Tag: Justin Trudeau
Canada may change border requirements by the end of September
There may be a change in how people cross the Canada-U.S. border as the two countries move on from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Letters to the Editor: August 4, 2022
Quit obsessing
Prime minister visits London, honours Afzaals on painful anniversary
‘We shouldn’t have to be fighting for this’
$10-a-day child care coming to Ontario as province signs on to deal
Ontario parents of children aged five and under in child care will start getting rebates in May as part of a $10.2-billion deal the province has signed with the federal government.
Trudeau announces additional sanctions
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced additional sanctions on 10 individuals “complicit in this unjustified invasion” of Ukraine while in the United Kingdom Monday.
Border mayors send letter asking for end to border testing
It states the “absurdity” of it will “undermine Canadians’ confidence in all levels of government.”
CCLA says threshold “not met” for Emergencies Act
It warns normalizing the use of the legislation poses a threat to democracy and civil liberties.
Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act to end ‘illegal’ blockades
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked the national Emergencies Act to bring to an end the anti-government blockades he describes as illegal and not about peaceful protest. The government will use that act to force towing companies to remove big rigs and other vehicles that are blocking highways and other critical infrastructure, establish zones […]
Cornies: Self-serving protesters, bungled response strain nation’s fabric
The Canadian project has always been part pragmatism and part aspiration, stitched together by goodwill and tolerance.
Baranyai: Trudeau comes close to a ‘deplorables’ misstep
The diverse aims of the trucking protest that rolled into Ottawa last weekend inspired more than one major news outlet to describe the convoy as a “bug light,” attracting protesters with a deep bench of grievances beyond vaccine mandates for border-crossers. It’s an evocative metaphor for a movement that has drawn conspiracy theorists and white […]