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We begin today with the war on hate and the fact that new tools are needed. A professor of constitutional and international law said none of Canada’s major political parties is bringing anything new to the table to curb the rise of hate crime in the country. The Liberal government has presented itself as the champion of diversity, equality, and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples since coming into power in 2015. It promised action in these areas, and repeated the promise in its latest throne speech, and even in the 2021 budget. But recent hate crimes including against Muslims, Jews, and Asians have renewed pressure on the governm
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Safety at workplace
July 1, 2021
During his campaign for the Presidency, Joe Biden called on President Donald Trump to: “Establish and enforce health and safety standards for workplaces… The Trump Administration should immediately release and enforce an Emergency Temporary Standard… to give employers and frontline employees specific, enforceable guidance on what to do to reduce the spread of COVID.”
Biden became president on January 20, 2021. On January 21, Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create emergency COVID safety standards for workplaces by mid-March. And then… nothing, for months. Finally, in June, Biden’s OSHA announced that the agency would issue an emergency COVID workplace safety standard, but only for healthcare workers.
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