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YCDSB: total chaos one week before schools’ reopening
TORONTO – York Catholic District School Board: total chaos, one week before schools are scheduled to open. One needed to be there to appreciate the confusion at the first Board meeting of the 2022-2023.
Ontario: healthcare, controversial Bill 7 approved
TORONTO – Said and done. Ontario’s Conservative government today used its majority to pass Bill 7, the controversial legislation that allows elderly patients to be transferred from the hospital to long-term care homes not of their choice on a temporary basis.
Canada, economic growth below expectations
TORONTO – The Canadian economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3% in the second quarter (in the first quarter it had grown by 3.1%), below the estimate of an annualized growth of 4.6%: this is what emerges from the latest monthly and quarterly real gross domestic product reports, released today by Statistics Canada, which show how the economy expanded for the fourth consecutive quarter, driven by rising business and household spending, but below the expectations. Continue reading→
জাতিসংঘ মিশেল ব্যাশেলেটের বাংলাদেশ সফর সংক্রান্ত তথ্য বিভ্রান্তি নিশ্চিত করেছে
এক অনুসন্ধানে জাতিসংঘ মানবাধিকার কমিশনারের মুখপাত্র রাভিনা শামদাসানি নিশ্চিত করে বলেন, সদ্য বিদায়ী মানবাধিকার হাই কমিশনার মিশেল ব্যাশেলেটের বাংলাদেশ সফর শেষে দেয়া বক্তব্যে অধিকার লংঘনের কোনো কিছু বলেননি, তা নিয়ে তথ্য বিভ্রান্তি ঘটেছে। মুখপাত্র পরিস্কার ভাষায় জানিয়েছেন, ‘আমরা ওই বিভ্রান্তির জন্য দুঃখিত’।
UN confirms ‘misinformation’ over Michelle Bachelet’s visit to Bangladesh
In a media inquiry, Ravina Shamdasani, the spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has confirmed the misinformation circulating in Bangladesh over the end-of-mission statement of its outgoing Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in which she did not cite rights abuses in Bangladesh.
Crisi sanità, Ford incontra Trudeau
TORONTO – Quasi cinque milioni di canadesi di età superiore ai 12 anni nel 2019 non avevano accesso a un medico di famiglia. Questo, secondo gli ultimi dati disponibili di Statistics Canada…
Sindaci ’forti’: chieste consultazioni pubbliche
TORONTO – Sindaci-sceriffi: la nuova legislazione presentata nelle scorse settimane dal governo dell’Ontario guidato da Doug Ford preoccupa non poco l’Associazione delle Municipalità dell’Ontario (AMO) che chiede a gran voce “ampie consultazioni pubbliche” prima dell’estensione dei poteri dei sindaci a comunità diverse da quelle di Toronto e Ottawa per le quali soltanto, inizialmente, era prevista l’attribuzione di maggiori competenze ai primi cittadini…
Voto a Markham, Scarpitti in cerca del quinto mandato
TORONTO – Conto alla rovescia a Markham per il voto amministrativo del 24 ottobre. In tutto sono 41 i candidati ufficialmente in corsa per la carica di sindaco, di consigliere regionale e consigliere comunale, con una competizione che, a differenza del recente passato, si preannuncia combattuto e incerta…
‘Strong’ mayors, AMO calling for more public consultations
TORONTO – Mayors-“Sheriffs”: the new legislation presented in recent weeks by the Ontario government led by Doug Ford is very concerning to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) which is calling for “wide public consultations” before the extension of the powers of the mayors to communities other than those of Toronto and Ottawa for which only, initially, it was foreseen the attribution of greater competences to the first citizens. Continue reading→
Health crisis, Ford meets Trudeau
TORONTO – Nearly five million Canadians over the age of 12 in 2019 did not have access to a family doctor. This, according to the latest available data from Statistics Canada.
