Reported daily COVID-19 caseloads in Canada could reach unprecedented highs later this month if current levels of virus transmission are not reduced, new federal modelling data shows.
On the eve of the Labour Day weekend, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam took aim at young adults, describing an “urgent need” for more people between the ages of 18 and 39 to get vaccinated in order to prevent a rapid worsening of Canada’s COVID-19 situation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election campaign promise to raise taxes on Canada’s biggest banks could backfire and make home purchases less affordable, undercutting his goal of helping buyers in one of the world’s hottest markets, according to an analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Canada’s economic recovery lost momentum in the second quarter after posting consistent growth since the depths of the pandemic and delivered a shock to forecasters.
The dialogue would be happening multilaterally with “many” countries and in the coming days, said Garneau. According to him, the main “priority demand” in the negotiations would be to allow the safe passage of Afghans out of the country.
‘As a nation, we need to understand what could have been done better. And frankly, what went wrong,’ said Andrew Rusk, co-founder of Not Left Behind.
The collapse of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan has been a tragedy, the departure a shambles. Thursday’s abrupt abandonment of thousands of desperate Afghans is a national humiliation.
As if Canadians all could feel the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by calling the election on September 20 was basically holding out his hand and demanding a majority in the midst of a public health situation he had previously claimed to be too dangerous to hold an election during, Canadians immediately started pushing back hard on Trudeau.
The federal government is urging those left in Afghanistan to stay put while the coalition mission changes, and vows to keep helping those still trying to flee the country.
Already shaken by the realization he’s been left behind, one of Canada’s many abandoned evacuees found himself at a complete loss for words after Thursday’s suicide blasts near Kabul’s airport.
The humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan is heart-rending. Because this disaster is unfolding in the midst of a federal election, it is also politically dangerous for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals.
A notice sent out this morning from the Immigration Department says that evacuation operations are done and “at this time, no further evacuation flights are being planned.”
The unmitigated disaster, and tragedy, that the American withdrawal from Afghanistan has turned into will likely soon fade out of the news cycle. But the consequences of the disaster are likely to be long reaching, and spell trouble for Canada. An increasingly unreliable and inward looking America is a dangerous reality we need to quickly adjust to.
A proposed settlement agreement worth nearly $8 billion has been reached in two national class action lawsuits launched against the federal government by First Nations living under drinking water advisories.
The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, would offer $1.5 billion in compensation to individuals deprived of clean drinking water and modernize Canada’s First Nations drinking water legislation.
