Photo credit; New York Times Despite a looming population, Canada has yet to see growth in the number of businesses that operate. Statistics Canada (Stat. Can.) data shows active businesses were unchanged in July. With companies continuing to close faster than those opening, the problem may intensify as the global economy weakens. Canada’s business community continues…
Photo credit: the seatle times Migrant encounters at the US-Mexico border have reached a four-year low. AP reports that, however, days before the US election, in which immigration is a major issue, migrants have continued pouring into Mexico. Although US authorities are giving much credit to their Mexican counterparts for stemming the flow, organized crime…
Photo credit: Radio Canada The federal government has said it won’t interfere with Quebec’s new law allowing people to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID), though some doctors in the province are opposed. Source: CBC
Photo credit: France 24 When Mr Trump called Nigeria a shit hole country, he conveniently forgot to tell the world that he is a shit hole president. Or what manner of man could become the president of the most powerful president in the world and then proceed to become a bull in a chinaware shop?…
Photo credit: CBC A final report into missing children and unmasked graves at residential schools is calling on the Canadian government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous children. Global News reports that the report also calls on the government to refer itself to the International…
Photo credit: Borneo bulletin A recent immigration crackdown aimed at curbing immigration violations in Brunei has led to multiple arrests. Borneo Bulletin reports that the Law Enforcement Division of the Immigration and National Registration Department’s Kuala Belait branch recently conducted two operations under Operasi Kabat JIPK 2024. The operations targeted worker accommodations and a construction site…
Photo credit: BBC People who know me understand that I believe so much in human rights and due process. I would not normally call a person a thief until he has been declared so by a competent court of law. As a result, I detest all forms of media trial. I hate jungle justice more….
