Given the history of violence that accompanies these summits, most locals, i.e., Torontonians living in the downtown core opted to leave the city or stay in their domiciles. I preferred to be in the thick of things when such a magnitude of an event is taking place in my neck of the woods. With my Manila Times ID, I trekked to the (CNE) Canadian National Exhibition grounds, where the journalists were getting accredited with the mindset that if people from far away places like China, India and South Africa are able to travel here to cover the events, why not me who lives right in the heart of Toronto. When I arrived at the CNE, I presented myself as a foreign correspondent for The Manila Times. I encountered some resistance at first but after explaining in the interview that I had been to the White House and Parliament Hill, Asia Pacific Conference (APEC) to cover big events involving world leaders and that I was a governor council appointee, I was cleared by the CSIS and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). →
O Sr. Cônsul-Geral de Portugal em Toronto no Canadá, Dr. José M. C. Mendes, sublinhou por mais de uma vez que o momento vivido na tarde de 28 de Janeiro de 2021 nos estúdios da Go Live Tv em Toronto se tratava de um momento histórico. Nesta tarde, no programa “Today in Toronto with Manuel Alexandre” estiveram presentes o Cônsul-Geral de Portugal acompanhado pelo Dr. José P.Ferreira e Daniela Fresco, ambos membros do corpo de funcionários do consulado português de Toronto e via “internet” a Dra. Wanja C. Nobrega, Cônsul do Brasil em Toronto e o Sr. Consul Adjunto Ademar Seabra. →
Nakalipas na G8-G20 Toronto 2010
Dahil sa mga nakalipas na magulong storia nang pag pupulong nang G8-G20, maraming tao na nakatira sa sioyoda nang Toronto nag alisan, at ang iba nag kulong sa kani kanilang bahay. Ako’y naiiba dahil hindi ko mapapalagpas ang bihirang pag kakataon na Ito. Kung ang mga taga ibang bansa malalayo katulad nang Tsina, Indiya, at Afrika ay nakaka dayo nang malayo, wala akong makita ng dahilan kung bakit lugar ko Ito at hindi ako makadalo. Dali dali akong nag punta sa “CNE” para kumuha nang permiso para makadalo. Noong una, pinahihirapan ako sa mga tanong na mahirap sagutin. Matapos ang masusing pag susurin, nakita na ako karapatdapat, binigyan ako nang karapat dapat dumalo nang “RCMP-CSIS” →
Beginning 2021, Canada began requiring all residents and travellers to submit a negative test for Covid-19 before leaving for Canada. But from Mexico, which together with Canada and the United States forms the CUSMA trade agreement, and the Caribbean countries there are not even flights.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new travel restrictions saying that all airlines, including Air Canada, agreed to cancel “all destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico” until April 30. →
