Catholic Schools can [finally] take a victory lap

[GTranslate]TORONTO – February 25, 2021. Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada (SOC) decision re the Theodore school question in Saskatchewan offers an insight into constitutionally guaranteed denominational rights and the primacy of the Constitution over subordinate (inferior) legislation.

Lawyers will rush to “differentiate” the issues under consideration and the consequential implications. It is what they are trained to do – much like critics who “parse” sentences and literary works. Continue reading

México exige $500 mdd a First Majestic Silver Corp
AMLO busca apoyo de Canadá para que la minera pague impuestos

El presidente de México pidió al gobierno canadiense a través de su Embajada en México su apoyo para que la minera canadiense First Majestic Silver Corp cubra sus obligaciones fiscales que calcula en 500 millones de dólares.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) dijo: “Ojalá y el Embajador de Canadá en México los convoque a que entren en razón. No podemos permitir que no paguen impuestos”, y agregó: “En Canadá como en cualquier país se paga por la extracción del mineral; nosotros no queremos aumentar los impuestos, sólo queremos que paguen”. Continue reading

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 109 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 84 million have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 17, 2021, at 10:30am (EST).

DIFFICULTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES. ” MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”

TAGALOG VERSE  (KAHIRAPAN SA PHILIPINAS). “TAGUMPAY LAYUNIN

Ang pag uwi ko sa Pilipinas ay upang bisitahin ang tattlo kong matatadang maga kapatid na may karamdaman. Nang ako’y dumating noong Enero 2020, pinuntahan ko agad ang lalaki kong kapatid na naatake sa puso at hindi nakakapagsalita at hindi nakakatayo. Patay ang kalahating katawan at naka “wheelchair”. Nakilala ako at masaya siyang makita ako. Pagkatapos doon, iyon kapatid ko naman babae ang pinuntahan ko na di kalayuan ang bahay niya. Siya ay tuwangtuwa nang nakita ako. Tinanong ko siya kung may balita sa isa pang babae na kapatid naming, na may sakit na alziemers. Ang sagot ay wala. Continue reading

The two lives
of prisoners of war

[GTranslate]SACCO (Salerno) – There have been men who have lived several lives, despite themselves. Lives that are also radically different from each other. “Jokes” of the war, one would say in the case of Giuseppe Polito, born in Sacco (a town in the province of Salerno) in 1914, Italian until 1941, then Indian and Australian until 1946 and, finally, again Italian for the rest of his days. Continue reading

Update of the Covid-19 Landscape

[GTranslate]Globally, there have been over 110 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data.  Since the start of the pandemic, over 86 million people have recovered and more than 2.4 million fatalities were attributable to the virus.

Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of February 20, 2021, at 11:00 am (EST).

Adiós al spring break
Trudeau suspende vuelos e impacta a México, El Caribe… y a Canadá

Desde el inicio del 2021, Canadá comenzó a exigir que todos los residentes y viajeros presenten una prueba negativa de Covid-19 antes de su salida a Canadá. Pero desde México, que forma junto a Canadá y Estados Unidos el tratado comercial T-MEC, y los países del Caribe no hay siquiera vuelos.

El primer ministro canadiense, Justin Trudeau, anunció las nuevas restricciones de viaje diciendo que todas las aerolíneas, incluyendo Air Canada, estuvieron de acuerdo en cancelar “todos los destinos del Caribe y México” hasta el 30 de abril. Continue reading