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Ottawa axes controversial cultural diplomacy ‘slush fund’
The Mission Cultural Fund program, which operated under Global Affairs Canada, aimed to support ‘cultural diplomacy’ activities to help advance Canada’s foreign policy priorities. Ottawa has quietly shuttered an arts and culture funding program that has drawn controversy for financing some provocative initiatives and was flagged by a federal evaluation over transparency concerns.
P.E.I. Green Party wasn’t ready for election, may lose seats from 2019: experts
CHARLOTTETOWN — As the Prince Edward Island election approaches its final week, the Green Party is fighting to hold onto its historic gains from the last provincial vote — a battle some experts say could result in lost seats. Hannah Bell, a Green MLA who decided not to seek re-election, says the party simply wasn’t ready for this campaign.
Atlantic premiers to meet in P.E.I. following health-care funding talks with feds
2023-02-20 15:16:02 Global News By Teresa Wright The Council of Atlantic Premiers is set to meet in Prince Edward Island Monday. P.E.I. Premier Dennis King, chairofthecouncil, will host the meeting in Charlottetown with his fellowpremiersfrom the region. While it’s not clear what the meeting will be about, it comes after all 13 of Canada’s premiers agreed in principle to a funding deal from the federal Liberals presented during a health summit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Feb. 7.
Minors should be eligible for assisted dying, parliamentary committee says
Canada’s assisted dying laws should be expanded to include minors, a parliamentary committee has recommended in a report tabled in the House of Commons. After hearing from nearly 150 witnesses and reviewing more than 350 briefs on Canada’s medically assisted dying (MAiD) program, the special joint committee of MPs and senators concluded that minors deemed to have the appropriate decision-making capacity should be eligible for assisted death.
Here’s how much provinces have in surplus while demanding more federal health cash Original
By Teresa Wright Global News 1:42 Premiers agree to accept Ottawa’s health funding offer: ‘A step in the right direction’ As Canada’s premiers express disappointment over Ottawa’s health-care funding offer, questions are being raised about why provinces are demanding more federal cash while sitting on tens of millions of surplus dollars and other financial gains in their own budgets.
Ottawa wants health data reform. How will this help solve Canada’s health crisis?
Major gaps in the way health information is used in Canada means practitioners are often “flying blind” when caring for patients – a stark reality that can lead to poor health outcomes, avoidable deaths and inefficient use of already-strained resources, experts say.
‘We have to move quickly’: Health workers urge premiers to accept Ottawa’s health deal
As premiers mull their response to the Liberal government’s multibillion-dollar health funding proposal, health-care workers are urging government leaders to work quickly to finalize a deal.
Canadians’ concern over COVID-19 has waned - and so has their drive to get vaccinated: poll
A majority of Canadians remain concerned about COVID-19, however, their anxieties toward the virus have softened and vary depending on age, according to a new poll. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News between Dec. 14 and 16, 2022, found 61 per cent of the 1,004 adults surveyed indicated that COVID-19 is a concern and 70 per cent disagreed with the notion the virus “is not a big deal.”
Safe supply is about ‘pulling out all stops’ to prevent opioid crisis deaths: Tam
By Teresa Wright Global News 4:17 Trudeau says Ottawa will continue to partner with B.C. on solutions for toxic drug supply crisis Canada’s top doctor says street drugs in Canada have become so toxic, offering a safe supply of prescription opioids to those who are addicted is one way Canada is “pulling out all stops” to prevent people from dying.
Is safe supply for opioid use effective? Here’s what the experts, data say Original
By Teresa Wright Global News 2:29 Safe supply of drugs drops ER visits, hospitalizations, study says Front-line workers of Canada’s opioid crisis say harm reduction approaches like safe supplies for those navigating substance use are clear even amid renewed political debate around the issue.
Canadians ‘frightened’ about health-care system amid growing strains: Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canadians are “frustrated and frightened” by the significant strains facing the country’s health-care system, stressing that federal and provincial governments need to find solutions, rather than focusing on dollars. Freeland’s remarks come as Canada’s premiers are set to make a joint announcement later Friday amid ongoing demands for more federal money for health care.
Lack of urgency on mental health transfer contributing to ER crisis, advocates say
A lack of urgency to improve and expand access to mental health and addictions care across the country is contributing to the “crisis” in Canada’s emergency rooms, as mental health patients who need help often have nowhere to go but an ER, advocates say.
Provincial calls for more health funding amid tax breaks raises ‘questions,’ says Trudeau
Canadians may want to ask themselves why provinces are demanding more money from Ottawa in health transfers, while they simultaneously “turn around and give tax breaks to the wealthiest,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. He said while the federal government is committed to increasing funding for health care in Canada, provinces could be using more of their own funds and tax bases to address significant challenges facing the health system nationwide.
Global uncertainty means Canada must rise, compete in new ‘friendshoring’ era
The federal government is looking to capitalize on a new era of “friendshoring” among democratic nations with a new suite of clean technology and natural resources investment incentives designed to try to keep Canada competitive in an increasingly green-focused global economy.
$16M in Red Cross Fiona donations still haven’t been distributed to impacted residents
Where is the Red Cross? It’s a question many Prince Edward Island residents have been asking over the last two weeks since hurricane Fiona swept through the region in the early hours of Sept. 24, leaving behind a massive trail of destruction to homes, businesses and livelihoods. The Canadian Red Cross wasted no time launching a fundraising appeal for donations to hurricane Fiona relief mere hours after the storm subsided. By 6:30 p.m. Atlantic on Sept.
Monkeypox has half of Canadians worried, but most confident in health response: poll
At least half of Canadians are concerned about outbreaks of the monkeypox virus in Canada, but this concern doesn’t come close to the distress people felt over COVID-19, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News. Even as monkeypox cases continue to slowly rise in pockets of the country, 67 per cent of the population is confident Canadian officials have the situation well in hand, the poll suggests.
Liberal and Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by the federal NDP to decriminalize personal possession of some illicit drugs all across Canada as a way to stem the rising death toll from substance abuse. On Wednesday, a majority of MPs voted against the NDP’s private members’ bill, which would have repealed a provision in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that makes it an offence to possess certain drugs — the same exemption granted to B.C. one day ago.
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