Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. April 21st, 2025
April 21, 2025
If he becomes Prime Minister on April 28th, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre vows to review Canada’s single-use plastic ban. During his Sunday pitstop in Montreal, he claimed that this ban is driving up food prices, and is becoming economically destructive. Should we bring back the plastic straw? Kristy Cameron chats with Cal Lakhan in Hour 2. He is the Director of the Circular Innovation Hub at York University, the largest research initiative that is dedicated to waste across Canada. Meantime, world leaders are paying tribute to Pope Francis, who passed away at the age of 88 earlier this morning. We examine his legacy with Michael W. Higgins, a Vatican Affairs analyst and the author of ‘The Jesuit Disruptor’.
Unpublished Newswire
Eight years ago, policy makers with the new NDP government in B.C. and the City of Vancouver were enthusiastic about temporary modular housing: a new, fast and relatively inexpensive way to provide shelter for the growing numbers of homeless people.The idea was to put projects up quickly on land awaiting development, then, when construction moved ahead, to move the units to other vacant land. The province committed $66-million for 600 units in Vancouver in 2017, which became part of $291-million for the whole province. By 2021, 1,900 temporary apartments were sent to 22 communities.
April 25, 2025 - 19:55 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
In a way, Donald Trump has taught us a valuable lesson. His assault on American democracy has shown how fragile and precious democratic institutions are. His contempt for our system of alliances has shown us how vulnerable we would be if that shield were to fall away. His decision to use tariffs as a club reveals how much we rely on international trade and commerce for our prosperity. All three of those pillars – democracy, alliances, trade – were already under threat. After advancing in many parts of the world in the latter part of the 20th century, democracy has been in retreat in the...
April 25, 2025 - 19:55 | Marcus Gee | The Globe and Mail
As the number of measles cases in Alberta continues to rise, the organization representing its doctors says the government needs to ramp up public messaging and prevention.In its latest numbers posted Friday, the provincial government reported 137 total cases since March, exceeding the most recent high of 123 cases reported in the province 25 years ago.Alberta Medical Association president Dr. Shelley Duggan said the numbers suggest that within weeks, that count could skyrocket to more than 1,000.
April 25, 2025 - 19:52 | Lisa Johnson | The Globe and Mail
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