The WHO declared Mpox a global health emergency, Canada is bracing for a year of extreme weather events and Ukrainian troops are in Russia.
Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attacked a pledge by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by 100 per cent, but Trudeau did not answer when asked why his government hasn’t moved sooner on introducing a surtax.
“It’s a bit of a joke that Poilievre is suddenly talking about workers in the industry,” Trudeau said at a funding announcement for the EV industry in eastern Ontario Monday.“For (Poilievre) to suddenly turn around and say, ‘Oh, we’re worried about EVs,’ that’s baloney. He’s looking for a political angle. Because that’s all he does,” the prime minister said.
Canada’s police chiefs are calling on all levels of government to provide more resources, training and “moral” support to help policing services respond to a growing number of protests across the country.
The Canadian Association of Police Chiefs said at the conclusion of its annual summit in Halifax on Tuesday that the increased protest activity is leading to an “unsustainable demand” on police resources.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the virus in parts of Africa.
That comes as health officials also warn of a sharp rise in cases in Toronto.In the wake of the World Health Organization declaring a global public health emergency for mpox, Canada says the virus risk within the country “remains low.”
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Wednesday released an online statement, stating it is “closely monitoring” the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and neighbouring countries.