People who want to end up being Canadian require to respond to 20 concerns about people’ rights and obligations, along with Canada’s history, location, economy, federal government, laws and signs.
They require to get 75 percent of them right to pass — however the typical rating of the Canadians who were surveyed was just 49 percent.
Ottawa advised to back Washington in pipline disagreement
A progressive public law think tank is advising the federal government to side versus oil and gas transmission huge TC Energy in its continuous disagreement with the United States over the unfortunate Keystone XL task.
The Calgary-based business is looking for to recover US$15 billion in lost profits from the on-again, off-again cross-border pipeline growth, which President Joe Biden exterminated for good in 2021 on his very first day as commander-in-chief.
The suit is based upon the investor-state disagreement guidelines in the now-expired NAFTA, along with that deal’s follower, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, that included a three-year extension of those guidelines for so-called “legacy” financiers.
Shelters to get safety upgrade
A federal program that assists neighborhood organizations make safety-related enhancements is being broadened to shelters for victims of gender-based violence.
The $5-million Security Infrastructure Program covers as much as half the cost of security equipment such as lighting, fencing, video cameras and alarm, approximately $100,000 per task.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says qualified receivers, consisting of neighborhood centres, universities, locations of praise and others, can request financing up until Aug. 31.
However, companies that have actually experienced substantial, direct hate-motivated criminal offense versus their center may get approved for a brand-new emergency situation stream of money available outside the yearly require applications duration.
Here’s what else we’re seeing
Wildfire smoke activating more cautions
Canadian wildfires are continuing to send out heavy clouds of smoke south, from Northern Ontario and Quebec, through both provinces and into the U-S.
The thick haze has actually activated air quality cautions for Chicago, Detroit and Toronto.
The trio of cities presently hold 3 of the leading 4 areas on Air-I-Q’s international ranking for poor air quality.
As of this early morning, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates tops the list of significant cities with a considerable rating of 411 — putting its air quality in the “Hazardous” classification. Detroit ranks 2nd, followed by Chicago, and Toronto in 4th, with an “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” score of 159.
Alberta method to overdose avoidance not working, professionals state
Experts state Alberta’s design for combating drug poisoning in the province is not working as opioid-related deaths reached an all-time high this April.
The latest provincial information, which was launched on Monday, reveals 179 individuals passed away from drug poisoning in April, making it the month with the highest-ever opioid deaths taped in Alberta.
Elaine Hyshka, who is the Canada Research Chair in health systems development, says the latest numbers recommend that the province may be on track for the worst year yet.
Hyshka says the increased variety of overdoses reveals the unlawful supply of drugs in Alberta is extremely poisonous.
She says the federal government does not have an emergency situation action to the crisis.
Toronto theatre awards given out
The Dora Mavor Moore Awards followed the white bunny, handing 6 statuettes to “Alice in Wonderland” at the Toronto theatre awards on Tuesday night.
The production from Bad Hats Theatre, provided by Soulpepper Theatre, won huge in the musical theatre department.
It was granted impressive production and impressive brand-new musical, while Tess Benger won impressive efficiency in a leading function for her representation of Alice.
The modern reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s traditional tale likewise took home impressive instructions, impressive accomplishment in style and impressive initial choreography.
Forty-6 awards were given out throughout 7 classifications at the event in Toronto.
The Canadian Press
