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Is Canada’s ‘me first’ COVID vaccine policy hurting other nations?
Dec 23, 2020 10:21A recent report by the rights group stated that all of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccines and 96 percent of Pfizer-BioNtech’s vaccine doses have been secured by rich countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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In US and Canada, migrants caring for COVID patients lack basic protections
Jul 04, 2020 08:17The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the fact that thousands of immigrant workers — asylum seekers, refugees, temporary migrant workers and others — in both Canada and the U.S. are working in jobs deemed “essential” during the coronavirus pandemic.
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World joins US protests but leaders restrained about Trump
Jun 15, 2020 14:35People have taken to the streets of Berlin, London, Paris and other cities around the world to demonstrate in support of Black Lives Matter protesters in the US and to vent anger over President Donald Trump’s response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. But at the top, the leaders of traditional allies of the US have taken pains to avoid criticizing Trump directly, walking a fine line to reconcile international diplomacy with domestic outrage.
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Global stock markets post biggest falls since 2008 financial crisis
Mar 11, 2020 11:25Global stock markets posted their steepest falls since the 2008 financial crisis after a crash in the oil price amplified concerns about the escalating economic cost of the coronavirus outbreak. Almost £125 billion was wiped off the value of the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 in the fifth-worst day in history for the index of leading UK company shares, as it plummeted by 7.7 percent to finish the day below 6,000 points, its lowest level since straight after the Brexit vote in 2016.
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Against colonial violence and land theft, indigenous activists and allies in Canada target mining industry convention in Toronto
Mar 06, 2020 16:39A demonstration is held in Canada "in solidarity with every community that has found itself staring down the barrel of a gun for daring to oppose Canada's ongoing colonial project through resource extraction." The Canadian government cannot continue to ignore these actions while also claiming commitments to reconciliation and climate action. It is long past time that Canadian politicians no longer perpetuate Canada’s shameful status quo in relation to Indigenous rights.
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Wildfires threaten North American water supplies
Feb 19, 2020 17:35In Canada and the United States, one large and severe wildfire might increase drinking water production costs by US$10 million to US$100 million. In southern California, mudslides from heavy rainfall after wildfires caused 23 deaths and produced more than US$100 million of structural damage in 2018.
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US health-care system costs four times more than Canada's single-payer system
Feb 18, 2020 22:58According to a research, the average American spent $933 in hospital administration costs, compared to $196 in Canada. Americans paid an average of $844 on insurance companies' overhead, compared to $146 in Canada. Americans spent an average of $465 for physicians' insurance-related costs, compared to $87 in Canada.
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With passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress boosts fossil fuel polluters in Mexico
Jan 24, 2020 13:39"The passage of NAFTA 2.0 is very concerning for all the efforts to confront the climate crisis and save the planet", says Manuel Perez-Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the coordinator of the Network for Justice in Global Investment in an article titled: With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters in Mexico. This article has been published in the Truthout website.
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Trump’s North America trade deal is poised to worsen climate change
Dec 20, 2019 19:11Climate advocates point to the growing problem of “outsourced” pollution — where wealthier countries like the United States and Japan take credit for improving their own domestic environmental standards, while then importing more goods from heavy-polluting countries. Critics say the current draft of USMCA does nothing meaningful to address this problem.
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Canada’s seizure, sale and disbursement of Iranian assets violate int’l law
Nov 22, 2019 09:21The recent illegal moves in Toronto by the government of President Justin Trudeau against the Islamic Republic of Iran is nothing but acts of hooliganism, says Canadian journalist Steve Rutchinski in his report for ‘GlobalResearch’, titled: “Canada’s seizure, sale and disbursement of Iranian assets violate int’l law”.