Data reveals scope, damage of spring floods in Quebec and New Brunswick
The data also suggests some 460 kilometres of roadways were either washed out or cut off by rising rivers.
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Trudeau’s Claim About Refugee Claimant Screening Is ‘Full Of Baloney’
Trudeau clearly and matter-of-factly stated that “every single person
crossing our borders, whether legally or illegally, gets processed
according to all our rules.” He made this statement on the same day the
auditor general’s report was published, describing the 400 cases where
biometric screenings were not completed as well as other gaps in
information collected or shared among government agencies about asylum
seekers.
crossing our borders, whether legally or illegally, gets processed
according to all our rules.” He made this statement on the same day the
auditor general’s report was published, describing the 400 cases where
biometric screenings were not completed as well as other gaps in
information collected or shared among government agencies about asylum
seekers.
The audit report did find that in most cases, proper
procedures were followed, but it did flag areas where some people did
not get screened according to all the rules.
For that reason, Trudeau’s statement in the House of Commons earns a rating of “Full of baloney.”
Nova Scotia records should be released in unconquered people case: Appeal Court
In a written decision released Thursday, a three-member panel upheld a
lower court ruling in Alex Cameron’s favour that waived the
government’s privilege as it attempted to keep private internal
government communications related to his case.
lower court ruling in Alex Cameron’s favour that waived the
government’s privilege as it attempted to keep private internal
government communications related to his case.
Cameron was removed as government counsel in an Aboriginal rights
case in December 2016 after suggesting in a legal brief the Mi’kmaq were
a conquered people who were owed no duty of consultation.
The brief was part of the government’s defence when the Sipekne’katik
Band sought to overturn provincial approval of a plan by Alton Gas to
store natural gas in salt caverns near the Shubenacadie River.
Amid an outcry from the Mi’kmaq and others, the government withdrew the brief and disowned the argument.
The province has 30 days to appeal the latest ruling to the Supreme
Court of Canada, although Premier Stephen McNeil told reporters
Thursday no decision on an appeal has been made.
Owner of large, open-pit mines in Nova Scotia, sold to Australian firm
Local residents and environmental groups have expressed concern about how water stored in holding ponds will be treated prior to their return to local watersheds on the Eastern Shore.
The Eastern Shore Forest Watch Association has argued nitrogen in the effluent — in part from the explosives — may lead to unnatural enrichment of surrounding waters, leading to potential fish kills.
Federal Tanker Ban Goes to Full Senate After Committee Defeat [Campaign] – The Energy Mix
“Bill C-48 would prohibit tankers carrying more than 12,500 tonnes of
oil from docking along an area that stretches from the northern tip of
Vancouver Island to the Alaska border, which would do away with projects
like the now-defunct Northern Gateway or Indigenous-led Eagle Spirit
pipelines,” CBC News explains. “Its initial passage in the House of
Commons was celebrated by environmentalists, who said it would help keep
the coast and its diverse fishing industry safe from spills. But it’s
faced criticism from industry, First Nations, and provincial leaders,
who worried it could critically harm Canada’s oil exports.”
oil from docking along an area that stretches from the northern tip of
Vancouver Island to the Alaska border, which would do away with projects
like the now-defunct Northern Gateway or Indigenous-led Eagle Spirit
pipelines,” CBC News explains. “Its initial passage in the House of
Commons was celebrated by environmentalists, who said it would help keep
the coast and its diverse fishing industry safe from spills. But it’s
faced criticism from industry, First Nations, and provincial leaders,
who worried it could critically harm Canada’s oil exports.”
Simons, who cast the deciding vote against amending or advancing the
measure, “said she felt it was her duty as an Alberta senator to vote
against it in its current form,” CBC reports.
“I am very aware of how extraordinarily beautiful and sensitive that
particular ecosystem is and I very much want to see it protected,”
Simons said. “But Bill C-48 was not going to give that strip of land and
sea the protection it rightly deserved.”