Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
While the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in the near future would be ideal, other solutions to the pandemic it has caused might appear first, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing more than $1 billion for medical research and testing to battle the virus.
Canada enacts stricter COVID-19 quarantine measures
As of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan, the federal government says.
COVID-19 shows national security failings, intelligence expert says
It was last on a list of eight threat scenarios, but the danger of a global pandemic made the cut when the Liberal government issued a national security policy in 2004.
Pandemic thwarting some key Trudeau government initiatives
As a new year dawned, the government's throne-speech commitments, unfurled just weeks earlier, were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers.
Hajdu says Feds didn't have enough protective gear in emergency stockpile
The federal government likely did not have enough protective equipment in its emergency stockpile to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Patty Hajdu acknowledges.
Traveller says 'shocking' lack of COVID-19 prevention care in Canadian airports
For one traveller returning to Toronto from Vietnam, the way officials handled arrivals to Canada was startling when compared to strict COVID-19 guidelines in the southeast Asian country.
House of Commons suspends for five weeks over COVID-19 risk
The House of Commons and Senate are shutting down for five weeks to help prevent parliamentarians from contributing to the spread of COVID-19, after an extraordinary unanimous agreement among the federal parties.
Russia and China interference in Canadian affairs 'significant and sustained'
China and Russia are meddling in Canadian affairs, a national security-and-intelligence watchdog says in a new report that cites evidence of "significant and sustained" foreign interference directed at Canada.
Anti-money laundering centre eyes AI to find the dirt
The federal anti-money laundering centre is exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sort through a deluge of data in the hunt for hidden dirty cash.
Conservatives say Liberal spending has 'left cupboard bare'
The federal Conservatives are calling for spending cuts and waste reduction in the coming budget to unleash the economy and create jobs.