Canada
EU health official says vaccine exports to Canada will not be blocked
The Trudeau government is being urged to follow the tough talk of Europe's health minister, who on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, accused a vaccine company of not living up to its moral and legal obligations because of delivery delays.
Advocates, legal experts spot holes in proposed bill to ban conversion therapy
Bill C-6 passed second reading in Parliament with a vote of 308-7, however, witnesses at a meeting of the House of Commons' committee on justice and human rights wrestled with its wording and what it should encompass.
Opposition slams Trudeau’s pandemic response as Canada marks one year of COVID-19
Opposition leaders were quick to criticize Justin Trudeau’s handling of the pandemic on Monday, the one-year anniversary of the first presumptive case of COVID-19 in Canada.
Biden signs executive order instituting strict new Buy American regimen
President Joe Biden imposed stringent new made-in-America rules for U.S. government spending Monday. They come with a caveat likely troubling to Canada: exceptions to those rules will be allowed only under "very limited circumstances."
Movies about class struggle in India, baby fears in N.Z., and a free screening of an activist's life story
Also a medical emergency, a teen’s sexual confusion, and a funny monster movie.
'Canada deserves stability': Julie Payette resigns as Governor General, apologizes
Payette joins a very short list of governors general who have left the post early, but is the first to do so mired in controversy. Her decision to leave will have both political and practical consequences for the minority Liberal government.
MPs urge Canada to sign UN treaty banning nuclear weapons
Members from across party lines joined forces Thursday to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sign a United Nations treaty banning nuclear weapons, which takes effect Friday.
‘Gut punch’: Alberta premier blasts Biden on revoked Keystone XL permit
"As friends and allies of the United States, we are deeply disturbed that one of President Biden's first actions in office has been to rescind the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline border crossing," Jason Kenney said at a news conference Wednesday.
From hesitancy to acceptance: The need for another kind of vaccine rollout
Despite the extremely low risks that approved COVID-19 vaccines pose to health compared to COVID-19 itself, these concerns need to be treated as valid by health experts and vaccine decision-makers because they are justified, writes PhD candidate Cathy Slavik.
In Canada, the dog whistle is fainter — but pay attention
Democracies are fragile and can fail when power-hungry leaders practise dog-whistle politics, writes Andrea Reimer.
Feds warn against Chinese imports due to ‘forced labour’ of Uighur Muslims
Canadian companies are being told to ensure they’re not importing Chinese goods produced through the forced labour of the Uighur religious minority group.
Prairie provinces reportedly chipped in for new climate data hub ClimateWest
Scientists have shown the Prairies have had the strongest warming to date across southern Canada, in particular, during the winter.