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Plant-Based Sources: Guide and Industry Players

plant-based sources: The guide is expected to have a bigger focus on plant-based sources of proteins, a change that has already sparked concern among industry players, including dairy and beef farmers, according to Vancouver Courier. When the food guide review began several years ago, Health Canada officials said the facelift would be based on input from scientists and health experts as well as feedback from Canadians. Health Minister Ginette Petipas Taylor will unveil an overhauled Canada Food Guide in Montreal this morning. EXPENSES PART OF RCMP PROBE IN B.C. LEGISLATUREThe Speaker of the British Columbia legislature alleges in a report that the clerk and sergeant-at-arms engaged in flagrant overspending, questionable expenses and inappropriate payouts of cash totalling in the millions of dollars. The report says that based on what he had seen and heard, Plecas believed there was a real possibility crimes may have been committed and he felt obligated to contact the RCMP. Sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz and clerk of the house Craig James were suspended and escorted out of the legislature in November without any explanation. Darryl Plecas's report was released Monday after it was reviewed by members of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.