Canadian Beat

Nearly six million Canadians are without a primary care physician, and wait times for specialists are months or even years long. Now, the Canadian government is targeting U.S.-based doctors and others to move to Canada in its latest immigration push.

The school, founded in Chicago in the late 1800s, said the move allows them to pivot without sacrificing student experience.

ICE as it's become known, placed a rush $10 million order with the Canadian company Roshel, late in November. The Brampton, Ontario, based defense manufacturer is to supply 20 armored vehicles before year's end.

Most of the drugs were aimed at the Canadian market with less than 1% traveling south of the border, according to officials.

The move is meant to help "Lost Canadians" who were born outside of Canada to Canadian parents or grandparents, but weren't granted citizenship due to a number of gaps. Parliament estimates this change will create around 115,000 new Canadian citizens, many of whom currently reside in the U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Niagara-on-the-Lake, as Canada hosts foreign officials for a meeting of the G7. Among the major topics expected to be discussed is the global economy, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and energy security.

Some analysts said there is an opportunity for Canada to open its doors for more highly skilled workers.

Sweeping tariffs and continued rhetoric about Canada becoming the fifty-first state are the main issues that grate on the nerves of many Canadians.

Ontario’s budget watchdog said the province’s economy will continue to slow this year, mainly due to tariffs on exports and businesses cutting investments and hiring.

Toronto has about 150 speed cameras spread across the city, aimed at slowing traffic mainly near schools, parks and hospitals. They are continuously being vandalized.