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The Parliamentary Budget Officer issued a report on basic income that examines how it could reduce poverty in Canada.
International students in Canada or planning to study in Canada have been impacted by the health and travel restrictions imposed to address COVID-19 pandemic. The Department has put in place measures to assist international students during these uncertain times.
Responsive to NGO, Environment Defense, report on EDC support for carbon intensive industries.
Immigration Pathways for Caregivers and processing plan
Despite being among the top oil exporters in the world, Canada’s eastern refineries still rely on oil imports from the US and other countries to meet domestic demand.
According to a recent release by Statistics Canada, oil imports from non-US sources have been declining steadily over the past 10 years, with imports from the US accounting for 77% of the total imports in 2020.
There is growing pressure by various activist groups and political figures for countries, including Canada, to boycott the Beijing 2022 Games or to request they be relocated given China’s domestic policies curtailing civil and political rights.
A group of six current and former artistic swimmers, led by gold medalist Sylvie Fréchette, held a press conference on March 9, 2021, to denounce the alleged psychological abuse that artistic swimmers have endured for over a decade under multiple coaches, and the trauma that it has caused to many of them. A class action against Canada Artistic Swimming was filed. As a result of these allegations, two former national team coaches were suspended. After an independent investigation, the suspensions of the former coaches were lifted. The current national team coach has taken a leave of absence.