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Carbon Emissions Offset Market Inaugurated In Canada

June 8, 2022 8:29 pm

Fresh developments have been announced by the Canadian Government as Canada recently unveiled and inaugurated a national carbon emissions market to help it meet its climate goals which would be allowing cities, farmers and others to sell credits for CO2 reductions to heavier polluters thereby reducing the carbon emission rate in the Country.

Under this new Carbon trading system which has been pioneered in the Country, registered participants can generate one credit for each tonne of emissions they reduce or remove from the atmosphere.

Credits can then be sold to others in Canada to help them meet compliance obligations or …

Canada To Receive Over 1.2 Million Immigrants In Next 3 Years

October 31, 2020 2:23 pm

The Canadian Government plans to receive over 1.2 million immigrants in three years, from 2021 to 2023. The plan is to make up for a shortfall caused in 2020 by the Coronavirus pandemic.

This was disclosed by the Immigration Minister, Marco Mendicino, during a news conference on Friday.

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Breakdown

* 401,000 new permanent residents- 2021

* 411,000 in 2022, and

* 421,000 in 2023 (an immigration rate equal to about 1% of Canada’s population).

He said, “The key to both short-term economic recovery and long-term prosperity is immigration.

“As with every other …

Canada Introduces Bill To Ban Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’

March 10, 2020 5:50 pm

The Canadian government on Monday announced a bill to ban so-called “conversion therapy,” which tries to change the sexual orientation of young LGBT people.

The bill would create five new offenses in the Canadian criminal code, including prohibiting subjecting a minor to the practice, either in Canada or abroad.

An adult would also not be able to undergo conversion therapy against his or her will, and no one would be allowed to profit from or advertise it.

If the bill passes, Canada’s laws on conversion therapy would become some of the “most progressive and comprehensive in the world,” David Lametti, …