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Morgan Sharp
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Analysis, Politics, Next Gen Insider
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August 24th 2020
As the return to school looms, teachers and their unions can draw on several legal avenues if they feel unsafe in the classroom or unable to work due to the pandemic.
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Teachers and other education workers, as well as the unions that represent them, have several legal options to consider as avenues to challenge the Ford government's back-to-school plan.
Morgan Sharp
News
| August 24th 2020
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Of course, convincing Justin Trudeau to defund Trans Mountain won’t happen overnight. But if the NDP brings the pipeline into their negotiations with Trudeau, it will force a national conversation about Canada’s post-pandemic priorities.
Cameron Fenton
Opinion
| August 25th 2020
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A new survey suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are well placed if they end up losing a confidence vote this fall, seen as the party best able to care for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic and to get the economy back on its feet.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| August 25th 2020
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It took Erin O'Toole less than 12 hours to go from winning the Conservative leadership race early on Monday, August 24, 2020, to taking his seat behind the boss's desk in the Official Opposition office, moving swiftly to begin building a team to guide his party in the months ahead.
Stephanie Levitz
News, Politics
| August 25th 2020
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A council vote on Wednesday is set to determine the fate of a proposed homeless shelter in La Ronge, Sask., but outcry from local business owners on the town’s main drag has the mayor worried it won’t pass.
Michael Bramadat-Willcock
News, La Ronge, Saskatchewan
| August 25th 2020
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The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate.
Jordan Press
News, Politics
| August 25th 2020
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Canadian lumber producers cheered the latest decision on Monday, August 24, 2020, from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of softwood lumber — a finding the United States quickly denounced as unfair, biased and flawed.
James McCarten
News, US News, Politics
| August 25th 2020
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The Canadian government has dismissed a new Iranian report on the deadly shootdown of a civilian jetliner in January, saying it provides only "limited and selected information" — and that Tehran still has many questions to answer.
Jordan Press, Lee Berthiaume
News, Politics
| August 25th 2020
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From the archives
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Bill McKibben
Opinion
| September 21st 2019
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