Overview
- Quebec’s new premier met the prime minister in Ottawa to press for a fairer share of asylum seekers and for help to finalize a hydroelectric deal with Newfoundland and Labrador.
- She also said she would defend Quebec’s use of the notwithstanding clause after the federal justice minister raised the idea of new limits.
- Ontario moved to write into law a first-round residency track that gives international medical graduates with Ontario ties priority for training spots.
- Rural leaders in northern British Columbia urged the province to opt into new federal rules for temporary foreign workers because businesses cannot staff enough hours.
- A federal audit reported that routine military purchases often take about 10 years to complete and that major projects can drag on for one to three decades.