david conversation: In August 2019, organizers of Vancouver's Indian Summer Festival invited two daring scholars for a bold conversation, according to Georgia Asian. Renowned author Arundhati Roy and U.S.-based journalist David Barsamian discussed Roy's latest book, My Seditious Heart, a collection of her all published political essays, some of which are highly critical of the Indian state. Here, they're photographed in Kak was in Vancouver last year to talk about his film about photographers in Watch David Barsamian's conversation with Arundhati Roy in Vancouver in 1 of 3 2 of 3Now in its 10th year, an annual event celebrating diversity of India in Canada isn't just about entertainment and parties. The talk occurred just when India's right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janta Party BJP government had revoked special rights given to the disputed region of Kashmir and heavily deployed its armed forces there. Breaking the deafening silence in Canada over what is going on in India, Roy and Barsamian discussed a range of inconvenient issues, including Kashmir, which remains under lockdown in the name of national security. Roy pulls no punches when writing against growing attacks on religious minorities and political dissidents under the BJP, which is turning India into a near-Hindu theocracy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ohid yaqub: The Department of Health and Human Services said it had secured 500,000 treatments of the drug through September, representing 100% of Gilead's July production capacity and 90% of its capacity in August and September, according to CTV. To the extent possible, we want to ensure that any American patient who needs remdesivir can get it, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said in a statement. The U.S. government announced Monday that it had an agreement with Gilead Sciences to make the bulk of their production of remdesivir available to Americans during the next three months. Ohid Yaqub, a senior lecturer at the University of Sussex, called the U.S. agreement disappointing news. That ended Tuesday and Gilead this week announced the price of the treatment going forward. Newsletter sign-up Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox It so clearly signals an unwillingness to co-operate with other countries and the chilling effect this has on international agreements about intellectual property rights, Yaqub said in a statement Until now, Gilead had donated treatment courses to the U.S. and other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

regis korchinski-paquet: Every additional second of this reality represents the further exposure of Indigenous, Black, racialized, poor and disabled people to harm, death and trauma, according to Rabble. But amid our sadness, anger and fear is excitement about unprecedented social and political willingness to create something new. He joins Rodney Levi, Chantel Moore, D'Andre Campbell, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and hundreds of other deceased victims in the archives of police brutality and neglect -- more proof we shouldn't have needed that police routinely inflict the violence they supposedly exist to counter; that they serve and protect the colonial, racial, ableist status quo; and that their murderous MO is seemingly impervious to public scrutiny and rage. This moment is born out of the unrelenting activism of Indigenous and Black communities, who have mobilized in grief, rage and love for years against state violence. As a social worker, I join my critical peers in challenging this assumption. Heavily present in our post-police society imaginings are, apparently, social workers and mental health practitioners -- pitched as non-violent substitutes to the police in answering crisis situations, and more generally as staples in a society organized around collective well-being. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

umer shahid: Cousineau made the point in her reasons for decision in connection with a complaint, according to Georgia Asian. The complaint was filed by a black woman against a supposedly ethnically diverse company in Surrey. Racism can clearly operate between groups of people who are racialized in Canada, states tribunal member Devyn Cousineau. Christine Lado, originally from South Sudan, has claimed that she was singled out for public criticism and unfair scrutiny because of her race. The discrimination allegedly happened in the production site of Naturally Homegrown Foods Ltd., maker of Hardbite chips. Lado alleged that her South Asian supervisor, Umer Shahid, treated other workers better because they are South Asian like him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

vancouver funk: I have always been part of the Canadian family, I have always chosen Canada and for me today, it seems more like Canada has chosen me and I belong again, she said following the ceremony at Canada Place in Vancouver, according to National Observer. Funk, 37, was born in Mexico to Canadian parents and they moved back to Canada when she was just two months old. Funk, who is a third-generation Canadian, became a first-generation Canadian Saturday after she regained her citizenship that was stripped from her just over a year ago by an arcane law. Since then, Canada has been home and she holds no other citizenship. What people are reading Walk to pile of bones Ontario's incoming tenant law toughened further in committeeUVic's oily governing boards lay bare fossil fuel's deep entrenchment in Canadian society Losing her citizenship meant she couldn't leave Canada and couldn't vote. She was unaware of a law that requires people born overseas between 1977 and 1981 to parents who were also born abroad to apply to maintain their citizenship by the age of 28, and missed the deadline. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wealth: These findings move Canada from the middle of the OECD pack, to ranking as the fourth most unequal advanced capitalist country, still well behind the U.S. but almost tied with the Netherlands and Germany, according to Rabble. In the one competition where we should never want to be a contender, we are now a medal hopeful!Where do these new figures come from To measure income inequality governments can access tax records. The top 1% own a quarter of all personal wealth in the country, while well over half is held by the top 10 per cent. Measuring wealth is not so easy. Fewer than three-quarters responded, so how representative this survey is remains a matter of conjecture. Statistics Canada conducts a survey of financial security SFS every three years and in 2016 a representative sample of 12,000 families were asked about their assets and liabilities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

city toronto: The board subsequently approved a motion calling on all three levels of government to support the measure in order to curb virus spread in the city, according to NOW Magazine. Toronto Public Health TPH has done new data analysis of geographic neighbourhoods hardest hit by the virus that shows the infection rate is almost as four times as high among people living in overcrowded housing. Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa recommended the move in a report that was presented to the Toronto Board of Health at a virtual meeting on Thursday. In the report, de Villa said the facility would be for people who live in large, crowded households where adequate space is not available to follow isolation or quarantine guidelines. Toronto has already created self-isolation sites for people experiencing homelessness and have become infected. She notes that Chicago and New York have created a similar programs using thousands of hotel rooms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian cartoonists: Unfortunately, none of the readers of newspapers in the cartoonist's home province of New Brunswick got to see it, according to Rabble. Not one editor ran it. He is one of North America's most accomplished and cutting-edge cartoonists, and last week he delivered one of his best -- a devastating juxtaposition of Donald Trump choosing to golf past the bodies of a migrant father and daughter who drowned trying to get into the United States. Twenty-four hours later, Brunswick News Inc. terminated the cartoonist's contract. Although he refuses to link his termination to that particular cartoon, the president of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists said the timing was no coincidence. De Adder worked for the Irving newspaper chain for 17 years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian press: That woman, of course, is Kim Campbell, according to National Observer. The former Progressive Conservative prime minister spoke to The Canadian Press earlier in the week about women in politics, including presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and what it is like to be the only woman whose portrait is hanging in the gallery of Canadian prime ministers. Here in Canada, a woman has already risen to the highest office in the land, Obama told the House of Commons. Every once in a while, Campbell said, someone on Twitter decides to tell her she was only prime minister for about five minutes. It was actually four months, from June 25 to Nov. 3, 1993, and if anyone is really counting, she points out her 131-day term was neither the shortest nor the second-shortest as far as Canadian prime ministers go. What people are readingUVic's oily governing boards lay bare fossil fuel's deep entrenchment in Canadian society As Ford government marks two years, climate controversy has taken a backseat to COVID-19'We see you and we hear you' O'Regan repeats his olive branch on Trans Mountain My husband's reaction to people who say that is 'I suppose your wife was busy that weekend!' Campbell said by telephone from Edmonton. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

councillor ford: That is the upshot of yet another logic-defying scrum with Councillor Ford, the mayor's brother and campaign manager, according to NOW Magazine. Mayor Ford returned on Monday from a 60-day leave of absence to deal with his substance abuse issues. Namely, he believes doesn't necessarily have to do with race, and that Rob Ford is a victim of it. On Tuesday he attended at an East York Canada Day parade where he was angrily confronted by a shirtless jogger named Joe Killoran, who asked the mayor about his homophobic and racist comments, general dishonesty, and alleged conflicts of interest in a video that has since gone viral. Doug's unfounded allegation came after reporters asked him when the public can expect the mayor to fully address his bigoted comments, which by now are well documented, including in a Toronto Star article that quoted the mayor as rattling off a string of ethnic slurs and boasting, I'm the most racist guy around. Speaking to reporters at City Hall on Wednesday, Doug accused Killoran of uttering a racial slur at the mayor, even though video of the encounter doesn't show Killoran using any racist remarks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

david lametti: In addition to criminalizing the sale of sex, it bans others from materially benefiting from such transactions and makes it illegal to advertise the sale of sexual services, according to Georgia Asian. What the attorney general will do is look at it, decide whether or not it is charter-compliant or in compliance with the Supreme Court ruling on Section 7 of the charter and make amendments and then present the amended bill to the House, Fry said. In a phone interview with the Straight, Vancouver Centre MP Hedy Fry said that she expects Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to apply a constitutional lens to the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. She added that the government intended to do this during its first term. However, Fry said that the first Liberal justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, had her plate full with cannabis legalization and legislation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

holiday tradition: You can't stop here, according to CTV. Karande took those words to heart. This is just the beginning, her teacher said. The next nine years were full of new beginnings as she journeyed from India to Ontario to Nova Scotia and then the Northwest Territories, where she now works full time as a registered nurse. Canada Day citizenship ceremonies are a holiday tradition, but this year, the COVID-19 pandemic means the celebrations are going digital. Canada Day during a pandemic What's open and closed across the country Read more COVID-19 reshapes Canada Day celebrations There will be another new beginning this Canada Day Karande is set to join 18 others in swearing the oath to become a Canadian citizen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kachin state: The most detailed estimate of Myanmar's jade industry said it generated about 31 billion in 2014, according to CTV. Hpakant is a rough and remote area in Kachin state, 950 kilometres 600 miles north of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon. The Myanmar Fire Service Department, which co-ordinates rescues and other emergency services, announced about 12 hours after the morning disaster that 162 bodies were recovered from the landslide in Hpakant, the centre of the world's biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry. The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud, the Fire Service said. The tolls announced by other state agencies and media lagged behind the fire agency, which was most closely involved. It said 54 injured people were taken to hospitals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mass shooting: Julie Payette announced 123 Canadians who are being recognized for their skills, courage or dedication to service by receiving a decoration for bravery, a meritorious service decoration or the volunteer medal, according to CTV. Canada Day during a pandemic What's open and closed across the country Read more COVID-19 reshapes Canada Day celebrations Here is a complete list of the award recipients and the reasons for their awards Star of Courage Azzedine Soufiane, Quebec City -- For sacrificing his life in an attempt to disarm the assailant during the mass shooting at the Grande Mosquee de Quebec on Jan. 29, 2017. Gen. Medal of Bravery Said Akjour, Quebec City -- For attempting to confront the assailant during the mass shooting at the Grande Mosquee de Quebec on Jan. 29, 2017. Aymen Derbali, Quebec City -- For destabilizing the assailant during the mass shooting at the Grande Mosquee de Quebec on Jan. 29, 2017. Hakim Chambaz, Quebec City -- For rescuing a young girl during the mass shooting at the Grande Mosquee de Quebec on Jan. 29, 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

whirlwind week: It hasn't actually grown much more in the past couple of weeks, but it certainly intends to go on expanding, according to Georgia Asian. The radical Sunni Muslim organization that conquered almost half of Iraq in a whirlwind week at the beginning of June has changed its name. Support your state, which grows every day, said Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, announcing the rebirth of the Caliphate in the broad territory between Aleppo in northern Syria and Diyala province in eastern Iraq. Before, it was ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham the old Ottoman province that used to include Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel . But now it wishes to be known simply as the Islamic State for there can only be one such state, and it should include everywhere that Muslims have ever ruled.ISIS propagandists have even produced a map showing the ultimate borders that their Islamic State lays claim to. Spain and Portugal will be part of it, because they were ruled by Muslim conquerors during much of the Middle Ages. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

advisers: The sources said there was little evidence that the president became more skillful or competent in his telephone conversations with most heads of state over time, according to CTV. Rather, he continued to believe that he could either charm, jawbone or bully almost any foreign leader into capitulating to his will, and often pursued goals more attuned to his own agenda than what many of his senior advisers considered the national interest. The calls caused former top Trump deputies -- including national security advisers H.R. McMaster and John Bolton, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and White House chief of staff John Kelly, as well as intelligence officials -- to conclude that the president was often delusional, as two sources put it, in his dealings with foreign leaders. These officials' concerns about the calls, and particularly Trump's deference to Putin, take on new resonance with reports the president may have learned in March that Russia had offered the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- and yet took no action. By far the greatest number of Trump's telephone discussions with an individual head of state were with Erdogan, who sometimes phoned the White House at least twice a week and was put through directly to the President on standing orders from Trump, according to the sources. CNN's sources said there were calls between Putin and Trump about Trump's desire to end the American military presence in Afghanistan but they mentioned no discussion of the supposed Taliban bounties. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

differences fall: As an older male, I'm in the population facing the highest risk from COVID-19, but my reflections on this pandemic go beyond my own life and death, according to Georgia Asian. Difficult as it is now, this pandemic will subside and we'll be able to think about how to move forward. This slowdown is giving me time with my grandchildren, who are with me, and to think about what has mattered most in my life, what has given me the greatest joy and satisfaction, and where I hope the world may go after I'm gone. This is a challenge for all people. Governments worldwide unite against a common enemy as ethnic, religious, economic and political differences fall away. I've always been struck by science-fiction movies in which alien invaders arrive and begin killing humans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

generation canadian: It's a multicultural country and everyone is treated the same way, according to CTV. And the second thing I like about Canada is that the people of Canada are very polite and they are so helpful, so I really feel so good to be in an environment where people are so friendly to each other, said Singh. Canada Day serves as a celebration of a second home for some, including Bahmandeep Singh who is originally from India, but has lived in Canada for a couple of years. Those friendly gestures help make Sandhu feel a sense of connection with other Canadians. I feel really proud to be a Canadian, I'm really blessed to have been born here and be a Canadian citizen. This sentiment is echoed by Ayesha Azam, a first generation Canadian, after her parents moved here from Pakistan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hockey background: The event has a variety of routes for different skill levels, including a new 150 kilometre trail was added this year for 150 years of confederation, according to CTV. Many Canadians confirmed their citizenship at Diefenbaker Park in the reaffirmation ceremony, restating their oath. Many cyclists joined the park event after the Prairie Gran Fondo an annual cycling event raising money for organizations. Six-time Stanley Cup winner Bryan Trottier joined the celebrations. The diversity in Canada and how everyone embraces it, is something to celebrate, Trottier, from Val Marie, Sask., said. I'm very proud of my roots, very proud of my hockey background and my native heritage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

peoples: Those of us not celebrating Canada's 150 are instead celebrating Onkweh n we Indigenous peoples' resilience to the genocide enacted by Canada in the name of progress and the security of settlers, according to National Observer. We also celebrate our resistance to assimilation. It is difficult to join in the celebration when it is accompanied by this level of obliviousness about colonization and how it continues to oppress Indigenous peoples. We know that many Canadians wish to have genuine reconciliation and because of that, we are proud to call them our friends and allies. Our lands must be returned, we must have control over our resources and education and traditional governance and languages must be restored. But in order to move forward, we need to have real reconciliation accompanied by restitution. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

supreme decrees: The masters of the Roman world surrounded their throne with darkness, concealed their irresistible strength, and humbly professed themselves the accountable ministers of the senate, whose supreme decrees they dictated and obeyed, according to Rabble. Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1, Chapter 3On May 10, 1626, Sir John Eliot an English parliamentarian and statesman delivered a blistering speech to the House of Commons. To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those princes who understood their own interest and that of the people, it may be defined an absolute monarchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth. One of the finest orators of his day, Eliot laced into King Charles I's chief minister, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The latter's position as Charles I's favorite and, as many bitterly hissed, secret lover, allowed Buckingham to exert an inordinate level of influence over the formulation of statecraft. A strong proponent of free speech and the rights of Parliament, Eliot had developed a deep revulsion for the wanton lifestyle and financial profligacy of his target and erstwhile patron. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

years: John serves as pastor of assimilation at St, according to Rabble. Mark's in Little Rock, Arkansas, but I got to know John when he served as managing director here at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. You can view the entire interview here. Ed Tell us a bit about what you are up to in fighting for racial justice. My hometown is there, born and raised there 18 years, spent 18 years of my life in Brunswick. John I'm from Brunswick, Georgia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

feature-laden competitors: Roads are now detector-confusing thickets of radar signals, according to Rabble. Modern sedans and crossovers blast out radio waves, which serve as eyes for a glut of crash-avoidance systems. In the nearly 30 years since the device launched, the market has grown dense with cheaper, more feature-laden competitors. For sports-car drivers all over the United States, Valentine's little black box was once the benchmark against which all newcomers were measured. The Valentine One, Generation Two, or V1G2, is the culmination of a lifetime spent on a very specific pursuit. Can a new-generation device, packed with hyper-sensitive scanners and advanced software, put Valentine back on top This story originally appeared in the June 2020 issue of Road & Track. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

customer reviewers: Customer reviewers on Skytrax cited YVR's friendly staff, high level of organization, and easy access to downtown Vancouver as some of the best things about the airport, according to Georgia Asian. Vancouver International also boasts a floatplane terminal, as well as a sizable collection of art from the Pacific Northwest. According to Business Insider magazine online, YVR, with 19.5 million passengers latest figures available has good reason to have been selected tops in North America once more Vancouver tops this list for the seventh year in a row, and for good reason. The annual North America list compiled by international air-transport research company Skytrax is contained in its comprehensive World Airport Awards, sometimes referred to as the Passenger's Choice Awards. These awards showcase results gleaned from Skytrax's yearly World Airline Survey and World Airport Survey, which for 2016 covered 550 airports worldwide and attracted 13. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

detainees home: One of those children is a five-year-old orphan known as Amira who was found on the side of a road last year after her parents and siblings were killed in an airstrike and whose case has been raised with the federal Liberal government in the past, according to CTV. The government of Canada is flouting its international human rights obligations toward Canadians who are arbitrarily detained in northeast Syria, reads the 92-page report, which included interviews with detainees, families and Canadian and foreign officials. The accusation by New York-based Human Rights Watch is contained in a scathing report released Monday that calls on Ottawa to immediately begin bringing the detainees home -- starting with the 26 Canadian children known to be in the camps. The obligations that Canada has breached include taking necessary and reasonable steps to assist nationals abroad facing serious abuses including risks to life, torture, and inhuman and degrading treatment. Children were seen drinking worm-infested water while morality police hunted women who criticized ISIL. The Human Rights Watch report is the latest to take aim at the federal government when it comes to Canadians detained in northeastern Syria following the collapse of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It went on to paint a disturbing picture of conditions in the camps, with food and clean water in short supply while disease and violence are rife. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

health care: As an immigrant to Canada from her home country of Uganda, Lakhani's family was expelled in 1972, according to a biography on the Government of Canada website, according to CTV. After moving to Edmonton, Lakhani took on a mentorship role with young students who did not speak English as their first language. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Salma Lakhani as Alberta's 19th lieutenant governor Tuesday. She's also done work to advance women's rights, health care, education and championed new immigrants, the government said in a statement. Lakhani was one of the first mentors of a program that provided guidance to ESL students at Nor Quest College in Edmonton. As Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, I know she will serve the people of her province and our country well, and continue to be a source of inspiration for all Canadians, said Trudeau. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.