Policy and Rights

On Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the federal government's response to alleged foreign interference in Canada's federal elections. The announcement comes amid calls from the opposition parties for an public inquiry. The prime minister is joined by ministers Mélanie Joly (foreign affairs), Dominic LeBlanc (intergovernmental affairs, infrastructure and communities), Marco M...

I was deeply shocked and saddened by the devastation and suffering I saw and heard. In the Hatay province of Türkiye, almost every building has either collapsed, or is leaning dangerously. I imagined how terrifying that morning must have been, in the pitch black, the rain and snow, and the awful noise of buildings collapsing and people screaming. I visited a camp for displaced people, where I met...

Armed Israeli settlers, who have been freely rampaging in the West Bank in the last days, attacked after midnight a Palestinian ambulance transporting a 12-year-old child in the north of the occupied West Bank injuring a woman occupant, The UN Security Council has an Emergency meeting Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Budget 2023 invests in improving health and mental-health care, creating more affordable housing, growing a clean economy and delivering more help with costs – especially for families and British Columbians most affected by global inflation. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Defence Minister Anita Anand, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are among those taking part in a vigil in Toronto marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale military operation on February 24, 2022. The vigil in Toronto is one of several being held across the country to mark the sombre anniversary Become a supporter of...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He faces questions on issues including calls to close the Roxham Road unofficial border crossing in Quebec and alleged foreign interference in Canadian federal elections. (February 22, 2023) Canada's foreign affairs minister Mélanie Joly delivers remarks in New York as she takes part in a United Nations conference on...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a speech in Poland ahead of the one-year mark of the invasion of Ukraine and vowed that Americans would continue to counter Russian aggression. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia's year-long war in Ukraine and accused the US-led NATO alliance of fanning the flames of the conflict in the mistaken belief that it could defeat Moscow in a global confrontation. Flanked by four Russian tricolour flags, Putin told Russia's political and military elite that Russia would "carefully and consistently resolve the tasks...

As of 1 February 2023, at least 18 countries continue to report cholera cases (Table 1 A & B). As according to the seasonality patterns large parts of the world are in currently in low or interepidemic transmission period this number could increase in the months to come. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Dr. Casagranda is a Professor of Government at Austin Community College, where he teaches political science. He also focuses on public engagement - giving dozens of news interviews and speeches and writing opinion pieces on US and Middle East politics and history. He also runs the Austin School Lecture Series, which has over 3.75 million YouTube. David McCandless is a London-based author, data-jou...

A flight is scheduled to reach Damascus tonight with specialised emergency health supplies, which are vital for frontline workers as they manage casualties. In addition, we are supporting surge capacity of frontline specialised medical teams. On the morning of the earthquake, WHO immediately accessed its pre-positioned supplies in the northwest and Aleppo, making treatment of major injuries immedi...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference in Ottawa at the conclusion of his meeting with Canada's premiers aimed at reaching a federal-provincial agreement on health-care funding. The federal government has offered an increase of $196.1 billion over 10 years, including $46.2 billion in new funding. Ministers Chrystia Freeland (finance), Jean-Yves Duclos (health) and Carolyn Bennett (m...

almost 8,000 people have died, many thousands more are injured and we know these numbers will climb. With the weather conditions and ongoing aftershocks, we’re in a race against time to save lives. People need shelter, food, clean water and medical care, for injuries resulting from the earthquake, but also for other health needs. WHO has released US$3 million from the Contingency Fund for Emergenc...

Press briefing by Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations and Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, Permanent Representative of Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

The Honourable Janet Austin, OBC, Lieutenant Governor will open the fourth session of the 42nd Parliament of British Columbia and read the speech from the throne. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

On Parliament Hill, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh renews his call for increased federal investments in the health-care system, with a particular focus on the hiring of more front-line medical workers. The news conference comes ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting on health care with Canada's premiers on February 7. Singh is joined by JP Hornick, president of the Ontario Public Service Emplo...

Yves-François Blanchet, the leader of the Bloc Québécois, and Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s first special representative on combatting Islamophobia, give brief remarks ahead of their meeting in Ottawa. She apologizes for her past comments about Quebec's secularism law and Islamophobia in the province. Elghawaby has faced calls for her resignation due to her comments. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau anno...

Good afternoon, everyone; nice to see so many faces. So, on Afghanistan, this morning, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, briefed Members on the humanitarian situation in the country — and on his recent visit to the country — as part of an Inter-Agency Standing Committee mission. Mr. Griffiths said that they told the de facto authorities that a 24 December 2022...

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement regarding the BC Coroner’s Service’s year-end report: “The toxic-drug crisis continues to devastate our province. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Located in the remote wilderness southeast of Revelstoke, the new Incomappleux Conservancy spans more than 58,000 hectares and is part of B.C.’s rare inland temperate rainforest where some old-growth cedar and hemlock trees are estimated to be four metres (13 feet) in diameter and more than 1,000 years old. The forest supports more than 250 lichen species, including some that are new to science, a...

As you know, this week is Data Privacy Week, and today we have released the results of our investigation into Home Depot Canada’s sharing of customer information with Meta Platforms, which operates Facebook. Our key finding, and an important reminder for all organizations, is that when a customer chooses to receive an electronic receipt instead of a printed one, they are not consenting to have the...

Anil Arora (chief statistician of Canada, Statistic Canada), Kevin Milligan (professor of economics, University of British Columbia) and Carolyn Wilkins (senior research scholar, Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University) speak to reporters on the country’s economic situation after having briefed a meeting of the federal cabinet in Hamilton, Ontario. Become a supporter of t...

Since then, 43 countries have implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat, with some 2.8 million people now protected, a nearly six-fold increase. However, the elimination goal currently remains unattainable. “Trans fat has no known benefit, and huge health risks that incur huge costs for health systems,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General. “By contrast, elimin...

Best-practices policies towards this goal follow specific criteria established by WHO and limit industrially produced trans fat in all settings. Alternatives include limiting trans fat to two grammes per 100 grammes of total fat in all foods, and mandatory national bans on the production or use of partially hydrogenated oils – a major source of trans fat – as an ingredient in foods. Currently, nin...

It has almost been one year since the Russian Federation invaded the Ukrainian border. The attacks are unrelenting and are reported to be brutal in nature. the destruction of civilian sites and the blocking of humanitarian efforts are thought to be criminal. Minster Anita Anand is promising not only Canadian support to defend Ukraine but also states that Russia and Putin will be held accountable f...