Policy and Rights

Vice President Harris in a Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Gun Violence is on the rise and the problems the cause shooting deaths is completely preventable. Listen to Vice President Harris on this topic Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Japan and Unites States Working Together

Minister of Japan, President Kishi- -- Prime Minister Kishida. When I became president, I said that the United States would rebuild the muscle of our demo- -- democratic alliances and we’d stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies again, because our alliances are America’s greatest asset. The relationship with Japan is powerful proof of that -- that in investing in our alliance and raising our collective ambitions, we yield remarkable results. Over the last three years, the partnership betwe...

Rise in Violence Against Ex-Combatants in Colombia Report to the United Nations

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and head of our political mission there, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, today (9 Apr) told the Security Council that “regrettably,” eleven more ex combatants have been killed since the last report of the Secretary-General on Colombia was issued. Ruiz Massieu said, “social leaders, as well as entire communities, particularly Indigenous and Afro Colombians, still suffer the full impact of persisting violence and the limited presence of Sta...

PM Trudeau Update Canada Defence Policy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Ontario to release Canada’s updated defence policy. He is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Bill Blair, and associate Defence Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Provisions in the upcoming federal budget will include an investment of $73 billion over 20 years. The new defence policy is expected to boost Canada's military spending to 1.76 per cent of GDP by 2029-30. That figure is still below ...

Pro Love and Diversity Talk Episode 22032023

When does inclusion lead to exclusion Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Justin Trudeau announces upcoming budget measures for renters

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces measures aimed at protecting renters that will be in the upcoming federal budget, including a renters’ bill of rights and legal aid fund to protect tenants. He is joined in Vancouver by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan, who is also the MP for Vancouver South. The prime minister faces questions about the concerns of several premiers about the planned carbon price hike on April 1. He is also asked abou...

Is the UN Securuty Resolution for a Cease Fire Binding and Legal

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza during Ramadan and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. This was the Council’s first explicit call for an immediate ceasefire since Israel Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

UN Security Council Resolution to a Cease Fire in Gaza

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza during Ramadan and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. This was the Council’s first explicit call for an immediate ceasefire since Israel Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Mr Richard Connor Editor-in-Chief of UNESCO’s World Water Development Report

Ms Ulrika Richardson Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti speaks about the devastation

Ulrika Richardson, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, will brief virtually on the current situation in the country Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Federal government announces support for Ontario clean electricity grid

In Mississauga, Ontario, federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announces $16.7 million in funding for the Independent Electricity Systems Operator (IESO), the province's power grid operator, to support an initiative that will improve its electricity grid operations. He is joined by his provincial counterpart Todd Smith and Lesley Gallinger, president of the IESO On the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Secretary-General António Guterres today called for “an immediate humani...

White house press Briefing March 6 2024

President Biden Takes New Steps to Lower Prescription Drug and Health Care Costs, Expand Access to Health Care, and Protect Consumers Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Pierre Poilievre on Winnipeg lab documents, pharmacare

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill about the government’s recent release of documents concerning the 2021 firing of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. He is joined by Conservative MPs Michael Chong, Stephen Ellis, James Bezan, and Michael Cooper. The Conservative leader faces questions about the right of provinces who want to opt out of a national pharmacare plan with full compensation and no conditions. He is as...

Feds change competition law, announce housing funding

On Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland provides her weekly economic update alongside other federal ministers. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announces the government is freezing the threshold at which the Competition Bureau must be notified of a potential business merger. Housing Minister Sean Fraser announces a $123-million investment that he says will help eight homebuilders drive innovation and build more than 5,000 affordable homes Become a su...

Kuwait envoy relaying Palestinian suffering at ICJ

Kuwait envoy breaks down relaying Palestinian suffering at ICJKuwait’s envoy to the Netherlands, Ali Al-Thefeeri, broke down during his speech at the International Court of Justice. Al-Thefeeri was forced to stop his address several times as he questioned why Israel is allowed to commit crimes against Palestinians without being held to account. “Why does the victim continue to be portrayed as the killer?” he asked. More than 50 states are presenting arguments during six-days of hearings at th...

Distinguished Economist, How Wall Street Can Help Democracies Survive - Marcus Buscaglia

Marcos Buscaglia is an economist, former Wall Street analyst and Emerging Markets expert. He has more than 30 years doing research on the economies of Emerging Market countries and advising Wall Street companies. He is also emerging as a leading voice on the topic of markets and democracy. He was a speaker at the 2022 and the 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum on the impact of foreign investment on democracy and human rights. He is the founder of Alberdi Partners, a consultancy firm dedicated to politic...

British columbia Throne Speech 2024

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 th...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces carbon pricing referendum bill

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 c...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concerns over the situation in Gaza

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 ...

Dr Tedros on the Global Economic Health

Dr Tedros on the Global Economic Health Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

Iraq States All Attacks Should Cease

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. ...

What will Guyana work on with the Security Council

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.

UNRWA- Backbone of all humanitarian response in Gaza

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 ...

evidence emerges of UNRWA support for Hamas

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.

Federal ministers comment on economic plan loans for student housing

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 q...

Israel - Palestine Crisis - Security Council, 9534th meeting

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.

Preparing for a ‘Disease X’

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.

Federal government announces 2-year cap on student permits

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 po...

Chrystia Freeland takes part in World Economic Forum trade and investment panel

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 m...

What is PM Trudeau doing about the CEBA repayment deadline

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 supp...

Chrystia Freeland is our government housing funding program working?

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 aga...

Is Israel Guilty of Gencide According to the ICJ

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.

Malta speaks out against the violence in Gaza as over 22000 are now dead

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 – humanita...

UN Update on Gaza and Ukraine with an Global Economy Report

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 ...

Liberal Ministers Talk About Housing Inflation and Small Business

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.

Climate Change Global Peace How can we make it happen

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.Ther...

The Burial a Conversation with Jeff O'Keefe

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...

Cease Fire in Daza and the Conflict in Ukraine

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 in...

Defending a global power and Why is Canada Climate Plan Failing to meet its goals

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 th...

Alberta Health and Federal Climate Action What is Good ABout it All

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 mobi...

What does Carbon Tax and Clean Energy Mean for Canada

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 currentl...

Are the Events In Gaza An Example Of Human Destruction and Hate

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 ...

How to end gender based violence

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 th...

Horrifying Situation In Gaza and Global Health Isues

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 ...

Why is Home Heating Oil So Expensive

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Hate Can Kill but How do we stop hating

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...

Is Israel Going To Far and What About The Residents of Gaza

General Assembly Tenth emergency special session (resumed) 44th plenary meeting Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

UN Security Council On Gaza

Security Council briefing by Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. WHO has been working to support the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population in planning and establishing a comprehensive triage, stabilization, and medical evacuation system, by providing ongoing training for health care staff. WHO is also working with the...

What does Human Rights Mean a United Nation Convesation including events in the Middle East

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Federal Minister Talk About an Affordable Canada

At a news conference on Parliament Hill, federal ministers highlight their government’s ongoing efforts to address the high cost of living. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland discusses her recent meeting with the CEOs of Canada’s largest banks and says the government will be monitoring their compliance with mortgage guidelines designed to provide relief for struggling homeowners. She also announces she has instructed the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada to work on making no- and low-cost...