TORONTO – Judging by the posturing in Canada’s House of Commons Question Period (and consequent debate among the select few “insiders” chosen to inform the federal public about its meanings), the country may find itself in the throes of a general election in very short order. Anything is possible in a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy. Members of Parliament are, strictly speaking, only advisors to the monarch. If the executive branch of that advisory group (Cabinet) cannot demonstrate that its advice – proposals and regulations for effective administration – do not have the support/confidence of the majority of his Majesty’s advisors, then His Majesty seeks different advisors. It is that simple.
TORONTO – Italy and Canada will collaborate on energy in a more stable, more institutionalized manner, involving officials, businesses, and research centers from both countries. The “Canada-Italy Bilateral Energy Dialogue”, envisioned in the declaration signed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis last June, is now entering its implementation phase. The “Dialogue” was indeed made operational during the G7 Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting held on Friday in Toronto, where Italian Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin and Canadian Minister Tim Hodgson chaired the first bilateral Italy-Canada “energetic” meeting. →
TORONTO – Più di quattro anni fa, scrivevamo che a Toronto ci sono “tante pizzerie, ma di “pinserie” ce n’è una sola”. L’avevamo scovata al civico 3076 in Dundas Street West a Toronto e le avevamo dedicato ampio spazio (qui il nostro articolo). Ci avevamo visto bene. Oggi, quella ‘pinseria’ è nella Top 5 delle migliori ‘pinserie’ al mondo…
TORONTO – More than four years ago, we wrote that Toronto has “many pizzerias, but only one ‘pinseria’…” (here the article) …we discovered it at 3076 Dundas Street West in Toronto and we gave it ample coverage. It had been a good idea. Indeed, today, that ‘pinseria’ is among the top 5 best in the world…
TORONTO – It feels like a lifetime ago that the “MeToo” movement dismantled the abuses within showbusiness. The global movement started with investigative journalism at the New York Times followed by the New Yorker, both documenting the allegations from numerous women about the then-movie mogul Harvey Wienstein. Accounts of sexual assault and audio evidence in which the film Producer admitted to groping a model rocked Hollywood. Several industry players had their careers cancelled as a result. But one of them, James Franco, is attempting a comeback…
