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Building more housing in Canada will require a herculean effort across all levels of government. Some policy solutions are easier than others, such as removing the GST from purpose-built rentals, but there are other things governments can do right now to get more housing built.  From faster approvals to hiring …

An employment and human rights lawyer says organizations like the RCMP are exploiting a “loophole” to prevent employees in federally regulated workplaces from taking their cases directly to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. CHRC waived requirement for military members earlier this year. An employment and human rights lawyer says organizations …

Hay River’s mayor says residents should expect smokey conditions when they return home, but says that otherwise they can expect things to be ‘fairly normal.’. Hay River’s mayor says residents should expect smokey conditions for the next while. After five weeks of being away from her home in Hay River, …

Farmers groups on Friday called for the resignation of Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan for their support for moves to cut tariff rates on rice imports from 35 percent to 10 percent. “Today, we stand together to oppose, in the strongest …

Over 11 days last fall, lawyers from Dentons law firm emailed the Ontario housing minister’s most senior political staffer to request that protected land owned by three separate developers northeast of Toronto be opened up for development. Dentons sent letters on behalf of Flato Developments, Orca Equity, and Wyview Group, …

This week, thousands of migrants landed on Lampedusa, essentially doubling the small Italian island’s population.  Thousands of migrants landed in Lampedusa in days, essentially doubling Italian island’s population. Record number of migrants overwhelm Italian island This tiny Italian island isn’t equipped to keep up with the thousands of migrants arriving …

Nordstar, the company that owns the Toronto Star and other newspapers, announced Friday that it is seeking bankruptcy protection for the unit that owns more than 70 local newspapers and axing more than 600 jobs in the process.  Daily papers will continue to operate in print and online. Nordstar, the …

A strike by thousands of U.S. autoworkers that started Friday will have limited impact on Canada’s industry at first, but it has the potential to bring the sector to its knees if it stretches into next week or beyond, analysts say.  2 sides remain far about on just about every …

Senator Risa Hontiveros lashed back at Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, saying she doesn’t want her respect. “I am not asking for your respect VP Sara. What I was asking from you… was accountability,” Hontiveros said. “So, you have to account where you will spend the confidential funds (Duterte …

Chinese vessels are active in Philippine waters on both sides of the country, with some 30 fishing boats swarming several shoals near the Reed Bank to the west and research vessels roaming the eastern side of the Philippine Sea, officials said Thursday. Amid the renewed activity, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro …