The legislation tabled in the House of Commons on Tuesday is designed to flesh out the 10 principles of the federal digital charter and bring Canada's much-maligned privacy regime for businesses into the modern era.
As case counts continue to climb at an alarming pace, the Canadian Armed Forces are already helping the Public Health Agency of Canada hammer out a support plan for vaccine rollout and set up a national operation centre to oversee broader delivery.
Tiff Macklem made the case in a speech Tuesday that Canada's financial system needs to become as resilient to climate change as it has been during the pandemic.
In a speech to the Empire Club of Canada, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, cited among other things, Ottawa’s $440-million donation to the organization's anti-pandemic initiative.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the country remains in an "incredibly serious" situation where Canadians will need to refocus their efforts until vaccines become widely available.