TORONTO – Yes, you are reading that correctly. The “employees” hired to educate children ages four to eighteen have decided that they no longer need to abide by duly constituted school boards whose trustees are elected by parents to safeguard the interests of their children.
OTTAWA – A shocking internal report on the ArriveCan app – used during the pandemic to manage arrivals and departures from Canada – finds the existence of… non-existent contractors: in particular, 76% of the app’s contractors “did not do any work”, says the audit just released by the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman and published by the National Post. (more…)
TORONTO – Il governo canadese ritarderà per la seconda volta l’estensione del suicidio assistito alle persone con malattie mentali, perché il sistema “non è pronto” per una sua espansione. Lo ha annunciato il ministro della Sanità, Mark Holland. Nel 2021, il governo ha prorogato il provvedimento fino al 17 marzo 2024…
TORONTO – Continua la disperata caccia di nuove risorse a City Hall. Con un buco di bilancio che sfiora l’1.8 miliardi di dollari e con la presentazione alle porte del budget lacrime sangue di Olivia Chow (nella foto sopra) – il documento sarà portato in consiglio comunale domani – l’amministrazione cittadina sta cercando di aumentare gli introiti per fare cassa…
TORONTO – The Catholic teachers union OECTA declares war on its members’ employer: the York Catholic District School Board. The president of the York Catholic Teachers, Mike Totten, has in fact sent a very harsh letter to trustee Frank Alexander, “guilty” – according to Totten – of having presented a motion, being discussed at today evening’s board of trustees, to overcome the divisions caused, in recent months, by requests to fly flags in YCDSB schools other than those recognized by all, in particular the one of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
