Lee-Anne Goodman
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Government to study perils of plastic microbeads; NDP calling for ban
OTTAWA - The Conservative government says Environment Canada is studying the dangers posed to wildlife and the environment by the plastic microbeads found in shower gels, toothpaste and facial scrubs. → Read More
Increasing TFSA contribution limits a 'ticking time bomb': Broadbent Institute - Canadian Business
OTTAWA - A new study says the Conservative government's plans to double contribution limits for tax-free savings accounts would cost billions in lost tax r → Read More
Queen opens refurbished Canada House in London with — wait, what? — ex-foreign minister John Baird
Baird’s appearance with the Queen at Canada House in London created confusion Thursday spurring his former spokesman to publicly defend the former foreign affairs minister → Read More
Conservatives cut funding for vaccination education, Liberals charge
OTTAWA - The Conservative government cut funding to a federal immunization program even as public skepticism about vaccinations was growing in the midst of the swine flu outbreak in 2009, documents show. → Read More
Canadian flag, now beloved, came into being amid fierce national debate
OTTAWA - When Lester B. Pearson unveiled his top pick for a new Canadian flag at a Winnipeg legion hall in July 1964, he was met with boos, hisses and heckling from veterans who accused him of selling out Canada to the → Read More
Kenney pledging to wipe out social security tribunal backlog by this summer
Jason Kenney is vowing that by this summer, he'll eliminate the massive caseload backlog that's left thousands of ailing or injured Canadians waiting years for appeals after being denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits. → Read More
Premiers urge Ottawa to do more on infrastructure, seniors' health care
OTTAWA - The country's premiers presented a united front on everything from infrastructure and seniors' health care to the need to protect Canadians from terrorism as they held their winter gathering on Friday without Prime Minister Stephen Harper. → Read More
Premiers to gather Friday in Harper's back yard, but PM not taking part
OTTAWA - Canada's provincial and territorial premiers will sit down Friday in Ottawa to discuss energy, skills training, internal trade barriers and the need for infrastructure funding as plummeting oil prices threaten the federal government's bottom line. → Read More
Caregivers under stress, suicide rates also a worry: Canadian mental health report
Canadians are stressed out about having to care for older family members at a time when an aging population means more people will require such care, says a new report by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. → Read More
Fifty thousand dollars allotted to celebrate 50th anniversary of the iconic Maple Leaf flag
The federal government has allotted $50,000 for celebrations for the upcoming 50th birthday of the iconic Maple Leaf flag → Read More
TransPacific Partnership trade deal hopes brighten as Stephen Harper, other leaders break logjams
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 11 other world leaders said Monday they’re inching ever closer to an agreement on the proposed Asia-Pacific trade deal as a crucial year-end deadline approaches → Read More
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping
BEIJING, China - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday he's raised a litany of concerns with the Chinese in his meetings with the Communist country's leadership over the past few days, insisting he's only forging closer ties with China to benefit Canada. → Read More
Little visible movement on Canadians imprisoned in China despite Harper trip
The prime minister raised his concerns about the three-month imprisonment of Kevin and Julia Garratt with Premier Li Keqiang during a closed-door meeting → Read More
Stephen Harper courts Alibaba's Jack Ma, opens 4 trades office in visit to China that so far is all business
The trade centres are designed to match the needs of some of China's fastest growing areas with Canadian strengths in IT, aerospace, energy and finance → Read More
Stephen Harper goes to China to help repair strained ties between two countries - Canadian Business
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to China this week amid serious divisions in the Conservative ranks over Canada's relationship with its No. 2 → Read More
Jason Kenney defends his 2011 decision to ban wearing of niqabs during citizenship oaths
‘I believe people taking the public oath of citizenship should do so publicly, w/ their faces uncovered,’ Kennedy posted on Twitter amid an ongoing lawsuit over the ban → Read More
'Who owns my life?' Top court to consider whether terminally ill Canadians have right to assisted suicide
The Supreme Court will begin hearing an appeal Wednesday that could result in dying Canadians being granted the right to receive medical assistance to hasten death → Read More
Harper government cuts to EI a threat to Canada's jobs, budget office warns
Report says $550-million small-business job credit will create only 800 jobs next year → Read More
Harper government's employment insurance changes could cost Canada thousands of jobs, Budget watchdog says
The Harper government’s $550-million small-business job credit will create just 800 net new jobs in 2015-16, while a freeze in employment insurance premiums could cost the economy 10,000 jobs over... → Read More
Feds looking to go even tougher on companies who violate TFW regulations - Canadian Business
OTTAWA - The federal government is considering lifetime bans and heftier fines on employers found to have violated its new regulations on temporary foreign → Read More