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The Commons finance committee yesterday rejected a bid by cabinet to speed billions in new pandemic relief spending. Too much has already been spent too quickly without oversight or auditing, the committee was told: “We don’t want to waste another $100 million, $200 million, a billion dollars on mismanagement or fraud.”
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Cabinet will consider whether the Canada Labour Code should apply to federal contractors, says Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan. MPs pressed for clarification on whether vendors including small suppliers must comply with standards mandated for Canada’s largest corporations: “How far do we go? Contractor to a contractor? The aunt or wife of an uncle of a contractor?”
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A federal bank predicts food prices will keep rising into the foreseeable future. Net price increases by wholesalers average more than eight percent, it said: “We believe food inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future.”
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The federal Liberals are expected to introduce a bill in the House of Commons today that would revive a legislative push to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences.
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