www.theasianstar.com Vol 19 - Issue 34 BC reports 148 new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths, 30 school exposures British Columbia reported 148 new cases of COVID-19 and two new deaths on Thursday. The number of active cases in the province edged downward by six overnight to 1,371, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said at a live briefing. The number of people in isolation due to potential exposure continued to climb, however. It reached another new record of 3,417. “That is not surprising to me, we have around 2,000 schools around the province,” she added. Henry also touched on the controversy regarding how Vancouver Coastal Health reports exposures in schools.
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Second COVID-19 wave has already started: PM in address to nation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that in some parts of the country the COVID-19 second wave has already begun, but Canadians have the power to flatten the curve again, in his evening address to the nation from his West Block office. “In our four biggest provinces, the second wave isn’t just starting, it’s already underway,” said Trudeau, of the current outbreaks in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. “We’re on the
brink of a fall that could be much worse than the spring.” COVID-19 cases have jumped nationally, from about 300 cases per day in mid-August to 1,248 on Tuesday, prompting Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam to implore Canadians and public health policy-makers to redouble infection prevention efforts now, or face a “very sharp and intense peak” in new COVID-19 cases that would likely lead to Continued on page 7
Horgan faces attacks after calling election for Oct. 24 in his suburban Langford riding, flanked by a backyard lacrosse net and a cul-de-sac of ordinary homes that he said represented voters who want to go to the polls early to secure him a four-year mandate. “I want to get the election behind us, not for myself but for the Continued on page 6
Premier John Horgan found his character under attack moments after calling a snap election Monday, with opponents and former allies questioning how voters can trust a leader who reneged on written agreement with the B.C. Greens to not call an early election. Horgan announced the election campaign
Trudeau dangles national childcare system in throne speech with few hints of fiscal restraint Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a national childcare and early education system as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter gender equality gains by forcing Canadian women out of the workforce. But just how such an unprecedented national system could work is unclear and there were few concrete signs in the throne speech presented
Wednesday of how the Liberals plan to rein in the massive federal deficit incurred with pandemic emergency spending. The throne speech outlines sweeping plans to tackle things like climate targets, systemic racism, and the deep blow the pandemic has delivered to Canadians in vulnerable jobs and communities across the country. It comes as cases spike in many regions including
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Canada ‘bets the farm’ on big spending as second wave threatens economic recovery Canada’s vow to double down on pandemic-related spending to keep the economic recovery under way in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 infections will support activity but raises questions over the burgeoning deficit, economists say. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially tables the Throne Speech in the House of Commons as parliament resumes in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 23, 2020. The Liberal
government on Wednesday made sweeping promises of major new investments and policy initiatives saying “this is not the time for austerity”, while giving few details on how those plans would be financed and at what cost. An economic update, including fiscal projections, will be released later this fall, it said. “It seems like they’ve bet the farm and doubled down on spending,” said Ian Lee, associate professor of management at Ottawa’s Carleton University.
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