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Ottawa Citizen
March 23, 2018
As governments around the world grapple with how to tax online companies, the Canadian government is refusing to release more than 250 pages of communication it exchanged with a company at the heart of the debate in this country: Netflix. The popular streaming service, valued at more than $100ÃÂ ...
BetaKit
March 21, 2018
This program is part of the Government of Canada's suite of clean technology programs and initiatives announced in Budget 2017. That budget had an intense focus on cleantech, including $130 million dedicated to cleantech research and development; $400 million over five years towards the SustainableÃÂ ...
Globalnews.ca
March 20, 2018
The Canadian government is launching an investigation to see if Facebook violated the Privacy Act with regards to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The inquiry is in response to the allegations involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner announced it hasÃÂ ...
EP Magazine
March 8, 2018
The government of Canada is providing up to 75 percent of eligible expenditures for projects in the territories and for projects with Indigenous partners. The Investing in Canada plan will see the federal government make unprecedented investments in infrastructure across the Northwest Territories whileÃÂ ...
VICE
March 7, 2018
The Canadian government is considering bolstering background checks for potential firearms owners in order to better vet people who may have mental illness or other issues, according information obtained by the Canadian Press. In a public safety memo, obtained by the CP, the government said it wantsÃÂ ...
Plant Based News
March 6, 2018
The Canadian Government is set to invest $150 million in the plant-based food sector - in the wake of a national shift toward plant-based diets. The cash injection has come from a $950 million 'Supercluster Initiative' aimed at funding innovation in the food and manufacturing sector. The investment wasÃÂ ...
Billboard
March 1, 2018
Many Canadian independent music industry professionals are clearly disappointed by Budget 2018, announced by the Government of Canada's Department of Finance this week. Tabled by Finance Minister Bill Morneau in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Budget 2018 -- Equality + Growth: A StrongÃÂ ...
AirlineGeeks.com
December 31, 1999
When the U.S. government announced the replacement of the VC-25 fleet, known as 'Air Force One' when the President is onboard, Canada did not want to be far behind. The Canadian government confirmed plans to replace its own, much more modest version of private air transport for the country'sÃÂ ...
Globalnews.ca
February 18, 2018
Several articles in the publication accuse the Canadian government of being complicit in a rise in Sikh terrorism. Sajjan and Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi refuted the allegations in the articles. The issue, and a possible meeting, has received much attention in Indian media. Trudeau is on his firstÃÂ ...
High Times
February 16, 2018
... looking into ways to adequately quantify the amount that is being consumed by its prospective customers. However, with no real system in place, Canada is looking to get creative in order to gauge their market. So creative, in fact, that the Canadian government plans to test sewage for traces of cannabisÃÂ ...
Narcity
February 9, 2018
With July 1st coming soon, the Government of Canada has been pretty public about all of their studies surrounding the seemingly never-ending conversation about marijuana. Though our country definitely has a history for cringey handbooks about the drug, this new study they've released definitely takesÃÂ ...
IT World Canada
February 7, 2018
The time has finally come for the Canadian federal government to move to the cloud. In an announcement on Feb. 7, Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and minister responsible for Shared Services Canada (SSC), announced that SSC is now offering public cloud computingÃÂ ...
HighRiverOnline.com
February 6, 2018
"Collaboration between the Government of Canada and Pulse Canada will help the pulse industry address our challenges and capture the opportunities that pulses offer to farmers and consumers worldwide," said Lee Moats, Chair of the Pulse Canada Board of Directors. An investment of $175,721 wasÃÂ ...
National Observer
February 5, 2018
Facebook accounted for the bulk of the Canadian government's social media ad spending. The government spent $4.65 million on Facebook ads in 2016-17; another $1.94 million bought ads on Twitter, while $536,295 purchased ads on LinkedIn. In all, the government spent at least $7.13 million onÃÂ ...
newsBTC
January 30, 2018
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said his country isn't planning on making changes to existing tax code to deal with cryptocurrencies. Rather, the main focus will continue to be on “making sure that we understand what's going on underneath that market,ÃÂ ...
The Fulcrum
January 30, 2018
Inspired by Denmark's hygge and Scotland's cosagach, the Canadian government is now looking to cash in on the coziness trend with their own uniquely Canadian way of getting snuggly, dubbed CANCozy. Heritage minister Melanie Joly is spearheading the latest attempt by a Northern country to marketÃÂ ...
Richmond News
January 30, 2018
Indigenous businesses and communities around the province have just gotten a big boost from the Canadian government: This month, the Honourable Bardish ... We at Aboriginal Tourism BC, with the support of the Government of Canada, are in a position to lead and assist Indigenous communities andÃÂ ...
BetaKit
January 16, 2018
Tech hub Accelerate Okanagan has received $473,000 from the federal government to scale up its programming and provide its services to new communities. Specifically, Accelerate Okanagan plans to focus on its Startup Basics and RevUP programs. Startup Basics, targeted to early-stage entrepreneursÃÂ ...
Stuff.co.nz
January 15, 2018
The sale of a Canterbury dairy farm for more than $17 million to a pension company owned by the Canadian government has been approved by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO). OIO approval was given in November for the purchase in the latest round of decisions for overseas investment of sensitiveÃÂ ...
Baystreet.ca
January 5, 2018
Advertisment Federal government officials in Ottawa are pushing hard to salvage contentious negotiations aimed at revitalizing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The talks between Canada, the United States and Mexico have been fractured in recent months, with U.S. President DonaldÃÂ ...
BetaKit
January 5, 2018
To help reduce such numbers, the Government of Canada is partnering with the Ottawa-based artificial intelligence and market research firm Advanced Symbolics to use AI to monitor social media and identify possible spikes in suicide, according to the CBC. The federal government says it will work withÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
January 2, 2018
The Canadian government will soon hire an Ottawa-based company specializing in social media monitoring and artificial intelligence to forecast spikes in suicide rates. A contract with Advanced Symbolics Inc., an AI and market research firm, is set to be finalized next month. Working with the company toÃÂ ...
MobileSyrup
December 20, 2017
Telus has announced that the Government of Canada has granted Telus $31 million to continue working on the expansion of its PureFibre broadband network in Quebec. Telus says this is in addition to the $13.7 million that it has already invested in this area, plus the $300 million it has invested intoÃÂ ...
Aviation Today
December 12, 2017
"We have read reports that the Government of Canada is choosing to purchase used F/A-18 Classic Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force in lieu of new Super Hornet fighter jets. The Boeing Company respects the Canadian government's decision and applauds the government's continued use of aÃÂ ...
Brantford Expositor
December 5, 2017
Rather than displacing Indigenous families, the Canadian government should implement funding for preventative measures. This can be done through before and after school care, breakfast clubs, employment workshops, access to transportation, government subsidized food banks, and wellness centres ...
Regina Leader-Post
December 3, 2017
“The main reason (we came) was to also let our story be known and it will be up to the Canadian government to see what it can offer to the South Sudanese,” Petia said. According to KAIROS, a faith-based social justice organization made up of 10 Canadian churches and religious organizations, Canada ...
teleSUR English
November 29, 2017
The Canadian Government is ready to pay over $85 million in compensation to victims of a so-called “gay purge” which happened between ...
RCR Wireless News
November 29, 2017
“The City of Ottawa is proud to partner with the Government of Canada's Communications Research Centre on the 5G test site at City Hall.
Smart Cities Dive
November 28, 2017
Amarjeet Sohi, Canada's minister of infrastructure and communities, recently announced the Smart Cities Challenge, a "pan-Canadian ...
Markets Insider
November 21, 2017
GATINEAU, QC, Nov. 21, 2017 /CNW/ -The Government of Canada will be providing financial support to college students affected by the recent ...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
November 21, 2017
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The murders of two striking mineworkers at a Canadian-owned mine in Mexico last week ...
International Railway Journal
November 16, 2017
WHAT began with a 200-year flood event may now be brought to a close through legal action, as the Canadian government is following ...
Marijuana.com
November 10, 2017
In a news conference held Friday morning, the Canadian Government announced a proposed tax of at least $1 per gram on all cannabis sales, ...
Newsweek
November 9, 2017
It is now OK to say "fuck" on French-language broadcasts in Canada thanks to a new ruling by the country's censors. The Canadian ...
TheSpec.com
November 8, 2017
Justin Trudeau visits late-president Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House in Hanoi on Wednesday. Trudeau is on an official visit to Vietnam and will attend ...
Discourse Media
November 8, 2017
Your curiosity is an integral part of our democracy. In fact, it's actually your right to ask questions, so yes — go ahead and ask our elected ...
Vanguard
November 4, 2017
Chairman, Big Church Group, Dr. Olakunle Oladunni Churchill has bagged an award and honour from the Federal Government of Canada for ...
Toronto Star
November 2, 2017
The last time the Canadian government introduced a multi-year immigration plan was from 1982 to 1984 but it was quickly scrapped after the ...
CBC.ca
November 1, 2017
The Canadian government is stepping up its humanitarian effort on the Rohingya refugee crisis, announcing Tuesday that it would match every ...
IT World Canada
October 24, 2017
Canadian business travellers frustrated by the ritual of fumbling for a pen to fill out their declaration cards one hour before their plane lands ...
Anadolu Agency
October 20, 2017
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday it is not the federal government's role to contest a new Quebec law that forbids public ...
Markets Insider
October 18, 2017
Music Canada calls on the Government of Canada to take steps to ... The Canadian government should, like its international counterparts, ...
whnt.com
October 2, 2017
“The Government of Canada and Canadians stand with the people of Edmonton after the terrorist attack on Saturday that sent an EdmontonÃÂ ...
Times Colonist
September 29, 2017
Perienne de Jaray's lawsuit claims her life, reputation, fortune and future were critically damaged by the actions of Canadian governmentÃÂ ...
Muslim Link
March 25, 2017
On March 17th, the Public Safety Canada reached a settlement with Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin. An official apology was also issued in relation to the Canadian government's role in their detention and "mistreatment"ÃÂ ...
Yahoo Finance
March 24, 2017
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the new judicial application process announced on October 20, 2016.
Investopedia
March 24, 2017
Increased fares in Canada are the latest headache for ride-sharing app Uber Technologies Inc. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new budget proposes the addition of a sales tax on Uber fares to "level the playing field" with other transit options such as ...
World Grain
March 23, 2017
"In recent years, industry growth has been strong, with farm revenues, annual exports and farm incomes all reaching record highs," the government of Canada said. "Despite this strong performance, there is still room for further growth - growth that ...
MTL Blog (blog)
March 22, 2017
It's the end of the semester, and now all that's left to do is wait for summer to begin so that we can start saving again.
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
March 21, 2017
Jane Philpott, Minister of Health, recently confirmed that the Canadian government is "committed" to introducing legislation to legalize cannabis by no later than June 1, 2017, if not sooner.
