Trudeau doubles down on defence of WE Charity handling volunteering program

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating after they say six people were stabbed inside if a Kensington home as they slept Friday morning.The incident happened around 4 a.m. on the 3000 block of North Front Street. Police say a family member went from bedroom to bedroom stabbing the six victims with two different knives that were described as kitchen knives.FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reports that all six of the stabbing victims are between the ages of 26 and 46. A 46-year-old woman is in critical condition after suffering stab wounds to the head and neck during the incident.

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France will deploy thousands of police in and around Paris and set up checkpoints at toll stations on major roads leading into the capital to keep so-called "Freedom Convoy" motorists out, the city's police force said.

₹9.57 lakh crore for the economy was far sharper than ₹2.12 lakh crore in GDP growth that was lost in 2008-09 global financial crises, yet the government was able to contain consumer price inflation (CPI) to within 6.2% as opposed to CPI ballooning to 9.1% during the global financial crisis.

Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to Covid-19.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers continued their strike action for the fifth consecutive day on Friday (11), despite a court issuing an order against a nurses trade union that is also taking part in the strike.Health workers in Sri Lanka have been staging demonstrations and strikes since November 2021 to draw attention to the issue of salary anomalies.Their major demands include the rectification of salary anomalies, higher allowances, and an increase in overtime rates.Supplementary and paramedical services, nursing services, and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers are participating in the indefinite strike.Thousands of poor patients who visited government hospitals were turned away, as a result.A Sri Lankan court on Thursday (10) issued two enjoining orders preventing the strike action by the Government Nursing Officer’s Association from continuing.The Attorney General filed an action against the Government Nursing Officer’s Association and its president Saman Rathnapriya, seeking an enjoining order from the court to immediately suspend the trade union action of the said union.The Attorney General appraised the court of the present deplorable conditions in hospitals due to patient care being severely affected.District Court Judge of Colombo Aruna Aluthge issued two enjoining orders preventing the union from continuing the said trade union strike endangering the lives of the patients.As a result of the strike, over this week the activities at the Colombo General Hospital, Kandy General Hospital, 24 Teaching Hospitals, 26 General Hospitals, 46 Base Hospitals, 410 District

Prince Charles getting Covid again should be "ringing royal alarm bells," according to an expert who warns of some "regal whiplash". The 73-year-old is set to snatch an almost 200-year record by becoming the oldest person to be crowned monarch.

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Charli XCX has said that the criticism she’s received on social media lately has taken a toll on her mental health.The singer-songwriter, who releases her fifth album ‘Crash’ on March 18, issued a statement on Twitter yesterday (February 10) to explain that she’s temporarily stepping back from the platform due to the “negativity” surrounding her current campaign.“I’ve always had a pretty open dialogue with you guys and so I just wanna mention a few things that have been on my mind recently,” Charli began.“I have been feeling like I can’t do anything right at the moment.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The new University of Vavuniya was declared open by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday (11).The University of Vavuniya is the 17th State University in Sri Lanka and was established with effect from the 1st of August 2021 via an Extraordinary Gazette on the 8th of June 2021 that elevated the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, to a separate state university in Sri Lanka.The new state university was established for the purpose of providing, promoting, and developing higher education in the branches of learning of Business Studies, Applied Science, and Technology Studies.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of he World Health Organization (WHO), Buti Manamela, Deputy Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of South Africa, Dr Joe Phaahla, Minister of Health of South Africa and Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium today visit a number of public and private sector partners that are collaborating to develop and build WHO’s global mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa.

Conservative Party wants police to investigate the Liberal government’s decision to award a $900-million contract to WE Charity for a federal student grant program following news that members of the prime minister’s immediate family were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees by the WE organization in recent years.

WE Charity. Hundreds of student volunteer positions advertised on federal website don’t exist The government says it is working on what to do with the Canada Student Service Grant program after its agreement with the WE organization was cancelled last week amid controversy over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s connections to the Toronto-based group.Several non-profits seeking volunteers under the grant program say they and their volunteers are waiting for answers, including whether the program is going to go ahead and the students they have already taken on will be paid the promised honorarium for their time.

Feds lay out preview of federal deficit, spending amid coronavirus Here’s another way to look at it. Justin Trudeau’s federal government used to budget for around $330 billion in program spending.

The federal Liberals are to lay out today how they see the COVID-19 pandemic affecting government finances for the fiscal year including an estimated deficit and a projected path for the economy. Whatever the costs, they’re worth it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference Wednesday morning, before the snapshot was released.

Ahead of the federal Liberals’ release of Canada’s economic snapshot, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of making “major mistakes” and of being “slow to act” during the novel coronavirus pandemic, which Scheer claims has “cost Canadians dearly.”

Rideau Hall last week made, conveyed or caused threats to be made against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, police say.Court documents released on Monday provide some additional details about the specifics of the 22 charges laid against Corey Hurren, 46, last week after he allegedly rammed his truck through the gate to Rideau Hall in an armed incident that saw him taken into custody two hours later.Hurren was arrested on July 2 following the incident at Rideau Hall, which is the official residence of the governor general.

MP Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives aren’t looking to force an election over the Liberal government’s $900-million deal with WE Charity, which was called off on Friday.“We don’t have to,” the Conservative finance critic told reporters. Opposition parties put forward demands ahead of federal economic update “We already got what we asked for, which was for the government to cancel the program and redirect the funds through the professional public service and make it open and transparent for all organizations.”WE Charity had been tapped to administrate a youth volunteer grant program launched in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The Canadian government is suspending an extradition treaty with Hong Kong in light of the implementation this week by China of a new national security law that criminalizes virtually all forms of dissent.

Justin Trudeau relating to his government’s now-scrapped $900-million contract with WE Charity.Ethics critics for both the Conservatives and the NDP had written to Commissioner Mario Dion seeking a review of whether the prime minister contravened the Conflict of Interest Act. WE charity to stop handling coronavirus student volunteer program after backlash WE Charity received a deal to administer the Canada Student Service Grant program late last month.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday the government will not be able to search and pull in volunteers for a student aid program the way the WE organization could have done, following the announcement that the charity will not manage Ottawa’s $900 program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that as the novel coronavirus pandemic gets under control in Canada, it would mean a return to some projects the government had committed to before the pandemic hit.

WE organization won’t manage the federal government’s $900-million program to pay students and fresh graduates for volunteer work this summer.In a statement this morning, Chagger says it’s a “mutually agreed upon decision.” Trudeau doubles down on defence of WE Charity handling volunteering program Since the charity founded by brothers Craig and Marc Kielburger was announced as the manager of the program last week, the sole-sourced deal has been criticized because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s close relationship with the group.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

COVID-19 will feed into plans for an improved response to a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.Speaking outside his Ottawa residence, Trudeau said there are plenty of things that in hindsight the government might have done differently or sooner to respond to the economic fallout from the pandemic.He didn’t go into details about how things could have changed.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the WE Charity is the “best and only” service the federal government could partner with to quickly provider support for young Canadians.

Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the situation in the U.S. which has seen an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in recent days, only highlights the need for Canadians to remain vigilant of a possible COVID-19 resurgence here.

Speaking outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that in his opinion, Canada is prepared to navigate a potential second wave of COVID-19 infection rates going up.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he would begin scaling back his daily press briefings, which have provided updates on the novel coronavirus since March 13.

Justin Trudeau announced Monday he would begin scaling back his daily press briefings, which have provided updates on the novel coronavirus since March 13.Instead, he said he will provide news updates a few times a week as the country moves to reopen.“We’re going to keep regularly updating Canadians on how this virus is progressing, as we have since the beginning of this crisis, including with the latest numbers continuing to be published every single day,” he said. Live updates — Coronavirus in Canada “However, Dr.

Conservatives are calling for an investigation into the Liberal government’s decision to have an international charity administer a $900-million program designed to help students during the COVID-19 pandemic.In a letter to Auditor General Karen Hogan today, the Conservatives say the decision to “outsource” the Canada Student Service Grant to WE Charity undermines Parliament’s ability to monitor the program.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Global Goal: Unite for our Future, a virtual summit of world leaders, activists and celebrities, on Saturday, along with a pledge that Canada would contribute $120 million to the World Health Organization’s Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, which is described as a global collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.

Speaking outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “many questions remain” as to the deadly shooting rampage in Nova Scotia which claimed the lives of 22 people.

Justin Trudeau says the non-partisan civil service, not him, decided the WE charity was the best option to dole out grants to students who volunteer in this summer.WE will administer the Canada Student Service Grant, which will provide eligible students with up to $5,000 to support the costs of post-secondary education in the fall, with the amount of each grant dependent on the time the recipient devotes to volunteer work.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a re-tooled Ottawa-area brewery this morning to see how it has switched gears to produce hand sanitizer.

Justin Trudeau says Canadian companies are now producing so much personal protective equipment needed in the fight against COVID-19 that Canada is almost at the point of being self-sufficient.He’ll underscore that contention Friday with a visit to a Kanata, Ont., brewery that has retooled to make hand sanitizer during the pandemic. How much protective equipment does Canada really need for COVID-19? The visit to Big Rig Brewery, which has used the federal wage subsidy to rehire workers, is also intended to emphasize Trudeau’s repeated plea to businesses to take advantage of the program to get back on their feet.

Justin Trudeau said that provincial governments have “failed to support seniors” in their handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, while floating the idea of bringing in national standards at long-term care facilities.Trudeau was responding to a newly released report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information that found long-term care residents made up 81 per cent of all reported COVID-19 deaths in Canada compared to an average of 42 per cent among all countries studied.“I think one of the things that is very clear is our current system of supporting seniors across this country has not worked,” Trudeau told reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa Thursday morning.“It is a provincial responsibility.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says heeding a recent call from some prominent Canadians to politically intervene to end the extradition proceedings against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou“will imperil thousands of Canadians travelling in China and around the world.”

Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he hopes Quebec will remain “transparent” on coronavirus case numbers a day after the province announced it would switch from daily to weekly updates.On Wednesday, Quebec said it will end daily updates this Friday and, starting July 2, release weekly numbers on coronavirus cases, tests and deaths. Quebec to stop providing daily COVID-19 updates favouring once-a-week format A health department spokesperson said the province is switching because the epidemiological situation is stabilizing.Quebec’s most recent COVID-19 numbers show there have been a total of 55,079 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, including six in the last 24 hours.

The Quebec government announced that it will no longer release daily COVID-19 updates as of Friday. Instead, weekly updates will be provided every Thursday starting on July 2.

 Justin Trudeau says heeding a recent call from some prominent Canadians to politically intervene to end the extradition proceedings against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou “will imperil thousands of Canadians travelling in China and around the world.”More than a dozen former federal cabinet ministers and diplomats signed a letter earlier this week urging Trudeau to have his justice minister order an end to the proceedings, which are moving along under the terms of the extradition treaty between Canada and the U.S.

Speaking outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was “very clear” that Canada’s system of senior care had failed during the COVID-19 outbreak, but stressed that fixing it would require a balance between federal and provincial jurisdiction and involvement.

Speaking outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced several new supports for students in Canada, including the Canada Student Service Grant of between $1,000 and $5,000 for qualifying students.

On Thursday, Fitch Ratings downgraded Canada’s credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing the federal government’s move to borrow about a quarter of a trillion dollars to prop the economy up during the pandemic lockdown. Speaking outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the move only showed that his government was willing to do whatever it takes to protect Canadians.