report from Clean Energy Canada.CanadaOct 3, 2019
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Queen’s University hosts panel discussions on 2019 federal election issuesThe events' organizer says she hopes the discussions can give audiences more information for election day.CanadaOct 3, 2019
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