কেন্দ্রীয় লিবারেল তাদের টরন্টোর স্পাদাইনা-ফোর্ট ইয়র্ক রাইডিংয়ে মনোনীত প্রার্থী কেভিন ভং-কে পরিত্যাগের ঘোষণা দিয়েছে, এমনকী সে সোমবার নির্বাচিত হলেও তাকে লিবারেল ককাসে স্থান দেবে না বলে আজ সকালে জানিয়েছে। কারণ, টরন্টো স্টার তাদের এক অনুসন্ধানী প্রতিবেদনে কেভিনের বিরুদ্ধে ২০১৯ সালে এক নারীকে যৌন হয়রানির মামলাটি জনসমক্ষে তুলে ধরে, যা পরে অবশ্য সেই নারী ‘আগ্রহ হারিয়ে ফেলায়’ সরকার পক্ষ থেকে তা বাদ দেয়া হয়, যদিও সেই নারী এখনও তার ঘটনার সত্যতার বিষয়ে অবিচল রয়েছেন। →
TORONTO – The federal Liberals have dropped their nominated candidate, Kevin Vuong in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York, and he will not be a member of their party’s caucus if he is elected Monday, after the Toronto Star revealed that he was charged with sexual assault of a woman in 2019, who actually told the Crown prosecutor in the case that she “didn’t have the energy” to proceed with a trial process but maintained her allegations are true. →
TORONTO – Il distretto elettorale di Vaughan-Woodbridge si trova lungo il confine sud-occidentale della regione di York. È stato creato dalla ridistribuzione dei confini elettorali del 2012 e comprende il quartiere di Woodbridge e parte della città di Vaughan. La circoscrizione ospita la più alta concentrazione di italocanadesi in Canada. Con una popolazione residente di 105.228 residenti (censimento 2016), più della metà – 55.960 abitanti – si identifica come italiana. Ciò rappresenta il 53% della popolazione della zona…
TORONTO – Parte la carica degli italocanadesi candidati in questa tornata elettorale. In tutto sono 69 i politici di origine italiana in cerca di un seggio, concentrati come sempre in Ontario e in Quebec ma presenti anche nelle altre province canadesi. Anche in queste elezioni i rappresentanti della nostra comunità si sono candidati in tutti i principali partiti federali…
TORONTO – Ognuno si è fatto la propria idea. I seggi anticipati sono chiusi. Hanno votato più cittadini del previsto: 5.780.000 secondo l’ultima stima di Elections Canada (una media di poco più di 17.100 votanti per circoscrizione) rispetto alle passate elezioni. In effetti, ciò rappresenta un aumento del 18,48% rispetto all’affluenza alle urne anticipate nelle ultime elezioni…