A CBC Marketplace investigation found some food manufacturers are producing snack foods for the Canadian market that contain an ingredient banned in Europe....
The abandonment of public housing by the federal government in the 1990s went hand-in-hand with a wider push to financialize the entire sector: rent controls were deregulated, rules were rewritten to make it easier for landlords to purchase buildings then forcibly hike rents.
Once the Liberal and Conservatives governments pushed us into this era of investor led housing development it was obvious there was going to be a growing group of people that would be very happy that general housing prices were sky rocketing. Imagine how society would have viewed any type a significant bump in housing otherwise, how would anyone view it as anything as a bad thing.
List of random thoughts for what investor led housing has brought us aside for the prices:
Worse quality housing - They’re not living in it so they don’t care how poorly built or designed it is as long as it can be flipped for profit.
Worse quality local amenities - Why invest in things like local amenities, transit and anything else when it doesn’t make a difference for you
Worse maintained strata housing - Anyone that has been on strata boards know that investors owned units don’t want to maintain the building since they’ll be gone by the time the shit hits the fan and be twice as expensive to fix.
Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline’s bereavement rates – reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member....
On the surface you can’t really say the Liberals didn’t try to regulate some of this stuff and get more local content but the results in this case is Bell getting $40 million break in fees that would usually fund these programs plus another $30 mill from the Google deal. Canadian lose more local news coverage and get to watch the Prime Minister of the country essentially shrugs and says he can’t believe Bell only care about maximizing profits.
The Liberals’ update to broadcasting law, the Online Streaming Act, came into effect last April. It abolished certain licensing fees, which St-Onge said will save the company some $40 million a year.
This marks the end of the government’s direct role with the law formerly known as Bill C-11, the Liberal government’s second attempt to bring major online-streaming services into Canada’s broadcasting system and eventually have them contribute to supporting local music and stories.
“The sector needs to adapt to where the Canadian public is today. And we know Canadians look for their news and content online,” Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said Tuesday in Montreal.
I can’t believe 80% of Canadian voters were good with these 2 imbeciles running country last election.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responded to the cuts on Thursday by placing blame on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He said high taxes, burdensome red tape and an uncompetitive business environment “is driving our jobs and our money out of the country to foreign nations that are prospering at our expense.”
The House of Commons will vote next week on Motion 86. Sponsored by NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron, the motion calls on the federal government to establish a citizens assembly to "determine if electoral reform is recommended for Canada, and, if so, recommend specific measures that would foster a healthier democracy
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "on notice" that the failure to present a sufficient piece of pharmacare framework legislation by the March 1 deadline will be a supply-and-confidence deal-breaker.
If these people like this get what they want 20 years from now we’ll have the same dream team duo of Liberals\Conservatives run the country like we’ve had the previous 40 years and continue to trend in the same direction.
The political talking point will also still be how the other guy is the devil reincarnate and 4 years of them and we’ll be doomed.
Exemptions watered down ban CMHC data reveals that only two per cent of real estate purchases in 2021 were made by non-Canadians, according to communications obtained by Global News through Access to Information.
A few months after the ban was put into place more exemptions were added. These included students, first-time buyers and properties under $500,000.
In the post yesterday the “experts” said the good side of this must means the system is working at this indicates Loblaws gave them a competitive deal.
Even if you pretend that the saving will be passed consumer on the short term. There’s no way this ends up well for us once the competition dies out.
For anyone wondering this is at current time Provincially regulated.
Some provinces have regulations that require a person’s written consent if an insurance agreement restricts access to their pharmacy of choice, including Ontario. But according to the Ontario College of Pharmacists, when it comes to preferred provider contracts, “consent is given by the [patient] when they opt-in or enrol for benefits.”
The only province in Canada where these kinds of exclusivity deals are illegal is in Quebec. The province’s Bill 92 prohibits preferred pharmacy arrangements between pharmacies and insurance providers.
Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's 'disappointed' in the lack of transparency Canadian grocery store giants have offered so far when it comes to tackling food inflation. He's sending a letter to Canada's Commissioner of Competition to express his dissatisfaction.
The only way I can view this is it’s another occasion where they said they tried and it’s just the way things are or he’s so delusional that he thought all he had to do was ask to get food prices under control.
As usual regardless of your political affiliation 200k+ is a lot to pay for someone for this quality of work.
For anyone wondering his next game plan is deferring to the Competition Bureau. I feel like somehow the timing of them really wanting to do something will be awful close to the next election cycle.
Banned in Europe, this controversial ingredient is allowed in foods here (www.cbc.ca)
A CBC Marketplace investigation found some food manufacturers are producing snack foods for the Canadian market that contain an ingredient banned in Europe....
Canada’s housing crisis isn’t being caused by foreign investors. It’s being caused by investors, period | Ricochet (ricochet.media)
Air Canada's chatbot gave a B.C. man the wrong information. Now, the airline has to pay for the mistake (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline’s bereavement rates – reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member....
Trudeau says he's furious over Bell Media layoffs, calling it a 'garbage decision' (www.ctvnews.ca)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trash-talking BCE Inc.'s widespread layoffs, calling the cuts a "garbage decision."
Local news cuts at Bell come after it was granted $40M in regulatory relief: St-Onge (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
MPs from all parties vote for Electoral Reform – but not enough to win (www.fairvote.ca)
You can see how each member voted here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/44/1/634
Singh puts PM 'on notice' over pharmacare bill, says failure to deliver a 'deal breaker' (www.ctvnews.ca)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "on notice" that the failure to present a sufficient piece of pharmacare framework legislation by the March 1 deadline will be a supply-and-confidence deal-breaker.
Government extends ban on foreign buying of Canadian housing (www.cbc.ca)
The federal government is extending its ban on foreign home purchasing in Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in a release Sunday....
The Manulife-Loblaw deal: How it will impact you and other questions, answered (www.cbc.ca)
Canada's industry minister 'disappointed' in grocers' cost stabilization measures (www.ctvnews.ca)
Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's 'disappointed' in the lack of transparency Canadian grocery store giants have offered so far when it comes to tackling food inflation. He's sending a letter to Canada's Commissioner of Competition to express his dissatisfaction.