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Liberals make affordability, public safety top priorities as grocery executives meet with minister
Metro CEO Eric La Flèche arrives for a meeting on the growing cost of food in Ottawa, Sept. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
small business
Groups call on Ottawa for permanent funding for Black business programs
Andrea Pierce, Executive Director of ImmigrantsCan, is seen in a portrait in Ottawa, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
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Ottawa picks three managers for $400-million social finance fund
As provincial conservative premiers tout $10-a-day childcare, federal Liberal families minister Karina Gould says they should be "prodding" Pierre Poilievre to see where he stands on the deals. Gould rises during question period, Friday, April 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Politics Briefing: Canadian passports to get a makeover, with renewals available online
The new Canadian passport is unveiled at an event at the Ottawa International Airport in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Politics Briefing: Passport processing shouldn’t suffer from strike-induced backlog: minister
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould rises during question period, Friday, April 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s passport application backlog ‘completely eliminated,’ minister says
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould speaks about Canadian passports, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s passport application backlog now ‘virtually eliminated,’ minister says
A Canadian passport sits on a suitcase in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Social Development Minister Karina Gould says Service Canada has "virtually eliminated" the backlog of thousands of passport applications. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Liberals aim to secure long-term role for feds in national child-care system
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould rises during Question Period, Friday, October 7, 2022 in Ottawa. Families Minister Karina Gould is expected to introduce legislation today to strengthen child care in Canada, which is likely to include an effort to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the new national daycare system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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Politics Briefing: Ottawa says it’s reviewing security protocols for cabinet ministers after harassment of Chrystia Freeland
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Federal government announces four new passport service locations as backlog continues
The federal government is adding new passport service locations across Canada as a loud backlash over long wait times continues. People line up outside the Guy Favreau federal building while waiting to apply for a passport in Montreal, Sunday, June 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
opinion
Can the U.S. return to the past? In pop culture, it already has
John Doyle
canada
Ottawa says Ontario sent $10-a-day child-care spending plan last week
Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould takes part in a child care announcement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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Parents will still need Canada Child Benefit alongside national daycare system: Gould
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in Ottawa on Thursday, December 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
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Canada to aid Afghanistan after U.S. troop withdrawal next month, minister says
Karina Gould, Minister of International Development holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada promises $100-million in foreign aid to support women providing care work in developing countries
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at Rideau Cottage June 25, 2021 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / various sources / AFP) (Photo by SEAN KILPATRICK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ottawa to provide $49.5-million for Syrian refugees amid continuing civil war
Karina Gould, Minister of International Development holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada pledges $485-million toward global effort to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 treatments
International Development Minister Karina Gould responds during question period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Dec. 10, 2019.
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UN humanitarian chief urges Canada to push global financial institutions to help poorest countries fight COVID-19
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock attends a news conference at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 4, 2018.
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Canada increases matching fund for Beirut aid in response to UN appeal
Destroyed trucks are seen at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 15, 2020.
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Additional aid for Lebanon recognizes political, economic challenges, Karina Gould says
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Monday, April 8, 2019. Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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No ‘malicious intent’ behind WHO remarks about asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission, says Minister
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa, Monday, April 8, 2019. Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada commits $8.9-million in new international aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19 pandemic
International Development Minister Karina Gould responds during question period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Dec. 10, 2019.
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Canada pledges an additional $27-million to help countries coping with Venezuelan refugee crisis
International Development Minister Karina Gould responds during question period in the House of Commons, in a Dec. 10, 2019, file photo.
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Canada shifts tone, talks about ‘critical need’ for WHO review of response to COVID-19
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO heardquaters in Geneva. - Congressional Republicans on April 16, 2020 urged President Donald Trump to condition US funding for the World Health Organization on the resignation of its chief over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Seventeen Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they had "lost faith" in Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's WHO leadership, even as they stressed the organization is vital to tackling the world's health problems. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada ‘disappointed’ in U.S. move to freeze funding for World Health Organization
International Development Minister Karina Gould responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday December 10, 2019 in Ottawa. The Trudeau government is preparing its response to Wednesday morning’s UN launch COVID-19 humanitarian response plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada keeps up push for UN Security Council seat during coronavirus crisis
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on March 9, 2020. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he and his G7 counterparts are concerned about the spread of disinformation in the COVID-19 fight, and that international allies need to rely on science to make proper decision. The comments came in a wide-ranging interview with The Canadian Press on the global challenges to fighting the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada to spend millions to help world’s most vulnerable amid COVID-19 pandemic, minister says
International Development Minister Karina Gould responds during question period in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, in a Dec. 10, 2019, file photo.
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Ottawa to roll out foreign aid as part of the fight against COVID-19 spread
Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 10, 2019. For the first time ever, members of Parliament will have the right to take parental leave from their jobs on Parliament Hill when they have or adopt a new baby. The House of Commons has unanimously agreed to adopt new rules, which will allow new parents who are serving as MPs to take up to 12 months of parental leave. The rules also give MPs who are expecting a baby the ability to take up to four weeks off as leave at the end of their pregnancy as well. Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, who became the first female cabinet minister to give birth while in office, called the move a historic change and one that she hopes will lead to a culture change in legislative chambers across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa asks social media platforms to combat misinformation ahead of election
Canada's Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 27, 2019.
opinion
Canada’s federal election could be under attack. Are we prepared?
Wesley Wark