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30.07.2022 / 08:31

In-person service for mail-in passports now available at 300 Service Canada sites

Some travellers keen to get their passports will now be able to request their mail-in applications be transferred to any of the more than 300 local Service Canada centres for processing.

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Canadians get first look at new passport design. What is changing?

Travelling could soon look and feel a little different for Canadians.

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Need a passport? Don’t apply during PSAC strike, minister urges

Canadians are being urged not to apply for a new passport or renew an old one as the major federal workers’ strike — which shows no sign of ending — severely disrupts services across the country.

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Passport renewal wait times now online as Ottawa looks to address long lineups

Passport offices are still dealing with a surge of applications, the minister responsible says, and wait times are “far from acceptable.”Karina Gould says those long wait times are her top priority, but she cannot say when things may return to normal.The federal government says 72 per cent of Canadians who apply for a passport in any manner will get it within 40 business days, while 96 per cent of people who submit their application in person will get their passport within 10 business days. Canadian passport delays are frustrating travellers.

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Ontario submits child-care plan just ahead of looming deadline

child-care deal.The province stands to lose more than a billion dollars in federal funding if a deal isn’t struck.Ontario remains the only jurisdiction in the country to not pen a deal with the Trudeau government for $10-a-day childcare. The Ford government has maintained the federal offer to the province of $10.2 billion is not enough to deliver the program.If the province doesn’t sign a deal by end of the fiscal year, March 31, it risks losing more than $1 billion in first year funding.The federal minister in charge of the program has said repeatedly that the Ford government still needed to submit an action plan to enter negotiations.

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Canada to donate 17.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to COVAX

Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday that Canada will donate 17.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing program.

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Covid second wave: Canada, South Korea, Singapore announce aid to India

NEW DELHI : Canada, South Korea and Singapore on Wednesday joined the almost dozen countries that have announced aid to India, which is battling the world’s worst outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic with the daily death toll crossing the 3,000 mark overnight.A statement from the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi said Karina Gould, minister of international development had announced $10 million in funding for humanitarian assistance to the Canadian Red Cross to support the Indian Red Cross Society’s response to the devastating situation unfolding in India.“Canada’s contribution will support the procurement of essential supplies and medicines, including oxygen cylinders for clinics and ambulances," the statement said.“Canadians wishing to

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COVAX vaccine fund ‘always’ intended to help vaccinate Canadians, feds say

COVAX vaccine program has “always been intended” to secure additional coronavirus vaccine access for Canada, on top of supporting vaccination rollouts in lower-income countries.

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Will Canadians get to choose which COVID-19 vaccine they get?

Two vaccines are already approved, two are under review, and two more are in the pipeline, making it possible that Canadians could eventually have access to at least six different COVID-19 vaccines.With so many options, will Canadians get to choose which shot they get? Coronavirus: What you need to know about mRNA vaccines Federal minister of international development Karina Gould told a Global News station in London, Ont., that “the vaccine distribution happens via the provinces” and so “it would be up to the government of Ontario to decide where vaccines are going (in Ontario),” for example.Global News has reached out to Canada’s provinces and territories for comment, with the majority suggesting it is too soon to say.British Columbia’s

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Coronavirus reversed a decade of progress helping world’s poor, minister says

Karina Gould isn’t running any victory laps despite ending 2020 by doing what so few of her political predecessors could — wrestling a sizable increase in Canadian foreign-aid spending.Gould announced a $485-million increase in Canada’s $5.9-billion overseas development assistance budget this week, money earmarked for new international efforts to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries.

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Canada adds $485M in global effort to bring coronavirus aid to poor countries

Karina Gould’s announcement of $485 million in new money toward the global effort to provide COVID-19 medicines to poor countries.The new funds are going towards the Access to COVID-19 Tools, or “ACT” Accelerator, which was created in April by the World Health Organization, the French government, the European Commission and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Gould and Procurement Minister Anita Anand also left open the possibility Monday that if Canada has any surpluses of vaccines it has already pre-bought, they could be shared with poorer countries.Gould said that with only one vaccine currently approved by Health Canada, it’s too early to make that determination.

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Beirut explosion: International development minister says Canadian government ‘working around the clock to provide assistance’

On Thursday, Canada’s International Development Minister Karina Gould offered condolences on behalf of the government of Canada and all Canadians for those affected by the explosion that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday.

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Coronavirus: Feds to spend $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services

COVID-19 pandemic.International Development Minister Karina Gould says the coronavirus pandemic has made access to contraceptives, abortion services and reproductive health care more difficult for women in some countries.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Trudeau praises Canada’s contribution to GAVI initiative

International Development Minister Karina Gould announced earlier on Tuesday that Canada will put $790 million toward vaccinating the world’s most vulnerable populations through the Global Alliance for Vaccine Innovation (GAVI) initiative.

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Coronavirus: Canada pushing for debt relief to Africa, minister says

Canada’s development minister says the government is pushing international actors to provide debt relief in Africa and other less-developed regions to help fight threats of hunger, economic ruin and terrorism from COVID-19.

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Canada still aiming for UN Security Council seat despite coronavirus pandemic

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic ended the secret handshakes and deal-making in the world’s power corridors, but Canada’s campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council is full steam ahead.

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Canada to spend millions to help world’s poor amid COVID-19 pandemic: minister

International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will spend millions to help the world’s most desperate people fight COVID-19 because it is in the country’s long-term security interest as well as being the right thing to do.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0