Embarrassing government leak! Canadian lawmaker steps down to seek help after he was filmed PEEING in coffee cup during Zoom meeting just a month after he stripped naked during official video call
William Amos, a member of Canadian Parliament, was seen by his colleagues peeing during a virtual meeting on Thursday
No footage has emerged, but two local journalists claim he was seen urinating into a coffee cup
The blunder is the second time in a month Amos has exposed himself during a virtual government meeting
He was seen stripping naked after arriving at a work meeting following a run last month, and apologized over that previous blunder
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Mark Carney on Canada’s economic growth: ‘It’s going to take more than one budget’
“There were elements of growth in the balance from what I can see and understand,” Carney said in a long response that didn’t directly answer the question.
The assessment by Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada, comes amid criticism that Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget last week lacks a robust post-pandemic growth plan.
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OTTAWA Mark Carney says it will take a few budgets for the Trudeau government’s recovery plan to deliver the growth Canada needs as it emerges from Covid-19’s economic crisis.
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Bill C-29 imposes the return to work at 12:01 a.m. the day after the legislation receives royal assent. Any party that violates a provision of the act would face a fine of up to $100,000 per day of violation.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the longshoremen, called the move “an affront to all workers in the country.” The port workers have been without a labour agreement since December 2018.
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Ottawa “is playing the employer’s game by legislating a return to work and violating the rights of workers to bargain collectively and to strike,” Marc Ranger, CUPE’s Quebec director, said in a statement. “It’s shameful for a government that calls itself the defender of the middle class.”