Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Laura Osman
Publication Date: October 25, 2024 - 15:42
Canadian consensus on immigration under threat, but don’t take it for granted, minister warns
October 25, 2024
Canada’s long-held consensus on immigration is under threat but has not disappeared, the immigration minister said in an interview after announcing a major cut to the number of newcomers to Canada.On Thursday, Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to slash Canada’s immigration targets by 20 per cent next year and admitted the Liberal government did not get the balance right after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Alberta government has published a new accessibility design guide, marking the first major update to the document since 2017.The guide is meant to help architects, city planners, the construction industry and the public understand and implement building rules to make public and private spaces more accessible for those with mobility challenges and disabilities.
October 25, 2024 - 17:56 | Jack Farrell | The Globe and Mail
B.C.’s second-fastest growing city got a lot of what it wanted from the province’s New Democratic Party government in the past seven years.After the NDP pushed the BC Liberals from office, eking out a win in 2017 in part by taking six of nine ridings in Surrey, it cancelled a toll on the new bridge linking the city to the rest of the Lower Mainland.
October 25, 2024 - 17:52 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
An NDP MPP is calling on the Ford government to eliminate hospital parking fees and focus on adequate funding for the province’s healthcare facilities. What are the pros and cons of this plan? Does this idea gain your support? Kristy Cameron tackles today’s Question of the Day. Plus, it’s been almost a month since Ottawa’s three-item garbage limit came into effect. So…how’s it going? We check in with Knoxdale-Merivale councillor Sean Devine, who is a member of the city’s Environment and Climate Change Committee.
October 25, 2024 - 17:30 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
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