Opinion Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:01:10 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Government implosion almost certain with NDP vowing to bring down Trudeau /item/37516-government-implosion-almost-certain-with-ndp-vowing-to-bring-down-trudeau /item/37516-government-implosion-almost-certain-with-ndp-vowing-to-bring-down-trudeau

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared today in a letter shared to social media that he and his party will join Pierre PoilievreƵapp Conservatives and Yves-François BlanchetƵapp Bloc Québécois in bringing down the Liberal Government with a non-confidence vote.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:23:38 -0500
Where has the $6 billion gone? /item/34960-where-has-the-6-billion-gone /item/34960-where-has-the-6-billion-gone

Ottawa has spent $3 billion out of its $6 billion, 10-year plan to bolster home and community care, including palliative care, across Canada. But the federal government can’t quite say what exactly the money was spent on.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:30:37 -0500
Feds’ daycare plan falls short, says Cardus /item/33097-feds-daycare-plan-falls-short-says-cardus /item/33097-feds-daycare-plan-falls-short-says-cardus

OTTAWA - The federal governmentƵapp much-hyped national daycare plan will cost up to four times the price tag the Liberals promised in its recent budget, according to the religious think tank Cardus.

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Canada Sat, 15 May 2021 08:41:12 -0400
Child-care policy can’t be one-size-fits-all /item/32188-child-care-policy-can-t-be-one-size-fits-all /item/32188-child-care-policy-can-t-be-one-size-fits-all

OTTAWA - The federal governmentƵapp commitment “to make a significant, long-term, sustained investment to create a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system” sounds good on the surface to a national religion-based think tank, but only if it doesn’t create a onesize- fits-all government-mandated system.

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Canada Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:13:39 -0400
Federal fund not enough, charities warn /item/31515-federal-fund-not-enough-charities-warn /item/31515-federal-fund-not-enough-charities-warn

A $350 million federal fund to help charities get through the COVID-19 crisis is simply not enough, charitable sector spokespeople have told The Catholic Register.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:30:00 -0400
Refugee advocates heave sigh of relief /item/30199-refugee-advocates-heave-sigh-of-relief /item/30199-refugee-advocates-heave-sigh-of-relief

Federal funding that will reverse Ontario government cuts to legal aid for asylum seekers is getting praise from Catholic refugee advocates.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 08 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0400
Cathy Majtenyi: Wilson-Raybould sets the right example /opinion/columnists/item/29328-wilson-raybould-sets-the-right-example /opinion/columnists/item/29328-wilson-raybould-sets-the-right-example

It was the bombshell conversation that sealed the fate of a string of federal government officials connecting right up to the office of the prime minister.

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cmajtenyi@catholicregister.org (Cathy Majtenyi) Register Columnists Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:27:45 -0400
Advocates worry new agreement will hurt private sponsorship refugee program /item/25511-advocates-worry-new-agreement-will-hurt-private-sponsorship-refugee-program /item/25511-advocates-worry-new-agreement-will-hurt-private-sponsorship-refugee-program

Private refugee sponsors need to guard the success of their program and protect their donors’ money, says Archdiocese of Toronto refugee advocate Martin Mark.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 22 Jun 2017 08:32:00 -0400
Editorial: Trudeau government needs to end bias in summer jobs funding /columns/item/25115-editorial-trudeau-government-needs-to-end-bias-in-summer-jobs-funding /columns/item/25115-editorial-trudeau-government-needs-to-end-bias-in-summer-jobs-funding

Canada Summer Jobs is a worthy federal program that subsidizes employment for thousands of high school and university students. Ottawa trumpets that “all small business, not-for-profit organizations and public-sector employers are encouraged to apply for funding” and hire summer students.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 11 May 2017 04:57:00 -0400
Pro-lifers lash out at Ottawa's pledge to ‘export’ abortions /item/24532-pro-lifers-lash-out-at-pledge-to-export-abortions /item/24532-pro-lifers-lash-out-at-pledge-to-export-abortions

OTTAWA –Pro-life groups are pushing back on social media against CanadaƵapp commitment to fund abortion overseas and make it a “pillar” of international development policy.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:25:00 -0500