OttawaWhat’s getting cutSarah Schmidt tries to figure out what the cuts will mean to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The Customs and Immigration...
OttawaThe quiet cutsLast week, Environment Canada declared 60 scientists and researchers to be surplus. Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency...
LifeThe Russians are comingField studies are under way to see if a foreign weed—a dandelion—could become a source of rubber and cash
UncategorizedIn which direction shall we move?Randomly selected excerpts from Gerry Ritz’s press conference this afternoon.
OttawaEr, sorryAbout that listeria outbreak . The Canadian Food Inspection Agency could have done a far better job communicating with the public...
OttawaUPDATED: Who inspects the meat inspectors?An as-yet-unnamed prime ministerial appointee, of course, with a mandate to "examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the...
OttawaTurns out formerly-secret memos and talking points really do want to be free!(Apologies if you tuned into the earlier version of this post - something wonky happened that caused me to lose pretty much the...
OttawaA thought on the now-only-referred-to-as-secret -using-finger-quotes memorandum on food safetyIs the Globe and Mail - or, for that matter, CanWest News - under any legal* obligation that would prevent it from posting the...
OttawaSaved by the bell - the cowbell, evenITQ may have a committee to liveblog this week after all - and a potentially juicy one, too. I forget who it was who first alerted...