Author: Marzio Pelù

Canadian military aircraft branded “Boeing”

TORONTO – “Boeing” is the company chosen by the Canadian federal government to replace the army’s old patrol planes, through a new multi-billion dollar agreement: after approval by the government (last week), the Treasury Board held a meeting Tuesday, authorizing the purchase of 16 P-8A Poseidon surveillance planes to replace the “aging” CP-140 “Aurora.” The Procurement Department also stated that this particular ‘Boeing’ model is the only aircraft currently available that meets the needs of the Royal Canadian Air Force, particularly with regards to submarine hunting technology. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Google, $100 milioni all’anno ai media canadesi

TORONTO – Il governo federale ha ottenuto un primo, storico risultato nella battaglia intrapresa da quasi un anno contro i giganti del web per costringerli a finanziare i media canadesi che pubblicano notizie on line fornendo, di fatto, gratuitamente contenuti giornalistici professionali ai motori di ricerca ed ai social network: Google ha infatti accettato di versare 100 milioni di dollari all’anno “in cambio” dei contenuti che i giornali danno in pasto al popolo del web… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Google will make $100 million in annual payments to Canadian news companies

TORONTO – The federal government of Canada has obtained a first, historic result in the battle waged for almost a year against the giants of the web to force them to finance the Canadian media that publish news online effectively providing free professional journalistic content to search engines and to social networks: Google has in fact agreed to pay 100 million dollars a year “in exchange” for the contents that newspapers feed to the people of the web.

Life expectancy in Canada continues to decline

TORONTO – Canadians’ life expectancy fell for the third consecutive year in 2022 and more people died from Covid-19 than in any year since the pandemic began, according to a report released on Monday by Statistics Canada (you can consult the whole report by clicking here). The average Canadian life expectancy fell to 81.3 years in 2022, a full year lower than the 82.3 years recorded in 2019. “Life expectancy decreases when there are more deaths, when deaths occur at younger ages, or when a combination of both occurs,” the report explains. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Fondi per 41.500 nuove case a Richmond Hill in dieci anni

TORONTO – Richmond Hill si aggiunge alle beneficiarie dell’Housing Accelerator Fund del governo federale: ieri, infatti, il ministro federale dell’Edilizia Abitativa, Sean Fraser, ha annunciato che è stato raggiunto un accordo per fornire alla cittadina della GTA oltre 31 milioni di dollari per favorire la costruzione di nuovi alloggi e tali fondi contribuiranno ad accelerare la costruzione di oltre 780 unità abitative nei prossimi tre anni e stimoleranno la costruzione di oltre 41.500 case nel prossimo decennio… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Funding for 41,500 new homes in Richmond Hill over ten years

TORONTO – Richmond Hill joins the beneficiaries of the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund: today, in fact, the Federal Housing Minister, Sean Fraser, announced that an agreement has been reached to provide the GTA city with over 31 million dollars to encourage new housing construction, and these funds will help accelerate the construction of more than 780 housing units over the next three years and spur the construction of more than 41,500 homes over the next decade. 

Liberals looking for a leader: 100,000 voting

TORONTO – In a week we will know who is the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. After a heated eight-month campaign with five debates, card-carrying party members cast their votes this weekend for the person they hope will defeat Premier Doug Ford in the next provincial election: 100,000 people registered to vote , the all-time high for the party. “It’s a big challenge,” Ontario’s interim Liberal leader, John Fraser, told reporters. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Cresce l’insicurezza alimentare delle famiglie canadesi

TORONTO – Basandosi sui dati di 55.000 famiglie raccolti dal Canadian Income Survey (CIS) di Statistics Canada nel 2022, l’Università di Toronto ha elaborato un rapporto – intitolato “Household Food Insecurity in Canada” e pubblicato il 19 novembre scorso – dal quale emerge che dal 2021 al 2022 la prevalenza dell’insicurezza alimentare delle famiglie nelle dieci province è aumentata dal 15,9% al 17,8%. Nel 2022, 2,7 milioni di famiglie, ovvero 6,9 milioni di persone, tra cui quasi 1,8 milioni di bambini di età inferiore ai 18 anni, vivevano in famiglie che avevano sperimentato un certo livello di insicurezza alimentare nei dodici mesi precedenti… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Household food insecurity is growing in Canada: a research by UofT

TORONTO – Based on data from 55,000 families collected by Statistics Canada’s Canadian Income Survey (CIS) in 2022, the University of Toronto has developed a report – entitled “Household Food Insecurity in Canada” and published on November 19 – from which it emerges that from 2021 to 2022, the prevalence of household food insecurity in the ten provinces increased from 15.9% to 17.8%. In 2022, 2.7 million households, or 6.9 million people, including nearly 1.8 million children under the age of 18, lived in households that had experienced some level of food insecurity in the previous twelve months. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Singh attacca Trudeau ma continua a sostenere il suo governo

VICTORIA – Il leader dell’NDP Jagmeet Singh continua il suo “doppio gioco” politico, dividendosi fra il ruolo di “stampella” del governo di Justin Trudeau e quello di “feroce oppositore” (ma soltanto a parole) dello stesso esecutivo. L’ennesimo atto della commedia che vede come attore protagonista, nel teatrino della politica, Jagmeet Singh, è andato in scena domenica a Victoria, British Columbia… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Singh attacks Trudeau but continues to support the government

VICTORIA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh continues his political “double game”, dividing himself between the role of “crutch” of Justin Trudeau’s government and “fierce opponent” (but only apparently) of the same executive. Yet another act of the comedy featuring Jagmeet Singh as the leading actor in the political theater was performed on Sunday in Victoria, British Columbia.  

CORRIERE CANADESE / Apec, nessun faccia a faccia fra Trudeau e Jinping

TORONTO – La stretta di mano fra il leader cinese Xi Jinping ed il presidente americano Joe Biden resta indubbiamente l’unica vera notizia del vertice “Apec” (Cooperazione economica Asia-Pacifico) svoltosi a San Francisco nei giorni scorsi, perché “tutto il resto”, come cantava il cantautore italiano Franco Califano, “è noia”, almeno sul fronte canadese. Lo si capisce dal comunicato stampa rilasciato dall’uficio del Primo Ministro canadese, riguardante gli incontri che lo stesso Justin Trudeaui ha avuto nei giorni del forum… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>