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Pfizer pitches Canada for tax breaks in upcoming budget

Feds on defensive as no Pfizer vaccine shipment arriving next week

Canada will not be receiving any shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses next week, which the federal government says will be the hardest hit the country gets during a month-long shortage in deliveries from the drug giant.
Reformed fiscal stabilization program to cost Ottawa $4.5B: PBO

Reforms to a federal support program for provinces will nearly triple the cost to Ottawa next year, with the price tag projected to be about $4.5 billion, says Canada's parliamentary budget officer.
PM warns Canada could impose new COVID-19 travel restrictions without notice

Citing the evolving situation with the identified COVID-19 variants from other countries, the prime minister is strongly urging Canadians not to travel because federal travel rules could change very quickly.
Trudeau vows to keep up the fight to sway U.S. on merits of Keystone XL pipeline

Canada won't stop trying to convince Joe Biden of the merits of Keystone XL, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Tuesday, despite reports the U.S. president-elect appears poised to sign the pipeline project's death warrant.
Tories unsettled over whether ends justify the means in ouster of Derek Sloan

Conservatives were torn Tuesday over a decision by party leader Erin O'Toole to try to expel an MP from their ranks over a donation from a known white nationalist.
O'Toole seeks to boot Ontario MP Sloan from Tory caucus as battle looms over platform

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he wants Ontario MP Derek Sloan kicked out of the party caucus over a donation to his leadership campaign from a white supremacist.
Annamie Paul charts new course for Green party through crowded waters

Annamie Paul has spent most of the past 10 months holed up in her apartment, just like you. But the Green leader's stationary status belies the quick pivot her team is making as they seek to shed the straitjacket of a single-issue party and reposition it at the vanguard of social justice.
Blanchet's choice to block critics on Twitter limits free speech: experts

Dozens of people say Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has blocked them on Twitter after they criticized his statements about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.

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CTV QP: 'Let's be sure to do this right'

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the province has the capacity to vaccinate the entire population, but must wait for the federal rollou
Air Date: January 17, 2021
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CTV QP: 'Our plan has not changed'

Minister of Procurement Anita Anand weighs in on Canada experiencing a temporary delay in its COVID-19 vaccine shipments from Pfizer.
Air Date: January 17, 2021
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CTV QP: One-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci

Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the COVID-19 battle and how Canada’s vaccine rollout compares to America.
Air Date: January 17, 2021
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CTV QP: Difficulty of enforcing a curfew in Que.

Question Period's scrum discusses the difficulty of enforcing a curfew in Quebec to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Air Date: January 10, 2021
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CTV QP: Bill Blair on prison vaccinations

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair addresses concerns regarding a pilot program that seeks to vaccinate Canadian prisoners.
Air Date: January 10, 2021