The financial services union has compelled Australia’s largest bank to face the workplace umpire after trying to change its work-from-home arrangements. The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) must front up to a Fair Work Commission hearing after the Finance Sector Union (FSU) filed its dispute on July 12. Management had notified their 49,000 employees that they needed…
Australia’s Largest Bank Embroiled in Dispute for Asking Workers to Return to the Office
July 13, 2023
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Majority of Canadians Oppose Government Funding of Newsrooms, Media Outlets: Poll
The majority of Canadians oppose government funding of media organizations and newsrooms, and most want the consolidation of news outlets discouraged in order to maintain healthy competition in the industry, according to a new Angus Reid survey. A July 13 news release from the polling company says that two possible solutions to declining newsroom revenues,…
Canada’s Vaccine Approver Says She Was Not Pressured Politically on COVID-19
The official who had final authority to approve new vaccines in Canada says at no time was she pressured to authorize the COVID-19 shots, even though the prime minister had said vaccination was the only way to go back to normal. “No one ever told me that the prime minister wants this to be done,”…
Fighting Foreign Influence: Beijing Exploits Gaps in Canadian Law; David Matas Proposes Remedies
Beijing and other tyrannical regimes exploit gaps in Canadian law to advance their transnational repression in Canada, and a prominent international human rights lawyer says this is a problem that calls for comprehensive legislation to combat their foreign interference. Winnipeg-based lawyer David Matas, senior legal counsel for B’nai Brith Canada, said repressive states like China, Russia,…
BC Wants 1,000 More International Firefighters to Join Wildfire Battle
British Columbia has requested 1,000 additional international firefighters to join the battle against the province’s wildfires. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says she has also spoken to her counterpart in Ottawa, Bill Blair, about bringing more federal resources to help fight the 350 or so fires burning across B.C. Ma says a team from Australia…
Google Blocks Rollout of AI Chatbot Bard in Canada
Canada is one of the few countries in the world that does not have access to Google’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot Bard, as the company’s war of words with the federal government over the Online News Act drags on. Google announced in a blog post on July 13 that it was expanding Bard to…
Crown Drops COVID-Related Charges Against Sloan, Hillier
July 13, 2023
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COVID-19-related charges laid against former MP Derek Sloan and former Ontario MPP Randy Hillier have been dropped by Crown prosecutors, says the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). Mr. Hillier, a former Ontario MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, and Mr. Sloan, former MP for Hastings-Lennox and Addington, were both alleged to have attended a rally protesting lockdowns…
RCMP Investigating Sexual Abuse at NS Youth Jail Spanning Three Decades
July 13, 2023
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating decades of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred at a Nova Scotia youth detention centre, involving at least 70 victims who were youth at the time. RCMP Corporal Chris Marshall told The Epoch Times on July 13 that this investigation, called Operation Headwind, has been ongoing for four…
50 Homes Damaged but No Injuries Reported After Tornado Hits Ottawa Suburb
Environment Canada confirmed at least one tornado hit the Ottawa area just after noon on Thursday, damaging several dozen homes in a city suburb. Nicholas DeFazio, a spokesman for Ottawa Fire Services, said there were no injuries from the tornado, which damaged about 50 homes in the south-end Barrhaven neighbourhood. Monica Vaswani, a warning preparedness…
EXPLAINER: What’s Going on With Subsidized EV Battery Plants in Ontario?
With the recent announcement that Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will be moving forward in building their electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Windsor, Ont., following a financing deal with Ottawa and the Ontario government, there are now plans for two large EV battery plants to be built in the province, both of which have received significant government…
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