TORONTO – Film audiences have seen Kevin Spacey play duplicitous and sometimes vile villains, from a serial killer and a criminal mastermind to a ruthless politician, adulterous husband and abusive talent agent. Whether he was an infamous killer on a murder spree in Seven or a bored suburban husband in American Beauty, Spacey’s distinct and often disturbing ability to embody the most depraved and morally corrupt personalities was his calling card as an actor. And notwithstanding an imposed hiatus from 2017 to the present [due to sexual misconduct allegations] Spacey’s commitment to playing the most unsavoury rogues on screen has led him to his latest film The Contract – in which he plays the Devil.
TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in “free fall” in the polls, is playing the pre-Christmas “tax break” card: a two-month suspension of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax, a harmonized sales tax that is charged only in some provinces of Canada) on basic necessities, children’s clothing and diapers but also restaurants, beer and wine, as well as numerous other products. Not only that: at the beginning of Spring 2025, all Canadians who worked in 2023 and earned up to $150,000 after taxes will receive a “bonus” of $250.
TORONTO – Le famiglie delle vittime di Paul Bernardo sono state escluse dalla partecipazione di persona all’udienza sulla libertà vigilata del serial killer che si terrà il 26 novembre. A dichiararlo è stato l’avvocato che rappresenta i familiari di Kristen French e Leslie Mahaffy…
TORONTO – Randy Boissonnault (nella foto sopra) getta la spugna. L’ormai ex ministro liberale dell’Occupazione, della Forza Lavoro e delle Lingue Ufficiali, al centro di un braccio di ferro politico che sta tenendo banco alla House of Commons, ha deciso ieri di comune accordo con Justin Trudeau di presentare le proprie dimissioni per poter “chiarire la propria posizione di fronte alle accuse che gli sono state mosse”…
TORONTO – Più di 850.000 canadesi di età inferiore ai 29 anni sono disoccupati e senza alcuna istruzione o formazione post-secondaria, il che in prospettiva potrebbe costare miliardi al Paese…
