Welcome to the Canadian National Multilingual News Group (CNMNG). This is a project made possible through funding by Canadian Heritage. CNMNG aims to gather news researched and written by a corps of Canadian-based journalists/writers from the country’s multilingual community groups. The overall goal is to inform, analyze and critique the issues of the day in a professional manner and to provide that to publishers and editors active in the ethnocultural-multilingual press and media whose experience provides them with a perspective that is sensitive to news relevant to their own language group.
TORONTO – David Johnston’s resignation pushes Canada’s political class on their heels and disrupts both the government and the opposition. The decision by the former Governor General of Canada to relinquish the post of independent Special Rapporteur in the controversial story of Chinese interference has created a sort of short circuit in Ottawa. The Prime Minister will be forced to indicate the next steps to untangle this complicated mess.
TORONTO – Niente commissione d’inchiesta, via libera a udienze pubbliche sulle interferenze estere. È questa la raccomandazione ufficiale presentata ieri da David Johnston (nella foto sopra), incaricato dal primo ministro Justin Trudeau di districare l’ingarbugliata matassa di una vicenda che da qualche mese a questa parte sta monopolizzando il dibattito politico nel nostro Paese…
Ce mois-ci, dans sa chronique de janvier, le sénateur Loffreda (photo) écrit sur le projet de loi proposé par le gouvernement pour aider les éditeurs de nouvelles et les journalistes à recevoir une rémunération équitable pour leur travail qui est partagé sur les plateformes de géants de la technologie comme Facebook et Google. Le projet de loi C-18 est présentement devant le Sénat. →
This month, in his January column, Senator Loffreda (photo) writes about the government’s proposed bill to help news publishers and journalists receive fair compensation for their work that is being shared on the platforms of tech giants like Facebook and Google. Bill C-18 is currently before the Senate. →
TORONTO – Era il paladino dei diritti dei disabili e per tutta la sua vita ha lottato contro l’ableism, l’abilismo, cioè quel particolare razzismo nei confronti delle persone diversamente abili. Con lui se ne va, dunque, un baluardo di quei diritti: ex giornalista televisivo e ventottesimo vicepremier dell’Ontario dal 2007 al 2014, David C. Onley è morto all’età di 72 anni…
