Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Mia Rabson
Publication Date: April 19, 2024 - 09:22
Ottawa to force banks to identify carbon rebate by name in direct deposits
April 19, 2024
Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.Guilbeault is taking the stand after Tuesday’s federal budget promised to amend the Financial Administration Act so government payments accepted for deposit at Canadian banks will carry whatever title the government wants.“The fact that they haven’t been doing it now for many years led us to take this position,” Guilbeault said.
Unpublished Newswire
A defamation lawsuit filed by the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger against the Canadaland podcast and its host will head to trial after an Ontario court rejected an application to have it thrown out, finding there is reason to believe the claim has “substantial merit.”Canadaland, its host Jesse Brown and others involved in the podcast had sought to have the lawsuit – which centres on an August 2021 episode about the Kielburger-founded WE Organization – dismissed under legislation meant to protect people from litigation intended to silence critics or public debate.In a ruling released...
May 17, 2024 - 08:00 | Paola Loriggio | The Globe and Mail
Public Health Ontario says a young child has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade.
May 17, 2024 - 07:56 | | Global News - Ottawa
In a report published Thursday, Public Health Ontario said the child was not vaccinated against the highly infectious respiratory virus. It did not indicate when or where the child died, or their specific age.
May 17, 2024 - 07:29 | | CBC News - Canada
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