iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 3, 2021 5:50pm The House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Conservative MPs are raising baseless fears and putting a false spin on Bill C-10, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act, says Julie Drabusin, parliamentary secretary to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
Drabusin made the comments after members of the Heritage committee spent nearly two hours on Monday debating a Conservative motion that would have the Justice minister provide a new Charter statement, after the government removed user-generated content from the bill last month.
Section 4.1 was taken out because it “excluded social-media platforms,” Guilbeault said in a statement Monday.
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on May 3, 2021 6:09pm Photo: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Michael O’Hagan / Flickr
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We begin with mixed messaging that’s no doubt going to throw fuel on the vaccine hesitancy fire.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be offered to Canadians aged 30 and older, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said Monday. Similar to its latest guidance around the AstraZeneca vaccine, officials said, to weigh the risk of rare but potentially serious blood clots that can occur from the vaccine with COVID-19 levels in the community or hold out for another shot altogether.