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In The News for Feb. 7: Can the PM appease the country's Premiers on health care?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 ... What we are watching...

Feb 07, 2023

Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies. The online survey by Le...

Feb 07, 2023

Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining Canada's premiers at the table today where he is set to offer them a significant increase towards health-care funding. The premiers say they are going...

Feb 07, 2023

Mendicino: foreign-agent registry would need equity lens, could be part of 'tool box'

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says a registry to track foreign agents operating in Canada can only be implemented in lockstep with diverse communities. "There is a historical context...

Feb 06, 2023

Canada's first Indigenous languages commissioner hopes to be operating by summer

OTTAWA - Canada's first commissioner of Indigenous languages says he hopes to have his office fully operational by the summer - about two years after it was first announced. Ronald Ignace appeared bef...

Feb 06, 2023

McKinsey doesn't meet criteria for banning company from federal contracts: bureaucrat

OTTAWA - The deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada says the federal government's ethics rules do not disqualify consulting firm McKinsey & Company from doing business with the ...

Feb 06, 2023

Alberta law society upholds requirement for members to take Indigenous course

EDMONTON - The Law Society of Alberta has voted by a three-to-one margin in favour of keeping a requirement for its members to complete a course on Indigenous history and culture. Almost 3,500 lawyers...

Feb 06, 2023

B.C. fire tanker crashes in Australia, both on board safe: owner

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A Boeing 737 air tanker owned by a British Columbia company has crashed in western Australia while on deployment to a fire. Coulson Aviation, based in Port Alberni on Vancouver Is...

Feb 06, 2023

Quebec minister 'surprised' asylum seekers given free bus tickets from New York City

MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister says she was "surprised" to learn the City of New York is helping to provide free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada. Christine Fr...

Feb 06, 2023

Federal government not protecting Parliament Hill interpreters: tribunal

OTTAWA - The federal government has been found in breach of the labour code for failing to protect Parliament Hill interpreters from workplace injuries. A tribunal known as the Labour Program has rule...

Feb 06, 2023