Category: Backlogs

Feds Commit Another $2B to Provinces to Address Health Backlogs Caused by COVID-19

March 25, 2022
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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The money, included in the newly tabled Bill C-17, follows a $4-billion top-up to the federal health transfer last summer and is expected to be…

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Ship Backlogs From Suez Chaos Could Take Months to Clear, Container Lines Say

March 29, 2021
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COPENHAGEN/LONDON—The stranding of a container ship in the Suez Canal has created disruptions in the global shipping industry that could take weeks and possibly months to clear, top container shipping lines said. Around 30 percent of the world’s shipping container volume—including goods like sofas, consumer electronics, apparel, and shoes—moves through the 193 km (120 mile)…

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