Category: Canada

Toronto and Montreal, air quality among the worst in the world

TORONTO – Toronto’s air quality continues to hold a grim record: it is among the worst in the world, according to the Swiss air quality monitoring institute IQAir, which conducts real-time air quality monitoring and can be consulted here. At 8:50 a.m. this morning, Toronto was the second most polluted city in the world; by midday, the city had dropped, but remained in the top 10 most polluted cities, tied with Montreal. At that time, Canada was the only country in the world with two cities in the top ten for worst air quality and it still is while we are writing this article, at 1.30 pm of August 4, 2025.

CORRIERE CANADESE / Rimozione bike lane: ricorso del governo

TORONTO – Il governo dell’Ontario ha dichiarato che presenterà ricorso contro la sentenza che ha dichiarato incostituzionale una nuova legge per la rimozione di tre piste ciclabili a Toronto. Il giudice ella Corte Superiore dell’Ontario Paul Schabas ha stabilito che la rimozione delle piste ciclabili avrebbe esposto le persone a un “maggiore rischio di lesioni e morte”… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

CORRIERE CANADESE / Il Canada riconosce lo Stato Palestinese. Ira di Trump: “Difficile un accordo sui dazi”

TORONTO – Tra i dazi di Donald Trump e il riconoscimento della Palestina come stato sembra non esserci un filo conduttore. Ma il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump ha detto in modo chiaro che “questo renderà molto difficile un accordo commerciale con loro”. Un accordo che dovrebbe essere raggiunto in extremis oggi: in caso contrario il Canada verrà punito con tariffe al 35%…Read More in Corriere Canadese >>> 

Canada negotiates tariffs but separates international politics

TORONTO – Canada decided to enter the morass of complexity known as the Middle East. Pick a “side”; five minutes later, it is time for reassessment because the standards of right and wrong are rarely the ones one expects. On moral or ethical grounds, they are unrecognizable to outsiders who may be prone to impose their own sets on others – from a safe distance. There is always “the other factor” (material interest), hidden from view or obfuscated by webs and veils structured to achieve a goal for a purpose that may not be that of the observer.