TORONTO – The Canadian economy lost 1,400 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in two years: this is what emerges from the monthly labor force survey report produced by Statistics Canada. →
TORONTO – The testimony of Anna Smith, chosen by journalist Natalie Stechyson of the CBC for her article published today, perfectly summarizes the situation of young Canadian couples living in Toronto: she is 27 years old and shew lives with her partner in a 500-square-metre apartment square feet (i.e. less than 50 square meters) in east Toronto for $1,550 per month. A theft, for a “hole” like that. And it is a condition that is common to many Canadians aged between 20 and 30, for whom it is already difficult to make ends meet: let alone if they had a child… and so Anna, like many other girls, delays maternity leave for two years now. A decision that she herself describes as “just heartbreaking”. →
TORONTO – Ontario prisons? Inhumane and poorly managed. It’s a disturbing picture the one painted by two class actions against the Province over the use of “lockdowns” in Ontario correctional facilities as a way to address emergencies or staffing shortages: a method used from 2009 to 2017, which allegedly caused harm both to the people detained in that period and to the immigrants who were held in those facilities waiting for their position to be clarified. Damages for which compensation is now being requested, precisely through the two collective legal actions. →
TORONTO – In Ontario, building contractors and developers are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bureaucracy-cutting measures introduced by Premier Doug Ford’s government: thanks to him, they have saved hundreds of millions of dollars a year in costs. This is what emerges from a CBC investigation which, however, in fact confirms what Ford himself had promised to do: reduce bureaucracy as much as possible to facilitate the construction of new cases. →
ROME – The 2024 JAZZ & IMAGE Festival next to Rome’s Colosseum has just kicked off. But it’s not just jazz and it’s not just a festival. It’s also a reminder that Rome’s Colosseum was built 1,944 years ago during a glorious Roman era, despite being muddied by its violent conquests and gory spectacles. →
