2/2 with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Canada thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. tradingeconomics.com/canada/rating#Canadacreditrating
1/2 #Militaryexpenditure (% of GDP) in #Canada was reported at 1.4151 % in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. cont'd
How Catholics Avoided Paying Millions in Reparations for Residential Schools. During its final weeks in office, the previous Conservative government under Stephen Harper reached a deal allowing the church to walk away from most of its obligations. nytimes.com/2022/04/02/wor…
Protestant churches paid about 9.2 million Canadian dollars. But the Catholic Church, which operated about 70 percent of the more than 130 schools, only paid 1.2 million of the 25 million Canadian dollars it agreed to raise in cash contributions as reparations.
In 1998, the Untied of Canada church apologized specifically for its role in Indian Residential Schools, and since 2008 has been actively engaged in the Truth and Reconciliation without any expensive journeys.
1/2 Bill S-233 calls for the creation of a national "framework" to allow the federal government to begin studying a "guaranteed livable basic income" program in Canada.
1/2 In other words, conservative #fearmongering has whipped-up "pawns" to catastrophize about a review that has yet to take place. Perhaps these people being used as pawns don't know the conservatives have opposed every social program ever brought before Parliament.
Canada has taken first place in the 2021 Best Countries Report, an analytical study conducted by U.S. News & World Report. This is the first time Canada has claimed the top spot in the yearly ranking, having spent several years in the second and third positions. 1/3
Highlighted in the 2021 report is that Canada ranked first in sub-rankings, including quality of life and social purpose, meaning that it is seen as “a stable and safe society in which individuals [and business] can develop and prosper, and is open, fair and equitable.” 2/3
The 2021 report evaluated 79 nations worldwide using 76 different attributes and considers how countries are perceived, economics, military presence, quality of life and quality of education. 3/3 Canada takes 1st place in #2021BestCountriesReportinvestontario.ca/spotlights/can…
#Bitcoin’s massive energy use faces $5M shame campaign. Change the Code Not the Climate, launched today, and it’s seeking to encourage bitcoin luminaries like Elon Musk ... to push for changes that would slash bitcoin’s energy use. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
1/2 The Change the Code Not the Climate campaign believes about 50 key miners, crypto exchanges and core developers have the power to change #Bitcoin’s code. Bitcoin’s main rival, #Ethereum, is readying for a major software overhaul that will make it more environmentally friendly
Gloria Bell says she found evidence residential school students made souvenirs for the Pope. Canadian researcher challenges Vatican's claim that its #Indigenousartifacts were gifts | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/…
1/2 I know that old paper records like #residentialschoolrecords require controlled environments to be prevented from degrading and that creating and maintaining such environments is extremely expensive. The Vatican has such records.
2/2 Digitizing copies of the Canadian #residentialschoolrecords and placing them in the hands of the appropriate First Nations would provide access to their own historical records for research purposes.