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Gail MacAllister is a lecturer in the MPA program teaching MPA 809. Equipped with two Queen’s master’s degrees in Theology and Industrial Relations along with a Master of Laws (ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School, she brings years of multidisciplinary experience to her role in the School. She has additional training in mental health first aid, suicide prevention, and diversity and inclusion. She is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and strives to make the learning environment a safe, inclusive, and productive space for all that attend the program and work within the School. Gail works to share her passion for learning with others and to inspire the next generation of policy makers, rights advocates and conscious citizens.
Opposition members on Thursday accused the Liberal government of blatant partisan manoeuvring when it prorogued Parliament last summer, in what one MP said showed a “toxic disdain for democracy” by the prime minister.
Liberal, Conservative and NDP members of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs debated whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was justified in his decision to shut down Parliament for five weeks this summer, just as his government was reeling from the WE scandal.
In the 1950s and ’60s when medicare was developed, life expectancy was a bit over 70 years, and seniors were only 7.5 per cent of the population. Today, life expectancy is 82 years, and seniors constitute 17 per cent of Canadians. Numbers will peak at 25 per cent in 2041 with 10.8 million seniors, by which time the majority will be 80 and older, entering a period in their lives when they will need better and more varied support services to age well, and not just in health care.
Canada’s population is rapidly aging, but is it aging well? In our November 2020 report “Ageing Well,” we found both good and bad news.
The good is that Canadians are living longer. Back when medicare became the backbone of our health-care system about 60 years ago, seniors made up 7.6 per cent of the population. They now constitute 17.5 per cent and will be almost 25 per cent in 2041 — 10.8 million people whose average age will be in the low 80s just over 20 years from now. They should all age happily and well.
The conflict between the Ethiopian federal government and a group from within its northern state of Tigray has ended according to the Ethiopian government. The view of some analysts is that in this post-conflict phase, there remain risks of insurgency from peripheral regions of Tigray. Rather than any organized armed conflict, or armed regrouping by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the more likely outcome is ongoing sporadic violence leading up to delayed federal elections in Ethiopia, now scheduled for June 2021.
Christian Leuprecht, a professor at Canada’s Royal Military College and Queen’s University, and an expert on national security and related issues, says the Biden administration likely won’t make a difference on cyber diplomacy. Beyond the U.N. Group of Experts’ efforts to find a consensus on internet governance, he says, there’s no movement on an international pact due to intransigence by China and Russia.
In one of his first acts of office, U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that effectively kills the Keystone XL pipeline project.
The order states that the pipeline “disserves the U.S. national interest” and that approving it would be inconsistent with his campaign climate pledges.
Kenney calls the Keystone XL decision a ‘gut punch’ — but it’s one that’s been telegraphed for months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol