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OTTAWA 鈥?NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to pick up the tab to continue a basic income pilot project scrapped by Ontario Premier Doug Ford.The $150-million, three-year project was initiated by the province previous Liberal government but Ford announced last summer that his Conservative government will end the project in March, a year ahead of schedule.Singh says the premature
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MONTREAL 鈥?A third wave of COVID-19 has hit Quebec but the government has no short-term plans to tighten health orders, Health Minister Christian Dube said Monday.A rise in daily infections was expected because of the increased presence of more contagious novel coronavirus variants, Dube told reporters, adding that officials need to give a weary population a break from tough restrictions.We don ;t need to ask whether or not we ;re in a third wave, Dube said. What we can do in a third wave is control it, to fight to keep these famous variants under control for
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