The proposed changes to the Broadcasting Act are meant to ensure online streaming platforms experiencing booming revenues face as stringent regulations as traditional broadcasters, which have seen profits decline in recent years.
That fear is being driven by the assumption that U.S. President Donald Trump won't accept defeat if he is in fact defeated, or may prematurely declare victory on election night before all votes, including mail-in ballots, can be legally counted.
The bill would also extend the federal emergency wage subsidy until June 2021. The government's previous rent relief program was widely criticized because it needed buy-in from landlords, many of whom did not participate.
A new paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is reiterating calls from the health-care community for Canada to follow dozens of other countries in introducing HIV self-testing kits.