Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin opened the final session of the 42nd Parliament by delivering the speech from the throne, laying out the B.C. government’s vision for a stronger province that works better for people. “While our government is proud of the progress we’ve made for people through tough times, we’re nowhere near satisfied,” said Premier Eby. “Our economy is strong, with low unemployment and the highest wages in the country. But too many are still struggling to get ahead – even those ...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that his government will soon table legislation requiring future provincial governments to hold a referendum before introducing any new carbon pricing plans. He is joined at the news conference in Mississauga by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. The government will also introduce automatic license plate renewal for drivers in Ontario. Premier Ford also answers questions regarding the rise in opioid-related deaths in Ontario, and funding for universities and coll...
Feb 14, 2024•44 min
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday expressed deep concerns over the situation in Gaza, reiterating his call for an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages. Speaking at a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, the UN chief underscored the need for “real, visible, concrete steps” towards a two-State solution based on UN resolutions, international law and previous agreements. “Repeated bloody hostilities and decades of tensions and occupation have ...
Feb 13, 2024•56 min
Dr Tedros on the Global Economic Health Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Briefing by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), on the situation concerning Iraq. Madam President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, With the conflict raging in Gaza, as well as armed action elsewhere, the Middle East is at a critical juncture. The same is true for Iraq. To be clear: Iraq’s Government’s efforts are focused on avoiding a domestic (and regional) spillover. Still...
Feb 06, 2024•51 min
Press conference by Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana), Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, and President of the Security Council for the month of February 2024, on the programme of work of the Security Council Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Feb 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the 415th Meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 'Scar on our shared humanity': Guterres Secretary-General António Guterres is addressing the Committee, he started by underlining the importance of its mandate amidst the unresolved issue of Palestinian statelessness and the enormous violence and suffering, especially since the horrific 7 October terror attack. “The death...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 11 min
The UN agency for Palestinians has fired 12 employees and ordered an investigation into allegations of staff involvement in the 7 October Hamas attacks. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/evidence-emerges-of-unrwa-support-for-hamas--58525984 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Jan 31, 2024•49 min
Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, provides an update on the federal government’s economic plan. She is joined at the news conference in Ottawa by federal ministers Sean Fraser (housing), François-Philippe Champagne (industry), Anita Anand (Treasury Board) and Marc Miller (immigration). Fraser announces a plan to reform the Apartment Construction Loan Program in order to provide low-cost loans to spur the construction of more student housing. Responding to ques...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 17 min
UN Security Council debate and make statements about burtality that is happening in the Middle East and Especially Gaza Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Jan 26, 2024•43 min
Panel of experts including Dr Tedro talk about the furture of medicine and to prevent widespread disease and pandemics from happening Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Jan 24, 2024•56 min
With a stated goal of targeting institutional "bad actors" — and amid concern about the impact growing numbers of international students are having on the housing market — Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Monday that the federal government will cap the number of student permits over the next two years. The government says it will approve approximately 360,000 undergraduate study permits for 2024 — a 35 per cent reduction from 2023. Each province and territory will be allotted a portion...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a panel discussion entitled “No Recovery without Trade and Investment” while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Also participating are Valdis Dombrovskis (European commissioner for trade), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (director-general of the World Trade Organization), Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak (Emirati government official and business leader), Brian Moynihan (chairman and CEO of Bank of America), and modera...
Jan 23, 2024•53 min
Responding to questions from reporters, the prime minister comments on the federal government’s decision to not further extend the repayment deadline for businesses who received Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau also faces questions on parental rights in New Brunswick and on the carbon price exemption for Atlantic Canadians. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson joins Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew in Winnipeg to announce support ...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland addresses the media in Toronto to highlight the federal government’s work in addressing the ongoing housing crisis. She is joined by Marci Ien, the MP for Toronto Centre, and Andrew Joyner, managing director at Tricon Residential. The deputy prime minister faces questions about internal documents warning about the potential impact of high immigration to housing costs. She is also asked about Canada's position regarding South Africa's genocide charge agains...
Jan 16, 2024•52 min
South Africa told judges at the World Court in the Hague on Thursday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and pleaded with the court to issue an interim order for an immediate halt to Israel's military actions Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 37 min
GAZA The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the intensifying offensive in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, and Khan Younis, in the south, is driving up civilian casualties and having devastating consequences for tens of thousands of people, many of whom had fled to Deir al Balah for safety from Gaza city and the north. As a result of increased attacks – including one that directly hit an UNRWA warehouse on Thursday, killing a UN staff member – humanitarian ...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Global economic growth is projected to slow from an estimated 2.7 percent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, trending below the pre-pandemic growth rate of 3.0 per cent, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024 report. At the launch of the report today (04 Jan), Hantanu Mukherjee, Director of the Economic Analysis and Policy Division and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA, spoke to r...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland makes an announcement in Ottawa. She is joined at the news conference by ministers Sean Fraser (housing), Jenna Sudds (social development) and Rechie Valdez (small business). (December 5, 2023) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support .
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 7 min
As we know several issues are happening around the world. Let’s focus on two of the biggest ones that have the biggest effect on what is happening in the world today. One is war and the other is climate change. In the three segments that we have today, we're going to have a secretary-general, as he is leading into COP about climate change and his trip to Antarctica. He was saying that scientists have said that the Arctic ice has melted enough to be comparable to a few countries in Europe.There's...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Jeff began working in their family business 51 years ago. He is a fifth-generation family member in the company business and a descendant of Edward O’Keefe, Irish immigrant who came to America on the heels of the great potato famine in the mid 1800’s. Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home will celebrate 160 years since the beginning of their origins in 2025. Jeff has served two Gubernatorial appoints and former Chairman on the Mississippi State Board of Funeral Service which licenses and regulates Funer...
Nov 25, 2023•45 min
Press conference by Mr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme (briefing virtually from Geneva) and Mr. Rob Holden, WHO Senior Emergency Officer (briefing from Gaza). They addressed the situation of the health sector in Gaza, including the recent evacuation of patients from Al-Shifa Hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) senior official Michael Ryan told reporters, “we are seeing a complete collapse of the higher-level infras...
Nov 23, 2023•52 min
Defence Minister Bill Blair delivers opening remarks as the 15th annual Halifax International Security Forum gets underway. The three-day conference brings together defence experts, political leaders, military officials, and academics from around the world to discuss pressing security challenges At a news conference in Ottawa, Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault announces a ban on the domestic trade of elephant ivory and rhino horn, as well as the import of hunting trophies containing these ...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, and Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s state secretary and special envoy for international climate action, provide a virtual update on the climate finance goal to help developing countries adapt to and tackle climate change. The update comes ahead of the United Nations climate change conference (COP28) that is taking place in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. At the COP15 summit in 2009, developed nations committed to mobilize ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference during a visit to Vancouver. He comments on recent antisemitic incidents in Canada amid the war between Israel and Hamas, including gunfire at two Jewish schools in Montreal. The Conservative leader announces his party is launching a campaign pushing for senators to support a private member's bill (C-234) that calls for carbon-price relief for farmers. Conservative MP Ben Lobb introduced the bill in February 2023, and it is currently a...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min
on the heeld situation in Gaza let me be clear from the outset that I fully understand the anger grief and fear of the Israeli people following the horrific barbaric and unjustifiable attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israeli civilians on the 7th of October the killing of 1,400 people and injuries to more than 7,200 others is incomprehensible for the survivors and families of victims the mental health consequences Press conference by Abdallah Al Dardari, Assistant Secretary-General and ...
Nov 14, 2023•54 min
Press conference by Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on her findings on her recent mission to Chad where she met with gender-based violence and fistula survivors, as well as women leaders. The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Natalia Kanem, today (7 Nov) said, “despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Chad now hosts more than a million refugees, including newly some half a million who fled the co...
Nov 10, 2023•58 min
Dr Tedros: Since Hamas’s horrific attacks on Israel on the 7th of October, more than 10 thousand people have been killed, including more than 8,500 in Gaza and 1,400 in Israel. In both Israel and Gaza, 70% of those killed are women and children. More than 21 thousand are injured and more than 1.4 million people in Gaza have been displaced. The situation on the ground is indescribable. Hospitals crammed with the injured, lying in corridors; Morgues overflowing; Become a supporter of this podcast:...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 18 min
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Nov 06, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Hate Can Kill is an award-winning documentary by Imtiaz Popat that looks at the community response to the 1998 murder of Nirmal Singh Gill, a caretaker at the Guru Nanak Gurudwara in Surrey, by five white supremacist skinheads. An updated film looks at this event and others that have happened since: events where people have been killed because of hate. This version has won over 50 film festival awards 🎖 and has been shown around the world! The afternoon screening is followed by a talkback with ...
Nov 05, 2023•48 min
