CORRIERE CANADESE / Il Canada è ancora fra i più grandi inquinatori (anche senza il fumo degli incendi)

TORONTO – Altro che “carbon tax”, macchine elettriche e “politiche ambientali” à la Justin Trudeau: il Canada si conferma fra i più grandi inquinatori del mondo in qualità di produttore di combustibili fossili e, con altri Paesi, sta vanificando la possibilità del mondo di raggiungere obiettivi-chiave per contenere il cambiamento climatico… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Poilievre: “L’accordo con gli Usa? Io lo farei senza dazi, ma serve un Canada più forte”

OTTAWA – Un accordo senza dazi, raggiungibile dopo avere reso il Canada più forte, autosufficiente, in modo da avere la “leva” per negoziare: è questo in estrema sintesi, il Poilievre-pensiero emerso nel corso dell’intervista con la giornalista Vassy Kapelos durante il programma domenicale “Question Time” di CTV… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Cusma, al via le consultazioni: il fattore Trump resta un rischio

TORONTO – Una trattativa tutta in salita, che rischia di fare deragliare gli sforzi per far finire la guerra commerciale. Sono ufficialmente iniziate le consultazioni qui in Canada in vista del negoziato per il rinnovo dell’accordo di libero scambio tra Canada, Stati Uniti e Messico. Il Cusma, nato sulle ceneri del vecchio trattato Nafta durante il primo mandato presidenziale di Donald Trump, per legge deve passare la revisione dei tre Stati contraenti nel 2026… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Italy’s Iconic Mountaineer: Walter Bonatti

TORONTO – In an age where 91% of adolescents are perpetually tethered to their social media, the term “generation gap” has become virtually meaningless. There was a time however, in the pre-internet and pre-tv era, when teenagers not only ventured outside their front doors, but climbed mountains – literally. Enter the iconic Italian Mountaineer Walter Bonatti. In 1949 at the age of 19, he climbed one of the most challenging routes in the Alps, the Walker Spur Mountain. 

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Poilievre: “I would seek a tariff-free deal” but first “we need a stronger Canada”

OTTAWA – A tariff-free deal, achievable by making Canada stronger and more self-sufficient, thus providing leverage for negotiations: this, in a nutshell, is Poilievre’s thinking, which emerged during an interview with journalist Vassy Kapelos on CTV‘s Sunday program “Question Time.” The Conservative leader outlined his plan if he were prime minister instead of Liberal Mark Carney, in the midst of the protracted trade war with the United States, ignited by US President Donald Trump since his election.

“We used to have that privileged access to the American economy, and in exchange for that, we could provide more continental security that would make both our countries more secure and stable” Polieivre said. “That’s the deal that I would go for…”.

As is well known, Canada and the United States have been negotiating a new economic and security agreement for months, with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his team insisting on prioritizing reaching the “best deal” rather than a timely pact. Late last month, Carney announced Canada’s elimination of many of its tariffs, hoping to trigger a similar response from its American counterpart. This has so far not happened. And according to Poilievre, that move was a sign of Carney’s weakness, which Trump immediately “smelled”.

“I think that the key back home, though, is to become more self-reliant, strong and stand on our own two feet, so that we have the leverage to negotiate” Poilievre told Kapelos, underlining that Carney has “unfortunately negotiated out of a position of weakness” also determined by the “anti-development Liberal policies” such as the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the industrial carbon tax, and Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, which many Conservatives have dubbed the ‘no more pipelines act’. “If we were building pipelines and port expansions and moving our resources to the Pacific and the Atlantic to faraway markets, then we could go to the Americans with the ability to say we have other options” Poilievre said.

Many topics were covered in the interview, including the Conservative leadership review scheduled for next year. “I don’t believe in magic” Poilievre said when Kapelos asked him if he had a “magic number” in mind for the minimum level of support he hopes to achieve. But the journalist pressed him again, asking if he has a number he think he need to reach to remain leader, and he replied: “I don’t. No.”

Here, the full interview from CTV’s YouTube channel (the pic above is a screenshot from this video)

CORRIERE CANADESE / Attese infinite in pronto soccorso: centinaia di migliaia rinunciano alle cure

TORONTO – Su quasi 16,3 milioni di accessi al pronto soccorso nel 2024, ben 1.267.736 di pazienti (il 7,8%) non sono stati curati perché, a causa delle attese infinite, hanno desistito e se ne sono andati. Un numero enorme, che segna un aumento del 35,6% rispetto all’anno precedente: segno che la sanità canadese è sempre più in emergenza, come ben evidenzia il rapporto pubblicato ieri dal think tank di politiche pubbliche “MEI”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians leave emergency rooms without receiving treatment: the MEI’s report

TORONTO – Out of nearly 16.3 million emergency room visits in one year in Canada, a staggering 1,267,736 patients (7.8%) were not treated because, due to the endless waits, they gave up and left. This is a huge number, marking a 35.6% increase, in 2024, over the previous year: a sign that Canadian healthcare is increasingly in a state of emergency, as highlighted in the report released today by the public policy think tank MEI (Montreal Economic Institute). Continue reading→