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Truth Tracker: A look at Scheer’s claims that Liberals provided aid to ‘adversarial’ countries
In the 10 years before Trudeau was elected, Canada provided $25 million
to North Korea through international programs such as the World Food
Programme. Millions of dollars were also given to Russia and Iran,
according to the Canadian International Development Platform, which tracks international aid on a year-by-year basis.
Conservatives snub surveys on climate policy; other parties give full responses
The coalition was one of two groups that released survey results Tuesday. The other was the Climate Action Network, which represents 110 environmental and First Nations groups.
In both surveys, the Conservative party declined to answer questions and instead provided a brief blanket statement summarizing its climate plan. The party didn’t respond to the network at all until after a query from The Canadian Press.
“It’s a clear sign that they’re not taking this issue very seriously,” said network spokeswoman Catherine Abreu.
Province promises help for Manitoba farmers struggling after summer drought | CBC News
Agriculture
Minister Ralph Eichler outlined a number of measures Monday to give
producers some relief from a hot summer, after a number of
municipalities declared a state of agricultural disaster this year.
Minister Ralph Eichler outlined a number of measures Monday to give
producers some relief from a hot summer, after a number of
municipalities declared a state of agricultural disaster this year.
Among
those measures: the Crown corporation that provides insurance and loans
to agricultural producers — the Manitoba Agricultural Services
Corporation — has been asked to defer loan payments for up to six
months, with the possibility of a six-month extension to that.
Poverty costs Ontario up to $33B annually, new report says | CBC News
The study,
entitled The Cost of Poverty in Ontario, examines the relationship
between poverty, poor health, the justice system and lost
productivity. It makes the economic case that investing in people by
reducing poverty is not only socially responsible but financially sound.
entitled The Cost of Poverty in Ontario, examines the relationship
between poverty, poor health, the justice system and lost
productivity. It makes the economic case that investing in people by
reducing poverty is not only socially responsible but financially sound.
The
loss of what’s known as “opportunity income” accounts for the largest
chunk of the cost of poverty — $19.4 to $25 billion — followed by health
care with $3.9 billion.
Michael
Maidment, chair of the Feed Ontario board of directors, says
opportunity income refers to the loss of personal revenue when people
are unemployed or underemployed, along with the resulting loss in tax
revenue.