Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Tues. September 3rd, 2024
September 3, 2024
It’s been a tough week for Canada’s Prime Minister. To kick things off, Justin Trudeau was confronted by a steel worker. Then, in an attempt to bite back against the EV tariffs, China is now going after Canada’s canola oil imports. How has he handled these obstacles? We dig deeper with the Political Heat Panel. But first, Chris Holski reacts to Ontario’s Premier, as someone took Doug Ford to task over alcohol sales near school zones. If he is taking action against safe injection sites near those areas, should Ford’s stance be just as firm on this topic? Text into the show and let us know.
Unpublished Newswire
A push by the federal labour minister to reset relations in a labour standoff at the Port of Montreal has come to naught, as a partial strike drags on.In a social media post on Monday evening, Steven MacKinnon said dockworkers and their employers failed to find consensus after he proposed a three-month freeze on strikes and lockouts early last week.The would-be 90-day work stoppage aimed to have a special mediator work with both sides to hammer out a deal after bargaining stalled earlier this month.
October 21, 2024 - 20:54 | | The Globe and Mail
Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs have voted down a motion that would have compelled former Canada Soccer coaches and senior staff to testify at a parliamentary committee probe of the drone cheating controversy at the Paris Olympics.NDP MP Niki Ashton put forward a motion in August at the House of Commons heritage committee to study what role officials from Canada Soccer played in the spying scheme. She wanted to hear from suspended head coach Bev Priestman, former head coach John Herdman, analyst Joseph Lombardi, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Canada Soccer’s CEO Kevin Blue.Mr....
October 21, 2024 - 20:51 | Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
An American food manufacturing company has issued a voluntary recall of various frozen waffle products in the United States and Canada because of potential listeria contamination.The Canadian portion of the recall covers some waffles sold under brands including Compliments, Great Value, No Name, Selection and Western Family.Illinois-based TreeHouse Foods says the issue was discovered through routine testing at its manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ont.
October 21, 2024 - 20:47 | | The Globe and Mail
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