Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 111 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 87 million people have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 21, 2021, at 11:45 am (EST).

Censorship through “Wordsmithing” and turning grammar on its head

[GTranslate]The Federation of Law Societies in Canada’ Annual Report (2017) indicated 127,707 licensed lawyers in the country, 82% of them, 104,497, still classified as “active”.

When combined with approximately 37,000 paralegals (Census 2006), that represents a ratio of one “legal expert” for every 218 Canadians. Their services keep societies “civil” and the marketplace “free”.

But what happens when lawyers seek to silence, repress contrary opinion to favour their client and the Courts allow it to take place, direct – in layman’s terms, order – certain usage of vocabulary/pronouns in a Court environment? Continue reading→

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 110 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 86 million people have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 20, 2021, at 11:00 am (EST).

L’Italia si unisce al Canada
contro le detenzioni arbitrarie

ROMA – “Congratulazioni al Canada per il lancio della Dichiarazione contro la detenzione arbitraria nei rapporti Stato-Stato. Pronti a impegnarsi in modo costruttivo con i partner internazionali per porre fine a questa atroce pratica “: è questo il testo del tweet pubblicato pochi giorni fa sul profilo ufficiale del Ministero degli Affari Esteri italiano, con cui la Farnesina manifesta il sostegno dell’Italia alla Dichiarazione canadese contro la detenzione arbitraria nelle relazioni tra Stati. Continue reading→

Italy joins Canada
against arbitrary detentions

[GTranslate]ROME – “Congratulations to Canada for the launch of the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State relations. Ready to engage constructively with international partners to put an end to this heinous practice “: this is the text of the tweet published a few days ago in the official profile of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with which the Farnesina manifests Italy’s support for the Canadian declaration against arbitrary detention in relations between states. Continue reading→

Adiós al spring break
Trudeau suspende vuelos e impacta a México, El Caribe… y a Canadá

Desde el inicio del 2021, Canadá comenzó a exigir que todos los residentes y viajeros presenten una prueba negativa de Covid-19 antes de su salida a Canadá. Pero desde México, que forma junto a Canadá y Estados Unidos el tratado comercial T-MEC, y los países del Caribe no hay siquiera vuelos.

El primer ministro canadiense, Justin Trudeau, anunció las nuevas restricciones de viaje diciendo que todas las aerolíneas, incluyendo Air Canada, estuvieron de acuerdo en cancelar “todos los destinos del Caribe y México” hasta el 30 de abril. Continue reading→

Se apaga el turismo de Toronto
Ingresos de hoteles, restaurantes y atracciones se desploman a la mitad

Foto: Zaida Olvera y José Miguel García, fundadores de la agencia De Vago por Toronto

El sector turístico de Toronto fue una de las primeras industrias afectadas por el coronavirus y se espera que pierda miles de millones de dólares en gastos directos e indirectos durante el primer semestre de 2021, a pesar del apoyo de $125 millones de dólares ofrecido por Lisa MacLeod, ministra provincial de Patrimonio, Deporte, Turismo y Asuntos Culturales para Toronto y otras ciudades de Ontario. Continue reading→

Apoyan a médicos cubanos al premio Nobel de la Paz
Consejo de los Canadienses impulsa el reconocimiento a su labor frente al Covid

El mayor impulso para que los médicos cubanos sean nominados al premio Nobel de la Paz 2021 se proyecta desde el Norte del continente. El Consejo de los Canadienses pretende que médicos de Cuba agrupados dentro del Contingente Internacional de Médicos Especializados en Situaciones de Desastre y Graves Epidemias Henry Reeve sean reconocidos por su “importante contribución al combate del Covid-19”, explican. Continue reading→