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Morgan Sharp
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News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
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August 20th 2020
The federal Liberal government says it will transfer workers who lost work due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been receiving emergency benefits onto new recovery versions of employment insurance, but will let benefits for students expire.
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More in today's news
The federal Liberals are rolling out a $37-billion income-support plan for workers whose earnings have crashed during the pandemic, providing a hint of future changes to the social safety net — and igniting a debate about what should stay.
Jordan Press
News, Politics
| August 21st 2020
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This is no time for half measures or pilot projects. For this plan to work, we must spend big. And that is where Chrystia Freeland must shine.
Sheila Block
Opinion
| August 21st 2020
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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to continue playing a key role in managing Canada's relationship with the United States as the two countries look to restart their pandemic-ravaged economies.
Lee Berthiaume
News, US News, Politics
| August 21st 2020
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When photographs of a younger Justin Trudeau wearing blackface and brownface emerged during the 2019 federal election campaign, it emboldened students at one school to replicate them, a student says. When the school did little in response, the racism flourished.
Morgan Sharp
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider
| August 21st 2020
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Twenty-four weeks ago, COVID-19 brought Canada to a standstill. A wait that, for chefs, cooks, and other laid-off employees, has no end in sight. It’s a difficult situation, said Michelle Travis, a representative from UNITE HERE Local 40. “There’s no protection for workers to get their jobs back.”
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| August 21st 2020
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Northern Saskatchewan has seen a lot of precipitation since April. High water flows and lake levels across the Churchill River and Lower Saskatchewan River basins has threatened property and infrastructure across the region.
Michael Bramadat-Willcock
News, La Ronge, Saskatchewan
| August 20th 2020
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Electric car advocates are pushing Ottawa to put more money into its zero-emission vehicle rebate program, as the popular program is on track to run out of cash more than a year ahead of schedule.
Mia Rabson
News, Politics
| August 21st 2020
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The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the province's minister of economic development confirmed on Thursday, August 20, 2020.
Shawn Jeffords
News, Politics
| August 21st 2020
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From the archives
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Selena Ross
News
| January 29th 2018
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