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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
STATEMENT - CMA looks to health care solutions in throne speech
OTTAWA, ON, May 26, 2025 /CNW/ - The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) urges the new government to uphold its election promises to expand access to care, graduate more doctors, build clinics and support Indigenous-led health care as they table their agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session. The CMA is pleased that its recommendations to improve health care for all Canadians were committed to in the Liberal platform in the recent election. Canadians are facing enough economic and affordability pressures - they shouldn't also need to worry about access to health care. We agree with Prime Minister Carney that our strength lies in our resolve to work together as a country. Health care solutions cannot be implemented in silos, one level of government at a time. To improve our health care system in a way that truly meets Canadians' needs is through federal leadership and across-the-board collaboration. The CMA is ready to work with the new government to implement the solutions that will make our health care system a driving force of Canada's economic agenda. Dr. Joss ReimerPresident, CMA SOURCE Canadian Medical Association View original content: Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Around 800 jobs to be cut Service Canada offices nationally
Around 800 passport office jobs are expected to be cut across the country at the end of June due to a forecast of reduced applications from Service Canada. In an email to this newspaper, a spokesperson for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) said the decision was 'necessary and not taken lightly.' The cuts will impact Service Canada offices nationally, the spokesperson added. They did not provide details about how many jobs from each service location will be cut, but did say all impacted employees have been notified. 'As a federal department, ESDC has an obligation to ensure sound fiscal management throughout the organization based on forecasted workload volumes. Revenues must be balanced with costs, including costs for employee salaries,' the email read. The job cuts come after the Canadian Revenue Agency announced it will cut 280 jobs, most of them in the National Capital Region. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents nearly 240,000 public service workers across the country, said the job cuts will threaten services that people rely on every day. It will mean longer wait times at passport offices as well as weakened services for taxpayers and businesses, the union said. 'Throughout the election, the Liberals promised 'caps, not cuts,' but each week, hundreds of federal workers are receiving notice that their jobs are being eliminated,' said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president, in a statement posted online. 'Prime Minister Carney needs to make good on his word and stop slashing the services people depend on – especially without proper analysis or solid evidence to support these decisions.' Our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark our homepage and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. City committee to debate whether to allow alcohol in parks GUILTY: Alain Bellefeuille gets life sentence for killing OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller, injuring two other officers
CBC
23-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
U.S. Republican senator 'encouraged' by meeting with Canada
North Dakota Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer tells Power & Politics he's feeling 'encouraged' about the Canada-U.S. relationship after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and some of his cabinet.
CBC
22-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
Regina city council votes to cut nearly $1.6M from this year's budget
Social Sharing Regina city council voted Wednesday to cut $1.55 million from the 2025 municipal budget, honouring a commitment it made in March to fund a 0.5 per cent reduction in the city mill rate. The move came after a decision during the 2025 budget debate to lessen the city's 7.33 per cent increase — the biggest hike in over 10 years — to this year to its mill rate, which is the amount of tax payable per $1,000 of taxable assessed value. The city had originally proposed saving the money by terminating 34 external consultants and "out of scope" management-level positions, but that plan was scrapped after a backlash. Instead, council tasked city administrators to return in May with a number of cost-cutting options for them to vote on. "We committed to bringing you a menu of options," said Regina city clerk Jim Nicol told council on Wednesday. "We looked at this very carefully so that they would be feasible, acceptable and doable." Ward 3 Coun. David Froh said there are "no perfect cuts." "I certainly have an expectation that the people of Regina aren't interested in us reducing our mosquito control services or our dust suppression," he said. Council found the $1.55 million in savings after being presented with 13 different city programs and budgets. The largest cost savings by far came from the carbon tax payments the city stopped having to make on its electricity and natural gas bills after April 1, when Prime Minister Mark Carney reduced the consumer carbon tax to zero per cent. That accounted for $600,000, or 39 per cent, of the total shortfall. The next largest cut was to the transit fleet reserve, which funds the replacements of city buses and other vehicles. Its budget for 2025 was cut by $500,000, from a total of $6.2 million. The city's budget for natural gas, its workplace improvement budget and its facility retrofit budget were each slashed by $100,000. The city cut a further $80,000 by reducing the frequency of custodial services in non-public spaces like city hall, transit facilities and fire stations. Another $26,000 was saved by deferring a cybersecurity audit. And the mosquito control budget did end up being cut by $44,000, to arrive at the $1.55 million goal. "It was a list [of] items that were not a major impact to services," Mayor Chad Bachynski said after the vote. "We recognized the services that would maybe have a more visible impact to residents than others." Along with Flores and Bachynski, Couns. Clark Bezo, Mark Burton, Victoria Flores, David Froh and George Tsiklis voted in favour of the framework. Couns. Dan Rashovich, Shobna Radons and Sarah Turnbull voted against it. Turnbull attempted a different suite of cuts. She wanted to reduce the transit fleet reserve's budget by only $250,000, and make up the difference by cutting the external and professional services budget, which funds external consultants to work on special city projects, by the same amount. That option, which was only supported byTurnbull and Radons, was rejected. City council also voted unanimously to accept the donation of a storage building by the Regina Ski Club at Kinsmen Park, and enter into a lease agreement with the Regina Rugby Union for their clubhouse.
CBC
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Why Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre moved out of his office, but not Stornoway
Social Sharing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre closed his constituency and Parliament Hill offices following his election defeat in Carleton, but is expected to stay in Stornoway — Canada's residence for the leader of the Official Opposition — despite losing that title. While Poilievre remains the leader of the Conservative Party, his caucus selected Andrew Scheer last week as interim leader of the Official Opposition for the spring sitting of Parliament. By law only an MP can hold that title, and Poilievre no longer has a seat in the House of Commons for the first time in 20 years. Scheer says Poilievre's Ottawa offices are now closed but expects Poilievre, his wife and two young children to remain at Stornoway. "Given that Mr. Poilievre hopes to be re-elected as a Member of Parliament in a few months and Prime Minister Carney promised to hold the byelection quickly, it would be more costly to taxpayers to move the family out and then right back into the residence," Scheer said in a statement. "I have no intention to move into the residence and so we expect the family will just remain there through this short transition phase." The House of Commons says MPs who aren't re-elected must vacate their parliamentary and constituency offices within 21 days of losing an election. But it's up to the Conservative Party to manage who lives in Stornoway, the Privy Council Office says. The Conservative Party has faced questions since Poilievre's election loss about if he was allowed to stay in the official residence without serving as an MP. Scheer cited savings to taxpayers as a reason why Poilievre is expected to stay at the government-owned residence. The last time moving costs for an Official Opposition leader were made public was in 2022, when Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen lived in Stornoway for less than a year. The federal government paid close to $20,000 to prepare the official residence for her arrival, the Globe and Mail reported at the time. It's unclear exactly how much it could cost to move Poilievre out and back into Stornoway. CBC News asked the National Capital Commission, which manages official residences, for an average estimated cost, but has not yet received a response. A report released under the Access to Information Act said it cost more than $78,000 in public funds to maintain Stornoway during the 2023-24 fiscal year. That includes the cost of utilities, property management fees and maintenance of Stornoway's grounds. MP Damien Kurek announced he's stepping aside so Poilievre can run in his Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot — a Conservative stronghold. But it could take some time before Poilievre has a chance to return to the House of Commons. Kurek can't resign his seat until 30 days after their election result is published in the federal government's official publication called the Canada Gazette, the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons says. The average cost to hold a byelection is $1.7 million, according to Elections Canada's latest data from 2024. The costs can vary depending on the electoral district and length of the election period, Elections Canada says.
