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Toronto Star
18-07-2025
- General
- Toronto Star
Search operation over for woman who went missing on ferry in Atlantic Canada
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Irish Examiner
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Examiner
Senator calls for tests for young tractor drivers
The practice of 16-year-olds being allowed to drive 'monstrosities of tractors' without any training was highlighted in the Senate on Friday. Senator Paul Daly, who raised the issue, called for the introduction of tractor driving tests and training for those drivers who currently can just apply for a provisional licence without any training. 'What I really cannot believe, since this announcement was made, is that there has been some opposition to it. In fact, there has been a lot of opposition to the idea," he said. 'Between 2020 and 2024, there were 28 vehicle-related fatalities on Irish farms, 12 of them linked directly to tractors. The argument has been made that two-thirds of these fatalities were of people who were over 55. 'As someone who is over 55, I know that it is the initial training that one gets or the habits one forms when one drives for the first time that will stay with one for life. It is the muscle memory and the habitual driving that one will be doing half a century after learning how to drive that counts. 'People will say that the father, the mother, the farmer next door or the contractor who is depending on these young people to work for the summer will train them, but they are not professional trainers, and they can train them with bad habits. 'When I learned how to drive, it was on an old Massey Ferguson 135, which would fit into the toolbox of some of the tractors that are out there today and that young people are stepping straight up onto. "They are 150 or 200 horsepower with trailers behind them and can weigh 30 or 40 tonnes in total, when laden,' he said. Senator Daly said the introduction of tractor driving tests and training is a no-brainer and must happen, but it must be done right. The RSA is starting with a blank page on this matter. 'It knows its faults and failings with the car driver test and the waiting lists, so it must get this right. Youngsters should be allowed to do the training from aged 15 and a half, six months before they are 16. If they have the training done, they will still be able to start driving at 16. 'In that way, nobody is losing out on labour for the summer, and the youngsters are not losing out on the chance of a summer job and a few bob. Let them have the training done by the time they are 16. 'They should not lose a year by being told that they have to do training, that they cannot start until they are 16. By the time they have the training done, they will have lost a year,' he said. Senator Daly suggested that the minister be invited to a meeting. 'A little bit of thinking outside the box is needed. We have to train these kids to drive these tractors properly,' he said. Leader of the House, Senator Sean Kyne, said he looked forward to engagement with the RSA on the matter. 'I am sure the Committee on Agriculture will also be involved in this in the coming months,' he added.
CTV News
16-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Contentious major projects bill falls under microscope as Liberals rush it through
Prime Minister Mark Carney responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — Provisions in the federal government's controversial Bill C-5 that would allow the executive branch to skirt laws in order to push forward major projects are likely to survive a court challenge, some constitutional experts say. But others warn the proposed law would allow Ottawa to flout its constitutional duty to consult with First Nations under Section 35 of the Constitution. The bill has become a magnet for criticism as the Liberal government moves to push it through the House of Commons by the end of this week. The legislation would give the federal cabinet the ability to set aside various statutes to push forward approvals for a small number of major industrial products, such as mines, pipelines and ports, if the government deems them to be in the national interest. Paul Daly, chair in administrative law and governance at University of Ottawa, said that while the provisions giving the executive more power are controversial, they're likely to survive a court challenge. 'This bill probably is constitutional,' he said. 'It is unlikely that a court would invalidate this as violating the Constitution.' Sections 21 to 23 of the bill allow the executive branch to bypass existing rules and processes in 13 laws — including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Indian Act and the Impact Assessment Law — through a regulatory process that does not need to be approved by Parliament. These sections are what's known in the legal community as 'Henry VIII clauses' — a reference to a King who preferred to govern by decree rather than through Parliament. Courts have not found these to be constitutionally invalid, Daly said, adding there are guardrails in the legislation. He said Charter rights and the duty to consult will continue to apply to the legislation. 'It's similar in character to the carbon tax legislation from a few years ago, where the Supreme Court said the Henry VIII clause was constitutionally valid. And I suspect that a court, if this statute were challenged, would come to the same conclusion,' Daly said. His faculty colleague Errol Mendes, another law professor and constitutional expert, also said by email that he thinks the clauses can be defended constitutionally. But Anna Johnston, a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, said sections 22 and 23 and 'very worrisome' because they could allow the federal cabinet to exempt a pipeline or some other project from the Species at Risk Act. And she said she thinks it gives the federal government too much leeway on the Crown's duty to consult with Indigenous peoples on decisions that affect them. 'If I were Canada's lawyers, I would have advised them strenuously against this bill,' she said. 'That consultation has to be meaningful and I worry that, especially under the timelines that this government wants to make these decisions, that this bill is basically circumventing the government's constitutionally required duty to consult.' The bill aims to speed up the approval process for major projects so that cabinet can render a decision in two years at the most. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said it takes too long to push major new projects through 'arduous' approval processes. 'Canada is a country that used to build big things,' Carney said when the bill was introduced on June 6. 'In recent decades, it has become too difficult to build new projects in this country.' Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Friday that the legislation must be studied thoroughly since it can suspend various laws and regulations relating to language, First Nations rights, the environment and threatened species. 'The government seems to want to avoid scrutiny on the bill, which by itself is worrisome,' he said in English when speaking to reporters in the House of Commons foyer. 'How could we go forward with such a huge bill with huge consequences for Quebec and Canada without at least doing what we have been elected to do, which is studying, thoroughly, this bill in committee?' Speaking on background at a technical briefing for journalists, federal officials said that while the government has no intention at this time to draft regulations that would bypass those laws, the legislation does give it a lot of flexibility. NDP MPs Leah Gazan, Alexandre Boulerice and Lori Idlout wrote to government House leader Steven MacKinnon on Friday to formally request that the bill's study be slowed down to provide for more debate in the House. 'Failure to uphold constitutional obligations and environmental standards at a time when we are experiencing a climate emergency will have the opposite effect of developing Canada's economy and sovereignty, and will only lead to conflicts in the courts,' they wrote. 'In its current iteration, Bill C-5 violates Canada's constitutional obligations under Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 that recognizes and affirms Aboriginal treaty rights by giving the governor in council the ability to sidestep constitutional obligations.' The bill is expected to undergo an unusually fast one-day study by the House transport committee Wednesday afternoon and evening. The government expects to pass the bill by the end of Friday. The federal Conservatives have argued the bill does not go far enough. Conservative Natural Resources critic Shannon Stubbs said in the House on Friday that the 'anti-energy, anti-development' Liberals should repeal the 'no-new-pipelines' Bill C-69, passed by the Justin Trudeau government. She said the Impact Assessment Act it created heaped difficulties on energy sector projects and prevents them from going ahead. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2025. Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press
CTV News
24-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Video released by U.S. Coast Guard captures moment of Titan submersible implosion
Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Irish Independent
13-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
New Kerry medical facility sparks town tension – ‘Killarney makes no sense'
Sinn Féin Councillor Paul Daly tabled a motion at a recent Tralee MD meeting when he asked the council to meet with management at University Hospital Kerry (UHK) to discuss plans for the proposed MIU in the town. Such a facility would cater for the rising population in Tralee and help ease pressure at UHK's Accident & Emergency Unit where patients are waiting unreasonable amounts of time for treatment. According to the HSE website, MIUs treat non-life-threatening cases that are unlikely to require admission to hospital. They are designed to help many of the injuries that people go to the emergency department with – such as broken bones, dislocations, and minor burns. Usually, MIU's will offer treatment such as x-rays, plaster casts, and wound care. Cllr Daly demanded an update on the matter saying reports of the MIU going to Killarney is unacceptable given the larger population in Tralee and its environs. 'This is a huge issue for the town. I've heard reports that this, possibly, is going to be located in Killarney rather than in Tralee,' he said. 'I don't know how this can happen when the facts and figures show that 70 per cent of the people using A&E are living in and around the Tralee area, North Kerry, and West Kerry. It makes no sense to bring it to Killarney,' Cllr Daly said. He explained that if a new MIU were based in Killarney, it would only result in doubling the journey for patients in cases where they require ongoing hospital treatment. 'They would only be coming back to Tralee again if their minor injuries are considered serious enough that they must use A&E. Where and when was this decision made? What can be done about it?' Cllr Daly asked. Tralee MD management said this is a matter for consideration by the elected members. Cllr Daly's motion was seconded by Cllr Deirdre Ferris.
