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A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Why Canada might need a climate law - and how it might work," Aaron Wherry. We've had nine climate targets in over three decades. Legislation could help us stick to a plan A young boy shouts in protest during a climate rally in Vancouver Oct. 25, 2019. (Melissa Renwick/The Canadian Press) Beginning with Brian Mulroney in 1988, four different prime ministers have committed this country to nine different climate targets over the last 32 years. So far, five of those carbon emissions targets - for the years 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2012 - have been missed by wide margins. Stephen Harper set two different targets for 2020; we're going to miss those as well. The pressure to meet those targets was almost entirely political and, apparently, insufficient. Neither domest...

A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Canada- U.S. border to remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21," Catharine Tunney. Canada is now allowing some immediate family members to reunite An RCMP officer patrols Peace Arch Park at the Canada-U.S. border crossing on Wednesday. The ban on non-essential travel across the shared border continues. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The Canada- U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another 30 days to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus as confirmed cases in the United States continue to climb past the two million mark. The deal was set to expire on Sunday but will now extend until July 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced during his daily new conference today. "This is an important decision that will keep people in both o...

A clipping article for writing practice. In the article "Trudeau promises to extend the emergency relief benefit," John Paul Tasker. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the special committee on the COVID-19 pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the federal government will extend the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB), with details to follow in the days ahead. The CERB is due to run out soon for people who have been on the benefit since it was first launched in April, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. People can only claim the benefit for 16 weeks - four eligibility periods - and the end of the program's fourth eligibility period is early July. "We're working on a solution to extend the benefit for people who can't return to work yet," Trudeau said. "We'll have ...

A clipping article for writing practice Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Most Canadians believe systemic racism exists - but could it affect how they vote?," Eric Grenier. Poll suggest most Canadians see systemic racism as a serious issue in law enforcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in an anti-racism protest last week. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press) Calls to end systemic racism in this country have brought thousands of Canadians into the streets, driven by a hope that things might finally begin to change. The protests already have had an impact, but political leaders will need to think hard about their impact on another vehicle for change - the ballot box. The thousands who have participated in the mass demonstrations represent only the tip of the iceberg, as polls indicate that most Canadians b...

A article for writing practice Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Most Canadians expect to keep working from home after COVID-19: poll," Postmedia News. A new Angus Reid poll shows the majority of Canadians expected they'll be working from home even long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. / PNG If you're comfortable working from home while wearing slippers, you're not alone. The majority of Canadians expect to continue working from home even long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to Angus Reid poll results released Thursday. Among the 1,510 Canadians surveyed, 44 per cent predict they'll split their time between working in the office and from home, while 20 per cent say they'll keep working from home after the pandemic is over. Just 36 per cent believe they'll head back to the office full-time. CREDIT...

A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Exemption coming for families separated by COVID-19 travel restrictons," Parents and spouses will have to quarantine for 14 days The Peace Arch-Douglas border crossing between Canada and the United States in Surrey, B.C., is seen in March. Some exemptions to cross-border travel restrictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic are coming. (Ben Nelms/CBC) Canada will begin to allow some family members separated by temporary COVID-19 travel restrictions t oenter the country. "We are bringing in a limited exemption to allow immediate family members of citizens or permanent residents to come to Canada," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today during his morning news conference. "This is an incredibly difficult time to be apart from a spouse, a chi...

A clipping article for writing practice. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Edit Edit in Ginger Edit in Ginger × In the article "Why military men pushing back on Trump is an 'extraordinary' event in American democracy," Alexander Panetta. The president's threat of deploying troops triggers an uncommon uproar Defence Secretary Mark Esper, centre, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, in his military uniform, accompanied Trump in his walk to St. John's Church across from the White House on June 1. (Patrick Semansky/The Associated Press) An aberrant event in the life of the American republic unfolded this week in the haze of flash-bang grenades, tear gas and fires. In one of the world's oldest continuing democracies, past and present military officials, pushed back on a president talking about deploying troops on U.S. soil. "It's really extraordinary,...