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Canada · 12 d ago
Tighter immigration rules threaten nursing homes' foreign workers, providers say
Ottawa has curbed temporary foreign workers since 2024. Labour Market Impact Assessments now last six months instead of a year, and work permits one year instead of two.
Canada · 11 d ago
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Budget watchdog says federal debt is "something to worry about"
The anchors are really more like traffic lights instead of an anchor that holds down spending.
Canada · 12 d ago
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Cuba asks Canada to keep voting against the U.S. embargo
The United Nations votes next week on Cuba's yearly motion to end the U.S. embargo, which Canada has backed several times. Global Affairs Canada says it is still considering how to vote.
Canada · 12 d ago
Canada spends second most on health care among 32 countries, Fraser Institute finds
Only Chile spent more as a share of GDP in 2024 among the 32 high-income countries with universal health care. On 13 indicators of resources and timely access, Canada was generally below the OECD average.
Canada · 12 d ago
Joey Coleman from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fewer Canadians say there are too many immigrants, a poll finds
In an EKOS poll for the Association for Canadian Studies, 45 per cent of Canadians say there are too many immigrants, 31 per cent say about the right number and 13 per cent not enough.
Canada · 12 d ago
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Some Ontario voters turn to AI chatbots to size up municipal candidates
During Quebec's election earlier this month, an estimated 40 per cent of voters turned to AI chatbots and received false and outdated information, McGill University researchers say.
Canada · 12 d ago
After Alberta's referendum, the separatist fight moves inside the governing party
Premier Danielle Smith dropped “sovereignty” from her slogan, now “Stronger Alberta within a United Canada”, two days after the vote. Separatists won roughly 25 per cent of valid votes.
Canada · 12 d ago
Americans' views of Canada split along party lines, a Pew survey finds
Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents rated Canada 19 points higher than Republicans did, one of the largest partisan gaps in the survey.
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