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Author: Joe Friesen
Publication Date: January 3, 2026 - 07:00
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Q + A: University of Montreal’s rector reflects on how postsecondaries can best serve society
January 3, 2026
Daniel Jutras, rector of the University of Montreal, says universities are under fire and underfunded.
The former McGill University law dean, who has spent about four decades in academia and who served as senior counsel to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, says the public is more skeptical of expertise than ever before.
The national child-care program that promised to reduce fees to about $10 a day by this spring is expected to be approximately 90,000 spaces short of its target, and most of the licensed spots that have opened are in the for-profit sector, according to a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report. The federal government announced the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program in the 2021 budget. By March, 2022, the provinces and territories had all agreed to create more than 284,000 spaces by March 31, 2026.
January 27, 2026 - 00:01 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
Mounties in Alberta say a paraglider died after crashing into the side of a mountain just over a week ago.
January 26, 2026 - 23:19 | | CBC News - Canada
A police dog services team conducted an extensive search of the property but was unable to locate the suspect at the time.
January 26, 2026 - 21:46 | Victoria Femia | Global News - Canada



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