Strategic Partners For a Sustainable Recovery Post-Pandemic. By iPolitics. Published on May 6, 2021 9:10pm
Top diplomats from the EU and Canada share a vision for the path forward.
Date: May 20
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. CEST
Full recovery from the global pandemic hinges on our collective willingness to pull together, follow the science, strengthen our economies, and stay true to our shared values of global solidarity, open and fair trade, diversity, and multilateralism.
Join us on
May 20
th at 9:30 a.m. ET for a live event with European Union Ambassador to Canada, Dr. Melita Gabrič, and Canadian Ambassador-designate to the European Union, Dr. Ailish Campbell.
Canada will come up with ‘certification’ to allow COVID-clear Canadians to travel again Hajdu says
Published on May 05, 2021 with No Comments
Vaccination passports tied to identity can help reopen international travel but come with privacy concerns.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu says her government embraces the concept of “vaccine passports” and will come up with a form of certification to allow vaccinated Canadians to travel internationally again.
“Canadians are going to want to travel and just like there have been changes in other kinds of travel requirements over the years as a result of a number of events, Canadians need to be prepared to be able to travel internationally. And we’ll make sure that they are,” Hajdu told in an interview airing today.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu says her government embraces the concept of "vaccine passports" and will come up with a form of certification to allow vaccinated Canadians to travel internationally again.
On this week’s show: Health Minister Patty Hajdu weighs in on the current state of the pandemic and the prospect of vaccine passports. Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour discusses her role in a new independent review into sexual misconduct in the military. Plus a special report on the 2011 election, 10 years later; a debate over whether Canada should issue vaccine passports; and an interview with incoming High Commissioner to the U.K. Ralph Goodale.
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Doug Ford goes MIA as calls for his resignation grow louder
Ford’s bungling of the COVID crisis is so monumental that it could be mistaken for a deliberate attempt to destroy any confidence Ontarians have in government By Enzo DiMatteo
Ford talking with EU Ambassador to Canada Dr. Melita Gabrič last week.
#WhereIsDougFord was trending on Twitter on Tuesday. He was also a no-show in the House for the second day running as a third wave of the coronavirus sweeps the province.
The premier’s office released a statement late Tuesday just before 11 pm saying that a member of his staff who “came into close contact” with Ford had tested positive for COVID. The statement says the staffer had found out about their positive test Tuesday evening. The statement goes on to say the premier left the Legislature and was tested for COVID “immediately upon learning that they had been at risk of exposure.” The statement says the premier’s results came back neg