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While politicians tout the benefits of reducing interprovincial trade barriers to unlock prosperity amid escalating trade tensions, our most precious health-care resources — fully qualified doctors — remain shackled. Physicians face a maze of regulations when attempting to practise beyond their home province. We must break these chains.

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Authors:

• Anthony Sanfilippo - professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Queen's University, Ontario
• Neil Seeman - Senior Fellow, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, and Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

NOTE: First Person columns are personal stories and experiences of Canadians, in their own words. This is intended to showcase a more intimate storytelling perspective, and allow people from across the country to share what they have lived through. FAQ

Moving to Canada for my studies was hard, but it taught me independence

Mohammad Akib Hossain wasn't prepared for how drastically his life would change when he left his home in Bangladesh to become an international student studying in Regina, but he found a way to rise to the challenges. (Submitted by Mohammad Akib Hossain)

Bombardier CEO Eric Martel said on Monday he was concerned Washington could target the private planemaker's U.S. contracts if Canada cancels a C$19 billion ($13.30 billion) deal for 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.

"Effectively, we could be targeted. This is my concern," Martel told reporters in Montreal after a speech hosted by the Canadian Club.

In October, Montreal-based Bombardier announced the delivery of an eighth jet to the United States Air Force as part of a deal with a potential value of $465 million. The aircraft carry specialized communications platforms.

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Along with NATO allies, there are currently over 1,700 Canadian troops and aircrew dug in as part of a Western commitment to defend Latvia. More are planned and others are on standby should there be a crisis.

[Recently], Canadian, Danish, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Swedish and Latvian troops conducted a major exercise at the Adazi training range, on the outskirts of the Latvian capital of Riga. The scenario they were rehearsing for was stark.

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"Latvia has been the target of Russian cyber operations since their very beginning," said Varis Teivans, deputy manager and a senior technical expert at CERT.LV, located at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Latvia.

When Teivans says the very beginning, he's referring to the 2006-07 timeframe when proxy groups affiliated with Russia's security service — the FSB — launched denial-of-service attacks against public infrastructure in neighbouring Estonia.

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He said Russian targets have expanded from government institutions, such as border controls, power grids, defence and foreign relations, to deep into the country's private sector — aiming at companies that are part of the national security supply chain.

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They work side-by-side at the university, which is housed in a dimly lit, old Soviet-style building. Behind banks of computer screens and with a giant, open-source, worldwide cyberattack threat monitor streaming in the background, Canadians working with the Latvians conduct what's known as threat-hunting operations.

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[Canadian officer aiding CERT.LV Maj. Kiernan] Broda-Milian also said their hosts "are capable of performing this work. But there are not enough cybersecurity professionals in Latvia, and then we both learn from each other."

The Canadian team has been engaged in digital forensics in cases where intrusions have been detected. They essentially examine the techniques for telltale signs of who may have conducted the attack.

Teivans said they look for little mistakes. For example, one Russian hacker left behind signs because it was clear they were using a keyboard with cyrillic letters.

Both Teivans and Broda-Milian said an important side benefit of the Canadian presence is that the cyberhunting and forensics operations give a glimpse into Russian tactics that gets fed back to Ottawa in the form of threat intelligence.

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Toronto is no longer providing financial incentives for Tesla vehicles purchased as taxis or ride shares due to trade tensions with the United States, the city's mayor, Olivia Chow, said on Monday.

OTTAWA, March 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump must stop making “disrespectful” comments about Canada before the two countries can start serious talks about future ties, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday.

"We've called out those comments. They're disrespectful, they're not helpful, and they ... will have to stop before we sit down and have a conversation about our broader partnership with the United States," Carney told reporters in London.

The second set of human remains found at the Prairie Green Landfill (Winnipeg, MB) have been identified.

In a new release Monday, the province announced RCMP has identified the remains as belonging to Marcedes Myran.

Two sets of remains were found on Feb. 26, 2025, and RCMP had previously identified one of them as belonging to Morgan Harris on March 7.

The province said Myran’s family has been updated on the findings.

A search of the landfill started in December as it was believed both Harris and Myran’s remains were located there.

How much business does Toronto give to American-owned companies through city contracts?

To find out, CBC Toronto combed through open data on all of the competitive contracts the city has awarded to suppliers over the last two years — worth a collective $3.2 billion.

In that time, 10 per cent of contracts for city services were secured by American-owned companies, according to the analysis. The 76 contracts are worth a total of about $210 million or six per cent of the funds Toronto doled out through competitive procurement between Dec. 6, 2022 and March 11 of this year.

Those contracts make up just a fraction of the city's procurement. But they provide an idea of what U.S. businesses stand to lose — and what Canadian suppliers could gain — in the trade war going forward if city council approves Mayor Olivia Chow's promised motion to bar American companies from all future city contracts later this month.

I've opened Lemmy today to lots of anti Canadian sentiment on any recent comments about how messed up 'murica is and it's constant attacks on Canadian sovereignty.

Don't get sucked in. Let them yell into a void. The online campaign has begun in earnest on Lemmy and it's time to point it out and recognise it for what it is.

These are not real people. They are actors trying to affect our decisions as always happens when American exceptionalism is challenged. Our government had the balls to stand up and say no. We have the balls to do the same. They do not like it and will attack you for it.

Don't fall for the bait.

Can someone explain to me

1. Why does he think Trump the yaphead would ever shut up about anything ever
2. What good are "bilateral talks" with someone that can't keep their word anyway ?

What is the point here trying to show everyone just how much of a illequipped, stay-the-course, liberal empty suit he is and how he's going to boldly going to try to "do the same thing we've always done except not woke this time and hope it keeps working"

Don't these people understand that the US is only good at one thing and it's eating liberal banking stiffs alive ?

Are they trying to lose on purpose ?

When Alberta's United Conservative government contracted out community medical lab testing to a private company in December 2022, it said it would save tens of millions of dollars.

Two weeks before that contract with DynaLife Medical Labs was set to take effect, the company told the province it needed additional funding.

Less than three months later, DynaLife's owners said the company was insolvent and needed an additional $70 million. They soon asked the province to buy DynaLife, which it ultimately did at a cost of almost $100 million.

These revelations come from documents obtained by CBC News through freedom of information requests, including Alberta Health emails and briefing notes prepared for Premier Danielle Smith and health ministers Jason Copping and Adriana LaGrange.

What is Canada/Ontario doing?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26969666

Summary

Canadians are boycotting U.S. travel in response to Trump’s tariffs and policies. A recent survey found 59% are less likely to visit the U.S. this year, with 36% canceling trips.

Airlines report declining demand, and tourism-dependent regions like Florida and New York’s Thousand Islands are adjusting marketing strategies.

Some Canadians refuse to even transit through the U.S. Businesses in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are benefiting from the shift.

Critics argue Trump’s policies are harming American tourism and local economies.

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WSIB spokesperson Christine Arnott said the fine imposed is a “drop in the bucket for Amazon” and would not be an effective deterrent.

“We need all companies – especially large ones like Amazon – to protect their employees by properly reporting claims. And if they don’t, they need to know they will be penalized harshly,” she said.

In his October, 2023 decision, Justice of the Peace Mangesh Duggal said he landed on a $30,000 fine for the late-reporting violation because Amazon had improved its internal communication systems in the wake of the case and had been strained by COVID testing and mitigation at the time of the incident. The ruling also said Amazon was typically diligent in its accident reporting procedures.

The maximum penalty for a late-reporting offence is $500,000.

A liquidation plan at Canada's oldest company could begin at all of its locations as soon as Tuesday and last for up to 12 weeks, but Hudson's Bay is still holding out hope that it will find a lifeline.

Lawyers for the beleaguered retailer said in an Ontario court Monday morning that if approved by the judge, the liquidation would span 80 stores as well as three Saks Fifth Avenue stores and 13 Saks Off 5th locations in Canada that it owns through a licensing agreement.

The process Hudson's Bay is proposing would allow the retailer to remove some stores from the liquidation, should it find sufficient financing during the 10 to 12 weeks when lawyer Ashley Taylor expects the company to offload its inventory.

"A quick start will maximize the value of the business ... and preserve whatever chance there is of a restructuring," Taylor told Ontario Superior Court Judge Peter Osborne in a hearing at a Toronto courtroom Monday.

Five weeks after Cathy Croskery's right breast was biopsied for suspected cancer, she still hadn't received the results.

She figured that was good news. It wasn't.

The 58-year-old mother and wife eventually discovered she has invasive carcinoma, but had to track down that diagnosis herself.

Croskery doesn't have a family doctor. She said that led to barriers getting into the system and a breakdown in communication in receiving test results that would ultimately land her in an operating room for a lumpectomy days after finally receiving them.