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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. today announced the permanent closure of the Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Kenora, Ontario newsprint mills.
Today's announcement follows a protracted period of discussions with governments, the unions and other stakeholders. "We could not find a viable long-term solution to return the two mills to profitability," said John Weaver, President and CEO. "These decisions are difficult but essential to achieve our objectives. We recognize the hard work of many committed people but after much effort, we simply could not overcome the inherent challenges facing these operations," added Weaver.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin today said the trade dispute with the United States over softwood lumber demands national leadership.
“The softwood lumber dispute matters to the people of Canada. This dispute with the United States demands leadership at the national level in Canada,” the Prime Minister told reports during a press conference following a visit to Terminal Forest Products Sawmills in Richmond, B.C.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
The province of Nova Scotia is forecasting a modest increase in its budget surplus for 2005-06, as rising energy prices boost royalty revenues from offshore natural gas.
Government will increase investment in key priorities, such as new programs to help Nova Scotians manage higher energy costs. The provincial surplus is expected to go up to $78.4 million, $15.1 million higher than budgeted. The budget includes a legislated $57.1-million surplus to be allocated to the debt.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
Liberal Seniors' Critic Stephen McNeil is questioning why government did not include information on how to apply for the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in the Positive Aging Strategy released on Tuesday.
Included in the Appendices of the document were detailed descriptions on how to apply for the Old Age Security, the Guaranteed Income Supplement, the Property Tax Rebate as well as other housing programs. No information was provided on the Seniors' Pharmacare Program.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
NDP Finance Critic Graham Steele is calling on the government to reinstate full funding to the Keep the Heat program after learning the amount budgeted for the program has been reduced by $7 million in Wednesday's budget update.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
Cape Breton Centre MLA Frank Corbett says that he is pleased that coal will be mined again in Cape Breton, but he wants assurances from the Department of Environment and Labour that it will make sure that Xstrata observes the highest occupational health and safety standards. Corbett says that he would have been more confident of a safe
operation if one of the two local bidders had been successful in securing the Donkin contract.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2005 |
Late Tuesday afternoon, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court ordered the Minister of Community Services, David Morse, to appoint an independent advisory committee to review how the Children and Family Services Act is working in Nova Scotia.
The court case was brought by Marilyn Dey and Linda Youngson, two Halifax-area women with a personal interest in the workings of the child-protection system.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
NDP Leader Jack Layton gave an impassioned defence of Canada’s single-payer public health care system today, and spelled out some tough new measures to protect it.
Layton was speaking in Regina with Shirley Douglas, daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, and Kathleen Connors, Chair of the Canadian Health Coalition and immediate past-president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
Conservative leader Stephen Harper today announced that a new Conservative government will significantly increase defence spending as part of a “Canada First” defence strategy. Part of the new strategy will involve enhancing Canadian sovereignty by acquiring strategic lift aircraft, creating a new airborne battalion, and doubling the size of Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART).
“Our Forces stand on guard for us, both at home and around the world. So we must stand up for them,” said Harper. “The men and women who put on the uniform of Canada must have the tools they need to protect themselves and do their job.”
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin while speaking today to students at Princess Margaret Secondary School in Surrey, B.C. said a Liberal government is committed to preventing the spread of gun crime in Canadian communities.
On December 8th, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the Liberal Party’s “Canada Handgun Ban and Safer Communities Strategy” – a plan to get handguns off our streets.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
In a report released today, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network called for the federal government to decriminalize the practice of prostitution and ensure that the health, safety and human rights to which all people in Canada are entitled are also shared by sex workers.
"Having sex for money is legal in Canada, but sex workers can't do their jobs legally or safely because of this country's outdated criminal laws," said Glenn Betteridge, Senior Policy Analyst and principal author of the report. "These laws, and the way in which they're enforced, push sex workers into situations that put their health and safety at risk, and leave them open to stigma and discrimination, violence, and possible exposure to HIV."
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