Policy and Rights

"Strengthening women’s resilience and leadership as a path to peace in regions plagued by armed groups" under the agenda item "Women and peace and security". The meeting is an opportunity for all Member States to share specific examples of how they are supporting women’s resilience in conflict-affected countries and their capacity to contribute to peace and security. In June 2022, the Secretary-Ge...

Briefing Security Council on Central African Republic, Mission Head Voices Concern Over Resurgence of Armed Groups, Despite Progress in Restoring State Authority Valentine Rugwabiza, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), expressed her co...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participates in a conversation in Ottawa with Bloomberg News senior climate reporter Akshat Rathi as part of the Canadian Climate Institute’s second annual conference on climate change. Susannah Goshko, the United Kingdom's high commissioner to Canada, provides opening remarks. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--333...

Country’s Foreign Minister Stresses Population Surviving, Not Living, Urging Support for Haitian National Police to Tackle Gang Violence, Humanitarian Crisis With the spread of cholera exacerbating the ongoing security, humanitarian, economic, and… … humanitarian, economic, and political crisis faced by Haiti, the Security Council must act — “and decisively so” — … Lime, Special Representative of...

Recorded from Kwantlen Poly Tech University the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce with Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Present an All Candidate Debate of Surrey Mayoral Race Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

From Kwantlen Poly Tech University the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce with Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Present an All Candidate Debate of Surrey Mayoral Race Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

As part of the StrongerBC Economic Plan, the B.C. government is providing more than $1.2 million to the BCAFN this year to launch the centre. It will increase the capacity of First Nations in B.C. to engage in economic priorities and initiatives highlighted in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan, distribute best practices and policy papers about economic development...

Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce host a the Surrey City Council Candidates in a debate. Questions are asked about important issues that effect the residents of Surrey BC including Affordable Housing, Surrey police Department, and transparency between public and government actions and decisions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement in solidarity with protesters in Iran: “British Columbians and people around the world stand in solidarity with Iranians calling for gender equality, human rights and freedom. “Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was arrested by police on Sept. 13 in Tehran for showing her hair under her headscarf. Three days later, she was dead. “Amini’...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presents awards for teaching excellence at a ceremony in Ottawa. These awards honour Canadian elementary and secondary school teachers in all disciplines for educational achievements. Karina Gould (minister of families, children and social development) and Andy Filmore (parliamentary secretary to the minister of innovation, science and industry) are also in attendance...

Marc Cortez is a Climate Reality Advocate and the author of the forthcoming title 'Climaturity: A Journey into the Muddy Climate Middle.' Climaturity offers a new perspective on the climate controversy through the pragmatic lens of a long-time renewable energy industry veteran.  Part science, part satire and part snark, he takes a stand against the climate panic movement.   He advocates for a tran...

Firefighters are not only heroes serving their community, but also husbands, wives, parents, siblings, friends and neighbours, who run toward danger while we seek safety. The physical and mental costs of this bravery are known all too well by firefighters and their loved ones. We owe them our gratitude and so much more. “B.C. firefighters have been asking for greater protection on the job and our...

Despite consensus by key signatories on a road map to complete South Sudan’s democratic transition to elections and a new Government, the country’s humanitarian situation is more dire than ever, with increasing violence and sexual assaults, the Government struggling to fulfil terms of the peace accord, and the entire country facing devastating food insecurity, briefers told the Security Council to...

Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. She will be joined by Leonardo Garnier, the Special Advisor to the Secretary-General for the Transforming Education Summit, and Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s [United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization] Assistant Director-General for Education. They will be here to brief you on the Transforming Education Summit, which as you know, some...

Join Nathan Cullen, Minister of Municipal Affairs, as he addresses the Union of BC Municipalities. The Province is providing $62 million to the City of Abbotsford to build a new well and water-treatment system to ensure a reliable, resilient water service for more than 165,000 people in response to growing climate-related threats. “We’re creating a new, resilient water supply that will help ensure...

Joint press stakeout with Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations and Pakistan Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, at Foreign Ministry in Islamabad https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/p.. . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

Pierre Poilievre delivers an address in Ottawa at the Conservative party's first national caucus meeting since he won the leadership on September 10, 2022. The long-time MP and former cabinet minister secured 68.15 per cent of electoral points on the first ballot. The caucus meeting comes ahead of the return of Parliament on September 20. Before addressing caucus, Poilievre and his wife Anaida tak...

In 1987, 21-year-old guitarist Leo Schofield was pursuing his rockstar dreams when his teenage wife Michelle was found dead in a phosphate mining pit in Lakeland, Florida. Two years later, Schofield was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder he has always denied. Fifteen years after Schofield’s conviction, previously unidentified fingerprints from Michelle’s car matched Jeremy Sc...

The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 3¼%, with the Bank Rate at 3½% and the deposit rate at 3¼%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening. The global and Canadian economies are evolving broadly in line with the Bank’s July projection. The effects of COVID-19 outbreaks, ongoing supply disruptions, and the war in Ukraine continue to dampen...

Recalling previous Council discussions on how the war in Ukraine is not only devastating that country but also endangering regional and global stability, she pointed out that the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons could not produce a substantive outcome after consensus was blocked because of issues related to the war. This failure is th...

The UN’s Chiefs of Police Summit kicked off in New York, bringing together senior Government and police officials to deliberate on the contribution of the UN Police to sustainable peace and development. Speaking to journalists today (1 Sep) in New York, the Police Adviser and Director of the UN Police Division, Luís Carrilho, said “the Member States have been particularly interested in hearing abo...

n Calgary, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference after touring a transport facility. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .

“When people have a home of their own, whether they rent or they own, they are better able to invest in themselves, and invest in their communities. Our government understands that it is only by investing in people, that we can grow our economy. Tackling housing affordability is a complex problem and there is no one silver bullet, but announcements like today’s give more people a place to call hom...

Restrictions on fundamental human rights and freedoms — especially for women and girls — are exacerbating the bleak humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, senior United Nations officials told the Security Council today, as members diverged over the international community’s optimal level of engagement with the Taliban in light of such repression. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Human...

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait, reflected on the progress made by the fund: “ECW’s solid results in our first five years of operation are proof of concept that we can turn the tide and empower the most marginalized girls and boys in crises with the hope, protection and opportunity of quality education.” In terms of resource accessibility, last year ECW mobilized a record-breakin...