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Ottawa needs to address the funding and access problems regarding postsecondary education that have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a coalition of university faculty, student and labour groups.
Rising tuition coupled with pandemic-induced unemployment is reducing access to education and training, the coalition says in its report, called “Education for All,” released Tuesday. Many people who have lost their jobs in the past year are unable to afford the training that could help them get back to work, it says.
Canada on Monday launched a 58-nation initiative to stop countries from detaining foreign citizens for diplomatic leverage, a practice that Ottawa and Washington say China and others are using.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Feb 15, 2021 11:57am A COVID-19 vaccination (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star)
Pfizer ramp-up expected this week: The Public Health Agency of Canada expects more than 335,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be delivered this week. (Pfizer says it could be closer to 400,000, if medical professionals extract six, rather than five, doses per vial.) The shipment will be the single largest delivery to Canada since the start of the pandemic, as Pfizer scales up production after a month-long slowdown.
Meanwhile, India’s Serum Institute has confirmed it will begin shipping vaccines to Canada within a month.
Expectations for the pandemic budget: Liberal insiders and former public servants say the spring budget will be buttoned down and driven by COVID. “We’re just trying to keep the economy functioning in some form so that we can rebound quicker when we come out the other end of this thing,” former L
Federal government announces $55-million in funding to support Canada’s clean tech sector OTTAWA Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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The federal government has announced $55 million in funding to support Canada’s clean technology sector.
The money is from a pool of $750 million announced in December for Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
It is to go to 20 companies across the country to help fund research and development on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, reducing environmental impacts of mining and supporting more sustainable agriculture.
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