TORONTO – The forced survival of the minority government led by Justin Trudeau, after NDP took away its support, could cost Canadians a lot: to be precise, 16 billion dollars. In fact, this is the cost of the request that the Bloc Quebecois made to the Prime Minister, in exchange for the support that would allow him to remain in the saddle. →
TORONTO – La crescita della popolazione in Canada è rallentata leggermente nell’ultimo trimestre dell’anno, ed è la prima volta dal 2020, quando il numero di persone che entrarono nel Paese quasi si fermò, a causa della chiusura dei confini del Canada da parte del governo per la pandemia di Covid-19…
TORONTO – Canada’s population growth slowed slightly in the final quarter of the year, the first time since 2020, when the number of people entering the country nearly stopped, as Canada closed its borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The slowdown in growth, reported on Wednesday by Statistics Canada, is due to the recent crackdown on immigration by the federal government (which has progressively reduced the number of international students and the number of temporary foreign workers due to the “housing crisis”) and, at the same time, to the further decline in births. Two factors which, when combined, become “explosive” (in a negative sense), given that international migration almost entirely represents the increase in the Canadian population. →
TORONTO – Scelta dei candidati e finanziamenti ai partiti: sono le due “porte” che consentono agli Stati stranieri ostili di “entrare” in Canada per interferire, o quantomeno provarci, nelle elezioni e, conseguentemente, nella politica del Paese. È quanto, in estream sintesi, ha riferito il capo di Elections Canada, Stéphane Perrault (Chief Electoral Officer of Canada), alla Foreign Interference Commission…
TORONTO – Choice of candidates and party financing: these are the two “doors” that allow hostile foreign states to “enter” Canada to interfere, or at least try, in the elections and, consequently, in the country’s politics. This is what, in a nutshell, the head of Elections Canada, Stéphane Perrault (Chief Electoral Officer of Canada), reported to the Foreign Interference Commission. →
TORONTO – La principale preoccupazione dei canadesi che abitano nelle grandi città è il carovita. Qualunque prezzo è ritenuto troppo alto: quello dell’affitto, quello delle utenze, quello della spesa…
TORONTO – The main concern of Canadians living in big cities is the high cost of living. Any price is considered too high: that of rent, that of utilities, that of groceries. This is what emerges from a new survey conducted by Maru Public Opinion for CityNews between August 29 and September 6, 2024 among a random selection of 1,801 adults living in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. →
NEW YORK – The spotlight is all on her: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is the protagonist of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly underway in New York while we are writing this article. Indeed, the President of the Italian Council of Ministers was awarded the Global Citizen Award 2024, a prestigious award given every year by the Atlantic Council: the award ceremony is scheduled for 7 pm, today, during a gala organized for the occasion. But the news is double: in fact, not only Meloni is awarded, but she receives the prix directly from the hands of Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, X (Twitter) and SpaceX (and a great supporter of Donald Trump in the presidential elections USA). →
TORONTO – It’s not a real “ban”, but rather a “warm invitation”, with a final prize: if you don’t touch your cell phone during dinner, you go home with a $5 discount voucher for your next evening in the restaurant. And the place in question could only be Italian, because for people originally from the “Bel Paese” the meal is sacred. “A real sensorial experience, I would say…” explains Gino Benevenga, owner of the pinseria-restaurant “Venga Cucina”, where the original “ban” has been in force for a few weeks, with a sign at the entrance.
TORONTO – Non è un vero e proprio divieto, ma piuttosto un “caldo invito”, con premio finale: se durante la cena non tocchi il cellulare, torni a casa con un buono sconto di $ 5 per la tua prossima serata nel ristorante. E non poteva che essere italiano il locale in questione, dal momento che per chi è originario del Belpaese il pasto è sacro…
TORONTO – È andata meglio del previsto. Si ipotizzava un 2,1 qualche giorno fa, ma il tasso di inflazione è sceso ancora di più, al 2%, nel mese di agosto. È stato dunque raggiunto l’obiettivo della Bank of Canada dopo una tumultuosa battaglia con la crescita vertiginosa dei prezzi, condotta a colpi di aumenti dei tassi di interesse…
TORONTO – It went better than expected. A 2.1 was assumed a few days ago, but the rate of inflation fell even further, to 2%. The Bank of Canada’s objective was therefore achieved after a tumultuous period with the dizzying growth in prices, led by battles of increasing interest rates. The annual inflation rate therefore fell from 2.5% in July to 2% in August, reaching the lowest level since February 2021. →
TORONTO – Si rialza il sipario sulle interferenze straniere: ieri sono infatti ripresi i lavori dell’inchiesta pubblica che entra nella sua seconda fase di udienze. È previsto l’ascolto di oltre sessanta testimoni nelle prossime cinque settimane, tra cui parlamentari, ministri e lo stesso primo ministro Justin Trudeau…
TORONTO – The curtain is raised on foreign interference: today the job of the public inquiry resumed, entering its second phase of hearings. More than sixty witnesses are expected to be heard over the next five weeks, including MPs, ministers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau too. →
