Update: BC Redacts Offshore Schools Documents
Six months after Coastal Front's report, BC responds to FOI request with almost entirely redacted document.
Government Running Out Of Time To Collect Billions In Ineligible COVID Benefits
The government may be running out of time to recover potentially $27 billion in ineligible Covid-19 payments because of legislated time frames.
Bank of Canada Reports First Loss, Result of Inflating Money Supply During Pandemic
The Bank estimates it will lose between $5 billion and $6 billion in the next year or two, with hopes of returning to profitability in 2024 or 2025.
Ukraine Sovereignty Bond: In the Best Interest of Canadians?
Cash-strapped Canadians are being offered a regular five-year Government of Canada bond at a 3.3% rate of return.
Photos: Completion of Vancouver’s Broadway Subway Delayed to 2026
The cause for the delay revolves around a five week strike that began on May 20 and impacted over half of construction projects in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley.
Federal Government Failing to Support Indigenous Communities: Reactive Measures Costing Taxpayers
A vast majority of the findings in Hogan’s report were identified nearly a decade ago by Auditor General Michael Ferguson in 2013.
Auditor General Highlights Government Financial Manipulation Risk
B.C. owed nearly $10.5 million from individuals ineligible to receive COVID benefits, after identifying 95% of 11,000 applicants had wrongfully submitted applications.
Canada Expecting Foreign Shipments of Children’s Tylenol Following Mass Shortage
Health Canada stated that foreign supplies of children’s acetaminophen will be available at retail and community pharmacies in the coming weeks.
Fiscal Management: Outgoing Premier John Horgan Performs Well in Deficits and Debts
In a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, Horgan ranks fifth in fiscal management, while New Brunswick’s Blaine Higgs comes in first.
All Canadian Provinces In Bottom Half Of North American Economic Freedom Rankings
“Higher levels of economic freedom lead to more opportunity and more prosperity, so as economic freedom wanes the prospects also diminish for Canadians and their families.”
Federal Government Does Not Know If Efforts Are Reducing Homelessness
Federal government does not know if its initiatives aimed at reducing chronic homelessness are actually working, says Auditor General Karen Hogan.