Health Canada ignored expert advice to expand access to safe drugs for opioid users, internal documents show
November 14, 2025
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled back their support of safe supply programs, an investigation by CBC’s the fifth estate has found.
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The federal government had planned to buy 88 U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets but Prime Minister Mark Carney ordered a review of that purchase in the wake of threats against Canadian sovereignty by U.S. President Donald Trump. Read More
November 14, 2025 - 04:00 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
Whether you work for the feds or not, you wouldn’t be speaking out of turn if you asked how the public service job cuts proposed in the 2025 federal budget will affect you and your neighbours. Read More
November 14, 2025 - 04:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — A long-troubled fleet of coast guard patrol ships that the Canadian government paid hundreds of millions to build will be pulled from service “sooner than expected,” an internal document shows.
It comes as the civilian agency braces for more demands under its new surveillance mandate from Prime Minister Mark Carney, who announced back in June that it would be folded into the National Defence Department.
Newly released documents obtained by National Post detail the internal deliberations that took place inside the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in the immediate days following...
November 14, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor , Christopher Nardi | National Post
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