Canada expected to see 'temperature roller-coaster Spring-Forecast
Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Mar, 2022 01:06 PM
The international climate change report has more bad news for the west coast.
Sherilee Harper of the University of Alberta and one of the 330 authors of the summary report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there will be impacts on human health and well-being.
She says fleeing wildfires and flooding caused by climate change imposes mental-health costs.
Harper says those costs can also be indirect — the toll on farmers, for example, of not knowing what to expect from the weather or what crops would grow best.
Jody Wilson-Raybould says allowing Indigenous self-determination would support the cultural, social and economic well-being of Indigenous Peoples, while giving nations, governments and industry the certainty needed during a transitional time.
Leader Jagmeet Singh is putting his weight behind the bill, tabled by his NDP colleague Gord Johns, decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs including cocaine and heroin.
He wrote that MPs who want him out are confused about what direction to take the Conservative party--which has been a source of concern under O'Toole's tenure.
The growth in November pushed the GDP above pre-pandemic levels by 0.2 per cent, the agency says. The agency also says its initial estimate for December suggests real GDP was essentially unchanged for the final month of 2021 to bring growth to 4.9 per cent for the full year.
Donald Trump himself shouted out Ottawa's so-called "trucker convoy" during a speech Saturday in Texas. One of Trump's most controversial supporters in Congress, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, also expressed solidarity.
COVAX celebrated delivering its one billionth dose in mid-January and one-third of the population in the countries reliant on COVAX for their vaccines is now fully vaccinated.