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China a Main Source of Fentanyl Fuelling Opioid Crisis Killing Canadians, Public Safety Minister Says
Blair warns about use of Chinese social media apps, says information can be used for hostile activities
China is one of the main manufacturers of fentanyl and plays a key role in the current overdose crisis in Canada, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 25.
“It’s no secret that China is one of the main source countries of fentanyl, as well as the precursor chemicals used to make this highly potent and deadly synthetic opioids,” Blair said.
“Illegal fentanyl and fentanyl-like drugs are being mixed in with and contaminating other drugs. This continues to be a major driving factor in the overdose crisis that has tragically cut so many lives short in Canada.”
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Feb 24, 2021 5:38pm
Canada’s cybersecurity workers, whose job is to protect the government’s computer and network information from foreign cyberattacks, have voted to strike.
The nearly 2,400 employees of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
Talks between the union and CSE management broke down early last year over market allowance a negotiated pay increase to close the wage gap for workers whose jobs are similar to those in the private sector.
In the past, the market allowance of up to 10 per cent of an annual salary had been used to attract and retain workers at CSE. During recent contract negotiations, CSE management wanted changes to the way the allowance is applied. The union took the case to the Public Interest Commission, which sided with the union.
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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 24, 2021 6:05pm
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While Canada trails much of the Western world in the number of vaccines deployed to date, today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Moderna will deliver 1.3 million doses next month. That will see about two million in all arrive in the first quarter of this year which Trudeau noted is “even more than promised.”