TORONTO – Every now and then, a specific event/activity attracts public attention for the “good and noble” ideals it espouses and makes efforts to achieve, even as the Press and Media appear smitten with the concept of cause behind the “crisis and urgency” motivations for finger- pointing. Saturday’s fundraising event by the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy Canada-Toronto was just such an occasion…
OTTAWA — Canada is cutting, for the first time, its contribution to the Global Fund, a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. And the head of the United Nations HIV/AIDS program, Winnie Byanyima (in the pic above, from her Twitter profile – @Winnie_Byanyima), is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding.
The Senate Banking Committee started a new study this week on access to credit and capital markets for small- and medium-sized enterprises. The Senator Tony Loffreda writes about it in his latest column, urging Canada to seize the opportunity before us to empower SMEs to invest, scale and compete.
OTTAWA – The end of the year is always a time for reflection — a moment to take stock of our successes, our setbacks, and the work ahead. This year, that reflection carries added weight as we assess Canada’s position at the twenty-five-year mark of the 21st century, an era defined by technological acceleration, geopolitical realignment, and economic uncertainty. The stability we once assumed is no longer guaranteed, and the global economic order is shifting beneath our feet.
TORONTO – The recent success of Italy’s Tennis program is feeling a lot like a force majeure, arriving seemingly from nowhere…
TORONTO – 23,746 deaths, including 10,634 in Ontario, 6,290 in Quebec, and 4,620 in British Columbia. This isn’t a war report, and perhaps it’s even worse, given that we’re talking about patients who were on waiting lists for surgery or diagnostic procedures. In a healthcare system worthy of any civilized country, they would have been operated on and/or treated promptly; in Canada, instead, the wait for the surgery/treatment was so long that, in the end, they died. →
