Policy and Rights
609 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -This a series of conversations around government policy and our rights. We are trying to report information to listeners about what is happening with government and communities
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United Nation Update on June 1 2023
June 02, 2023 21:21 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBELECTION OF NEW PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY This morning, the Secretary-General congratulated Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago on being elected to lead the next session of the General Assembly. He said that President-elect Francis brings a wide range of skills, experience and knowledge, adding that, in addition to his years working closely with multilateral agencies, he also is a respected negotiator and long-serving diplomat BLACK SEA INITIATIVE We are concerned about the cont...
Jagmeet Singh with a motion on the floor
June 01, 2023 22:15 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBJagmeet Singh has been pushing for a public inquiry into the Asian interference in Canada's election process and into the Chinese tracking of Canadian MP's why are these problem not our in the public so we the people can see the investigation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Alberta vote election interference Safe supply final
May 31, 2023 21:10 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBShould Canada have a Safe Supply for Opioid addicts that is Federally Funded? Which Drugs should be decrimimalized? Changes to a Bill that will offer better support to people with disabilities. Elecection interference by China Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Trudeau Signs Agreement with Iceland
May 30, 2023 01:00 - 56 minutes - 64.5 MBIceland and Canada sign and agreement The UN give trubute to the work of the peacekeeper and more funding toward endingthe violence against Indigenous people in Canada Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Should Governments Issue Digital Currency and Create 15 Minute Cities
May 22, 2023 19:50 - 1 hour - 74 MBThe Bank of Canada wants to know what Canadians think about the possibility of a digital loonie. Consultations on what Canadians would like to have included in a digital currency are open online from May 8 until June 19, the Bank of Canada said Monday. The central bank notes, however, that the decision to launch a digital version of the Canadian dollar remains in the hands of Parliament and physical coins and banknotes aren’t going anywhere. Compared to private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoi...
Moura global health and Alberta Wildfires
May 16, 2023 02:46 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBOfficials from Alberta Emergency Management Agency and Alberta Wildfire will provide an update on Monday regarding the Alberta wildfire situation. As of Monday morning, Alberta Wildfire had 95 wildfires burning across the province, 23 of which were listed as out of control. Officials continue to thank Albertans for being safe and requested people continue to take all measures to avoid human-caused fires, including abiding by the fire ban in effect, so that firefighters can continue to focus...
Canada Send Expells China Diplomats
May 10, 2023 22:04 - 59 minutes - 68.5 MBRecently, CSIS produced a report that showed that MP Michael Chong was the target of possible attacks from China over allegations of genocide in China. He put a motion to the floor and 2021 about the allegations of genocide in China and it took until 2023 for a report to surface that MP Michael Chong and his family could have been targeted by China. As a result of this report, a number of things have actually happened that Canada, in response has ousted Chinese diplomats and in turn in China ...
Alberta Wildfires and Efforts to Help Evacuees
May 10, 2023 20:02 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBMore than 85 structures have been lost to wildfire in Little Red River Cree Nation in northern Alberta, including the RCMP detachment, general store and water treatment plant. About 90 per cent of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is without power, natural gas has been shut off, and 40 structures 'damaged substantially' from the wildfires. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
WHO Update on Covid19 UN Press Update on Afghanistan and Reort from FAO
May 06, 2023 21:38 - 1 hour - 130 MBThe benchmark index of international food commodity prices rose in April for the first time in a year, amid increases in world quotations for sugar, meat and rice, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The number of infections of Covid-19 is steadily declining and the world may be leaving the dangers of the pandemic. There is still an ongoing analysis of what happened during the pandemic so the future spreading of disease can be prevented and the u...
Trudeau on CSIS UNESCO on Freedom of The Press
May 04, 2023 23:33 - 51 minutes - 59 MBThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, told the Security Council that “full compliance with human rights is the best antidote to the inequalities, unaddressed grievances and exclusion which are often at the root of instability and conflict.” Press conference by Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, Chief of the section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists for the United Nations Economic and Social Council, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2023. Conservati...
Banning Harmful Chemicals in our Environment
May 03, 2023 22:45 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBLiberal MP Jenica Atwin, filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal, and others holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to call for the ban of glyphosate, a widely used herbicide for killing weeds. Atwin’s private member’s bill (C-287) to enact the ban completed first reading in the House of Commons in June 2022. Author Margaret Atwood, who supports the ban, provides a recorded statement. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
BC Investment into Higher Education and Job Skills
May 03, 2023 21:50 - 48 minutes - 55.8 MBThe Province’s new StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan will help thousands of people get the skills they need to succeed in the changing economy and help close the skills gap many businesses are facing. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Unite Nation of Effprts to end Conflict in Global Hot spots
May 02, 2023 15:01 - 1 hour - 109 MBThe new UN Security Council president is the representative from Switzerland. Switzerland is known as a nation of peace. How they maintain peace is by mainly maintaining neutrality and they would allow talks to happen among those who were in conflict, that they would try to step back away from the conflict and allow dialogues to happen. Switzerland was always quite successful with that. And during World War II, they managed to pull off some amazing things that allowed a safe haven for a numbe...
Canada Sex offender Registry
April 29, 2023 00:04 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBIf our justice system truly does what it says it does, it helps people rehabilitate, and it doesn't just stick them in jail and punish them. It finds a way to help that person heal and be a better person helps them find their way back to society in a way that they feel welcomed, productive and truly healed. If all that is true and the person is truly healed, and they've changed your life and death, we can trust them again. Why do we have a sex offender registry? Where the social dilemma truly...
Sudan Evacuation and Upgrades to Aircraft
April 28, 2023 23:07 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBMinister of Defense, as she talks in a press conference about upgrades to helicopters and equipment for the US military and how the Canadian military is doing more than what is truly expected of them and how the military is achieving the things that they want and, and as in need of equipment for peacekeeping operations. So we're going to hear from her she's in Nova Scotia, and she is talking about upgrades to Canada's ch 149. Flight how helicopters and announces the first Canadian evacuation ...
Russian Fedearation Press Conference on Global Affaies
April 27, 2023 00:11 - 1 hour - 99.7 MBWe have a recorded press conference from the United Nations with the Russian representative to the United Nations. And I always remember this, from growing up that Russia or then what was the Soviet Union and the United States always being at odds that we were taught how Russia was the evil one and how communism is just so hateful and hurtful to the Western way of life or, as it were, the American or Canadian way of life. And is that really, really true? Well, I guess it depends on who you as...
Canada public service strike
April 24, 2023 22:21 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBCanada public services workers have gone on strike. The union members voted to go on strike and came into the sixth day of striking they were going after the highest impact on the economy and Canadian ports and borders are on the list. So there will be decreased traffic through the port and border which will have effects on inflation and available products. After all, if Canada can't move goods in and now borders will affect the economy and of course, inflation. We all know the effects of inf...
United Nation on Humanitarian Effort Sudan
April 23, 2023 19:52 - 48 minutes - 56 MBWe've been still hearing a lot about the Sudan and the fighting that is going on they're different factions when they can take control of the government. And at one point we heard about the chemical weapons that were used there and now they're trying to discover where these chemical weapons are so they can be sought out destroyed and placing sanctions against those who would actually use things. Focus on the people themselves, that people who desperately need medical attention and they need f...
Canada First Nation Right From the UN
April 20, 2023 22:18 - 51 minutes - 59.2 MBWe're going to hear is about Indigenous Rights recorded from a United Nations press conference. I want to point out something very interesting about this particular press conference because a lot of the press conferences that happen there that they get a bunch of the national press and reporters from those outlets show up to ask questions. While we were able to grab in from First Nations Channel that there were no other big international press people in the room. Does this mean the Rights and...
Why Not Probe the Trudeau Foundation
April 19, 2023 19:53 - 1 hour - 107 MBIntegrity and transparency, there's nothing more than we will want out of our government and at times it seems like that is the last thing that we get. Arguments about how to tax the billionaire CEOs of Canada that are making excessive salaries and receiving bonuses and benefits that put there more than 400 times what the average employee makes with them. Now, it can be argued that the government should step tax the living crap out of them. Maybe the CEOs can come around to their senses and i...
Ontario plan to boost Educational Basic
April 19, 2023 00:16 - 39 minutes - 45.5 MBEducation is one of the cornerstones of living an extraordinary and fantastic life. Learning what is around us and what not only is on our planet, but what is out in the cosmos is been a cornerstone of my life and I couldn’t have done it without some of the basic skills that we need, reading, writing, and of course math https://depictions.media/ontario-invest-into-education/ #education #learning #school #algebra #people Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/p...
Autism and the Fine Arts
April 13, 2023 22:33 - 53 minutes - 60.9 MBAutism Awareness and some of what it actually means about the wiring of the brain how to educate, and how to work with perspectives on efficacy. And a number of different things around people that have different abilities, and a different type of wiring to their brain so that they see things maybe a little bit differently, experienced things a little bit differently and one of the things that we're going to talk about in this particular segment is art. Art is the expression of what you see te...
Policy and Advocacy Autism Awareness
April 12, 2023 22:36 - 50 minutes - 57.7 MBHow people with Autism need advocacy and how they advocate for themselves. The policies that have equality should be put in place so that we are all seen equally that we're all seeing with the capability to reach the newest heights and achieve greatness within ourselves. That we don't have to be seen as that person that need to be looked down upon. We don't have to feel less of ourselves because we have a different wiring to our brains we, for the most part, a lot of people live within a demo...
Autism and the Workplace
April 11, 2023 21:12 - 54 minutes - 62 MBWe've talked before about how autism is simply put a different way of wiring the brain and how nature may be doing it for a reason for specific people to have this, this wiring and how we shouldn't be going in vitro and trying to fix or cure autism that we might actually eliminate some very valuable things from our society. For instance, in another conversation that happened on “The influencer club, we talked with somebody who actually does have autism. He has a degree in psychology and he h...
BC Premiere David Eby on Housing and the Homeless
April 04, 2023 21:25 - 1 hour - 77 MBHomes for People also delivers more housing people can afford to rent or buy, including more homes within reach for first-time homebuyers, and protects renters. It supports those who need it the most with more housing for those experiencing homelessness and helps more people afford to find a place to call home. Actions in the plan also aim to build a housing market that puts people ahead of profit with measures to crack down on speculators and profiteers and get the proceeds of crime out of t...
Autism Awareness From the UN
April 03, 2023 23:49 - 53 minutes - 61.5 MBWhat is autism Exactly? Is autism a different way of nature wiring the human brain so that new talents and a different set of talents can be introduced into our society? Is it something that we should look to assist people with? Is it something that we should maybe put in place for people in different classes, different, educate them differently so that they can learn to thrive? Well, maybe autism is actually all of those things. When we consider that it isn't something that should be eradica...
CanadaEthics and Dental Plan
April 01, 2023 00:04 - 51 minutes - 59.1 MB“No one should have to choose between taking care of their teeth and paying their bills. Budget 2023 will help millions of Canadians see a dentist and provide much-needed relief for families.” The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre comments on the appointment of Martine Richard as the interim ethics commissioner. Richard is the sister-in-law of cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/...
EIF for Uniformed Women In Peace Keepig Operations
March 31, 2023 02:25 - 1 hour - 88 MBAround the world women are playing active roles in the peace and security sector, negotiating ceasefires, civilian safe zones, fighter demobilization and humanitarian access at the local level, or drawing up protection plans at the community level. But when we hear the tales of war, women and girls are not typically the heroes that are mentioned. Yet, they are exactly the heroes that we need, working equally alongside men, in security forces, at negotiating tables and keeping the peace in loc...
Global Rights for Women and Global Health Issues
March 29, 2023 22:54 - 54 minutes - 62.2 MBThe outbreaks of Marburg virus disease are another reminder that we can only truly protect human health if we also protect the health of animals and our planet, which sustains all life. We call this a “One Health” approach. One Health is not a new concept. For decades, WHO has been working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health in a tripartite partnership, to address the health risks that arise from the interactions be...
BC fronts a LNG Project
March 29, 2023 18:09 - 38 minutes - 43.7 MBOur province is on the frontlines of climate change and seeing the impacts of record wildfires, heat waves and flooding on people and communities. British Columbians have made it clear that we need to meet our climate targets and move forward as a clean energy leader,” said Josie Osborne Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Canada Federal Government Budget 2023 Presented by Chrystia Freeland
March 28, 2023 23:11 - 51 minutes - 58.4 MBFinance Minister Chrystia Freeland presents details of her third federal budget as she tables the Liberal government's latest fiscal plan and economic outlook in the House of Commons. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Canada Deals with Voter interference
March 24, 2023 23:33 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MBLiberal MP Han Dong says he has yet to receive a call from Canada's intelligence agency following recent allegations that his election campaign benefited from Beijing's meddling and that he was "a witting affiliate." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff to appear at a House of Commons committee next month to answer questions about foreign interference in Canadian elections, ending a two-week standoff by Liberal MPs. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...
WHO Press conference on Global Health March 23 2023
March 24, 2023 21:16 - 51 minutes - 58.5 MBTuberculosis remains one of the world’s top infectious killers, causing 1.6 million deaths each year and affecting millions more, with enormous impacts on families and communities. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with ongoing crises such as armed conflict, food insecurity, climate change, political and economic instability, has reversed years of progress made in the fight against TB. Last year, for the first time in nearly two decades, WHO reported an increase in the number of people falling il...
UN Update on Water and Food
March 24, 2023 20:41 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBToday, we will start with our guest, the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Director of School Feeding, Carmen Burbano. She is joining us virtually from Rome to talk about the launch of WFP’s State of School Feeding Report. Then as soon as I am finished with my briefing, you will hear from Richard Connor, the Editor-in-Chief of the UN World Water Development Report of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — known as UNESCO — who will brief you on this year's report, entitled “P...
Un Security Council on the Middle East and Syria
March 24, 2023 19:52 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThe brief lull in fighting in north-west Syria — in the wake of February’s devastating earthquakes — is giving way to a creeping rise in shelling exchanges, rocket fire and cross-line raids by terrorist groups, senior United Nations officials warned the Security Council today, while describing “astounding” physical destruction and massive humanitarian needs on the ground. Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, welcomed the growing international attention to the crisis in t...
New Support for Turkey and Syrian National in Canada
March 21, 2023 13:19 - 44 minutes - 50.7 MB“Our government remains committed to supporting Turkish and Syrian nationals affected by the earthquakes. We know that many Canadians have family members who have been impacted by the earthquakes and today's measures should offer comfort to those Canadians. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Imperial Oil Tailings Link into FirstNations Drinking Water Supply
March 21, 2023 00:05 - 26 minutes - 30.6 MBMinister Guilbeault raised the fact that Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers have issued a Fisheries Act Direction to Imperial Oil that requires immediate action to contain the seep and prevent it from entering a fish-bearing waterbody. Enforcement officers will continue to attend the site, monitor cleanup, and collect more inspection information to determine Fisheries Act compliance. Minister Guilbeault underlined that Imperial Oil’s own stated failures of communicatio...
CSW Women Leaders In Media
March 19, 2023 00:38 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBThe 2023 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67), the largest UN gathering on gender equality, successfully wrapped up on Saturday, with Member States calling for a full and equal participation of women and girls in the development of digital technologies. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Unites Nations Humanitarian Update on Haiti
March 19, 2023 00:27 - 1 hour - 102 MBThe call comes amid reports that the situation in Haiti is deteriorating by the day, with citizens facing spiralling violence, human rights, and food emergencies, as well as a cholera epidemic. The influence of armed gangs is growing exponentially in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and beyond, reaching the Department of Artibonite, the country’s breadbasket. Armed violence – including kidnappings and sexual violence against women and girls – is also surging. The six senior officials, represent...
Federal Grant for Brain Research in Ontario
March 16, 2023 22:42 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBIn North York, Ont., Marco Mendicino, public safety minister and MP for Eglinton–Lawrence, announces federal funding for research in aging and brain health. He is joined by Ya’ara Saks, MP for York Centre, Allison Sekuler, president and chief scientist of the Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation, and Adriana Shnall, program director of the Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Caregiving. Responding to questions from reporters, Mendicino comments on the government’s response to the p...
UN nation Press Update
March 15, 2023 14:17 - 44 minutes - 51.3 MB‘Tip of the tipping point’ “Our world is at a crossroads, and our planet is in the crosshairs,” he said. “We are nearing the point of no return, of overshooting In a report to the latest session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Take ownership’ “Despite the impressive growth in international criminal courts and tribunals and our collective commitment to those entities, thei...
3 million Dollars Toward Mental Health Program in Ontario
March 14, 2023 22:58 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MBBy making strategic investments to help address the specific challenges faced by Black Canadians and other equity-deserving groups, including heath inequities shaped by discrimination and stigma, the Government of Canada Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
UN Assembly on Women's Rights
March 14, 2023 14:12 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBSecretary-General Rejects ‘Male Chauvinist’ Domination of Tech Sector, Calls for Overhaul of ‘Patriarchal Structures’, at Women’s Civil Society Town Hall Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Women’s Civil Society Town Hall, in New York today: We are meeting at a difficult and pivotal moment for gender equality around the world. We had years and years of incremental progress, [but now] women’s and girls’ rights have stalled now and are going into reverse. The...
The High Cost of Living
March 14, 2023 14:04 - 42 minutes - 48.7 MBCommunist Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth Rowley holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to present her plan to address the rising cost of living. She is joined by Adrien Welsh, the leader of the Communist Party of Quebec. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Ottawa. In his remarks, he outlines his expectations for the upcoming federal budget, calling on the government to lower taxes, end inflationary spending and carbon tax hikes, and encourage municipalities ...
Grocery CEO Parliament Inquiry Into Large Corporate Profits
March 11, 2023 22:16 - 59 minutes - 68.4 MBThe CEOs of the largest grocery chains in Canada are appearing in front of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food to discuss the price inflation of food. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Addressing the Safer Tanker in Yemem
March 11, 2023 22:14 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBUN-led efforts to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea took a major step forward on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to purchase a vessel that will remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker that has threatened the region for years. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Women and Equality
March 10, 2023 23:03 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MBThe UN General Assembly was awash in a sea of blue on Wednesday as some 1,800 people gathered to mark International Women’s Day, which this year focused on the need for inclusive and transformative technology and digital education. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Secretary General of United Nations on Rights for Women
March 07, 2023 21:09 - 55 minutes - 63.9 MBFollowing are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today: The session of the Commission on the Status of Women is one of the most important annual events at the United Nations. It takes on even greater significance at a time when women’s rights are being abused, threatened and violated around the world. Progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes. In Afghanistan, women and girls have been erased from public life. ...
Safe Garding the Election Process in Canada
March 07, 2023 15:33 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBOn Parliament Hill, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discusses the federal government's response to alleged foreign interference in Canada's federal elections. The announcement comes amid calls from the opposition parties for an public inquiry. The prime minister is joined by ministers Mélanie Joly (foreign affairs), Dominic LeBlanc (intergovernmental affairs, infrastructure and communities), Marco Mendicino (public safety), and Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian heritage). Become a supporter of this po...
WHO on Global Health Issues March 3 2023
March 05, 2023 03:13 - 32 minutes - 37.5 MBI was deeply shocked and saddened by the devastation and suffering I saw and heard.In the Hatay province of Türkiye, almost every building has either collapsed, or is leaning dangerously.I imagined how terrifying that morning must have been, in the pitch black, the rain and snow, and the awful noise of buildings collapsing and people screaming.I visited a camp for displaced people, where I met a 67-year-old woman who was trapped under the rubble for three hours before she was rescued.Her husb...