Horgan Unveils Economic Recovery Plan, Dodges Election Questions
Kai Nagata, Dogwood writer said, “Our politicians are drilling holes in the lifeboat, while we bail out the water. They’re shovelling your money into the gaping jaws of oil and gas, to pay for more fracking and pipelines. It has to stop.
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Task force calls on federal government to spend billions on a ‘green recovery’ | CBC News
Its proposals also include new investments in clean energy, such as hydrogen, and increased production and promotion of zero-emission vehicles.
Lourie said many of the report’s ideas are “so straightforward” he can’t see why the federal government wouldn’t adopt them.
Feds freeze EI premiums in response to pandemic | Advisor’s Edge
The Canada Employment Insurance Commission (CEIC) said Monday that the EI premium rate will remain $1.58 per $100 of insurable earnings for 2021 and 2022. For employers, who pay 1.4 times the employee rate, the rate remains $2.21.
The government said it was freezing the rate at the current level as a result of the economic impact from the pandemic. It will be crediting the EI operating account for the increases related to CERB.
Guaranteed basic income tops policy priorities for Liberal caucus at upcoming convention | CBC News
There are also multiple resolutions, including one from the caucus, calling on the government to develop enforceable national standards
for long-term care homes — and to provide provinces with the funding
needed to meet those standards. Long-term care facilities have borne the
brunt of the more than 9,000 COVID-19-related deaths in Canada.