The Sprout: COVID-19 vaccine tops Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities agenda By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Mar 9, 2021 11:29am This vial of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine (Photo: Nova Scotia Museum)
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
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The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, (SARM) will kick off its annual convention today. As Global News reports, the association is holding its two-day meeting virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, where discussion about access to the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to take centre stage.
SARM President Ray Orb said he wants improved vaccine communication in rural areas. “We want make sure everyone who lives out in rural areas knows about the vaccine,” he said.
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Federalism and energy policy are once again dominating the
national discussion. The situation is complicated by the emergence
of the environment as an important constitutional subject that cuts
across both sides of the division of powers allocated between
federal and provincial governments by the Constitution. Due to
their complexity, courts frequently rely upon flexible
constitutionalism and the doctrine of cooperative federalism to
resolve disputes. This article considers whether the interpretive
tools available to the judiciary are capable of resolving current
issues while preserving the logic and purpose of the balance
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The Government of Canada has released the new federal climate
plan, entitled “
A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy – Canada s
strengthened climate plan to create jobs and support people,
communities and the planet” (Plan). Building on the
2016 Pan-Canadian Framework, the Plan claims it will “do
more to cut pollution in a practical and affordable way than any
other climate plan in Canada s history” sup>1,
including to exceed Canada s 2030 emissions reduction target
under the Paris Agreement and achieve net-zero emissions by
2050.
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