TORONTO – The unthinkable is happening before our very eyes. An American president and American members of Congress (primarily Democrats) are condemning Israel for ‘crossing the line’ in its Gaza political strategy. More importantly, it the USA has now ordered a hold on weaponry allocated to Israel as part of its USD 15 billion aid package for the purpose of defending ‘Israel’s right to exit’.
The Italian law, in which a Foundling cannot know his/her origins before turning 100, prioritizes the right of a mother’s privacy above all else. The legislation was initially intended to curb the abandonment of newborns and illegal abortion practices, and so was justified in the name of child welfare. This law and a book written by Nancy Newton Verrier in 2007, titled “La Ferita Primaria”, was the inspiration for Alessandro Bardani’s 2015 play and eventual film adaptation titled “Il Più Bel Secolo Della Mia Vita”. It’s a story that as Bardani puts it, “has many facets and deals with a lot”. Except in this case the origin story is kept in a secret file, by law, for 100 years.
QUEBEC – “Cancel culture” is not one-way: it can go in various directions. For example in Quebec, the new Musée National de l’Histoire du Québec will focus specifically on the history of the French-speaking Québécois nation, because what came before (Natives) “is only prehistory”. →
TORONTO – Uno dei cittadini indiani arrestati nei giorni scorsi con l’accusa di avere ucciso l’attivista Sikh separatista Hardeep Singh Nijjar è entrato in Canada utilizzando un permesso di studio “ottenuto in pochi giorni”, come lui stesso ha dichiarato in un video pubblicato su Facebook il 30 dicembre del 2019…
TORONTO – La violenza sessuale sui minori è una drammatica realtà. Ieri, durante una conferenza stampa, l’Ontario Provincial Police, ha annunciato l’arresto di 64 sospetti – 13 a Toronto – che devono rispondere di un totale di 348 accuse in relazione a una serie di indagini sullo sfruttamento sessuale minorile in tutta la provincia. Tra questi c’è l’ex dipendente del Toronto Catholic District School Board (Tcdsb) Tyler Pennells di Etobicoke…
