Canadian Armed Forces deployed to fight wildfires
The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help Alberta and the Northwest Territories as wildfires threaten multiple communities in the area, several of which are under evacuation orders.
It comes after the territorial government requested assistance from the feds due to growing difficulty fighting wildfires.
The CAF will assist with “firefighting efforts, air transportation, and planning, coordination and logistics,” tweeted Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair.
#Alberta #wildfires
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The Canadian Armed Forces have been deployed to help Alberta and the Northwest Territories as wildfires threaten multiple communities in the area, several of which are under evacuation orders.
It comes after the territorial government requested assistance from the feds due to growing difficulty fighting wildfires.
The CAF will assist with “firefighting efforts, air transportation, and planning, coordination and logistics,” tweeted Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair.
#Alberta #wildfires
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Suicidal woman recommended medical assistance in dying by Vancouver general hospital
A Canadian woman was reportedly offered information on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) by a clinician at Vancouver General Hospital after seeking medical assistance for suicidal ideations.
Kathryn Mentler went to the hospital in June to get professional help to treat her chronic depression and ongoing thoughts of suicide. Clinician asked if she had considered MAID, advising her that wait times to see a psychiatrist are extremely long due to Canada’s “broken” medical system.
This is not the first time MAID has raised questions about its ethics. A 47-year-old Toronto woman suffering from severe anorexia was encouraged by her psychiatrist to research medically assisted suicide in 2021.
#BritishColumbia #Ontario #MAID
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A Canadian woman was reportedly offered information on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) by a clinician at Vancouver General Hospital after seeking medical assistance for suicidal ideations.
Kathryn Mentler went to the hospital in June to get professional help to treat her chronic depression and ongoing thoughts of suicide. Clinician asked if she had considered MAID, advising her that wait times to see a psychiatrist are extremely long due to Canada’s “broken” medical system.
This is not the first time MAID has raised questions about its ethics. A 47-year-old Toronto woman suffering from severe anorexia was encouraged by her psychiatrist to research medically assisted suicide in 2021.
#BritishColumbia #Ontario #MAID
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💰Cabinet ministers given Oct. 2 deadline to cut $15-billion from spending plans
Federal cabinet ministers have been given an Oct. 2 deadline to come up with specific cuts as part of an effort to shave about $15-billion from existing spending plans.
New Treasury Board President Anita Anand delivered the deadline in writing to her cabinet colleagues, meaning many ministers in new roles only have a few weeks to find cuts that were first promised in the 2023 budget.
The March 28 budget announced a goal of saving $7.1-billion over five years through a 15-per-cent cut to discretionary spending on consulting, professional services and travel over five years. It also announced a planned phase-in of a 3-per-cent spending cut by departments and agencies by 2026-27, with a goal of saving $7-billion over four years.
As well, both plans are expected to produce continuing savings in future years. And Crown corporations are expected to find a combined $1.3-billion in savings over four years.
The letter was sent to ministers just days before a cabinet retreat that is scheduled to take place in Charlottetown next week.
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Federal cabinet ministers have been given an Oct. 2 deadline to come up with specific cuts as part of an effort to shave about $15-billion from existing spending plans.
New Treasury Board President Anita Anand delivered the deadline in writing to her cabinet colleagues, meaning many ministers in new roles only have a few weeks to find cuts that were first promised in the 2023 budget.
The March 28 budget announced a goal of saving $7.1-billion over five years through a 15-per-cent cut to discretionary spending on consulting, professional services and travel over five years. It also announced a planned phase-in of a 3-per-cent spending cut by departments and agencies by 2026-27, with a goal of saving $7-billion over four years.
As well, both plans are expected to produce continuing savings in future years. And Crown corporations are expected to find a combined $1.3-billion in savings over four years.
The letter was sent to ministers just days before a cabinet retreat that is scheduled to take place in Charlottetown next week.
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Male powerlifter sets women's Canadian powerlifting record
A male athlete has set yet another women’s national record in Canadian powerlifting.
Anne Andres — a biological male who identifies as a woman — won first place in the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship on Sunday. There, Andres set both a Canadian women’s national record and an unofficial women’s world powerlifting record.
Competing in the Female Masters Unequipped category, Andres totaled 597.5 kg (1,317 pounds) (squat + bench press + deadlift). For comparison, runner-up SuJan Gil totaled only 387.5 kg (854 pounds).
Is anyone surprised a biological male is stronger than a biological female?
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A male athlete has set yet another women’s national record in Canadian powerlifting.
Anne Andres — a biological male who identifies as a woman — won first place in the Canadian Powerlifting Union’s 2023 Western Canadian Championship on Sunday. There, Andres set both a Canadian women’s national record and an unofficial women’s world powerlifting record.
Competing in the Female Masters Unequipped category, Andres totaled 597.5 kg (1,317 pounds) (squat + bench press + deadlift). For comparison, runner-up SuJan Gil totaled only 387.5 kg (854 pounds).
Is anyone surprised a biological male is stronger than a biological female?
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📈 Canadian inflation jumps in July, raising prospect of another interest rate hike
Canada’s annual inflation rate surged more than expected to 3.3 per cent in July as core measures eyed by the central bank remained stubbornly high, data showed on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood of another interest rate increase.
Analysts had forecast inflation would rise to 3.0 per cent from the 27-month low of 2.8 per cent recorded in June. The consumer price index was up 0.6 per cent on a month-over-month basis, Statistics Canada said, also higher than a forecast of a 0.3 per cent gain.
Statscan said the rise in headline inflation was mainly attributable to a base-year effect in gasoline prices, as a large monthly decline in July 2022 was no longer affecting the 12-month movement.
The Bank of Canada projected in July that inflation would hover around 3 per cent for about a year, before creeping down to its 2 per cent target by the middle of 2025.
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Canada’s annual inflation rate surged more than expected to 3.3 per cent in July as core measures eyed by the central bank remained stubbornly high, data showed on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood of another interest rate increase.
Analysts had forecast inflation would rise to 3.0 per cent from the 27-month low of 2.8 per cent recorded in June. The consumer price index was up 0.6 per cent on a month-over-month basis, Statistics Canada said, also higher than a forecast of a 0.3 per cent gain.
Statscan said the rise in headline inflation was mainly attributable to a base-year effect in gasoline prices, as a large monthly decline in July 2022 was no longer affecting the 12-month movement.
The Bank of Canada projected in July that inflation would hover around 3 per cent for about a year, before creeping down to its 2 per cent target by the middle of 2025.
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💉🍫Government-funded drug site offers chocolate for dirty needles
▪️On Monday, the South Riverdale Community Health Clinic (SRCHC), quietly took down a poster from their front door offering chocolate in exchange for needles and issued an apology.
“Got Sharps? Want Chocolate?” read the poster. “For every full sharps container you return to COUNTERfit, we’ll give you a chocolate bar.”
COUNTERfit is a harm reduction program for women run by the SRCHC. The centre also runs a safe-injection site and a so-called safe-supply program which hands out opioids along with a host of other programs.
Jason Altenberg, CEO of SRCHC, said the poster never should have gone up. He said that the harm-reduction team has long encouraged clients to bring back used needles, but that this went too far.
▪️The poster was up over the weekend and only came down after a local mother tweeted a photo in disbelief after walking past the centre. The photo was viewed more than 325,000 times over the course of the next 24 hours, even garnering the attention of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“This is an actual sign from a drug-consumption site in Toronto. What is happening in Canada?” Poilievre posted in response to the photo.
#Ontario #Poilievre
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▪️On Monday, the South Riverdale Community Health Clinic (SRCHC), quietly took down a poster from their front door offering chocolate in exchange for needles and issued an apology.
“Got Sharps? Want Chocolate?” read the poster. “For every full sharps container you return to COUNTERfit, we’ll give you a chocolate bar.”
COUNTERfit is a harm reduction program for women run by the SRCHC. The centre also runs a safe-injection site and a so-called safe-supply program which hands out opioids along with a host of other programs.
Jason Altenberg, CEO of SRCHC, said the poster never should have gone up. He said that the harm-reduction team has long encouraged clients to bring back used needles, but that this went too far.
▪️The poster was up over the weekend and only came down after a local mother tweeted a photo in disbelief after walking past the centre. The photo was viewed more than 325,000 times over the course of the next 24 hours, even garnering the attention of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“This is an actual sign from a drug-consumption site in Toronto. What is happening in Canada?” Poilievre posted in response to the photo.
#Ontario #Poilievre
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🏠 Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver tops $3,000 a month
The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is now more than $3,000 a month, according to the latest report from Rentals website.
That’s a 16 per cent jump from the same time last year and a grim new record for the city.
The average two-bedroom apartment is renting for $3,918 or $47,016 a year. That means two people with an average before-tax household income of $96,423 would be spending almost half their earnings on rent.
Some Vancouver businesses have been forced to close, saying “runaway housing costs” make it impossible to pay staff appropriately.
#BritishColumbia #housing
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The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is now more than $3,000 a month, according to the latest report from Rentals website.
That’s a 16 per cent jump from the same time last year and a grim new record for the city.
The average two-bedroom apartment is renting for $3,918 or $47,016 a year. That means two people with an average before-tax household income of $96,423 would be spending almost half their earnings on rent.
Some Vancouver businesses have been forced to close, saying “runaway housing costs” make it impossible to pay staff appropriately.
#BritishColumbia #housing
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Elementary school teachers in Ontario to hold strike votes
The union representing elementary school teachers in Ontario is preparing to ask its members for a mandate to strike after a “lack of sufficient progress” in negotiations with the Ford government.
On Monday, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced it would hold in-person meetings to conduct strike votes and “address bargaining issues.”
The meetings, the union said, will be held across Ontario from mid-September to mid-October.
The union said the government had “refused to engage in any meaningful discussions” about ETFO’s school priorities, including compensation, hiring practises, working conditions and smaller class sizes.
#Ontario
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The union representing elementary school teachers in Ontario is preparing to ask its members for a mandate to strike after a “lack of sufficient progress” in negotiations with the Ford government.
On Monday, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced it would hold in-person meetings to conduct strike votes and “address bargaining issues.”
The meetings, the union said, will be held across Ontario from mid-September to mid-October.
The union said the government had “refused to engage in any meaningful discussions” about ETFO’s school priorities, including compensation, hiring practises, working conditions and smaller class sizes.
#Ontario
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💉Frequency of medical aid in dying continues to rise in Quebec
The head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are no longer being seen as a last resort.
Quebecers have stopped seeing MAID as an exceptional procedure for people with incurable illnesses whose suffering is unbearable, Dr. Michel Bureau said in a recent interview.
“We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,” said Bureau, head of Commission sur les soins de fin de vie, which reports to the legislature.
🔹Quebec is on track to finish the year with seven per cent of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted, Bureau said. “That’s more than anywhere else in the world: 4.5 times more than Switzerland, three times more than Belgium, more than the Netherlands. It’s two times more than Ontario.”
Earlier this month, Bureau’s commission sent a memo to doctors reminding them that only patients who have a serious and incurable disease, who are suffering and who have experienced irreversible decline in their condition can receive MAID.
The memo reminded doctors that the procedure must be independently approved by two physicians, and that doctors shouldn’t “shop” for a favourable second opinion.
With each passing year, the boundaries of what is allowed and what is humane are blurring more and more. Surprisingly, Quebec has decided to lead the growing trend of medical assistance in dying.
#Quebec #MAID
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The head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are no longer being seen as a last resort.
Quebecers have stopped seeing MAID as an exceptional procedure for people with incurable illnesses whose suffering is unbearable, Dr. Michel Bureau said in a recent interview.
“We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,” said Bureau, head of Commission sur les soins de fin de vie, which reports to the legislature.
🔹Quebec is on track to finish the year with seven per cent of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted, Bureau said. “That’s more than anywhere else in the world: 4.5 times more than Switzerland, three times more than Belgium, more than the Netherlands. It’s two times more than Ontario.”
Earlier this month, Bureau’s commission sent a memo to doctors reminding them that only patients who have a serious and incurable disease, who are suffering and who have experienced irreversible decline in their condition can receive MAID.
The memo reminded doctors that the procedure must be independently approved by two physicians, and that doctors shouldn’t “shop” for a favourable second opinion.
With each passing year, the boundaries of what is allowed and what is humane are blurring more and more. Surprisingly, Quebec has decided to lead the growing trend of medical assistance in dying.
#Quebec #MAID
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💥Fireworks mishap results in $1M in damages at going-away party in Ontario
Police say damage is estimated at roughly $1 million after a firework tipped over and launched into a haybarn during a going away party in Central Elgin, Ont.
Roughly 50 family and friends of the property owner gathered on Sunday for a going-away party for a family member, Const. Brett Phair explained.
No injuries were reported but roughly $1 million in damage was done to “buildings, farm implements, and other equipment” impacted by the fire.
#Ontario
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Police say damage is estimated at roughly $1 million after a firework tipped over and launched into a haybarn during a going away party in Central Elgin, Ont.
Roughly 50 family and friends of the property owner gathered on Sunday for a going-away party for a family member, Const. Brett Phair explained.
No injuries were reported but roughly $1 million in damage was done to “buildings, farm implements, and other equipment” impacted by the fire.
#Ontario
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Trudeau's evolution
2015: “prioritize investment in affordable housing”
2021: “first home out of reach, it’s time to change that”
2023: “housing isn't a primary federal responsibility”
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2015: “prioritize investment in affordable housing”
2021: “first home out of reach, it’s time to change that”
2023: “housing isn't a primary federal responsibility”
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🩺 Half of Canadians do not have a doctor, or battle for appointments: survey
In the midst of a family doctor shortage across the country, half of Canadians do not have a primary care physician or have difficulty securing a timely appointment with their current one, according to a recent survey.
The survey, released Thursday by Angus Reid Institute and the Canadian Medical Association, found that one in five Canadians said they don’t have a family doctor.
For those fortunate enough to have one, the struggle persists, as 29 per cent of respondents said it was difficult to get an appointment. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents said it usually takes a few days to get an appointment with their family doctor, while 15 per cent said they get in right away.
Among Canadians who do not have a family physician, 26 per cent have abandoned their search, while another 38 per cent have been looking for more than a year, the survey found.
#healthcare
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In the midst of a family doctor shortage across the country, half of Canadians do not have a primary care physician or have difficulty securing a timely appointment with their current one, according to a recent survey.
The survey, released Thursday by Angus Reid Institute and the Canadian Medical Association, found that one in five Canadians said they don’t have a family doctor.
For those fortunate enough to have one, the struggle persists, as 29 per cent of respondents said it was difficult to get an appointment. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents said it usually takes a few days to get an appointment with their family doctor, while 15 per cent said they get in right away.
Among Canadians who do not have a family physician, 26 per cent have abandoned their search, while another 38 per cent have been looking for more than a year, the survey found.
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🇨🇳🇨🇦 China snubs Canada as it lifts travel bans
China – a major source of outbound tourists – has left Canada off a list of countries now approved for travel by tour groups, its embassy in Ottawa said.
Last week Beijing lifted a Covid-era ban on group tours to dozens of countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and Australia, but not Canada.
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement that the reason behind the snub was “the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called ‘Chinese interference’.” China-Canada relations hit a new low this year amid accusations of Chinese meddling in Canadian elections and the attempted intimidation of MPs that led to the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat in May.
#China #Canada
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China – a major source of outbound tourists – has left Canada off a list of countries now approved for travel by tour groups, its embassy in Ottawa said.
Last week Beijing lifted a Covid-era ban on group tours to dozens of countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and Australia, but not Canada.
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement that the reason behind the snub was “the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called ‘Chinese interference’.” China-Canada relations hit a new low this year amid accusations of Chinese meddling in Canadian elections and the attempted intimidation of MPs that led to the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat in May.
#China #Canada
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🇨🇳🇨🇦 China says “never interfered” in Canadian elections
China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections. The Chinese Consulate-General in a statement said the accusations “will damage the friendship and interests of the peoples…
China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections. The Chinese Consulate-General in a statement said the accusations “will damage the friendship and interests of the peoples…
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🇺🇸Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poison-laced letter to Trump
A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump.
Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until Thursday.
The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
She was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in September 2020 and charged with sending Trump a threatening letter laced with the homemade poison ricin.
The letter, intercepted two months before the 2020 presidential election, described Trump as an “ugly tyrant clown” and urged him to give up the race.
#Quebec #US
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A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump.
Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until Thursday.
The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
She was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in September 2020 and charged with sending Trump a threatening letter laced with the homemade poison ricin.
The letter, intercepted two months before the 2020 presidential election, described Trump as an “ugly tyrant clown” and urged him to give up the race.
#Quebec #US
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🏥 Study found 49% increase in patients who are dying while on surgery wait list
Data analyzed by a think tank found the number of Canadian patients who died while awaiting surgery has increased by 49% year-over year.
▪️Analysts found that in the fiscal year from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, 2,096 patients died while awaiting surgery – in the previous fiscal year that number was 1,417 patients.
Data from the same year-over-year comparison also revealed that deaths of those waiting for a diagnostic scan (MRI/CT) have also risen by 27% and cardiac surgical wait list deaths are up by 17%.
▪️Government data shows that despite spending more and more money, there has been a steady increase in waiting list deaths in Ontario over the past seven years.
For example, Ontario spent an average of $4,057 per patient on healthcare in 2015/2016 and by 2022-23 the province spent $5,400 per patient, according to data from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That is an increase of about 8% higher than the rate of inflation.
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Data analyzed by a think tank found the number of Canadian patients who died while awaiting surgery has increased by 49% year-over year.
▪️Analysts found that in the fiscal year from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, 2,096 patients died while awaiting surgery – in the previous fiscal year that number was 1,417 patients.
Data from the same year-over-year comparison also revealed that deaths of those waiting for a diagnostic scan (MRI/CT) have also risen by 27% and cardiac surgical wait list deaths are up by 17%.
▪️Government data shows that despite spending more and more money, there has been a steady increase in waiting list deaths in Ontario over the past seven years.
For example, Ontario spent an average of $4,057 per patient on healthcare in 2015/2016 and by 2022-23 the province spent $5,400 per patient, according to data from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That is an increase of about 8% higher than the rate of inflation.
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🇨🇦🇨🇳 Canadian minister urged to quit Chinese government advisory body chaired by senior member of Politburo
The federal Conservatives are calling on Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to resign his position on an advisory group to the Chinese government – a body chaired by a former chief of staff to President Xi Jinping – and to end Canadian funding to this organization that instructs Beijing on green development.
Mr. Guilbeault is headed to China in late August on a diplomatic mission to participate in the annual general meeting of this council. He currently serves as an executive vice-chairperson, according to its website. He will be the first Canadian minister to visit the Asian country since 2019.
“Not only has China wrongfully detained our citizens and meddled in our democracy but it’s now using our good name to burnish its reputation on the environment,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said Thursday.
“We need to engage with China. We need to indicate our point of view to them,” he said. “But a Canadian minister of the Crown should not be sitting as executive vice-chairperson and giving it the prestige of Canada’s good name on environmental issues while at the same time China is massively increasing construction of coal-fired plants.”
Canada has donated or pledged more than $16-million to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2017, according to information provided by the federal government.
#China
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The federal Conservatives are calling on Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to resign his position on an advisory group to the Chinese government – a body chaired by a former chief of staff to President Xi Jinping – and to end Canadian funding to this organization that instructs Beijing on green development.
Mr. Guilbeault is headed to China in late August on a diplomatic mission to participate in the annual general meeting of this council. He currently serves as an executive vice-chairperson, according to its website. He will be the first Canadian minister to visit the Asian country since 2019.
“Not only has China wrongfully detained our citizens and meddled in our democracy but it’s now using our good name to burnish its reputation on the environment,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said Thursday.
“We need to engage with China. We need to indicate our point of view to them,” he said. “But a Canadian minister of the Crown should not be sitting as executive vice-chairperson and giving it the prestige of Canada’s good name on environmental issues while at the same time China is massively increasing construction of coal-fired plants.”
Canada has donated or pledged more than $16-million to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2017, according to information provided by the federal government.
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Thousands ordered to evacuate in B.C.'s Okanagan
A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C. More than 2,400 properties are under an evacuation order and more than 4,800 properties under an evacuation alert due to the encroaching McDougall Creek wildfire.
The City of Kelowna and Westbank First Nation have also declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek wildfire.
#BritishColumbia #wildfires
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A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C. More than 2,400 properties are under an evacuation order and more than 4,800 properties under an evacuation alert due to the encroaching McDougall Creek wildfire.
The City of Kelowna and Westbank First Nation have also declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek wildfire.
#BritishColumbia #wildfires
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