Ontario appoints Task Force to help empower women in the economy

Covid-19’s massive disruption to employment has had a significant impact on the economy. What is troubling is that women appear to be more affected by pandemic-related changes in the labour market than men. Ontario aims to change that.

On June 25, the provincial government announced new measures, through the creation of Ontario’s Task Force on Women and the Economy to help break down barriers women face in the economy.

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Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of June 26, 2021 at 4:45pm EST.

On Saturday, health officials in Poland logged 100 new infections, the lowest single day increase since the start of the pandemic. Of the cumulative 2.8 confirmed positive cases, 92.1% are considered recovered. Since yesterday, Covid-related deaths increased by 21, bringing the country’s total fatalities to 74,974.

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জোডি উইলসন-রেবল্ড অভিযোগ করতেই মন্ত্রী বেনেট ক্ষমা চাইলেন

জোডি উইলসন-রেবল্ডের আবাসিক স্কুল ও আদিবাসী অধিকার সংক্রান্ত উদ্বেগটি যে নিছক ‘পেনসন’ পাওয়া নিয়ে, এমন মন্তব্যের বিরুদ্ধে পাল্টা অভিযোগ তুলতেই গতকাল কানাডার আদিবাসী সম্পর্ক বিষয়ক মন্ত্রী ক্যারোলিন বেনেট ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করতে বাধ্য হলেন।  Continue reading

Minister Bennett apologies after Jody Wilson-Raybould accused her

Canada’s Indigenous Relation Minister, Carolyn Bennett apologized publicly to an Indigenous MP yesterday after suggesting Jody Wilson-Raybould’s concern over residential schools and Indigenous rights was really a ploy to secure a generous MP pension. “Earlier I offered my apologies directly to the MP for Vancouver-Granville. I let interpersonal dynamics get the better of me and sent an insensitive and inappropriate comment, which I deeply regret and shouldn’t have done,” Minister Bennett said in a Twitter post (in the screenshot above). Continue reading