01/13/2021 10:00 AM EST
If you live in Ontario, stay at home. Only leave for essential reasons. Like going to the grocery store or the pharmacy. Or picking up takeout or curbside orders from, uh, non-essential businesses. Or exercising or meeting a few friends. If this doesn’t sound that different from what you were already doing, you’re clearly not paying attention. That was a lockdown, and this is an ORDER. The police will be issuing tickets, so don’t screw up.
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Source: Prime Minister of Canada – MIL OSI
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the appointment of Eva Aariak as the new Commissioner of Nunavut.
Ms. Aariak has been a lifelong champion for Nunavut and Inuit languages and culture. Throughout her career as an educator, journalist, entrepreneur, public servant, and elected official, she promoted the use and understanding of Inuktut. As the first Languages Commissioner of Nunavut, Ms. Aariak also helped make this a working language within the territorial government, and recommended to the Nunavut Legislative Assembly the groundbreaking
Inuit Language Protection Act, which was subsequently passed into law.
As Nunavut’s first woman premier and an advocate for equity and gender equality, Ms. Aariak has contributed greatly to advancing the role of women in Canadian public life. During her time as premier, she also led innovative and inclusive poverty reduction efforts to strengthen local economies, improve food secu