Leap day couples mark anniversaries and delays in travel plans
Toronto writer Josh McConnell and his wife celebrate their first leap day anniversary after tying the knot on February 29 2020 in New Zealand. They will mark future anniversaries on February 28 or 29 as suited. Kawartha Lakes offers leap day weddings at City Hall with seven ceremonies.
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Josh McConnell
McConnell
New Zealand
Canada
Kawartha Lakes
Ont
Kawartha Lakes City Hall
Shana DeRoche
Brampton
DeRoche
Cassandra Cleveland
Mackenzie
Vaughan
Poilievre pushes tough on crime for online harms
Ottawa leader Pierre Poilievre argues for criminalizing online harms to protect children while the Liberal Online Harms Act seeks a digital safety commission and platform duties. Experts say the bill improves on the 2021 proposal but Poilievre urges stricter enforcement of existing laws and harsher penalties.
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Pierre Poilievre
Poilievre
Digital Safety Commission
Taylor Owen
McGill University
Owen
Poilierre
Justin Trudeau
Trudeau
Statistics Canada
Signy Arnason
Canadian
Centre For Child Protection
Bernie Farber
Stephen Harper
Farber
Unions Press for More Pay Damages Over Phoenix Fiasco
Three unions urge the federal government to extend damages compensation for Phoenix pay system failures eight years after launch in 2016. They cite 444000 unresolved problems, ongoing underpayments and overpayments, and two year waits for pay-file corrections, urging quicker fair pay.
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Ottawa
Phoenix
Chris Aylward
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Aylward
Parliament Hill
Public Service Unions
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
Canadian Association of Professional Employees
PSAC
Treasury Board
Anita Anand
Ottawa freezes merger threshold at 93 million
The Liberal government halts the merger notification threshold at 93 million, instead of rising with GDP, and earmarks 123 million to eight homebuilders under the Affordable Housing Innovation Fund to support modular housing and lower energy costs.
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Ottawa
Competition Bureau
Liberal
Finance
Chrystia Freeland
Affordable Housing Innovation Fund
Sean Fraser
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