Quebec nationalism push poses election challenge for Justin Trudeau: This month, Legault vowed to amend Canada’s Constitution to recognize
French as Quebec’s only official language and to call Quebec a “nation”
to underscore its distinct status, not to assert that it is a separate
state.

Legault said he would do so through a rarely invoked
authority to unilaterally change parts of the Constitution that affect
just one province. The move is largely symbolic, since French is already
the province’s only official language and the federal Parliament in
2006 recognized Quebec as a nation inside Canada.

Quebec nationalism push poses election challenge for Justin Trudeau: This month, Legault vowed to amend Canada’s Constitution to recognize
French as Quebec’s only official language and to call Quebec a “nation”
to underscore its distinct status, not to assert that it is a separate
state.Legault said he would do so through a rarely invoked
authority to unilaterally change parts of the Constitution that affect
just one province. The move is largely symbolic, since French is already
the province’s only official language and the federal Parliament in
2006 recognized Quebec as a nation inside Canada.Read More

Federal government will pay up to $5,000 if you make your home more energy efficient | CBC News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Natural
Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan rolled out the Canada Greener Homes
Grants program today — worth about $2.6 billion over seven years — to
help homeowners upgrade heaters, install solar panels and replace
windows and doors.

Homeowners
will be able to receive grants of up to $5,000 to make energy efficient
retrofits to their primary residences, and up to $600 to help with the
cost of home energy evaluations.

People across the country will be able to apply online starting today.
An application starts with an energy evaluation by a certified adviser.
That adviser visits an applicant’s home and determines which
energy-saving measures would qualify for reimbursement.

Federal government will pay up to $5,000 if you make your home more energy efficient | CBC News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Natural
Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan rolled out the Canada Greener Homes
Grants program today — worth about $2.6 billion over seven years — to
help homeowners upgrade heaters, install solar panels and replace
windows and doors.Homeowners
will be able to receive grants of up to $5,000 to make energy efficient
retrofits to their primary residences, and up to $600 to help with the
cost of home energy evaluations.People across the country will be able to apply online starting today.
An application starts with an energy evaluation by a certified adviser.
That adviser visits an applicant’s home and determines which
energy-saving measures would qualify for reimbursement.Read More

In New Film, Greta Thunberg Connects the Dots Between Animal Exploitation, Climate Crisis, Pandemics: A quarter of fossil fuel emissions come from agriculture and land use, Thunberg explains in the film, and although 83% of the world’s agricultural land
is used to feed livestock with soy, corn, and wheat — which could be
used to feed people — livestock only provide 18% of human’s calories.

“It
just doesn’t make sense,” Thunberg says in the film. “The land
requirements of meat and dairy production are equivalent to North and
South America combined… We have industrialized life on Earth.”

In New Film, Greta Thunberg Connects the Dots Between Animal Exploitation, Climate Crisis, Pandemics: A quarter of fossil fuel emissions come from agriculture and land use, Thunberg explains in the film, and although 83% of the world’s agricultural land
is used to feed livestock with soy, corn, and wheat — which could be
used to feed people — livestock only provide 18% of human’s calories. “It
just doesn’t make sense,” Thunberg says in the film. “The land
requirements of meat and dairy production are equivalent to North and
South America combined… We have industrialized life on Earth.”Read More

Retiring Supreme Court judge Abella on dangers of populism, the role of the courts and a cherished family life:

“We’ve demonized the words of democracy, we’ve replaced majority,
minority relationships and the balancing with populism, with
authoritarianism, with crushing the media, crushing the independence of
the judiciary, crushing the independence of the bar and the rights of
minorities And we read about it all the time and we worry about it all
the time and nothing happens.”

Retiring Supreme Court judge Abella on dangers of populism, the role of the courts and a cherished family life:
“We’ve demonized the words of democracy, we’ve replaced majority,
minority relationships and the balancing with populism, with
authoritarianism, with crushing the media, crushing the independence of
the judiciary, crushing the independence of the bar and the rights of
minorities And we read about it all the time and we worry about it all
the time and nothing happens.”Read More

One year after George Floyd’s death, where does ‘defund the police’ stand in Canada?:
Supporters say defunding the police isn’t about eliminating police
departments or gutting police budgets. They say it is about addressing
systemic problems in policing and redistributing some of their funding
to other areas of communities, including mental health supports, housing
and education.

While the idea of defunding the police is not a new one, Haag said 

Floyd’s death gave it a focus and audience it had yet to see, including
in Canada.

However, he says defunding the police here is going to be a “somewhat
long-term process” compared to cities in the United States.

One year after George Floyd’s death, where does ‘defund the police’ stand in Canada?:
Supporters say defunding the police isn’t about eliminating police
departments or gutting police budgets. They say it is about addressing
systemic problems in policing and redistributing some of their funding
to other areas of communities, including mental health supports, housing
and education.
While the idea of defunding the police is not a new one, Haag said
Floyd’s death gave it a focus and audience it had yet to see, including
in Canada.
However, he says defunding the police here is going to be a “somewhat
long-term process” compared to cities in the United States.Read More