The U.S. Trade Representative is set to begin 45 days of public consultations ahead of the mandated review of the trade agreement, better known as CUSMA, next year.
Demers is one of five speech writers "necessary" for his job, Eby told an unrelated news conference on Tuesday. The value of Demers' contract so far has been $14,000, not "quite as sensational" as the Conservatives are claiming, he said.
In a microcosm of life today, social media is where Americans have gone to process last week's killing in Utah and is the chief tool his supporters are using to police those they feel aren't offering proper respect. Investigators are probing the time the man accused of killing Kirk, Tyler Robinson, spent in the “dark corners of the internet” — anti-social media, if you will — leading up to when he allegedly pulled the trigger.
The BC General Employees' Union and Professionals Employees Association say staff in mineral and mines offices in Vancouver and Cranbrook will join picket lines.
The "Canada on Hold" campaign was launched last month with a focus on CRA call centres but has now been expanded to draw attention to staffing cuts across the agency.