Psagot Winery, outside of Ramallah in the West Bank. (Photo: David Kattenburg)
In what might best be described as a “very cautious” decision (at least one Palestine-friendly lawyer considers it a victory), today (May 5), the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed the Trudeau government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that ‘Product of Israel’ labels on Israeli settlement wines are “false, misleading and deceptive,” all the while sending the labeling issue back to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for “reconsideration and redetermination.” This time, the FCA ruled, the CFIA must consult with both the original complainant (David Kattenburg) and the settlement winery operating on stolen Palestinian land, then base its reformulated decision on Canadian consumer protection statutes. Under pressure from the Trudeau government passionate defender of Israel’s right to do whatever it wants the CFIA may well dig deep for a reason to defend fal
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iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 22, 2021 6:01am For Earth Day, today, artists Natasha Kudashkina and Alana Kindree (white t-shirt) are creating an earthscape sculpture and painting tableau in the window of the Super Wonder Gallery on College sheet near Clinton. The large scale piece will be exhibited in the window for a week or so as part of the Paint Your Planet initiative that brings activists and artists together. (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star)
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iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Apr 8, 2021 5:03pm A vial of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine (Torstar file photo)
Another showdown is looming due to the federal government’s reluctance to disclose its contracts with manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines.
For months, opposition MPs have been asking to see the paperwork signed with the likes of Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca the makers of the vaccines the Liberal government bought to inoculate Canadians.
The MPs are after per-dose prices, more precise delivery schedules, any mentions of the possibility of Canadian manufacturing and anything else that might shine a light on the Liberal government’s intensely scrutinized vaccine-procurement process.
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