Category: Canada

New law on dangerous and criminal online content

OTTAWA – A new bill was presented yesterday, at first reading in the House of Commons, to propose a wide range of new requirements for online platforms, aimed at repressing a series of crimes – in particular against children – and the creation of a new digital safety oversight body to force sites to act immediately in the presence of incitement to hatred or child sexual exploitation, under penalty of very heavy sanctions. 

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CORRIERE CANADESE / Pharmacare, un “accordicchio” da 800 milioni di dollari

TORONTO – Pharmacare: le cure farmaceutiche gratuite, seppure solo per il diabete (secondo quanto emerso ieri) saranno adeguatamente coperte? All’indomani dell’accordo raggiunto fra Liberali e NDP sulla questione dell’accessibilità a certi farmaci, il ministro delle Finanze, Chrystia Freeland, assicura che tale iniziativa non metterà a repentaglio la posizione fiscale del Canada – fortamente indebitato – poiché il governo federale intende rispettare le regole di spesa decise in autunno… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Pharmacare: 800 million dollars to save Trudeau’s government

TORONTO – Pharmacare: will free pharmaceutical treatments, even if only for diabetes (according to what emerged in the last days) be adequately covered? In the aftermath of the agreement reached between the Liberals and NDP on the issue of accessibility to certain drugs, the Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, assures that this initiative will not jeopardize the fiscal position of Canada – heavily indebted – as the federal government intends respect the spending rules decided in the autumn.  (more…)