National News Briefs
- U.S. Wants Dispute Panel Over Canadian Dairy Imports – The United States is seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada’s dairy import quotas, stating that Canada was still not meeting obligations to open its market to American producers. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office believes that Canada is unfairly using a market-share approach for determining quota allocations. (Reuters)
- New Standards Released For LTC Homes – After heartbreaking cases of abuse and a pandemic that left thousands of residents dead, new national standards have been introduced for Canada’s long-term-care homes. However, the new standards are voluntary and critics say they won’t be effective unless LTC homes adopt all of them without exceptions. (CBC News)
- Temperatures Plummet In Ontario – By Friday, Toronto will see some of the coldest daytime high temperatures that has occurred in about three years. The overnight low Friday into Saturday morning could reach the coldest air in the city since 2016, as the high for Friday is -14 C with overnight temperatures of -20 C. (City News)
- COVID Remains A Health Emergency – After speculation that the World Health Organization may downgrade the threat of COVID, the organization is keeping the COVID classification as a public health emergency. However, the WHO Director-General said the world is in the best position it has been in to beat back COVID. (ABC News)
