With all of the challenges and crises we face, eliminating PFASforever chemicals one thing we can do to stand up for our health and our heroes. Let’s not let another season go by without taking this important next step to protect ourselves and our communities.
Carney’s Liberals have left a lot to be defined through the undemocratic regulatory process. The plan is to be vague when shoving it down our throats via Parliament.
A recent Australian bill aims to force social media firms to reach compensatory deals with domestic media outlets—or risk fines that would then be distributed to support journalism. ‘We’re not at where Australia is in their thought process,’ says Minister Marc Miller.
Through my smoking and vaping cessation clinic, I see the impact of federal inaction. Youth who succumbed to the allure of flavoured vapes have become frustrated young adults dealing with the consequences of nicotine dependence. A strong federal ban now would help ensure fewer young people ever have to come through our doors.
Provincial and federal privacy watchdogs say their investigation concluded OpenAI was not compliant with federal and provincial privacy laws. Heritage Minister Marc Miller said ‘AI, like any other platform for that matter, has to respect the privacy of Canadians.’
Health Minister Marjorie Michel’s office says it is ‘committed to preventing vaping,’ but does not promise to ban flavours.
‘Where is R&D flourishing right now? It’s not in the U.S. It’s not in Europe. It’s in China,’ says IMC’s Bettina Hamelin at Canada’s Drug Agency’s annual symposium.
After 15 years of consolidation, Canada’s financial industry has produced an outlook that limits the options and expertise available to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Restricting access to major platforms for younger teens will not remove the social needs those platforms currently serve. It will simply relocate them.
Reducing third-party fees or the onerous air passenger rights obligations would generate large reductions in fares, increases in traffic, and ultimately benefits for the economy.
A recent bombshell report revealed OpenAI internally flagged and banned the shooter’s profile on the startup’s chatbot, ChatGPT, months ago, but elected not to inform legal authorities in Canada.
Conservatives have concerns about a clause buried in Bill C-15 that grants cabinet ministers the power to exempt any individual or firm from nearly any federal law—excluding the Criminal Code—for up to six years.
The omnibus budget bill gives unprecedented power to federal ministers to exempt virtually any entity from all federal laws and regulations—except the Criminal Code.
Canadian Public Health Association’s Ian Culbert says the U.S. used to be a trustworthy source, but Canada now needs to ‘up our game’ on health data, while a former PHAC bureaucrat says analyzing data from other jurisdictions is a part of the job.
The agency’s 2024-25 departmental results report uses rates from a 2021 survey. Newer data is available, but that source doesn’t include rates from all provinces and territories.
But that doesn’t mean the drug pricing tribunal can’t look at past years’ data to inform future reviews of drug prices, says director general Guillaume Couillard.
‘We want to know what’s on our plate, we want to know what we’re buying,’ says agricultural critic Yves Perron about the petition he recently tabled calling for labels.
This year’s COP is a vital moment for Prime Minister Mark Carney to deliver on a key Canadian climate promise, showcase responsible energy development, and advance economic opportunities.
Canada needs a sharp pivot away from its traditional regulatory reliance on the United States. We need to take bold action to strengthen our academic and scientific research, and build a world-leading data and regulatory capacity.
