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The McLellan’s report on the role of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
On December 16, 2019, a three-day hearing will start in the Federal Court of Appeal regarding the judicial review of the Governor-in-Council’s June 18, 2019, decision to approve the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
Four cases have been filed by different provincial governments to challenge the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act. So far, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal have found the Act to be constitutional. The provinces appealed these decisions to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Federal efforts to protect Canadians against gun crime.
What is the Government doing to address online harms?
What is the Government doing to combat Canadian extremist travellers?
Background and status of the Meng extradition proceedings.
Antimicrobial-resistant infections are becoming more frequent and increasingly difficult to treat. The antibiotics we rely on for common infections, such as pneumonia and strep throat, are becoming less effective, resulting in serious illness and death.
The Council of Canadian Academies released a report on November 12th, commissioned by the Public Health Agency of Canada, that describes the serious threat of antibiotic resistance. Already,1 in 4 bacterial infections are resistant to the first line of antibiotic treatment and last year approximately 5,400 Canadians died from a resistant infection. Projections of growth to 40 percent resistance by 2050 and 400,000 deaths are plausible according to these experts.
The Government of Canada has endorsed global targets that aim to end the AIDS and viral hepatitis epidemics and to reduce the health impacts of sexually transmitted infections by 2030. Community-based organizations and researchers have called on the Government of Canada to increase funding to address HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) in Canada.
Lyme disease continues to draw public, political and media attention with particular scrutiny on the number of human cases, risks, diagnosis and treatment in Canada.