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ASEAN made the announcement public today during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the host city of Jakarta.
Joint Leaders’ Statement on ASEAN-Canada Strategic Partnership
Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada will open an export development office in Jakarta and has appointed an Indo-Pacific trade representative to help attract businesses to the region. » Globe and Mail
The Narwhal » Getting industrial methane under control is critical in the climate fight. The federal government says proposed new methane rules are in the works — and expected ‘later this fall’
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The B.C. Supreme Court has partially certified a class-action lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the maker of Kleenex, after the company produced flushable wipes that were contaminated with bacteria.
Meanwhile, Kimberly-Clark is pulling its consumer facial tissues from Canada.
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Trudeau’s 2017 decision to appoint Richard Wagner as former chief justice Beverley McLachlin’s replacement speaks to that lack of partisanship on Canada’s highest court. After all, the prime minister who first appointed him to the Supreme Court was one Stephen Harper. “Cabinet ministers, as we all know, come and go,” former federal justice minister and University of Alberta professor of law Anne McLellan told the CBC back in 2017. “But the chief justice, once appointed, will be there, bar unforeseen situations, up until mandatory retirement.”
That Trudeau chose to put a Harper appointee in that most powerful of roles speaks to the reality that Canada’s high court is fundamentally different than the one in the United States, where justices almost never break ranks with the party that appointed them. So, too, do some of Trudeau’s other appointees to the Supreme Court, who include Nicholas Kasirer (who was first appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal by Harper) and Malcolm Rowe (who advised Conservative Fisheries and Oceans Minister John Crosbie from 1986 to 1992).
The data shows 2,729 properties were sold in the month, an increase of 27.9 per cent year-over-year, while inventory dropped to a record low of about half of what’s historically been available in August.
Roos wasn’t planning to attend his citizenship ceremony over Zoom while wearing his firefighter uniform. But that’s what happened on Monday, while he and his crew were battling B.C.’s devastating wildfires, CBC reports.
It’s the final bell for cellphones in Quebec classrooms as the province’s education minister plans to ban the devices in most teaching settings, calling them a distraction for students.
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