PRESS DIGEST- Canada- Dec 12
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** A new poll shows a significant majority of Canadians disapprove of the Liberal Party's controversial cash-for-access fundraisers as the governing party is gearing up to collect $1 million in more-conventional contributions from donors in December alone. https://tgam.ca/2gD951g
** Private sponsorship groups in the Lower Mainland are calling on the federal government to do more to ensure Syrian refugees get to Canada, saying they feel shortchanged by a process that matched them to refugee families and then appeared to grind to a halt. https://tgam.ca/2hoxO8c
NATIONAL POST
** A small committee of federal politicians and indigenous leaders is quietly figuring out how to pull off one of the most radical changes to the way Canada deals with its First Nations since the passage of the Indian Act. The committee's objective is to transform the means by which Ottawa transfers billions of dollars a year to the country's 634 First nations. http://bit.ly/2hkVhtF
** Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency has been brought in to support the Canadian military for an operation within the country, according to documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen. http://bit.ly/2gpJQMN (Compiled by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)
