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Post Former Liberal MP given $700,000 in federal cash for unapproved ventilators


Contracts given to Baylis include $273,237 for the medical contract, and an additional
$422,946 "research contract" with the Department of Industry, totaling $696,183 in taxpayer dollars.



The Montreal-based Baylis Medical Company Inc., owned by former Quebec Liberal MP Frank Baylis, received nearly $700,000 in taxpayer dollars to make 10,000 pandemic ventilators. The machines, however, were never "approved in any jurisdiction to date," a memo from the Department of Health revealed.

"We now find out Frank Baylis, a former Liberal MP, has received an undisclosed value contract," Conservative MP John Brassard said in Commons. "While those governed are losing their homes, businesses, jobs and futures, the Prime Minister’s family and friends are doing just fine."

The biotech company was given a the go-ahead to make 10,000 ventilators by October 21. Baylis, who serves as chairman for the medical company, served one term as a Liberal MP from 2015 to 2019 and did not seek reelection.

"Will the Liberals tell us what the exact dollar figure was for the contract they gave to their friend?" Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked. “What was the amount?”

Contracts given to Baylis include $273,237 for the medical contract, and an additional $422,946 "research contract" with the Department of Industry, totaling $696,183 in taxpayer dollars.

According to Blacklock's Reporter, Baylis was a "generous donor" to the Liberal Party, having donated over $66,000 from 2005 onward.


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The contract raises immediate eyebrows, as the Conflict of Interests Act clearly states that former MPs should not "act in such a manner as to take improper advantage of his or her previous public office."

A memo from the department of health states that the ventilators, the VFC-560, are a "new" type of ventilator that "has not been approved in any jurisdiction to date."

The Baylis Medical Company website describes themselves as "a world leader in the conception, development, production and distribution of state-of-the-art medical products that improve the lives of people around the world."

A memo posted on the site published on July 17 states that "with the Health Canada approval, manufacturing of the 10,000 ventilators can begin, with the first shipment distributed shortly after that."



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Post Poilievre Introduces Motion to Suspend Trudeau's Pay Until he Returns to Work


Poilievre has submitted a motion to the Finance Committee that would suspend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's pay until he returns to work.



The Conservative Shadow Finance Minister Pierre Poilievre has submitted a motion to the Finance Committee that would suspend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's pay until he returns to work.

As first reported by Brian Lilley in the Toronto Sun, the prime minister has been lapping up the summer sun in Ontario. As of Thursday, Trudeau has taken five personal days in a row.

What may make this particularly irritating for Canadians is that Trudeau is choosing to take this holiday in the middle of a pandemic, economic collapse and an existential scandal.

On top of this, Trudeau decided to skip Andrew Scheer's last day in the House of Commons as leader of the Conservative Party—a move that has been criticized as disrespectful.

As a result of all this, Pierre Poilievre is adamant on pushing this motion through, saying "the chair [of the Finance Committee] tried to shut it down. I will bring it back."

In his motion, Poilievre wrote that "the prime minister has taken off 20 days in six weeks—meaning nearly half the calendar days have been days off."

No other leader has chosen to follow in Justin Trudeau's footsteps: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet are all worked yesterday, regardless of the prime minister's attendance.

Journalist Alex Pierson tweeted at the prime minister, saying "today you should show up for work and do your damned job. No other elected official in this county is vacationing."

Last month, Trudeau was criticized for taking a personal day during the height of the WE scandal. Scheer said that Trudeau was taking this vacation to avoid parliamentary scrutiny, saying "instead of showing up to answer questions, as he said he would last week, he's taking a personal day today."

Justin Trudeau has been criticized before for his Liberal use of personal days. In 2018, the Conservative Party created a website that highlighted whether the prime minister was on a vacation or not.

Similarly, in June of last year, the prime minister was lampooned for taking a personal day when he should've been attending the repatriation of a fallen Canadian soldier.



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Poilievre has submitted a motion to the Finance Committee that would suspend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's pay until he returns to work.



The Conservative Shadow Finance Minister Pierre Poilievre has submitted a motion to the Finance Committee that would suspend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's pay until he returns to work.

As first reported by Brian Lilley in the Toronto Sun, the prime minister has been lapping up the summer sun in Ontario. As of Thursday, Trudeau has taken five personal days in a row.

What may make this particularly irritating for Canadians is that Trudeau is choosing to take this holiday in the middle of a pandemic, economic collapse and an existential scandal.

On top of this, Trudeau decided to skip Andrew Scheer's last day in the House of Commons as leader of the Conservative Party—a move that has been criticized as disrespectful.

As a result of all this, Pierre Poilievre is adamant on pushing this motion through, saying "the chair [of the Finance Committee] tried to shut it down. I will bring it back."

In his motion, Poilievre wrote that "the prime minister has taken off 20 days in six weeks—meaning nearly half the calendar days have been days off."

No other leader has chosen to follow in Justin Trudeau's footsteps: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Andrew Scheer and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet are all worked yesterday, regardless of the prime minister's attendance.

Journalist Alex Pierson tweeted at the prime minister, saying "today you should show up for work and do your damned job. No other elected official in this county is vacationing."

Last month, Trudeau was criticized for taking a personal day during the height of the WE scandal. Scheer said that Trudeau was taking this vacation to avoid parliamentary scrutiny, saying "instead of showing up to answer questions, as he said he would last week, he's taking a personal day today."

Justin Trudeau has been criticized before for his Liberal use of personal days. In 2018, the Conservative Party created a website that highlighted whether the prime minister was on a vacation or not.

Similarly, in June of last year, the prime minister was lampooned for taking a personal day when he should've been attending the repatriation of a fallen Canadian soldier.



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In OZ our parliament has been shutdown and an unelected cabinet has been set up by the PM and is unacountable to the people,claiming priminsterial privaledge.
Our PM works 9-5 not on weekends,and goes on holidays over seas,while our country burns and our cities are uninhabitable by smoke,and then again while Victoria becomes the epicentre in Aust of covid 19.
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NEW OUTBREAK: There are 33 recent Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses reported in two provinces: ON and QC. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a consumer advisory for peaches recalled by Prima Wawona from the United States, sold from June 1, 2020 to August 22, 2020 in Canada.

Peaches grown in Canada are not affected by this advice. If you are not sure if the peaches in your home are the recalled peaches from Prima Wawona from the United States, do not eat them.

Do not eat, use, sell or serve any recalled peaches from Prima Wawona from the United States. This advice applies to all individuals across Canada, as well as retailers, distributors, manufacturers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes.



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UPDATE: Since August 14, there have been 40 additional illnesses reported in the ongoing Canadian investigation. There are now 379 confirmed cases in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued food recall warnings related to this outbreak. Additional food recall warnings are possible.

There is no evidence to suggest that onions grown in Canada are associated with this outbreak. Onions imported from the United States are under investigation. If you are not sure where a red, yellow, white, or sweet yellow onion was grown, do not eat it.

Do not eat, use, sell or serve any red, white, yellow, and sweet yellow onions from Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, California, USA, or any products made with these onions. This advice applies to all individuals across Canada, as well as retailers, distributors, manufacturers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes.



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Popular pasta sauce brand Ragu is no longer selling products in Canada.



TORONTO -- Popular pasta sauce brand Ragu has stopped selling their products in Canada, according to the company’s social media.

Ragu brand pasta sauces, owned by parent food company Mizkan America, Inc., appears to have quietly pulled out of the Canadian market sometime this summer.

After Canadians began to notice a lack of Ragu on the shelves, several took to Twitter to ask the company where the sauces were.

The company replied to users with a statement revealing that the sauces would not be coming back.

“We regret to inform you that RAGÚ has made the hard decision to exit the Canadian pasta-sauce market,” one statement from June 15 reads. “We hope that you have enjoyed the delicious taste of RAGÚ and are very sorry for any inconvenience.”

While Ragu is a specific type of meat-based pasta sauce, the company bearing the Ragu name sells numerous styles of pasta sauce, as well as pizza sauces. The brand was formed in 1937 in Rochester, N.Y.

As of Wednesday, the Canadian version of the brand's website was still up, but unlike the American version of the website, it is impossible to click on the pasta sauces to learn more.

It is unclear whether the COVID-19 pandemic had any impact on the company’s decision to pull out of the Canadian market. A banner on the company’s American website states: “We recognize that finding our product may be a challenge right now and are working hard to keep up with demand to restock your favorite products.”



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Trudeau government unveils $37 billion plan for CERB transition.



A $37-billion plan was unveiled by the Trudeau government for workers that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, reports Global News. The plan was released just weeks before the Canada Emergency Response Benefit is set to come to an end.

Included in the new measures are changes to the current Employment Insurance program as well as three additional benefit programs.

Those eligible for EI benefits will be able to receive the same minimum for no less than 26 weeks and are required to have accumulated 120 working hours to qualify—far below the current EI requirements.

Ottawa also plans on stretching the CERB program for an additional four weeks. It will be replaced by a new benefit that provides $400 per week for a maximum of 26 weeks for people who are not eligible for EI.

One of the new benefits is a caregiving benefit that provides $550 per week. According to Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, the benefit helps people who are forced to stay home because of an illness or because daycare or school is closed.

During a press conference on Thursday, Qualtrough added that she believes the benefit will be a large help to women as they are often caretakers.

A third benefit will give $500 per week for a maximum of two weeks to workers without access to other sick leave benefits.

There are also changes coming that will enable workers to retain more of their benefits while working.

Senior officials say that most of the changes will take place on Sept. 27 and stay in place for one year. The one-month CERB extension is expected to cost taxpayers $8 billion and the planned EI modifications are expected to cost $7 billion. Officials say the new benefit programs will cost $22 billion.

About four million Canadians are still currently receiving CERB and three million of those Canadians are expected to make the transition to EI. One million people are expected to move on to other benefits.



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Trudeau's chief of staff's husband lobbied Trudeau government to help his business.

Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford's husband lobbied for changes to government policy so to help his company.



In another example of Trudeau government cronyism, Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford's husband lobbied for changes to government policy so to help his company.

In a bombshell Vice article, journalist Justin Ling detailed how Katie Telford’s husband, Rob Silver, attempted to persuade the former Finance Minister Bill Morneau into changing government policy. Silver has not registered as a lobbyist.

Although his lobbying attempts were unsuccessful, Silver still repeatedly asked officials within the Department of Finance and the PMO to reform emergency assistance program for businesses so that it would include his business.

If the government proceeded with Silver's suggestions, Silver's company would have been able to have the government pay up to 75 percent of their employees' salaries.

In order to get his company qualified for this program, Silver made numerous attempts to get specific reforms to this legislation that would have benefited his business.

Due to the fact that Silver was not a registered lobbyist, he may have broken The Lobbying Act as he did not register with the lobbying commissioner.



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A 3M mask, which health-care workers need desperately during the COVID-19 pandemic,
is shown in Mississauga, Ont., in April. The federal and Ontario governments have reached a 10-year deal
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3M to make critical N95 masks at Brockville, Ont., plant.



Ontario and federal government will split $70M cost to boost production capacity, sources tell CBC News

The federal and Ontario governments have convinced manufacturing giant 3M to start making N95 respirator masks at its plant in Brockville, Ont., a move that will give Canada a domestic supply of critical personal protective equipment, CBC News has learned.

The two levels of government and the company will evenly split a financial investment of at least $70-million to boost production capacity at the existing 3M facility in Brockville, with a goal of producing masks by 2021. Both levels of government have also agreed to long-term agreements to buy masks from the company.

Federal and provincial sources tell CBC News the official announcement will be made Friday afternoon by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Brockville.

Since the early days of the pandemic, Ottawa has made it a priority to boost the domestic PPE supply chain. It's had success on products such as surgical masks, medical gowns and gloves.

But Canada has been forced to rely heavily on factories in China and the U.S. for the more specialized N95 respirators — and there have been problems with both.

Millions of Chinese-made masks failed to meet Canadian quality standards and couldn't be used by front-line health-care workers.

Boosting domestic production

Earlier this year, U.S. border officials stopped a shipment of masks headed to Ontario after President Donald Trump ordered 3M to stop exporting critical medical supplies abroad. That touched off a frenzy of high-level diplomacy so that Canada could secure an export ban exemption to keep the critical supplies coming.

Those episodes underscored Canada's reliance on foreign countries for essential medical supplies during a crisis like COVID-19, a vulnerability that had Ford pushing to make Canada completely self-sufficient.



Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has been forced to rely heavily on factories in China and the U.S.
for specialized N95 respirators -- and there have been problems with both. (Michael Wilson/CBC)



"We can never, ever be put in the position again that we are relying on countries around the world to support us with PPEs," Ford said in April.

Because they run the health-care systems, the provinces buy most PPE supplies. The federal government has been backstopping those supplies by using its purchasing power to buy supplies on what has become a cut-throat international market.

* Ottawa unveils plan to harness industry to ramp up production of COVID-19 medical gear.

* Canada building its own PPE network in China.

In March, Ottawa also outlined its plan to kickstart domestic production of PPE to create a longer-term supply. That included working with another company, Medicom, to establish an N95 production line in Montreal. The company said Thursday production of N95-type masks is underway at that facility and it is working through regulatory requirements in order to be able to deliver the product.

Since January, 3M has boosted its global production of N95 and hopes to ramp up to 2-billion N95 masks a year by the end of 2020.



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Trump’s tariffs on Canadian softwood breached global trading rules, says WTO


A World Trade Organization panel has found the United States broke international trade rules with some of its 2017 tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, which the U.S. set at 20.23 per cent after accusing Canadian federal and provincial governments of subsidizing softwood.

However, it is unlikely that the ruling will take affect since the U.S. is blocking the WTO’s dispute-resolution system.

The U.S. had claimed that the Canadian governments charged lower-than-market rates for companies to cut down trees on Crown land. South of the border, most lumber is on private lands. However, the WTO has found that the U.S. was wrong, and that the Canadian governments had taken measures to ensure prices were comparable to market rates. The panel wrote that the U.S. had improperly rejected those measures.

The ruling still needs to be upheld by the WTO’s appellate body before taking effect; however, the body currently cannot decide any cases at it is down to only one member since the Trump administration has blocked attempts to appoint new ones. Until the case can reach a conclusion, the tariffs will remain.


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A World Trade Organization panel has found the United States broke international trade rules with some of its 2017 tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, which the U.S. set at 20.23 per cent after accusing Canadian federal and provincial governments of subsidizing softwood.

However, it is unlikely that the ruling will take affect since the U.S. is blocking the WTO’s dispute-resolution system.

The U.S. had claimed that the Canadian governments charged lower-than-market rates for companies to cut down trees on Crown land. South of the border, most lumber is on private lands. However, the WTO has found that the U.S. was wrong, and that the Canadian governments had taken measures to ensure prices were comparable to market rates. The panel wrote that the U.S. had improperly rejected those measures.

The ruling still needs to be upheld by the WTO’s appellate body before taking effect; however, the body currently cannot decide any cases at it is down to only one member since the Trump administration has blocked attempts to appoint new ones. Until the case can reach a conclusion, the tariffs will remain.


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maybe you should express your anger << rightfully so to the TRUMP admin. ~ they don't need to treat an ally like Canada this way.
Unfortunately, the Trump admin. treats just about every ally this way.

BTW. Thanks for the support, Ocean. I'm going to send you a free truckload of softwood lumber. lol
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The CPC has decided to replace Andrew Sheer with a slightly angrier version of Andrew Scheer, from Ontario. Congratulations Erin O'Toole.
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Post Huawei

Canada has effectively moved to block China's Huawei from 5G, but can't say so.



OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network that has not formally blocked Huawei from 5G networks, but it has effectively done just that, delaying a decision long enough to force telecom companies to exclude the Chinese gear maker.

The strategy allows Canada to keep on the right side of both China and the United States as they tussle over Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, say six well-placed sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Canada and its Five Eyes allies — the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia — are under pressure from fellow member the United States to squeeze out Huawei on security grounds.

5G networks offer data speeds up to 50 or 100 times faster than 4G networks and are expected to power everything from telemedicine and remote surgery to self-driving cars.

Canada has been mulling whether to disbar the firm’s next-generation equipment for the better part of two years, brushing off increasing signs of industry impatience.

In June, Bell Canada (BCE.TO) and rival Telus Corp (T.TO) - two of the biggest wireless providers - teamed with Sweden’s Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and Finland’s Nokia Oyj (NOKIA.HE) to build fifth-generation (5G) telecoms networks, ditching Huawei for the project despite using Huawei 4G gear.

“The absence of a solution will eventually settle all problems,” said a source directly familiar with the approach taken by the Liberal government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO), Canada’s other large wireless operator, announced in 2018 it was using Ericsson 5G equipment.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it would further tighten U.S. restrictions on Huawei, aimed at cracking down on its access to commercially available chips.

Operators in Canada feel the U.S. curbs mean they have no choice but to sideline Huawei in 5G networks, at least for now, say the sources, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation.

“They’ve done the political calculus and said ‘The best thing for us is to do nothing and if we do nothing we don’t upset the Chinese, we don’t upset the Americans’,” said a source familiar with what government officials are saying.

Staying on the right side of China has become an important consideration. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is fighting extradition to the United States since Canadian police detained her in December 2018.

In response, Beijing arrested Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, charging them with espionage. Canada says gaining their freedom is a top priority.

“If it weren’t for the two Michaels, Canada would have already said it would not be using Huawei 5G technology,” a diplomatic source said. Government officials deny the fate of the two men is linked to 5G.

In 2018, both Australia and New Zealand blocked service providers from using Huawei 5G equipment.

To be sure, Canada will one day make a decision. Two other people who have consulted with Canadian officials say they think it is only a matter of time before Ottawa unveils a ban.

But a source directly familiar with government thinking stressed that Ottawa had not yet come to a firm conclusion and would not be rushed, adding that officials were taking their time to avoid Britain’s predicament.

The British government said last month it would ban Huawei from 5G networks by ordering companies to remove the equipment by 2027. In January, it had initially said Huawei could have a limited 5G role.

“That underscores why you need to get this right and why you only get one chance ... we don’t want to find ourselves in a situation like the Brits where we’re having to go back and put the toothpaste back in the tube,” said the source.

The office of Canada Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains - who is formally charged with making a decision on Huawei and 5G - said in a statement that it could not comment on a particular company. It did not say when an announcement would be made.

A Bell spokesman noted that in May, Chief Executive Officer Mirko Bibic said he had no insights into government thinking on Huawei and 5G. Telus did not respond to a request for comment.

Huawei said in a statement that it believed Ottawa “when it says it is taking the time to make a considered decision”.



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Post Novavax Signs Deal With Canada

U.S. drug company Novavax signs deal to supply 76 million doses of possible COVID-19 vaccine to Canada.


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Canada's federal government has signed agreements with two U.S. drug companies to secure up to 114 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines under development.

Maryland-based biotechnology company Novavax announced in a press release Monday that it has struck a deal to produce 76 million doses of a vaccine it is working on for the Canadian government, should the vaccine ever get Health Canada approval.

Later in the day, Ottawa announced it has signed a separate deal with a subsidiary of New Jersey-based drug conglomerate Johnson & Johnson to secure up to 38 million doses of the company's potential vaccine, which is completely different from Novavax's.

The vaccines are two of dozens in development around the world, each of which targets the virus that causes COVID-19 in a different way.

At last count, the virus has killed more than 846,000 people around the world since the start of this year.

Novavax's vaccine is known as a "protein subunit" vaccine, which has the advantage of being manufactured faster than some other types of vaccine but generally doesn't produce as strong an immune response as some other potential options.

The company released promising results of a very small clinical trial earlier this month, which showed it produced higher levels of the antibodies in healthy volunteers after two doses than those found in recovered COVID-19 patients.

The initial trial tested 106 subjects aged 18 to 59 with the vaccine, along with 25 people who received a placebo.

The next phase of testing currently underway in the U.S. and Australia will include many more people, and at least half of them will be between the ages of 60 and 84, an age bracket that faces the highest risk of having the worst outcomes from being infected, based on what is known about the virus.

The company plans to start much larger late-stage clinical trials soon, and told Reuters last month that if all goes well, they expect they could obtain regulatory approvals as early as December.

The company said Monday the vaccine, should it work and be safe, would be available to Canadians as early as the second quarter of 2021.

"We are pleased to work with the Canadian government on supply of our COVID-19 vaccine, an essential step to ensure broad access of our vaccine candidate," said CEO Stanley C. Erck in a release.

The agreement with Novovax "will give Canadians access to a promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate," said Anita Anand, Canada's minister of public services and procurement, in a news release.

"This is an important step in our government's efforts to secure a vaccine to keep Canadians safe and healthy, as the global pandemic evolves."

Novavax has signed similar deals with the United Kingdom, India, the Czech Republic, South Africa and Japan to supply doses of the potential vaccine.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine candidate, whose full name is Ad26.COV2.S, targets the virus in a completely different way than the Novavax candidate.

It is what's known as non-replicating viral vector vaccine, which are viruses that have been genetically engineered so they can't replicate and cause disease then injected into the body to provoke an immune response.

A phase 1 and 2 trial of that vaccine is underway in the U.S. and Belgium.

The deals with Novavax and Johnson & Johnson come on the heels of similar ones that the federal government has signed with other drug companies, including one for at least 20 million doses of a potential vaccine from Pfizer and up to 56 million from Moderna.

While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are both RNA vaccines and thus functionally similar, they are completely different from the Novavax and Johnson & Johnson candidates, which means that Canada has potentially secured access to millions of vaccine doses that work in three completely distinct ways.

At a press conference on Monday, Anand said the government is also in the final stages of negotiations with drug firm AstraZeneca, which is working with Oxford University on a promising non-replicating viral vector vaccine.

"Taken together, our vaccine agreements will give Canada at least 88 million doses, with options to obtain tens of millions more," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference on Monday morning, during which he also announced $126 million to expand a bio-manufacturing facility in Montreal, to produce drugs and vaccines to combat COVID-19 and other things.

"In the weeks and months ahead, our government will continue to take the steps needed to make sure Canada gets a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible," Trudeau said.

"Once a vaccine is proven to work, we'll also need to be able to produce and distribute it here at home."

Novavax's vaccine is one of roughly a dozen that has been singled out by the U.S. government for funding under the so-called Operation Warp Speed plan to speed up treatments for the coronavirus that has swept the world into economic chaos this year.





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Default Montreal Company Gets Banned From Bidding on Federal Contracts

Montreal-based ventilation company becomes fourth company banned from federal contracts for 10 years.


The 63-year-old company, which bills itself as “Montreal's largest and most innovative leader in
air conditioning services for commercial, industrial, residential and institutional sectors”, is only the
fourth company to be deemed ineligible for federal contracts or real property agreements under the Integrity Regime.



OTTAWA – For the first time in four years, the federal government has added a new company to its black list of suppliers. Montreal-based Les Industries Garanties Limitée is banned from bidding on federal contracts for a decade after an employee admitting bid-rigging in 2017.

The 63-year-old company, which bills itself as “Montreal’s largest and most innovative leader in air conditioning services for commercial, industrial, residential and institutional sectors”, is only the fourth company to be deemed ineligible for federal contracts or real property agreements under the Integrity Regime.

The regime, which came into effect in 2015, aims to weed out and sanction any potential federal supplier who has been convicted of certain crimes, such as bribery, bid-rigging or illegal lobbying.

According to the federal department responsible for the Integrity Regime, Public Service and Procurement Canada, Les Industries Garanties Limitée was first flagged for ineligibility after it submitted a bid in response to an unspecified public tender.

At issue: the company’s involvement in a bid-rigging scheme for the installation of ventilation systems on Montreal high rises that led to charges in 2010 against itself, one of its evaluators Houmam Al Nashar, as well as seven other companies and four other individuals.

“Homeowners in the Montreal region were defrauded by this illegal scheme,” said Melanie Aitken, Commissioner of Competition in a 2010 release. At the time, the companies were accused of “inflating the cost of their goods and services, depriving consumers of the benefits of honest competition, including competitive prices.”

In 2017, Al Nashar pled guilty to one count of bid-rigging in exchange for 50 hours of community service and a promise to collaborate with the Competition Bureau as the investigation into the bid-rigging scheme continued.

“Mr. Al Nashar admitted that he took part in an agreement with representatives of three competing firms to obtain a ventilation contract in the Faubourg St-Laurent Phase II project” in Montreal, the Bureau said in an October 2017 press release.

“He also admitted that he participated in two other agreements that sought to ensure competing firms would get contracts for two other projects: Le Roc Fleuri and Tour St-Antoine,” the statement continues.

A few weeks later, Cardinal Ventilation, a company the Bureau says is linked to Les Industries Garanties Limitée, also pled guilty to one count of bid-rigging involving the same three projects. It was ordered to pay a $375,000 fine.

But why was Les Industries Garanties Limitée only barred from federal contracts nearly three years after the bid-rigging guilty pleas?

That’s because companies are not automatically added to the Integrity Regime’s ineligible suppliers list after a conviction. Rather, in many cases, a potential vendor will be barred following a regular review conducted after it submits a formal bid for a government contracts, the government says.

The company is then informed that it risks being barred from contracts for a decade, and is afforded a chance to respond with reasons as to why it should stay off the ineligibility list.

“As part of the verification, Public Services and Procurement Canada became aware that the company might be ineligible,” PSPC spokesperson Charles Drouin wrote in an email about Les Industries Garanties Limitée.

“Following a review of all information, the Registrar declared the supplier to be ineligible. A Notice of Ineligibility was sent to Les Industries Garanties Limitée on June 17, 2020, to inform the supplier that it would be ineligible to enter into contracts or real property agreements with the Government of Canada for a period of 10 years.”

When National Post contacted Les Industries Garanties Limitée on Monday, an unnamed representative said to call back in October. No one responded to questions left on a spokesperson’s voicemail.



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Post Quebec May Detain Citizens at COVID-19 Isolation Facility

WATCH: Quebec may detain citizens at COVID-19 isolation facility, public health authority says.


It has been reported that authorities in Quebec City, Canada, intend to isolate unruly citizens
in a COVID-19 facility, though the precise location is not know.



It has been reported that authorities in Quebec City, Canada, intend to isolate unruly citizens in a COVID-19 facility, though the precise location is not known.

Dr. Jacques Girard, leader of the Quebec City public health authority, stated during a press conference that a number of customers at a bar were ordered to wait for the results from their COVID-19 test, but decided to leave the premises before the results came back.

This is what Girard claims to have "led to them being taken and forcibly placed into isolation by the state."




“[W]e may isolate someone for 14 days,” Girard noted during the press conference. “And it is what we did this morning… forced a person to cooperate with the investigation… and police cooperation was exceptional.”

Girard went on to say that if a person is told to stay in isolation, public health officials have the duty to go to their home and force the person to comply. And if they do not comply, the state is permitted to pick them up and force them to adhere to the protocols.

Girard then continued by going into detail that prompted the action, saying: "The order targeted two people who were not cooperating. And it is great that we can finally work with that provision. You know, before, if we were not in a health crisis, the Public Heath Director could use this provision for 72 hours while waiting for the judge’s confirmation of such a provision."

"In the COVID-19 case, we may isolate someone for 14 days. And it is what we did this morning, and we have done in the past, and, such as this morning, forced a person to cooperate with the investigation, and we’ve done it in the past with success, and police cooperation was exceptional. Thank you all, have a great day. When you order someone to not leave home for 14 days, does it happen in their home…"

Someone replied with "it is not at home... 14 days at home ..."

Girard said that "it is in a prison ... Do you feel like you are in a prison? Because that’s it. Often, it is what we do. It is a location; we at the CIUSS [Government agency] have the power to provide for preventative isolations. It’s happening. Finally, it is a much easier provision when someone is not cooperating, and it becomes more difficult."

Girard asked if these people were under watch—to which he answered in the affirmative. When pressed on where these people were being held, Girard stated: "It is not at home. It depends on the person. Because we have had people isolated at home. And then, we saw the person was not at home. So, we went to their home, and then told them, we are isolating you where we want you to be."



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Enough fentanyl to 'kill five million people' seized by Halton, Ontario police force in $4 MILLION bust.


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Halton Police say they seized 10 kilograms of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, MDMA,
and six kilograms of an unknown drug they have yet to identify.



Halton Police seized the $4 million worth of drugs, which include cocaine and a record amount of fentanyl.

This comes after investigators of the Halton Regional Police Service dedicated themselves to pursuing two people who were suspected of trafficking drugs in Oakville.

The investigation was dubbed “Project Mover” and ended up finding evidence in many jurisdictions across the GTA. Since June, Police have arrested nine people in connection to this.

Halton Police say they seized 10 kilograms of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, MDMA, and six kilograms of an unknown drug they have yet to identify.

Two firearms and two vehicles were also seized by police. The weapons were a semi-automatic shotgun and 40 calibre handgun with an extended magazine. The vehicles were a 2019 Dodge Durango and a 2016 Acura RDX.

Deputy HRPS Chief Jeff Hill said that the 10 kilograms of fentanyl seized was enough to kill five million people. Adding "As little as 2mg of fentanyl can kill a person,"

Charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime, and firearms offences have been laid against the individuals.

All the individuals except one were released with the promise to appear in court.



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Parliament headed for showdown, possible election, Wednesday over Conservative motion.

The Liberals say they will treat the proposal to create a new committee designed to look into the WE charity scandal as a confidence motion.


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OTTAWA — The Liberals face a high-stakes game of chicken Wednesday, as they stare down the opposition parties over a confidence motion that could force the country into an election as the second wave of a pandemic rages.

The Conservatives fired the first shot Tuesday, moving ahead with their proposal to create a new committee designed to look into the WE Charity scandal, and other allegations of inappropriate lobbying and spending.



It is set to come to a vote Wednesday afternoon after Question Period. The Liberals took the rare move of making that motion a confidence issue, making clear if the Conservatives pass the motion through Parliament, the country will be headed to the polls.

Liberal House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said the motion is partisan and will hinder the government’s ability to respond to the pandemic.

“Erin O’Toole and the Conservative Party don’t care,” he charged. “They’ve turned their backs on Canadians. They don’t care about working together to find solutions to the many challenges in this crisis.”

But Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole claimed the Liberals were trying to avoid scrutiny of controversial deals.

“In many parts of Canada kids can’t go trick-or-treating but the Liberals think Canadians should go to the polls rather than their answering several simple questions,” he said.

“They don’t want the truth to come out.”

The proposed committee would have the ability to call ministers, including the prime minister as they see fit and summon documents. It would be structured differently than other committees with a clear majority of opposition party members and it would be chaired by an opposition MP, rather than someone from the government.

Such opposition day motions are not typically confidence matters, but Rodriguez said the very nature of the committee suggests that if it was passed then the House of Commons would have lost confidence in the government.

“They’re saying that the government is corrupt. That means they don’t have confidence in the government.”

O’Toole rejected the suggestion that creating a new committee could possibly be a confidence vote.

He offered amendments to his own motion to change the name of the committee, which was initially called the “anti-corruption committee” and he offered a specific amendment that made clear there was no need if the motion passed to call an election.

“I think Canadians see what’s going on here,” he said. “The Liberal Party would rather send people to the polls during the second wave of a pandemic, then answer a few reasonable questions and Canadians should be concerned by that.”

Rodriguez said the Conservatives can’t have it both ways. He said they also can’t simply change the name of the committee and pretend this isn’t an issue of confidence.

“If you write a book about Frankenstein and you call it Cinderella, it’s still a book about Frankenstein.”

COVID-19 case numbers are continuing to rise and the country reached over 200,000 cases Tuesday and was nearing 10,000 deaths.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said no one wants the election, but said the Conservatives are clearly expressing they have lost confidence in the government.

“We hope that opposition parties will decide that they want to make Parliament continue to work for Canadians and not side with the Conservatives, who’ve decided that they no longer have confidence in this government.”

O’Toole was joined by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet who loudly proclaimed in the House of Commons that he had lost confidence in the government.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the Liberals only potential partner and he was evasive Tuesday on how his party will vote.

While he declined to be specific on how his party will vote, he said if an election comes of this motion it will be the prime minister’s fault.

“The only way there is an election right now is because the prime minister chooses to have one. If he wants to then he should just come out and say, ‘I want an election’.”

Singh said the Liberals seem to want an election, but he is focused on the issues in front of him.

“The prime minister is looking for an excuse to go to an election, and I will not give the prime minister an excuse to go to an election,” he said. “I will not be any part of this farce. As this prime minister is suggesting that this is what’s important.”

If the NDP joins the Liberals in voting against the Conservative motion, it will fail. But the NDP could also abstain and give the Liberals a majority against the Conservatives and the Bloc.



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