White Cap-sizing Hospitals

Stormy seas in BC as the White Caps might leave, new hospitals are canceled. And in Ottawa Carney announces something called a sovereign wealth fund. Links: • Formal offer made to relocate Vancouver Whitecaps to Las Vegas: report | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/formal-offer-vancouver-whitecaps-las-vegas-9.7183721) • Rob Shaw: B.C. wrestles with the rising cost of FIFA World Cup, as Whitecaps also ask for support (https://cheknews.ca/rob-shaw-b-c-wrestles-with-the-rising-cost-of-fifa-world-cup-as-whitecaps-also-ask-for-support-1321823/) • Province cancels Burnaby Hospital agreement – Freshet News (https://www.freshetnews.ca/province-cancels-burnaby-hospital-agreement/) • B.C. cancels contracts for delayed long-term care facilities, hospital expansion, amid growing uncertainty | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-cancel-contract-long-term-care-hospital-9.7183559) • ‘Left with half of our hospital’: B.C. gov’t cancels contract for Phase 2 of Burnaby Hospital redevelopment (https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/30/bc-govt-cancels-contract-for-phase-2-of-burnaby-hospital-redevelopment/) • Court shoots down lawsuit over B.C. legal profession regulatory overhaul | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-law-society-regulatory-overhaul-shot-down-9.7182181) • Spring Economic Update 2026 – Canada.ca (https://budget.canada.ca/update-miseajour/2026/home-accueil-en.html)   • Ottawa’s economic update to show lower projected deficits, source says – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawas-economic-update-to-show-lower-projected-deficits-over-coming/) • With $6-billion boost, Ottawa hopes to shore up labour force for its building agenda – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-spring-economic-update-6-billion-labour-force-skilled-trades-building/) • Ottawa draws mixed reviews with new sovereign wealth fund to finance major projects – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-carney-to-announce-sovereign-wealth-fund-monday/) • Liberals eye capital from airports, other assets to grow sovereign wealth fund – The Globe and Mail (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-liberals-sovereign-wealth-fund-spring-economic-update-airports-retail/) • Carney government eyes privatizing airports to attract investment, cut travel costs (https://www.thestar.com/politics/carney-government-eyes-privatizing-airports-to-attract-investment-cut-travel-costs/article_63fe1465-083c-477e-952d-e5da5a67ab95.html) • Changes to disability tax credit broadly welcomed by opposition, advocates | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/disability-tax-credit-reforms-9.7182065) • New PBO says economic update lacks details on targets, results | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pbo-economic-update-carney-9.7183245) • State of 24 Sussex ‘an embarrassment,’ says Carney | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/state-of-24-sussex-an-embarrassment-says-carney-9.7178956) • ‘The door was closed on our province’: Feds not offering pharmacare to N.L., says health minister | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/the-door-was-closed-on-our-province-feds-not-offering-pharmacare-to-n-l-says-health-minister-9.7178965) • Canada selected to headquarter new multinational defence bank, sources say | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-host-new-defence-bank-9.7182264) • Carney names former minister Jonathan Wilkinson as next EU envoy | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jonathan-wilkinson-eu-ambassador-9.7182076) • Quebec MP Alexandre Boulerice officially quits NDP to run provincially for Québec Solidaire | CBC News (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/alexandre-boulerice-ndp-quebec-solidaire-9.7178354)