Committee members are hoping the documents will shed light on the discussions that led to the decision to have WE run the Canada Student Services Grant, before the deal was cancelled in early July.
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Lebanese-Canadians look for ways to help while grappling with Beirut tragedy
“There’s a sense of mixed emotion, of guiltiness for being grateful that we’re in a great country like Canada, and at the same time feeling very guilty that we can’t be back home with family members and friends and actually help out with the disaster,”
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Iglesia Ni Cristo Celebrates 106 years of Global Civic Prominence
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, greets INC:
"It is with pleasure that I congratulate the Canadian congregations of the Iglesia Ni Cristo on the Church's 106th anniversary. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, this is a significant moment that is sure to be the source of happy memories for years to come."
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Commons finance committee to hash out details of Trudeau testimony on WE deal
The program is supposed to provide grants of $1,000 for every 100 hours of volunteering, up to a maximum of $5,000 as part of a government aid program to help defray the cost of school in the fall.
...It has been all but frozen since, with the department in charge saying it’s working on a transition plan.
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Liberals review rollout of social finance fund to combat pandemic fallout
Government funds would flow if a project, such as finding housing for people for whom current programs haven’t worked, proves successful through detailed data.
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Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) vows ‘all-out aid’ and assistance to government efforts, to poor, and front-liners
“INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo has directed the church to give all-out aid and assist government efforts to quickly alleviate hunger by distributing food packs around the country, maximizing the logistics advantages of having churches and district offices all over the archipelago,”
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“We Heal as One” COVID-19 facility at the Philippine Arena to open ahead of April 29-schedule
April 27, 2020, Bulacan– Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the opening of the 300-bed quarantine facility at the Philippine Arena Complex’s “We Heal as One” center for suspected COVID-19 cases before April 29 due date. “May mga tatapusin today, at bukas ang final inspection. 80% na siya, electrical works na lang, and...
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City of Toronto launches new DonateTO: COVID-19 portal to support pandemic relief efforts, more than $1.5 million of goods and services already donated
Mayor John Tory announced the launch of the City’s DonateTO: COVID-19 portal which allows businesses and residents to make donations of products, services and funds in support of the City’s pandemic relief efforts. The City of Toronto is working hard to support everyone impacted by COVID-19 and there are many ways the community can support...
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IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC) CHARITY AND SOLIDARITY IN ACTION
TORONTO, March 5, 2020-– A recent report by StatCan states 3.2 million living in poverty, include 566,000 children. Although the national poverty rate dropped to 8.7 percent in 2018 compared to 9.5 percent a year earlier, there still an existing level of poverty that cannot be ignored. It is now a fact that these are...
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Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) Starts New Decade with Record-breaking Aid and Assistance Event
More than 65,000 attendees flocked to the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan at the start of the new decade last January 5 for the relaunching of “Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko,” a humanitarian activity of Filipino homegrown church Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ aimed at providing aid and assistance to various local communities. ...