POLITICAL CRIMINAL FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.

Challenges Facing Canada

CTV Vancouver

Published Friday, February 12, 2016

 Pain at the Pump: Gas Prices Jump 5 Cents OVERNIGHT

The cost of your tank is rising once again: The price at the pumps surged by five cents in parts of Metro Vancouver overnight.

GasBuddy.com says the average price in the Lower Mainland has jumped from about 99 cents a litre, to just below $1.05 at most stations.

B.C is on the high end compared to the rest of the country, and analyst Dan McTeague says there are a lot of factors working against us, including a decline in inventory and an increase in the wholesale price of gas in the U.S.

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Pumping gas on Sept. 27, 2013 in Montpelier, Vt. (AP / Toby Talbot)

“There isn't enough gasoline produced in the Lower Mainland to supply our regional needs,” he said.

“We rely a lot on the American supply, the weakness in the Canadian dollar - all these things are the perfect storm.”

The national average is hovering around 83 cents. In Alberta, they're seeing prices as low as 54 cents a litre; in Toronto prices were at 87.1 on Friday.

Despite the five cent increase Lower Mainland drivers may want to consider filling up now – McTeague says it looks like prices are expected to jump again this weekend.

“It looks like there could be another two cent a litre increase come Sunday,” he said. “If you don't like [prices at] 104.9, you won’t like 106.9.”
GasBuddy.com has predicted prices will go back down – but probably not for another two weeks.With files from CTV Vancouver’s Sheila Scott    

  

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The Canadian Press, Published on Wed Apr 27 2016

REGINA—Saskatchewan’s children’s advocate says two-thirds of First Nations children in Saskatchewan are living in poverty.

Bob Pringle also says there are more children in care and the number of kids using food banks is the highest in Canada.

Pringle says in his annual report that he is concerned with the little amount of progress the government has made over the last 1 ½ years.

He says the province has slowed down social services initiatives.

Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer says the government is working to make children a priority with projects such as its poverty reduction strategy.

Pringle says the ministry can’t guarantee the safety of children in foster homes because there are problems with case management and planning.

“We had a number of foster parent calls where they did not feel supported,” he said Wednesday. “They did not have adequate information. They are not getting visits. They’re unhappy with the case plan or lack of the case plan for the child.”

Pringle suggests the government needs to focus on preventative measures and early childhood development.

Half of First Nations children live in poverty

Rate rises above 60% in Saskatchewan, Manitoba

Posted: Jun 19, 2013

Poverty and food insecurity are disproportionately high for Aboriginal children in Canada.

One in ten Canadian children is growing up in poverty. In 2014, 36.9% of food bank users were children under the age of 18 (although they make up only 21% of the population).

One in FOUR Aboriginal children in Canada is growing up in poverty. In 2014, 13.6% of food bank users were Aboriginal (although they make up only 4% of the population).

The Aboriginal population carries a disproportionate burden of nutrition-related illness, including nutritional deficiencies, childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

Food insecurity for Aboriginal children (and adults) living on and off-reserve ranges from 21% to 83%, compared to 3% to 9% for non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Premier Defends Publicly Funded Lawyer in Conflict of Interest Case

Vancouver, BC, Canada April 27, 2016

Premier Christy Clark is defending her use of a taxpayer-funded lawyer to represent her before the Conflict Commissioner.

Responding in Question Period, Clark says it’s a practice that’s taken place for a long time.

“I don’t know if the member is suggesting that if Glen Clark didn’t have, for example, the support of a government funded lawyer when he was before the Conflict Commissioner, or any number of other members that that member sat with when they were on the government side of the house, but that’s the way it has been done for a long time.”

The Conflict Commissioner is looking into fundraisers where BC Liberal donors pay as much as $20,000 to sit close to the Premier.

That conflict of interest complaint against the Premier is about to be updated to include the $30,000-$50,000 salary top up the BC Liberals give their leader.

NDP MLA Dave Eby says cash raised at pay-for-access events, which also help pay the top up, put the Premier in a conflict of interest over decisions she makes that could benefit donors.

He also says taxpayers aren’t just paying the Premier’s initial almost $200,000 salary before the party tops it up.

“Rather shameful truth that the public is paying for the Premier’s lawyer to defend her private fundraising practices and the private financial benefits she gets from the party. The fact that she takes between $30,000 and $50,000 a year out of the backdoor of the BC Liberal party in a personal allowance from the party. It is amazing.”