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The once grand 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, with leaky roof and mould after decades of negligence, is in urgent need of an upgrade.

“But this could be the narrow window to act.” And official residences don’t belong to the person living there,” she said. “Politicians have a responsibility to maintain these buildings. Another [lamented](https://building.ca/feature/ncc-deferred-maintenance-deficit-a-broken-funding-mechanism/) that the building has become a “decaying beacon signalling Canada’s inability to recognize its own heritage”. “We know that 24 Sussex has been neglected by many generations of politicians and prime ministers over the years. “The lack of maintenance and negligence just wastes the people’s money for political games. Jean Chrétien, prime minister from 1993 to 2003, brought reporters to witness the need for buckets to catch rainwater from a leaky roof. Even then, unlike other G7 nations, the prime minister’s residence lacks secure meeting rooms for government business or the ability to host large events. A refurbishment or rebuild could take decades,” said Kurl. They proposed environmentally friendly upgrades, including passive heating and cooling, as well as a design that better recognized Indigenous history. And without any spending commitments from the current government, the building’s future remains in question. “Imagine the White House or the Élysée Palace falling apart.

The rabies vaccination certificate must: be written in English or French;; be issued and signed by a licensed veterinarian;; identify the animal (age, breed, ...

However, you can expect a CBSA agent to inspect your documents and to ensure that your pet is healthy and well-cared for. [Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration](https://www.canadavisa.com/assess/canada-immigration-assessment-form.htm?utm_source=CICNews&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=CIC20230116pets) Additionally, if your pet is arriving by air, individual airlines may have different requirements for how to transport your pet and you should verify these requirements far in advance. For example, bird owners are not allowed to bring their pets if they come from countries with a higher risk of avian influenza (bird flu). A microchip is a radio-frequency identification transponder that a veterinarian will scan for if your pet is lost and brought to a shelter. Any animal that is not a personal pet is considered a commercial pet and is subject to different entry requirements. The CFIA is the regulatory authority in Canada that determines what plants and livestock, including pets, are admissible. The inspection costs just over $30 for your first pet and $5 for any additional pets. The chip has an identification number that acts as a reference to find the owner’s contact information in a national, provincial, or municipal database. This also applies to dogs who are destined for adoption. Without proof of vaccination or that the pet comes from one of these countries, your pet will likely be denied entry. Every cat or dog that comes into Canada needs proof of rabies vaccination or that the pet is from one of the countries on the “rabies free” list.

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November gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.1% in November, Statistics Canada said, and was likely flat in December, according to a preliminary estimate. "The ...

Canada's service-producing sector grew 0.2% in November, buoyed by a third straight month of gains in transportation and warehousing. The Canadian central bank has raised its key interest rate at a record pace of 425 basis points in 10 months to cool the economy and bring inflation down. That aligns with our view that the economy is likely stalling," said Royce Mendes, head of macro strategy at Desjardins. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [central bank](/markets/rates-bonds/bank-canada-hikes-rates-becomes-first-major-central-bank-signal-pause-2023-01-25/) said the economy would stall and could tip into a mild recession during the first half of this year. OTTAWA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Canada's economy expanded slightly in November, matching expectations, and likely stalled in December, data showed on Tuesday, broadly in line with the Bank of Canada's expectations for the economy to flatline during the first half of this year.

“The economy hasn't yet absorbed the impact of past rate hikes,” James Orlando, an economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, said in a report to investors. “Even ...

That followed a 0.1% gain in November, which matched economist expectations in a Bloomberg survey, and a 0.1% increase in October. Canada’s economy geared down at the end of 2022, growing at about half the pace of the third quarter and setting the stage for a period of little to no growth. [reported](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230131/dq230131a-eng.htm) Tuesday in Ottawa.

The Canadian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in November as higher interest rates began to slow spending toward the end of the year.

The economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.9 per cent in the third quarter. The Canadian economy grew by 0.1 per cent in November as higher interest rates began to slow spending toward the end of the year. Statistics Canada's preliminary estimate for December indicates the economy stayed flat, suggesting the economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 per cent in the fourth quarter.

Lagged effects of the Bank of Canada's interest rate hikes are expected to drag growth to a halt. Find out more.

The central bank expected fourth-quarter growth of 1.3 per cent annualized, while economists in Bloomberg surveys predicted a gain of 0.9 per cent. That’s a key reason why Governor Tiff Macklem and his officials said this month they plan to hold the benchmark overnight lending rate at 4.5 per cent if growth and inflation evolve broadly in line with their outlook. [interest rates](https://financialpost.com/tag/interest-rates/), which jumped 425 basis points since last March, are slowing economic activity and weighing on consumption. Overall, the monthly gains point to annualized growth in the fourth quarter of 1.6 per cent, according to an initial estimate from the statistics agency. Preliminary data suggest gross domestic product was flat in December as increases in retail, utilities and the public sector were offset by decreases in wholesale, finance and oil and gas industries, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday in Ottawa. Article content

Real gross domestic product edged up 0.1% in November as growth in services-producing industries was partially offset by declines in goods-producing ...

Repair construction (-1.0%) was also a large contributor to the overall decline in the construction sector in November, due to contractions in both residential and non-residential repairs. The public sector rose 0.3% in November, up for the seventh consecutive month. The reopening of refineries in the western United States contributed to lower prices in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Food services and drinking places drove the decline with a 2.9% contraction, which more than offset the gain recorded in the previous month. In November, the food and beverage stores subsector fell to its lowest level since April 2018. Also contributing to the increase in November was financial investment services, funds and other financial vehicles (+1.2%). These two types of residential construction activity have been large contributors to the decline in residential building construction in 2022. Non-residential building construction contracted for the first time in five months (-0.4%). Credit intermediation and monetary authorities contributed the most to the growth in November. All types of residential activity fell in November, with new construction of single detached homes and home alterations and improvement leading the contraction. This gain brought the subsector to its highest level of activity since January 2020's pre-pandemic level as movements in domestic air carriers continued their recovery. Owing to its preliminary nature, these estimates will be updated on February 28, 2023, with the release of the official [GDP] data for December and the fourth quarter of 2022.

November's GDP grew at a rate of 0.1 per cent and initial indications suggest the economy kept growing in Q4, Statistics Canada said, staving off fears a ...

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Canada and the Philippines are finalizing negotiations for an agreement that will lay the groundwork for increased defense.

But we have to start at the bottom and we are looking for, at opportunities to increase our participation in exercises, in the absence of a VFA or SOVFA (Status of Visiting Forces Agreement), there are constitutional limits to that." We’ve not had a deep defense relationship and opportunities to build that relationship were interrupted by disagreements between the 2 countries on issues like human rights, etcetera," Canadian officials said. “Canada will also continue to work with partners to push back against any unilateral actions that threaten the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, as well as the East and South China Seas,” the senior Embassy officials said. “We do not sell submarines. According to its Indo-Pacific Strategy, “Canada will work hand-in-hand with ASEAN and its member states to ensure full respect for international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in the South China Sea.” We see, both sides see an enormous potential and value.

Statistics Canada's preliminary estimate for real GDP in December indicates the economy stayed flat, suggesting the economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 ...

Looking ahead, many economists are anticipating a mild recession in 2023. In comparison, the economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2022. Statistics Canada’s preliminary estimate for real GDP in December indicates the economy stayed flat, suggesting the economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year.

The United States on Tuesday said it was seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada's dairy import quotas, charging that Canada was still ...

"Although the United States won a previous USMCA dispute on Canada’s dairy TRQ allocation policies, the Canadian government's revised measures have not fixed the problem,” Ambassador Katherine Tai said in a statement, adding that she would use all available tools to ensure that U.S. move and would defend Canada's longstanding Supply Management system that protects Canadian dairy farmers with production quotas and high tariffs on dairy imports. Limited access to Canada's dairy market for U.S. After months of consultations, USTR requested a dispute panel in 2021, which ruled that Canada's practices violated its USMCA obligations. producers were unhappy with the way Canada had allocated TRQs, which allow specific quantities of products from raw milk to cheese to cross the border at lower or zero tariffs, reserving them exclusively for Canadian processing firms. U.S.

WASHINGTON—The United States announced Tuesday it is once again turning to a dispute settlement panel in its challenge to Canada's dairy import policies, ...

Ng said in a statement the trade rules were “implemented as intended,” and Ottawa would “continue to defend our supply management system and the market access that Canada and the United States have agreed on.” “Through these measures, Canada undermines the market access it agreed to provide in the USMCA,” said the USTR. WASHINGTON—The United States announced Tuesday it is once again turning to a dispute settlement panel in its challenge to Canada’s dairy import policies, which Washington says undermine market access that Ottawa agreed to provide.

The US set up a second dispute-settlement panel to resolve differences with Canada over its dairy quotas, saying Ottawa is still undermining access to its ...

Despite the slowdown, the economy is showing resilience as it faces mounting headwinds. Growth in the final months of 2022 was stronger than what the Bank of ...

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MANILA – The Canadian government is hoping to finalize and sign a defense cooperation deal with Manila on the margins of the Shangri-La Dialogue in June, ...

And China’s rise as a global actor is reshaping the strategic outlook of every state in the region, including Canada,” the official said. “China is looking to shape the international order into a more permissive environment for interests and values that increasingly depart from ours. “We're prepared to evaluate and look at that.

Deputy United States trade representative Jayme White stressed 'ongoing concerns' about Bill-C11 and Bill C-18 at a meeting last week with Rob Stewart, ...

Tai that the bills could breach the terms of the United-States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA). “To see this raised in a bipartisan manner by two U.S. The Senate was due to begin debating C-18 this week. Senate committee on finance, and Republican Michael Crapo, a senior member of the committee, raised concerns in a letter to Ms. The Globe is not naming the sources because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the issue. Senior Democrat and Republican senators on the influential U.S. Senate finance committee also weighed in last week, writing a letter to U.S. pending legislation in the Canadian Parliament that could impact digital streaming services and online news sharing and discriminate against U.S. White’s meeting with Mr. Stewart said the American official had “expressed the United States’ ongoing concerns with ... readout of Mr. Two sources told The Globe and Mail that the CRTC’s lack of experience regulating print media and digital platforms was raised by Ms.

Fitch Ratings-London-31 January 2023: The Bank of Canada (BOC) is unlikely to increase rates again in 2023 given declining headline inflation, Fitch Rat.

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday, adding to its gains since the start of the year, as investors cheered U.S. data ...

“Particularly for Canadian investors there's ample opportunity in the Canadian equity markets to do well when you look at a global picture and look at ...

“For all the difficulty of last year, our investment team has shown that active management does well for our clients and we're pleased to produce the types of returns we have. Coming to an end of the interest rate cycle bodes well for the banking industry and with the Canadian equity market heavily weighted towards the banks, it's another sector Massey is keen on. You almost have to look at what's hurting you in the pocketbook as great places to be investing, Massey notes, pointing to food inflation as an example. The old acronym “TINA,” There Is No Alternative, “The overweight Canada angle is something that we've been positioning for the past couple of years, it's worked, and we see nothing on the horizon to change that,” Massey says. Filling up at the pump has also been a difficult proposition because of higher gas prices, but the energy space has been a fantastic winner for investors.

The Federal Minister of International Trade Mary Ng says Canada is disappointed that the United States has requested a dispute settlement panel.

The U.S. Canada will continue to defend our supply management system and the market access that Canada and the United States have agreed on. “We know how important stability and certainty are to our farmers, workers and businesses.

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Tuesday that the U.S. is calling for a second dispute panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to rule ...

This precedent raises broader concerns about the anticipated effectiveness of the dispute settlement mechanism overall — with implications beyond this specific dairy issue.” should have resulted in the necessary improvements for American dairy access in Canada,” Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said in one of the letters. “Canada is a valued and important trading partner, but they continue to fall short of their USMCA obligations by denying U.S. “With this panel request, we are utilizing our available tools to enforce our trade agreements and ensure that U.S. Canada, through its tariff rate quotas, has effectively stopped Canadian retailers and food service operations from accessing the quotas and buying U.S. access to key parts of the Canadian market.

The United States on Tuesday said it was seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada's dairy import quotas, accusing Canada of not meeting ...

Canada's 9,739 dairy farmers form one of the most influential lobbies in the country. The result of the WTO ruling is that Canada is not allowed to export much dairy. Canada's trade minister, Mary Ng, said she was disappointed in the U.S. The U.S. Processed dairy shipments are worth C$16.2 billion, according to 2021 government figures. The move is the latest salvo in longstanding tensions between the trade partners over Canada's protected dairy industry.

The United States doubled down on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in its ongoing dispute with Canada over dairy imports, accusing one of its closest trading ...

"Canada has shown a pattern of not living up to the dairy commitments it has made in trade agreements," added Krysta Harden, head of the export council. [U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement](https://www.nationalobserver.com/tags/US-Mexico-Canada-Agreement), is necessary because Canada failed to adequately respond to the first one, said U.S. and around the world is likely to evolve in 2023. Canada and the U.S. The U.S. interpretation of the rules that determine whether core automotive parts are considered to be of domestic or foreign origin. Canadian quota practices are causing direct harm to U.S. "With this panel request, we are utilizing our available tools to enforce our trade agreements and ensure that U.S. That first panel, launched in May 2021, largely agreed with the U.S. We will stand firm against attempts to renegotiate during this dispute settlement panel process." has established what's known as a dispute settlement panel to address the way Ottawa distributes its allotment of dairy [CUSMA](https://www.nationalobserver.com/tags/CUSMA) in Canada, since it became the law of the land in the summer of 2020.

TORONTO — Several of CBC's hit television series are set to depart Netflix Canada at the end of February as the public broadcaster looks to bolster its own ...

Sometimes, it would turn a cult hit into a mainstream phenomenon, at least partly because the shows were easily accessible to new audiences. Citing Adobe Analytics data, CBC said audiences in Canada are streaming 3.6 million hours every month on CBC Gem, up 34 per cent over last year. Also departing the streamer on Feb. It also touts growth through connected TVs, which it says is up nearly 40 per cent year-over-year, and prime-time viewing, noting 1/3 of total Gem views were initiated between 7 p.m. In an emailed statement, CBC's head of public affairs Chuck Thompson said CBC opted not to renew the Netflix Canada licence for those titles in order to give its own streaming service CBC Gem a programming advantage. TORONTO — Several of CBC's hit television series are set to depart Netflix Canada at the end of February as the public broadcaster looks to bolster its own streaming service CBC Gem.

The Canadian dollar strengthened to its highest level in 2-1/2 months against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, as domestic data showed growth in the ...

Rights groups believe at least one million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in the region, where China is ...

The motion says Uyghurs who “fled to third countries face pressure and intimidation by the Chinese state to return to China” and accuses Beijing of also applying diplomatic and economic pressure on countries to detain and deport them, “leaving them without a safe haven in the world.” Mehmet Tohti, executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, told reporters it is a strong message that “will resonate not only in China and in Canada, but around the world.” “It is a clear signal that we do not accept human rights violations against the Uyghur people,” he said, adding that “what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable.”

The Federal Minister of International Trade Mary Ng says Canada is disappointed that the United States has requested a dispute settlement panel.

The U.S. Canada will continue to defend our supply management system and the market access that Canada and the United States have agreed on. “We know how important stability and certainty are to our farmers, workers and businesses.

The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China's ...

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Canada's francophones have historically trailed their anglophone counterparts in digital adoption. In 2023, the gap has closed considerably, but the divide ...

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Move shows 'what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable', says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister's support.

“It is a clear signal that we do not accept human rights violations against the Uyghur people,” Zuberi said at a news conference. But the US has said China’s repression of Uyghurs amounts to “genocide”, and the United Nations has condemned China’s persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. [Uyghurs](https://www.theguardian.com/world/uyghurs) and other Turkic Muslims in its north-western Xinjiang territory as genocide.

Demand refugee plan to help those fleeing persecution in China - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. He said the deadline for the plan would be 100 days. “We have hard work to do ahead of us.

Members of Parliament have unanimously called on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China.

After passing the motion, MPs from different parties shook hands and hugged. “For that reason, we value this motion and we value the will of the Canadian Parliament.” “This was the first time that cabinet pronounced itself on the issue of the Uyghurs,” he said. “This is a promise to the Canadian people, to the international community, that we will do this,” he told reporters, flanked by Uyghur advocates. That gives Ottawa until May 12 to come up with the outline of a program that the motion says should start in 2024 and meet its target within two years. The Montreal MP proposed a motion last June calling on the government to develop a plan within 100 days to resettle 10,000 Uyghur people and other Muslims of Turkic origin to Canada.