Canada

2020-06-01

Some businesses absorbing cost of PPE, not applying COVID-19 surcharge

IRWeasel Business & Economics, Canada, Food & Drink, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/some-businesses-absorbing-cost-of-ppe-not-applying-covid-19-surcharge

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

While businesses can apply a COVID-19 surcharge to cover the cost of personal protective equipment (PPE), some are choosing to absorb the cost instead of passing it on to customers. The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers said that many of its members are facing higher costs from the supply chain — increased prices for meat products by up to 40%, for example — as well as paying for PPE to product workers and customers. On top of that, there have been a migration towards cashless transactions, which means increased cost of banking fees. Still, none of its members intends making customers pay for it.

2020-06-01

Cops nab suspected killer in ‘targeted’ Hamilton murder

IRWeasel Canada, Health & Living, Law & Crime 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/cops-nab-suspected-killer-in-targeted-hamilton-murder

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Darren Buskey was marked for death. The 44-year-old Hamilton resident was involved in the drug world and had made at least one very deadly enemy, according to police. He was shot to death late Saturday night in the parking lot of a Hamilton Mountain apartment complex.

2020-06-01

GUNN: Here’s how the feds have abdicated responsibility during COVID-19

IRWeasel Canada, Health & Living, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunn-heres-how-the-feds-have-abdicated-responsibility-during-covid-19

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

“Not effective at all.” That was the response from Canada’s Health Minister Patty Hajdu back in February, when asked about closing Canada’s borders to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Choosing instead to leave our ports of entry wide open, with little to no scrutiny, for another entire month. Continuing to accept flights from China, Italy, Iran and others, where the outbreak had already infected, and killed, thousands. All while mocking and ridiculing those who suggested it do otherwise.

2020-06-01

BONOKOSKI: Anyone wondering what happened to the House of Commons?

IRWeasel Canada, Health & Living, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-anyone-wondering-what-happened-to-the-house-of-commons

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Canadians looking to Ottawa for the cut-and-thrust of parliamentary debate must be wondering what the hell has happened. At a time when the opposition parties should be flexing their collective muscles to taskmaster the Liberal minority of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the House of Commons has less action today than a ghost-town Moose Lodge.

2020-06-01

EDITORIAL: Trudeau’s lost the high ground on racism

IRWeasel Canada, Culture & Race, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-trudeaus-lost-the-high-ground-on-racism

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

It’s beyond hypocritical for Prime Minster Justin Trudeau to weigh in on the racially charged violence that’s happening in the U.S. On Friday, he couldn’t resist a sanctimonious dig at U.S. woes and at President Donald Trump. “Many Canadians of diverse backgrounds are watching, like all Canadians are, the news out of the U. S., with shock and with horror. Anti-black racism, racism is real. It’s in the U. S., but it’s also in Canada,” he said.

2020-06-01

Trudeau promises to speed $2B in funding for strapped cities

IRWeasel Business & Economics, Canada, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/national/trudeau-promises-to-speed-2b-in-funding-for-strapped-cities/wcm/c24851ba-8b00-424a-b644-8bec8482027b

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

OTTAWA — The federal government is rushing out $2.2 billion in anticipated infrastructure funding to Canada’s cities and while municipal leaders say it might help with a short-term cash crunch, it is not enough to fill the budget hole COVID-19 created. Normally, the funding that comes through the federal gas-tax fund is split between a summer payment and a second instalment later in the year, but the Liberals plan to send the money in one shot this month.

2020-06-01

30-day limit on prescriptions in Ontario expected to end by July 1

David McNamara Canada, Health & Living, Politics 0

Article Link: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/30-day-limit-on-prescriptions-in-ontario-expected-to-end-by-july-1-3

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Ontarians who rely on prescription medication will hopefully see an onerous COVID-19 precaution lifted by the end of June. A 30-day limit on prescriptions was brought in by the Ontario government in the early days of the pandemic in an effort to prevent drug shortages. Spokespeople for Ontario’s seniors community and the province’s pharmacy industry say they expect the limitation will be lifted within the month, returning to the usual 90-day maximum by July 1. “It’s been a difficult policy,” said Justin Bates, the chief executive officer of the Ontario Pharmacists Association. “We stand by the policy, we think it was the right thing to do, but I think everybody’s hopeful that we can get back to 90 days and to a normal cycle of quantity.”

2020-06-01

In the new downtown future, devoid of office workers, every day could be Sunday

David McNamara Business & Economics, Canada, Politics 0

Article Link: https://nationalpost.com/news/in-the-new-downtown-future-devoid-of-office-workers-every-day-could-be-sunday

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

The pandemic has hit cities hard, posing an existential threat to downtown urban life. In America, the disaster was in New York. In Spain it was Madrid, in Britain it was London, and in Canada, the pandemic has now become two major outbreaks, in Toronto and Montreal. Empty city streets in the downtown core on weekday mornings have become a defining image of the pandemic. In April, research suggested half the U.S. labour force was working from home, with similar numbers in Canada, sparked by the pandemic, but spurred by digital trends in which corporate value is divorced from corporate real estate. Some companies barely exist anywhere in particular, but instead float overtop in the cloud.

2020-06-01

Investigations, prosecutions for polluting in Canada down sharply since 2015

David McNamara Business & Economics, Canada, Nature & Environment, Politics 0

Article Link: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/inspections-prosecutions-for-polluting-in-canada-down-sharply-since-2015-2

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

OTTAWA — Environment Canada has been doing fewer inspections, investigations and prosecutions over the last five years to enforce a law protecting people from toxic chemicals and air pollution. According to figures provided last month in response to a written question submitted in the House of Commons, the department investigated 43 companies for violations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act in 2015-16. There were 22 prosecutions and convictions. In each of the last two fiscal years, however, the department investigated 12 companies. One was prosecuted and convicted.

2020-06-01

The cannabis industry continues to shell out big bucks for those at the top, including $14 million to this former Canadian PM

David McNamara Canada, Cannabis 0

Article Link: https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-news/meet-the-highest-paid-cannabis-executives-in-north-america-including-brian-mulroney

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Switching sides paid off for former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who joined the board of directors of New-York based cannabis company Acreage Holdings in November of 2018. In a report published by Toronto-based Bedford Consulting Group, Mulroney was deemed to be among the highest-paid directors of a cannabis company. His total compensation, including base salary, annual bonus, equity (share-based awards and options-based awards) and pension, was reported to be $13,913,873.

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