OTTAWA – News for Mexicans arriving in Canada. As of today, at 11:30 p.m. Eastern time, Mexican citizens need a visa to enter Canada unless they meet certain criteria: most existing electronic travel authorizations (eTAs) for Mexican passport holders will be cancelled. Mexican citizens will be able to apply for a new eTA if they are flying to Canada and if: (1) they have held a Canadian tourist visa within the last ten years or (2) they currently hold a valid US non-immigrant visa. Otherwise, they will need a visa. (more…)
TORONTO – Il regista Matteo Garrone dice di aver provato “soddisfazione ed emozione” per la nomination di “Io capitano” all’Oscar nella categoria Miglior film internazionale. È un film, questo, che racconta una storia cruda, fatta di coraggio e dignità e che ha già vinto il Leone d’argento per la miglior regia alla 80ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia. Le dinamiche sociali e la necessità di scandagliare situazioni reali, rifiutando la spettacolarità fine a se stessa sono una costante dei film di Garrone. Che in “Io capitano” – opera di grande carica emotiva e altrettanto grande intensità – ha voluto raccontare il percorso di questi ragazzi attraverso l’Africa dal loro punto di vista: “Mi sono aggrappato alle loro storie, gli attori mi hanno regalato la loro umanità e la loro spiritualità”, dice Garrone. In attesa di volare a Los Angeles il regista ha concesso un’intervista al Corriere Canadese…
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.
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…)
OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau’s minority government supported by Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is safe, so far: an agreement has in fact been reached between the Liberals and New Democrats on pharmacare, free access to some types of drugs. On it, the NDP had given the Trudeau government an ultimatum: either it passes by March 1, or the NDP’s support fades and we go to vote. Trudeau and the Liberals have obviously given in: if we go to vote now, according to the polls, the Conservatives would win by a landslide. (more…)
