In the news today: Foreign aid increasing, housing and labour shortages linked

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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year while asking for a plan to push allies to reverse a global decline in aid.

The growing construction labour shortage was cited by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. as one of three factors contributing to longer construction times in a housing supply report last month. But since Parks Canada recently removed around 30 trash bins from the paths along the historic waterway, Ariana Ranjbar says she has begun to notice a new phenomenon at one popular lawn.

"I will suggest there's a very small number of people who are going to go back to vote," said Chhabra, president of the India Canada Association community group in Ottawa, citing the roughly 14-hour flight from either Toronto or Vancouver and round-trip fares around $2,000.

 

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