Budgets tend to concentrate the mind

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. 

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Energy and natural resources: the Italy-Canada alliance takes off, trade missions on the way

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. Continue reading→

CORRIERE CANADESE / Oltre 7mila pinserie nel mondo: la quinta in classifica è “Venga Cucina” di Toronto

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… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Over 7,000 ‘pinserie’ worldwide: fifth in the ranking is “Venga Cucina”

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… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / James Franco Soars in Italian Film

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… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Tariffe, Carney cerca la sponda di Pechino

TORONTO – Una sponda cinese nella guerra commerciale con gli Stati Uniti. È questo l’obiettivo di Mark Carney, che ieri si è incontrato con il presidente Xi Jiping ai margini dei lavori della prima giornata del Vertice Apec in Corea del Sud. Tanto per rendere l’idea dell’importanza del meeting, erano sette anni che un primo ministro canadese non incontrava il presidente cinese, anni in cui le relazioni tra i due Paesi hanno vissuto momenti di grande tensione fino ad arrivare ai giorni nostri, dove Ottawa e Pechino sono divise anche sul fronte commerciale… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>