Year: 2023

Year end reflections; dignity above all

TORONTO – I have been fortunate in life: the experiences I have lived; the people I have met; the cultures of the different peoples with whom I have interacted have made me appreciate the importance of values we hold in common. They all seem to drive us towards action whose achievement showers us with “dignity” in their accomplishments – be they ever so humble. 

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Stricter rules for House of Commons guests to avoid further embarrassment

OTTAWA – The Speaker of the House of Commons, Greg Fergus, is implementing the guidelines for the “evaluation” of possible guests at the House of Commons: a measure that will be taken to avoid further embarrassment after, in recent months, parliamentarians made a standing ovation for the Ukrainian “veteran” Yaroslav Hunka, only discovering later that in his youth he had fought for a division of the Nazi “SS”.  (more…)

Accessibilità economica ed edilizia agevolata: le prossime sfide del governo

Il Senatore Loffreda scrive sulla crisi dell’accessibilità degli alloggi in Canada e condivide alcune delle raccomandazioni di un rapporto che la Commissione Bancaria, Commercio ed Economia del Senato ha recentemente pubblicato sull’argomento.

“I senzatetto non si ritrovano senza casa a causa dei loro antenati, della loro salute mentale, delle loro dipendenze, o perché vivono in povertà. Sono senza una fissa dimora perché non ci sono abbastanza alloggi a prezzi accessibili nelle loro Comunità”.

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Hammering Away at Housing Affordability: Recommendations from the Senate

Senator Loffreda writes about Canada’s housing affordability crisis and shares some of the recommendations from a report that the Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy recently published on the matter. 

“People who live without a house are not homeless because of their ancestry or because of mental health or addictions or because they live in poverty.  They are homeless because there is not enough affordable housing in their community.” 

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Cogner sur le clou pour régler la crise du logement: Recommandations du Sénat

Le sénateur Loffreda écrit sur la crise de l’abordabilité du logement au Canada et partage certaines des recommandations d’un rapport que le Comité sénatorial des banques, du commerce et de l’économie a récemment publié sur la question. 

« Les gens qui vivent sans logement ne sont pas sans abri en raison de leurs origines, de problèmes de santé mentale ou de toxicomanie, ou parce qu’elles vivent dans la pauvreté.  Ils le sont parce qu’il n’y a pas assez de logements abordables dans leur collectivité ». 

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