What’s behind Canada’s housing crisis? Experts break down the ...
WEB4 days ago · Canadians are in the grip of a deepening housing crisis, yet not everyone agrees on what exactly the housing crisis is. The common narrative focuses on an affordability crisis for homeownership, attributed to either excessive demand from immigrants and foreign buyers or a lack of supply. Canada’s ...
Wealthier Canadians live longer and are less likely to be ...
WEB16 hours ago · By Marie-Louise Leroux, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Marie Connolly, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), The Conversation. Population aging is a growing challenge for developed countries like Canada, with significant implications for health care and long-term care systems.
Quebec (and Ottawa) fail victims of violence – Philippine ...
WEB1 day ago · In 1980, victim compensation cost $7 million. By 2019, that amount had risen to more than $154 million. Quebec had been wanting to eliminate lifetime payments since 1992, when Ottawa ended cost-sharing with the provinces and territories. The federal program had aimed to encourage the introduction of victim-compensation programs …
182 Filipinos in Lebanon expected home soon – Philippine ...
WEB16 hours ago · By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora, Philippine News Agency. MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday at least 182 Filipinos in Lebanon are confirmed to be returning to the Philippines soon. DFA Undersecretary for Migration Eduardo Jose De Vega said the Filipinos have their flights out of Beirut reserved, with …
Updated COVID-19 vaccines roll out at pharmacies
WEB4 days ago · The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says updated vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are scheduled to arrive in provinces and territories by next week. Pharmacies and public health units, or their local equivalents, will then distribute the products. The updated mRNA vaccines target the Omicron subvariant known as KP.2.
‘Carbon contracts for difference’ are not a silver bullet for ...
WEB4 days ago · With the end of the supply-and-confidence agreement and plummeting support for the Liberals, Canada’s climate policy mix is becoming increasingly unstable with the future of everything from investment tax credits to carbon pricing seemingly in flux. Given this uncertainty, some industrial emitters ...
Canada needs better security checks for international ...
WEB5 days ago · The number of international students with active study permits in Canada rose to 1,040,985 in 2023, a 195 per cent increase over the 352,305 who were here in 2015 when the Liberal government was first elected, according to IRCC data.