Despite heated rhetoric, little change on US-Mexico border
The daily commute from Mexico to California farms is the same as it was before Donald Trump became president.
Category Archives: North America
Troubled trek: Asylum-seekers’ journey took them through frozen fields to Winnipeg homeless shelter
Majeed Haruna Agure has been living over the past month in the Booth Center, a large homeless shelter in Winnipeg. Agure, who is seeking refugee status in Canada, walked in January over the border between Manitoba and North Dakota to complete a journey he started in Brazil.
Hard to say who will win political games over pipeline battle
The showdown between Alberta and B.C. over the TransMountain pipeline is not only pitting the two westernmost provinces against each other. The battle has larger implications not only for the New Democratic Party - which counts two premiers in the fight - but also for the federal government and the panorama of Canadian voters and economic interests.
Nunavut judge objects to time limits Supreme Court set on criminal trials
A Nunavut judge has written a passionate objection to the Supreme Court's time limits for criminal trials, saying they do not respect Inuit culture or the geography of northern Canada. Judges are usually bound by Supreme Court precedents.
US is an outlier on death penalty attitudes in North America, ACLU attorney says
Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, speaks during the session, "A North American Perspective on the Death Penalty: The American, Mexican and Canadian Experiences," on Friday during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. . When it comes to imposing the death penalty, the United States has long outpaced North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, according to the director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project.
Coast Guard to Offload $721 Mln of Seized Cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard will offload more than 47,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $721 million Thursday at 9:30 a.m., which was seized in 23 separate interdictions in the eastern Pacific Ocean by U.S. and Canadian forces operating in international waters off the coast of Central and South America. Senior U.S. and Canadian officials will be at the offload to discuss new tactics used by transnational organized crime groups and to highlight international cooperation in combating the threat posed by these dangerous groups.
U.S. passes landmark tax bill: What it means and what it does to Canada
In the dying hours of debate, with the United States poised to pass its most sweeping tax reform in decades - including far-reaching provisions touching health care, the economy and the national debt - a senator mentioned how it would also reach the northern neighbour, Canada. "We're not gonna have any more pharmaceutical companies buying donut-makers in Canada and move their headquarters to get a lower tax rate," said Sen. Johnny Isakson, in a slightly bungled reference to Burger King buying Tim Hortons and relocating north.
Americans launch #ThankCanada campaign after Trump attacks Trudeau
Canada's House of Commons adopted an unusual unanimous resolution Monday backing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he was harshly criticized by President Donald Trump, while Americans lent support to their northern neighbor on Twitter through a special hashtag #ThankCanada. Trump attacked the Canadian leader after withdrawing U.S. approval of the joint communique issued at the close Saturday of the Group of Seven summit in Charlevoix, Quebec.
Border agent injured in West Texas incident out of hospital
FBI Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso field office Emmerson Buie Jr. speaks during a press conference at the FBI field office, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in El Paso, Texas, about the death of a border patrol agent and the severe injuries of a second agent. FBI officials said Tuesday that officers are investigating the incident as a "potential physical assault" on federal officers, but said there are several scenarios that might have led to the agents' injuries.
The Canadian Military’s Search for “Gravitas” in Asia
Canadian leaders search for "gravitas" and "respect" from their US counterparts is adding to friction in the Asia-Pacific. Amidst tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Canadian Navy has joined Washington's "pivot" towards Asia.
Unifor head Jerry Dias ‘glad to be in the middle of it’ on NAFTA talks
Just hours before Bombardier Inc. was to unveil a dramatic plan to escape its latest crisis, Jerry Dias was summoned to Montreal to meet with Alain Bellemare, the beleaguered firm's chief executive. There, the head of Canada's largest private-sector union was told that after months of searching for partners to help finance its sleek new C Series jet, Bombardier would be teaming up with European manufacturer Airbus, which would take on much of the responsibility for building and selling the aircraft.
Canada must reform its stunningly inadequate political advertising rules
Opinion: Bruce Anderson on how Canada's democracy is vulnerable to modern forces that our current election rules are ill-equipped to handle Voters wait in line at a polling station in Quebec City, October 19, 2015. Canadians go to the polls in a federal election on Monday.
Bombardier got subsidies? Boeing received $64B from the U.S. government
When the Quebec government and Ottawa stepped in to shore up a struggling Bombardier with cash for its prized CSeries aircraft, danger was lurking, according to William Mitchell, professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Sure enough, not too long afterwards, Boeing filed a complaint with the U.S. government alleging that Canada's airplane manufacturer was encroaching on its home turf by selling CSeries aircraft on the cheap thanks to government subsidies.
What the Democrats’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan could spur in Canada
Opinion: For some Americans, Canadian health care is a source of envy. But the 'Medicare for All' plan shows that our system could use a shake-up, too Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent from Vermont, discusses Medicare for All legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017.
Six stories in the news for today, Sept. 26
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland updates the media on the NAFTA negotiations in the foyer outside the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 25, 2017.
Border agents engage in troubling pattern of intimidation and abuse, deportees allege
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives in front of a mural in Tecate, Mexico, just beyond a border barrier in Tecate, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
Canada won’t buy Boeing aircraft until company drops trade complaint against Bombardier: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Boeing can forget about selling fighter jets to Canada as long as its trade complaint is ongoing against Quebec aerospace firm Bombardier. Trudeau's comments Monday, the toughest yet in the ongoing battle between Boeing and the Canadian government over the complaint against Bombardier, appear to jeopardize not only Boeing's current proposal to sell interim fighter jets to Canada but its hope to sell Canada additional aircraft in the future to replace the CF-18 fleet on a permanent basis.
McKenna says she is ‘done’ with ‘ridiculous’ Tory language on environment
Canada's push to get climate change action included in a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement is turning into a heated domestic dispute just as it makes its debut at the official negotiating table. The NAFTA schedule obtained by The Canadian Press showed the environment was on the schedule for seven hours of NAFTA talks in Mexico City Monday, and another seven hours on Tuesday.
Mexican President Says Restoring Peace Is Country’s Top Priority
President Enrique Pena Nieto on Saturday called for Mexico to redouble efforts against violence, saying that restoring peace to the nation is the biggest demand of society and top priority of his government. After falling in the first years of his administration, the rate of killings is on the rise again.
Cozumel, Cancun: The Rights of Nature Plowed Over, Sewage Saturated, Cruise-ship Imploded
With the power of the telecom thieves and my cellular phone, and, viola, I am conversing via text and downloaded images with my 21 year old daughter on the Island of Cozumel, with her mother, stuck in the maelstrom of tourists and a denuded ecosystem. Yes, I admit, I loved that island, 1979, 1983, 1987 , but I knew my very presence, my ecological footprint, the baggage of being an American, a scuba enthusiast, journalist, too, and dive bum, all were part of what was starting to become very out of whack in the world of those who have and those who do not have.