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Ottawa sets sights on new financial crimes agency
While efforts to usher in a new Canada Financial Crimes Agency to crack down on illicit transactions is a longtime coming, several experts predict the devil will be in the forthcoming details of that “baby step.”
Read MoreZelensky’s plea to close Ukraine’s ‘airspace’ not likely to be taken up: experts
Ottawa was directly presented with what one expert deemed a “pivotal problem” yesterday, amid a packed House for a special address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who renewed his calls for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over his country.
Read MoreTaking the baton: St-Onge’s mandate picks up on sport sustainability efforts
Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge’s mandate letter signals the Liberals are monitoring efforts by teams and athletes to curb climate change.
Read MoreHousing ‘critical ingredient’ to curbing diseases like TB: Hajdu
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu sidestepped questions last week about her department’s plan to tackle tuberculosis across First Nations communities.
Read MoreGiveSendGo blames Ottawa for lack of communication
The co-founders of Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo railed against a supposed lack of communication from Canadian authorities on the protest that took over downtown Ottawa for nearly a month.
Read More‘Unchartered’ waters: some Tories choose sides ahead of O’Toole leadership vote
As Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole gears up for a leadership review that could take place as early as today, several Tories began publicly staking their ground for or against the captain on Tuesday, with one dissenter condemning him for “doubling down” on alleged threats and attacks against his opponents.
Read MoreTaking the torch: NDP’s Cannings preparing to pitch his green bill
As legal experts emphasize a sense of “urgency” in parliamentarians considering a private member’s bill aiming to enshrine the right to a healthy environment into federal law, NDP MP Richard Cannings is optimistic he will get cross-party buy-in.
Read MoreCaucus relations to stay on O’Toole’s radar in 2022, say experts, strategists
All eyes will be on Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and his caucus management in the early days of 2022, say some veteran Hill watchers, as parliamentarians ready themselves for the House’s return on January 31.
Read MoreRandom travel testing ‘not keeping up’ with virus, may do little to curb spread amid community surge: experts
As Ottawa looks to bring more Covid tests online throughout the month, some experts and travellers say it’s unclear whether a randomized testing regime for those entering Canada, in place since last summer, is helping to contain spread of the virus amid the emergence of the more contagious Omicron variant.
Read MoreNearly 17,000 hospitalizations for newborns related to opioid crisis, feds find in first-ever report
Updated national data and modelling shared by the Public Health Agency of Canada yesterday showed the number of deaths and hospitalizations related to the opioid crisis could claim up to 2,000 lives every three months up to June 2022.
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