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By: Andrew Moran
Do you hear that? It is the sound of China and Russia laughing at the implosion of the West as politicians concentrate their energy on reciting the chief tenets of wokeology. As part of their public policymaking pursuits, elected officials and bureaucrats abandon common sense and eradicate their little gray cells to spotlight their wokeness. In the U.S., there are standard allusions to white people acting as the primary cause of racism, an unofficial declaration within the corridors of power and pillars of society. In Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Canada, it is official policy to declare that only white people are racist. But would it be racist to label an entire race as a bunch of bigots and xenophobes? That is 4D wokeness.
April 28, 2021
James Kon
The Department of Labour, Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) hosted the first of the two-day 14
th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Berakas yesterday.
Permanent Secretary (Safety, Welfare and Law) at the MoHA Mohd Amir Hairil bin Haji Mahmud is chairing the virtual meeting, while Acting Commissioner of Labour Muhammad Saufi bin Haji Ibrahim is delegation head for Brunei Darussalam.
Mohd Amir Hairil said, “On behalf of the MoHA and the Government of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, I wish to extend my warmest greetings and deepest appreciation to the ACMW delegation heads of ASEAN member states and ASEAN Secretariat for joining our virtual
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 28
Meenu Bakhru said it s hard to focus on day-to-day life while she awaits updates from her family in India. India has recorded more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases a day since April 21.(Submitted by Meenu Bakhru)
People in Waterloo region with ties to India spend their days anxiously awaiting updates from family as COVID-19 cases in the country surge by more than 300,000 a day. It s really hard to believe, and it s really hard to stay focused on our lives here, said Meenu Bakhru, who lives in Wilmot Township. We are almost always thinking of them.
Share New regulations are in the works for Canada s coal mines, but experts are concerned they won’t be strong enough to address the legacy of pollution from more than a century of coal mining in B.C. s Elk Valley. Photo: Callum Gunn
Teck Coal was ordered to pay a record $60 million fine this year for polluting waterways in the Elk Valley, but despite the penalty, contaminants continue to leach from piles of waste rock at the company’s mines and the clock is ticking on new federal regulations that observers say are long overdue.
“Leadership is desperately needed in this watershed from the Canadian federal government,” said Erin Sexton, a University of Montana biologist.