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OPINION: "On Dec.17, 2020, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan decided to phase out 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands of B.C., an area known as a bottleneck for out-migrating wild Pacific salmon," writes Tony Allard.

Ottawa paid nearly twice what other countries did for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to an email from a senior member of the prime minister’s staff.

OPINION:" Canadians have realized that so-called low-skilled workers are essential to our well-being. We therefore need a permanent solution, not a temporary one," writes Sen. Ratna Omidvar and Leslie Seidle.

In Monday’s budget, the Liberals will try to balance what they must urgently do to stop COVID-19’s third wave with future plans to support the economy and tackle the societal problems exposed by the pandemic. #cdnpoli

The federal government announced on Friday that Canada would soon be receiving millions more doses of Pfizer’s vaccine and its first shipments of shots from Johnson & Johnson.

The minority Liberals are under pressure to meet a fourth deadline to update assisted dying legislation, while Conservatives opposing the proposed regime are delaying a vote.

Health Canada is considering whether to approve casirivimab and imdevimab, the same ingredients in a medication touted by former U.S. president Donald Trump after his bout with the coronavirus.

OPINION: "Public service leaders are increasingly facing policy issues that are inseparably tied to advancements in technology," writes Ryan Androsoff.

Canada has approved AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which should allow the government to speed up its vaccination campaign.

What has Canada's activist media been reporting on this week? Find out in the Rebel to Rabble Review.

Here is this week's Hill movers.

Ontario needs to spend nearly $5 billion on hospital repairs to bring its health infrastructure back up to snuff, the province’s financial watchdog found in a report Thursday.

Senators studying C-7 expressed concern on Wednesday that MAiD is easier to access than palliative care in some parts of the country, a concern Health Minister Patty Hajdu repeatedly refuted. #cdnpoli

OPINION: "Yet the situation in Canada’s largest provinces continues to deteriorate quickly and when you talk disjointed, we’re not really any better than the U.S.," writes Alan Freeman.

A bailout has yet to materialize for the badly bruised airline sector, more than two weeks after Ottawa announced it was putting together a financial-support package for it. #cdnpoli

OPINION: 'Despite the very encouraging recent progress on vaccine development, vaccine-centric policies have led to serious weaknesses in government communications and inadequate resources to deal with the current resurgence.'

The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR) itself has recorded more than $391,000 in legal-fee donations from nearly 140 gun clubs, shooting ranges, and individuals, from June 8 to Oct. 22 this year.

The content of the affirmed affidavit from Travis Bader, a resident of Delta, B.C., who owns a firearm-related business and training centre in the city, includes pointed denials of claims made by the former RCMP official.

The federal government’s long-term fiscal health remains sound despite added pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the parliamentary budget officer. #cdnpoli

Supreme Court of Canada rules in favour of Maple Leaf Foods in its case against hundreds of franchisees of Mr. Submarine, a submarine sandwich chain. #SCOC

CEO Stéphane Perrault says Elections Canada’s now-viral tweet wasn’t intended as a judgment of the recent U.S. presidential election, but to clarify the Canadian voting system. #cdnpoli

What has Canada's activist media been reporting on this week? Find out in the Rebel to Rabble Review.

#cancerabovetheshoulders Health policy affects everyone. There are growing needs for cancer care in Canada due to a growing and aging population and the recent backlog of care created by COVID-19. Our panel explored the needs of head and neck cancer patients and survivors and discussed the role of the federal government in providing additional support to the provinces to address the following: Prevention Early detection Timely patient access to new therapies

Ontario’s $187-billion 2020 budget charts a course for record-breaking spending and an all-time high deficit to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario’s NDP wants the province’s top election official to probe Doug Ford’s 2018 leadership campaign after alleging he failed to include the use of space at Canada Christian College in his financial disclosures. #onpoli

Ontario’s 2020 budget which promises $7.5 billion for new COVID response measures provides no detailed timeline or cost breakdown for the new staff who will be needed to increase the hours of care at LTC homes. #LTC