Episode 048 - Cross Country Check-Up (Please Don't Sue Us, CBC)

There's doin's a-transpirin' across the country, but most of us are still only hearing about COVID-19 news.

Adam & Mike go province by province (and territory) and review some news items from all areas of the dominion that have happened in the last few weeks.

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There's doin's a-transpirin' across the country, but most of us are still only hearing about COVID-19 news.

Adam & Mike go province by province (and territory) and review some news items from all areas of the dominion that have happened in the last few weeks.

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SHOW NOTES

Vancouver Council votes for 7% property tax hike for 2020 - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-budget-property-tax-final-1.5399979

Vancouver Finance Committee cuts $3.5m from Vancouver PD budget in closed-door meeting - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vpd-vancouver-police-budget-cut-covid-19-1.5569400

Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund divests from Oil & Gas with no renewable ventures - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/norways-1tn-wealth-fund-to-divest-from-oil-and-gas-exploration

AIMCO Loses Big in the Oilpatch - https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2020/04/22/analysis-finds-alberta-public-pension-manager-loses-big-in-oilpatch-investments/

Saskatchewan reports first case of Hantavirus in 2020 - https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatchewan/central-sask-records-first-case-of-hantavirus-says-shahab/wcm/0a662861-ebce-4250-884d-7ce5a723eb5c/

Quebec to release a budget update, expected $12-15b deficit - https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-finance-minister-will-table-a-budget-update-because-of-covid-19-1.4940515

Schools, daycares, stores in Montreal to delay reopening - https://globalnews.ca/news/6915222/quebec-coronavirus-may-7/

No new cases for nine straight days, end of flood watch for New Brunswick - https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/no-new-covid-19-cases-end-of-flood-watch-give-new-brunswickers-reason-to-smile-1.4941298

New Brunswick bans foreign workers, expects unemployed to "pick up the slack" - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-seafood-processing-temporary-foreign-workers-local-hiring-1.5570176?cmp=rss

Nova Scotia cottagers upset they can't go to their New Brunswick cottages - https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/nova-scotia-cottagers-upset-they-cant-go-to-their-new-brunswick-cottages-450471/

PEI Legislature to resume full in-person sittings on May 26th - https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/pei-legislature-to-resume-sitting-may-26-450390/

Muskrat Falls Inquiry report lays blame on executives - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/muskrat-falls-inquiry-misguided-project-1.5492169

Nunavut government spends $4m on "isolation hubs" for citizens around the country - https://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/about-4-million-spent-on-isolation-hubs-for-1022-nunavummiut-so-far/

Yukon government announces help for renters during pandemic - https://www.yukon-news.com/news/yg-announces-help-for-renters-during-pandemic/

NWT Premier rejects appeal for temporary block on commercial evictions - https://nnsl.com/yellowknifer/premier-rejects-chambers-appeal-for-temporary-block-on-commercial-evictions/

Doug Ford visits his Muskoka cottage during Easter Weekend - https://www.cp24.com/news/doug-ford-visited-his-muskoka-cottage-on-easter-sunday-1.4930609

Education Minister Stephen Lecce Tweets out screenshot of Zoom meeting with Grade 6 children without censoring names - https://twitter.com/oectagovernor/status/1261015695376162816

ODSP and Ontario Works recipients "falling through the cracks" - https://openpolicyontario.com/tales-from-the-deep-end-of-the-poverty-pool-how-ontario-works-keeps-odsp-from-rising-and-what-oliver-twist-might-ask/

Michelle Rempel Garner (CPC MP - Calgary-Nose Hill) asks for fundraising help for possible fall election on Facebook - from her home in Oklahoma - https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=253929159386077&ref=watch_permalink

Conservative trolls ruin Justin Trudeau's #CanadaHomeworkHelp - https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1259570858865184768

Federal government introduces new gun ban - http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2020/2020-05-01-x3/html/sor-dors96-eng.html

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy not attracting as many applicants as government expects - https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/over-two-weeks-after-launch-ottawas-wage-subsidy-failing-to-attract-businesses-as-expected

Andrew Scheer calls Canadians on CERB "lazy" and "fraudsters" within a one-week period - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/economies-covid19-benefits-scheer-trudeau-1.5554650 & https://twitter.com/AndrewScheer/status/1261295972191277061

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