Erin O’Toole says Justin Trudeau playing ‘with lives in a pandemic’ as new confrontation looms over COVID-19 probe
Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star October 22, 2020 OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole accused Justin Trudeau of “playing a game with people’s lives” as another bitter political dispute brewed over the latest Opposition demands for a wide-ranging probe into the Liberal government’s COVID-19 health response. O’Toole savaged the prime minister Thursday for choosing to “roll the dice with lives in a pandemic” the […]
Ventilators will be crucial to saving people’s lives, but Ottawa won’t say how many Canada needs as COVID-19 continues to spread
Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star March 19, 2020 OTTAWA—The federal government is refusing to say how many ventilators Canada might need to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, as Ontario and other provinces look to acquire hundreds of additional breathing machines for people who get dangerously sick. Experts say Canada’s supply of ventilators will be crucial to saving […]
Liberals announce apprenticeship plan during Windsor campaign stop
Dave Waddell, Windsor Star October 8, 2019 Patty Hajdu, the federal minister of employment, workforce and labour Patty Hajdu until Parliament was dissolved, used a Windsor campaign visit Tuesday to announce a re-elected Liberal government would create a Canadian Apprenticeship Service aimed at easing the shortage in skilled trades. The centrepiece of the plan is […]
