TORONTO – Dal giro di vite annunciato lo scorso marzo, il fenomeno migratorio legato alle richieste di asilo politico cambia nella forma ma non nella sostanza. A confermarlo sono i dati forniti dall’Rcmp riguardo le domande per ottenere lo status di rifugiato politico in Canada dove viene messo in luce come l’accordo siglato dal primo ministro Justin Trudeau e il presidente americano Joe Biden in primavera non abbia fatto calare il numero delle richieste. A cambiare, invece, sono le modalità d’entrata nel nostro Paese dopo la chiusura del valico di frontiera su Roxham Road, in Quebec, dove per anni migliaia di immigrati giunti negli Stati Uniti raggiungevano il Canada per chiedere l’asilo politico…
TORONTO – May I, the start of Mental health month. Last week – it seems like yesterday – the minister for Education held a “back to basics” and “meritocracy” press conference to tout the Ontario government’s “new priorities”. The “old ones” that overlooked accountability, performance and teaching as a vocation have a litany of verifiable failures.
TORONTO – This “crisis” has been brewing for some time. All countries are sizing up what to do and how to react, as Russia keeps “pushing the envelope”. Canada will not really have much choice if actions will stem from obligations to other NATO Allies. Ukraine is not one of them.
[GTranslate]TORONTO – In the schools I attended, this maxim was often repeated by teachers to drive home the point that we should think before we act, if for no other reason than to limit unforeseen consequences. In the political arena where I engaged to discharge my civic obligations, there were “minefields galore”. (more…)