Navdeep Bains
Tired of high cellphone and internet bills? This election is full of promise(s)
Here’s where we stand on wireless and internet prices, and what the major parties want to do about it. Continue reading
Canada to connect remote areas through investment in satellite technology
The Liberal government’s spring budget said low-Earth-orbit satellite capacity would be part of its $1.7-billion vow to help rural and remote areas. Continue reading
Liberals seek to balance tensions between consumers, telecom carriers
The federal minister responsible for telecommunications said Wednesday that the Liberal government is very aware that there’s a tension between the needs of consumers and Canadian wireless carriers. Continue reading
Updates to the Privacy Act coming as feds announce promised digital charter
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will look to update the Privacy Act as part of an effort to build greater trust in the digital world. Continue reading
‘We need to hear from the attorney general herself’: Navdeep Bains on SNC-Lavalin affair
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the government is being as clear as possible with Canadians about the allegations of political interference. Continue reading
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First-of-its-kind MRI technology coming to Halifax’s QEII
By Jeremy Keefe Digital Broadcast Journalist
Once implemented, the new device will be located in the Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre, providing the QEII’s emergency department with immediate access to MRI technology. Continue reading
Politicians promise help for GM workers, but stress that saving plant hopeless
Ontario Premier Doug Ford insisted Monday there was nothing his government could do to talk GM into abandoning its plan to shutter the factory at the end of next year. Continue reading
Statistics Canada kept Trudeau cabinet, privacy commissioner in the dark about controversial bank data harvest plan
By David Akin Chief Political Correspondent
Conservative MPs have new questions about how a controversial plan to harvest financial transaction data will fit into Statistics Canada’s multi-million-dollar business of selling packaged data sets to the private sector. Continue reading
B.C. tech company lands $800K in federal funding
Support from Western Innovation Initiative will help XCo Tech grow business, create jobs. Continue reading
ArcelorMittal Dofasco takes $50M cut of steel sector innovation fund
The federal government has announced it will invest $49.9 million in ArcelorMittal Dofasco to modernize its operations. Continue reading