Day: 19 April 2023

CBC, Canada’s flagship news medium in everyone’s gunsights

TORONTO – The law of unintended consequences raised its “ugly head” yet again. The political tactic of slinging mud just to see if some of it sticks has invariably produced smudges on those who sling it in the first place. But many find the CBC to be too convenient a target to ignore. According to its Annual Report, last year, CBC/Radio Canada declared Revenues of $1.9 Billion. 

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Federal workers strike, PSAC vs Trudeau: and Singh…

TORONTO – Clash between PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) and Justin Trudeau: today, the first day of the “federals” strike, the Prime Minister urged the union that represents public employees to return to the negotiating table and conclude a deal to avoid major disruptions to citizens’ services, saying the government had made an offer on Monday but the union did not respond. The reply of the national president of the PSAC, Chris Aylward, was dry: the union is “ready to reach a fair agreement as soon as the government is ready to come to the table with a fair offer”.  (more…)

CORRIERE CANADESE / Frena l’inflazione, ma continua la corsa verso l’alto dei beni alimentari

TORONTO – L’inflazione si raffredda in Canada, ma i prezzi dei beni alimentari continuano a crescere a ritmo sostenuto: per i consumatori le incertezze nell’immediato futuro non sono finite. È questa l’istantanea scattata dal rapporto mensile di Statistocs Canada che mette in luce come l’aumento del costo della vita nel nostro Paese abbia segnato a marzo un più 4,3 per cento, in calo rispetto ai valori di febbraio, quando l’inflazione viaggiava attorno al 5,2 per cento. Per trovare valori così contenuti – si legge nel rapporto – dobbiamo tornare indietro di 18 mesi, all’agosto del 2021. 

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