Throne speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional
Let’s make sure we emerge as a better country.
“The way the province rescinded the coal policy from the ’70s, they
did it with no public consultation and it happened really quietly,” she
said.
“I get that we need jobs and I get that we’re struggling, but I think
that even in a desperate time we need to think long term and not forget
that what we do today will impact 50 to 100 years down the road and
it’s not just about the next 10 to 20 years.”
Canada’s hardest-hit province for COVID-19 launches plan to combat second wave
Quebec, once the country’s
hardest-hit province for COVID-19, will boost public health sector
hiring, reduce screening delays, and ensure staff like orderlies can no
longer work at multiple long-term care facilities, a practice previously
blamed for spreading the virus, Health Minister Christian Dubé told
reporters.
‘$100 billion will be needed’: Huge gap in vaccine funds to fight coronavirus, WHO says
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
“For the vaccines alone, over $100 billion will be needed,” Tedros told a briefing in Geneva.
140+ Groups Call on Trans Mountain’s Insurers to Drop the Pipeline — Insure Our Future
Insurance coverage of more than USD $500 million for the Trans Mountain pipeline expires on August 31, 2020. The insurers on track to renew their coverage include AIG, Chubb, Energy Insurance Limited, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd’s, Starr, Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting, and W.R. Berkley. They all received copies of the letter.