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A vast marine area off Ontario’s north shores that’s home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears could soon be protected, officials said Wednesday, as First Nations welcomed what was seen as a key step towards fulfilling a longstanding treaty promise. The federal government and nine First Nations said they …
Read More »‘No austerity,’ despite bigger deficit due to spending on Quebec teachers: Legault
Premier François Legault said Sunday the ramp-up in spending on education pledged by his government will go a long way to supporting Quebec’s teachers and students — and prompt a bigger budget deficit. At a news conference, Legault said agreements recently hammered out with unions will see the province “invest …
Read More »Barnes set for bigger role in Raptors’ new offence
Scottie Barnes’s chance to be the point guard he’s long viewed himself as might have arrived. With longtime point guard Fred VanVleet leaving for Houston in free agency, and new Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic looking to play selfless basketball while utilizing the skillset of his players more, the …
Read More »World Economic Forum official says Canada has bigger issues to discuss than conspiracy theories
A senior official with the World Economic Forum says Canada should be talking about more important things than conspiracy theories targeting his organization. Adrian Monck, managing director of the WEF, also argues that politicians espousing those theories should ask themselves whether they’re spreading disinformation coming from bad actors. “Canada should be talking about …
Read More »Vertical farmers say they can play bigger role as Ontario farmland disappears. Critics aren’t so sure
Lenny Louis says when people visit his vertical farming facility in Welland, Ont., they’re often surprised by how much produce comes out of that one squat, two-storey building. But inside, things look very different. Stacked rows of lettuce, arugula and basil grow 365 days a year, and, Louis says, the produce travels less than …
Read More »Inflation’s bite is big. Alberta’s capacity to help is bigger
This column is an opinion by Trevor Tombe, a University of Calgary economist. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. Inflation is high — not just in Alberta and Canada, but throughout the world. It reached its highest rate since 1983 this May, when Statistics Canada found average consumer prices were 7.7 …
Read More »Bigger battle groups, more reinforcements: What overhauling NATO means to Canada
Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO, likely didn’t set out to steal anyone’s thunder — but it was hard for anyone at the G7 Summit in Germany to ignore the man on Monday. Affable, seemingly awkward sometimes, the former prime minister of Norway has been a steady, usually unflappable …
Read More »Doug Ford’s new cabinet expected to be bigger, more diverse
Premier Doug Ford will create a larger cabinet that better reflects Ontario’s diversity and puts his own stamp on government more firmly than he did four years ago, according to Progressive Conservative insiders. Forming a cabinet will be job No. 1 for Ford in the wake of his re-election to …
Read More »How Doug Ford won an even bigger majority
Doug Ford’s journey to winning the Ontario election and securing a second straight majority really began on St. Patrick’s Day in 2020, the day he declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic. Until that moment, Ford’s Progressive Conservative government bore the aroma of a one-term wonder, mired in …
Read More »Why the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t a bigger factor in the Ontario election campaign
You may have figured a global pandemic that upended Ontario businesses, schools and health care for two years, infected millions and led to the deaths of 13,000 people would totally dominate the provincial election campaign. But you’d be wrong. While PC Leader Doug Ford’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during …
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