The use of the Emergencies Act in Canada
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Authored on June 17, 2022
In our weekly news panel with Michelle McQuigge and Joeita Gupta, we discuss:
- the federal government’s suspension of travel rules and certain vaccine mandates
- the use of the Emergencies Act in Canada which is coming under scrutiny as part of an official inquiry
- and we explore some serious criticisms over Britain’s refugee resettlement policy that aims to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda
In the second hour of the show:
- Entertainment critic Michael McNeely reviews the comedy film "Fire Island." The film is available with audio description and closed captioning on Disney+ and is rated R
- And Karen McKay from the Centre of Equitable Library Access highlights some must-reads for National Indigenous People’s Day. She also describes this year’s winners of the Griffin Poetry Prize and Lambda Literary Award