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Advocates called for a rethink of the way Veterans Affairs Canada operates on Wednesday in testimony before a House of Commons committee, stating the department does not adequately meet the mental-health needs of veterans seeking support.
Veteran Sean Bruyea, who submitted a number of recommendations for departmental reform to the committee, including that it hire more case managers and veteran service agents, said not much has changed in 20 years in the way that VAC deals with those suffering from psychological injuries.
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Delays in the delivery of Moderna vaccines are interrupting vaccination programs across the country, with health officials cancelling appointments, reducing clinic capacity, or holding doses in reserve to prevent disruptions.
The last timely shipment of the Moderna vaccine arrived in Canada on March 11, according to information provided to The Globe and Mail by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Since then, shipments of hundreds of thousands of shots have arrived later than expected, and that trend will continue in the weeks ahead, PHAC said.
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Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole unveiled his party’s long-awaited plan for the environment on Thursday morning.
The plan includes a “price on carbon for consumers,” which is a shift for the party. The Conservatives’ plan would set the carbon price at $20 a tonne, eventually increasing that up to $50.
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The Liberals’ current plan sets a higher price on carbon at $40 a tonne, which will increase to $50 in 2022. The carbon price is then set to increase by $15 each year until 2030.
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OTTAWA, ON, April 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced up to $135,000 in funding for the virtual commemoration of Canadian Veterans as part of the 2021 Canadian Tulip Festival.
Organized by the Canadian Tulip Legacy, the Festival will run from May 14 to May 24 2021 with both in-person and virtual elements. Thanks in part to this funding, the Festival will feature a virtual initiative entitled
TORONTO A Canadian family that has been living in New Zealand for the past 18 years say they have received a COVID-19 benefit cheque addressed to their disabled daughter who died in 2009, despite never applying for any financial aid. Sandra Walsh and her family moved from Winnipeg to Christchurch, N.Z. in 2003 with their four children. At the time, their youngest daughter Bonnie, who has Down syndrome, was one year old. Walsh explained in a Zoom interview with CTVNews.ca in March that Bonnie was diagnosed with cancer two years after arriving in New Zealand. Bonnie later died in 2009, at the age of seven.