“The primary cause for (the) housing affordability challenge in Canada is our inability to build more housing that is in line with the increase in population,” said Murtaza Haider, a teacher of information science and realty management at Toronto Metropolitan University.
A TD report launched in late July likewise cautioned that “continuing with a high-growth immigration strategy could widen the housing shortfall by about a half-million units within just two years.”
But the Liberals are doubling down on their dedication to bring more individuals into the nation, arguing that Canada requires high migration to support the economy and build the houses it frantically requires.
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Doc program Feds blamed AFN for hold-ups on policing expense …
Federal authorities concerned long-promised legislation stating First Nations policing a vital service was being postponed by Assembly of First Nations doubts about the expense, recently launched internal files reveal.
Records obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act likewise appear to reveal that a person of the sticking points for both the advocacy organization and Ottawa is whether to acknowledge policing as a location of First Nations jurisdiction — something the federal government has actually done when it pertains to child-welfare services.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured his federal government would advance a brand-new First Nations policing law in 2020 after years of calls from Indigenous leaders.
The federal government dedicated to co-develop the law with the Assembly of First Nations, which represents more than 600 neighborhoods throughout Canada.
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N.L. clients with no place else to go crowd ERs
The lady in the corner of the emergency clinic still haunts Dr. Gerard Farrell, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association. Obviously struggling with dementia, she was difficult to miss out on as he passed backward and forward, constantly being in the exact same chair in an environment not constructed to take care of her.
“She wasn’t there because she needed emergency care. She was there because she needed more care than she could get in the home,” Farrell said in an interview. “But there was no place else for her to go.”
The lady is the example he supplies when inquired about his recent experiences with clients that the provincial health authority calls “community emergencies” — clients gave an emergency situation department and confessed, regardless of not satisfying the requirements for admission.
“The issue is serious and significant,” Farrell said, including that neighborhood emergency situations are an example of how emergency clinic are bearing the force of health-care staffing scarcities.
Nobody at the provincial health authority was available for an interview on the problem of neighborhood emergency situation admissions.
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Heat, wildfires taking toll on B.C. wildlife …
As heat records fall throughout southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is cautioning of the heat threats for animals.
Kimberly Stephens, the health center supervisor for the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, says there has actually been an uptick in the variety of calls and admissions of animals impacted by severe temperature levels.
She says some have heat fatigue, others have actually been chased after out by wildfires, or their food and water resources have actually dried up due to the fact that of the severe heat and dry spell.
Stephens says that’s when they enter contact — and dispute — with domestic family pets, cars and people.
Although much of the seaside area is anticipated to go back to seasonal temperature levels today, the main and southern areas of the province need to withstand the heat for a day or 2 longer.
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90 years considering that Christie Pits riot …
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the Christie Pits riot, a break out of violence following a softball video game at a Toronto park that historians have actually referred to as among the worst occurrences of ethnically or consistently inspired discontent in the city’s history.
The riot on Aug. 16, 1933, started after a group of young males unfurled a banner with a black swastika following the video game, which included a group of mainly Jewish teens.
Historians state that throughout the approximated six-hour brawl activated by the banner, youths from Italian and Ukrainian backgrounds supported the Jewish side versus the evident Nazi sympathizers.
Cyril Levitt, co-author of the 1987 book “The Riot at Christie Pits,” which assisted notify Canadians about the scale of the violence, says it is important for the general public to stay educated about the event.
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Saskatchewan starts forming brand-new authorities service …
The Saskatchewan Party federal government has actually started developing a brand-new provincial authorities service, however the minister in charge says it won’t have an oversight body up until boots are on the ground.
Christine Tell, minister of corrections, policing and public safety, now has authority to form the brand-new Saskatchewan Marshals Service, said a recent order-in-council. The order specifies the province’s deputy minister will act in location of a board to supervise operations.
Tell said the province is to produce a board for the marshals once it’s functional in 2026.
“What that looks like is still under development,” Tell said in an interview. “But in the interim, the deputy minister is the interim board as we get this thing developed.”
The province revealed last fall it would produce the marshals service to help boost public safety, especially in high-crime locations.
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This report by The Canadian Press was very first released August 16, 2023
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