Tim Hortons is finishing what is likely one of the strangest years in its history. Most of the iconic chain’s decisions have left Canadians scratching their heads. Many of its choices in recent months have been simply inexplicable. Take the Beyond Meat burger and breakfast sandwich: Tim Hortons took the well-promoted plant-based burger off its menu in September, 2019, only two months after introducing it at most of its 4,300 locations across the country. The breakfast sandwich is now only sold at Tims in Ontario and B.C. Proteins are not even Tim Hortons’ strategic focus, but they still...…Tim Hortons is finishing what is likely one of the strangest years in its history. Most of the iconic chain’s decisions have left Canadians scratching their heads. Many of its choices in recent months have been simply inexplicable. Take the Beyond Meat burger and breakfast sandwich: Tim Hortons took the well-promoted plant-based burger off its menu in September, 2019, only two months after introducing it at most of its 4,300 locations across the country. The breakfast sandwich is now only sold at Tims in Ontario and B.C. Proteins are not even Tim Hortons’ strategic focus, but they still...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canada should boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 in response to China’s imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong, says Canada’s former top diplomat to a city whose freedoms are coming under the increasingly direct control of authorities in mainland China. Over the past few years, relations have been...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canada should boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 in response to China’s imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong, says Canada’s former top diplomat to a city whose freedoms are coming under the increasingly direct control of authorities in mainland China. Over the past few years, relations have been...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Pfizer Canada Inc. is urging the Liberal government to cut or freeze corporate taxes and approve targeted tax breaks in the 2021 federal budget, while also criticizing Canada’s efforts to reduce tax avoidance by global multinationals. The policy recommendations are outlined in a prebudget submission sent to the Commons Finance committee by Pfizer Canada, the domestic arm of the global pharmaceutical company...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Pfizer Canada Inc. is urging the Liberal government to cut or freeze corporate taxes and approve targeted tax breaks in the 2021 federal budget, while also criticizing Canada’s efforts to reduce tax avoidance by global multinationals. The policy recommendations are outlined in a prebudget submission sent to the Commons Finance committee by Pfizer Canada, the domestic arm of the global pharmaceutical company...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Facebook Inc on Tuesday placed a “voting info” label on a post by U.S. President Donald Trump that said mail-in voting would lead to a “CORRUPT ELECTION.” The label is the most recent of several placed on posts by Republican Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden since the company launched a policy to...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. and Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Facebook Inc on Tuesday placed a “voting info” label on a post by U.S. President Donald Trump that said mail-in voting would lead to a “CORRUPT ELECTION.” The label is the most recent of several placed on posts by Republican Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden since the company launched a policy to...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The presidential election of 2020, shaped by a deadly pandemic and an evolving conflict over race and policing, reproduced the divisions of 2016 but with subtle shifts in the electoral map that put the Democrats in a favourable position. Young people opted strongly for Joe Biden, as did minority groups, although Donald Trump made inroads among Black and Latino people. Male voters, who gave Mr. Trump his victory...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The presidential election of 2020, shaped by a deadly pandemic and an evolving conflict over race and policing, reproduced the divisions of 2016 but with subtle shifts in the electoral map that put the Democrats in a favourable position. Young people opted strongly for Joe Biden, as did minority groups, although Donald Trump made inroads among Black and Latino people. Male voters, who gave Mr. Trump his victory...WW…

Mexico City Special to The Globe and Mail The pandemic has taken a horrible toll on Mexico. The number of dead has topped 137,916 – fourth-highest in the world – the economy has crashed, and more than 2,400 medical personnel have succumbed to the coronavirus. Yet Mexico has confronted COVID-19 in an unconventional way: austerity. The country spends little on testing and contact tracing and has put scant new funds into the health budget – even as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushes ahead with a fully funded suite of megaprojects such as a train running around the Yucatan Peninsula....…Mexico City Special to The Globe and Mail The pandemic has taken a horrible toll on Mexico. The number of dead has topped 137,916 – fourth-highest in the world – the economy has crashed, and more than 2,400 medical personnel have succumbed to the coronavirus. Yet Mexico has confronted COVID-19 in an unconventional way: austerity. The country spends little on testing and contact tracing and has put scant new funds into the health budget – even as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushes ahead with a fully funded suite of megaprojects such as a train running around the Yucatan Peninsula....WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. For Subscribers Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. China says it has found pests in logs from Canada, raising fears that Beijing is threatening a key Canadian export in retaliation for a recent court ruling against detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Customs officials have found longhorn beetles and bark beetles in shipments of Canadian logs, Chinese...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. For Subscribers Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. China says it has found pests in logs from Canada, raising fears that Beijing is threatening a key Canadian export in retaliation for a recent court ruling against detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Customs officials have found longhorn beetles and bark beetles in shipments of Canadian logs, Chinese...WW…

Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A month-long slowdown in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month. “We’re approaching something we’re calling the big lift,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in a virtual roundtable with nurses and doctors from around Canada. Trudeau acknowledged the struggle with...…Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A month-long slowdown in Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month. “We’re approaching something we’re calling the big lift,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday in a virtual roundtable with nurses and doctors from around Canada. Trudeau acknowledged the struggle with...WW…

For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Last fall, as Chrystia Freeland began laying the groundwork for a postpandemic recovery strategy that would heap more debt onto the federal government’s already immense pile, she felt obliged to assure Canadians that, no, she hasn’t invited a three-initialled economic bogeyman to live under our bed. “While advocating expansive fiscal policy to battle COVID-19 – and to grow our way out of the coronavirus...…For Subscribers Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Last fall, as Chrystia Freeland began laying the groundwork for a postpandemic recovery strategy that would heap more debt onto the federal government’s already immense pile, she felt obliged to assure Canadians that, no, she hasn’t invited a three-initialled economic bogeyman to live under our bed. “While advocating expansive fiscal policy to battle COVID-19 – and to grow our way out of the coronavirus...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to expand the membership of the Group of Seven to include Russia, saying the country was excluded after it invaded Crimea and it will stay that way. “Russia was excluded from the G7 after it invaded Crimea a number of years ago and its...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to expand the membership of the Group of Seven to include Russia, saying the country was excluded after it invaded Crimea and it will stay that way. “Russia was excluded from the G7 after it invaded Crimea a number of years ago and its...WW…