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Opinion
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February 19th 2020
Canadian laws aren't keeping up with the new digital reality and foreign tech giants are profiting at the expense of a strong viable Canadian media industry. We can’t afford to wait.
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called Trudeau’s speech “the weakest response to a national crisis in Canadian history” and “a complete abdication of responsibility and leadership.”
Carl Meyer
News, Energy, Politics
| February 18th 2020
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Protesters blocking railways in Toronto say the situation at Wet’suwet’en makes it clear that the Canadian government doesn’t care about Indigenous people.
Julia Duchesne
News
| February 19th 2020
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The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for calm and constructive dialogue to ease tensions over a British Columbia pipeline project and the nationwide protests it's spawned.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| February 18th 2020
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B.C. Premier John Horgan raised his voice over jeers and fist-banging recently in question period after members of the Opposition Liberals criticized his government's handling of the clash between Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs and a pipeline company.
Amy Smart
News, Politics
| February 19th 2020
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The proposed Building Transit Faster Act would grant more power to the provincial transportation minister and the Metrolinx transit agency to override objections from the City of Toronto and neighbouring municipalities, utility companies and other property owners to a $28.5-billion plan to upgrade the city’s transit infrastructure.
Morgan Sharp
News
| February 18th 2020
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Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's, February 18, 2020, B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit.
Dirk Meissner
News, Politics
| February 19th 2020
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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has offered effusive thanks to New Democrats and stinging criticism of the Conservatives after the NDP supported the minority Liberal government's efforts to more speedily ratify the new North American trade agreement.
Mike Blanchfield
News, Politics
| February 19th 2020
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Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday, February 20, 2020, amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Hina Alam
News, Politics
| February 18th 2020
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Mia Kelly, 17, decided to become vegetarian after marching in last fall's climate strike in Ottawa.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| February 18th 2020
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday, February 17, 2020, that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
Associated Press
News, Politics
| February 18th 2020
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