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TORONTO Residents in several of Ontario s COVID-19 hot spots expressed frustration Monday at their inability to book vaccinations close to home amid a crush of demand after the province accelerated second doses in areas where the Delta variant is spreading. Based on scientific evidence that people with one vaccine dose are less protected against the variant, the province had said individuals in seven regions who got first doses on or before May 9 could book a second shot starting Monday. Spots, however, were quickly filled. One resident of Mississauga, Ont., said he would have to drive more than 100 kilometres to Simcoe, Ont., to get a second dose, initially scheduled for August, after finding nothing nearby.
Canada trying to save money at the expense of First Nations kids, lawyer argues
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Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Ottawa’s legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system heads to Federal Court Monday, despite repeated calls for the cases to be dropped in the name of reconciliation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA – Lawyers arguing on behalf of First Nations children and youth unnecessarily taken from their families by an underfunded and discriminatory child-welfare system say Canada harmed these kids, but is “shamefully” trying to avoid paying for its wrongs.
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TORONTO Residents in several of Ontario’s COVID-19 hot spots expressed frustration Monday at their inability to book vaccinations close to home amid a crush of demand after the province accelerated second doses in areas where the Delta variant is spreading.
Based on scientific evidence that people with one vaccine dose are less protected against the variant, the province had said individuals in seven regions who got first doses on or before May 9 could book a second shot starting Monday. Spots, however, were quickly filled.
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OTTAWA Lawyers arguing on behalf of First Nations children and youth unnecessarily taken from their families by an underfunded and discriminatory child-welfare system say Canada harmed these kids, but is shamefully trying to avoid paying for its wrongs.
But even while federal officials insist they believe these children should be compensated, their lawyers argue the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal s decision was based on seriously flawed reasoning when it awarded $40,000 to each Indigenous child and their parents and grandparents after being separated by the foster system.
Opposing arguments were heard in Federal Court Monday on the first of five days of hearings in the case, which are taking place virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.