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A group of gun violence survivors and their families are on Parliament Hill imploring the Senate to speed up its study and passage of the government's gun reform bill.

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has addressed Bill-71 as is has been in second reading since Spetember.

Bill 71 currently imposes measures to widen background checks for gun owners, toughen rules on carrying a handgun, and tightens record keeping requirements for the sale of firearms. It also changes the current way guns are classified in Canada.

Heidi Rathjen, a survivor of the ecole polythechnique shooting, points out that the government has the capability of working quickly, using bill C-89 Canada Post back-to-work as an example. Gun violence survivors have been waiting 3 years for gun control and are finding it difficult to wait any longer, as gun related violence continues to claim lives.

They just want to see the Senate advance their study of the bill, strengthen it with amendments and see it pass soon.

During an interview with CTV News, Sen. Andre Pratte understands the impatience and agrees with strengthening the bill, but making numerous amendments is useless if they end up being rejected. Furthermore, the time Bill C-71 is taking become a law is not unusual considering there is large opposition to it amongst Conservative senators.

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After years of swimming against a Conservative current in the Senate, Bill S-203 — which aims to end the captivity of whales, dolphins — has moved one step closer to becoming law. The affably nicknamed “Free Willy” bill,

Senator Wilfred Moor introduced bill S-203, which aims to end cetaceans captivity, cetaceans being the collective term for whales, dolphins and porpoises. It would also make it illegal to both hold and breed cetaceans in captivity. Since 2017, Green party leader Elizabeth May has supported the bill as well as top marine biologists and scientists from around the world.

Lori Marino, a marine mammal expert has spent 2 years exploring potential sites in Novia Scotia that has the potential to house a sanctuary with a capacity of about a dozen formerly captive whales and dolphins. The sanctuary would have educational and research benefits for any community willing to open its doors. Many whales are born in captivity and lack required skills to be simply set free. A sanctuary would be the closest they would ever get to being returned to the wild.

According to Marino, the ideal location for a sanctuary would be a bay or cove deep enough so the animals can dive, would need to be relatively protected and shouldn’t interfere with the fisheries or other local businesses. Although, some local fishermen are concerned about the space needed for a sanctuary, if one can be found in the first place, and if it will interfere with business.

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Federal judges are fighting a proposed law that would force them to make their travel and other expenses public, calling it "unacceptable."

Judges are against bill C-58 that would force them to release their travels and expenses publicly. The legislation was proposed to improve judges’ transparency and accountability. Legal representatives are against the legislation because it would compromise judicial independence, personal security and damage public confidence in the justice system.

Access to Information and Privacy Act wants all federal judges to disclose their travel itineraries and other expenses every 3 months. This is concerning because not all travel expenses are the same due to the cases that a judge will handle. It is unfair for a judge to stand out more than another. In general, judges are held to a higher standard than other MPs who are not legally obligated to release their spending.

Bill C-58 would make individualized expense information available to the public. Repercussions include allowing judges to be tracked and vulnerable to harassment or violence. Judges that handle sensitive cases have a higher potential of having their personal safety at risk. Unlike other members of society, a judge cannot defend or explain themselves publicly.

There is already internal accountability controls to approve and review spending. The bill will only disrupt the balance system that brings together judicial independence and accountability for the expenditure of public funds.

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OTTAWA – Parliament is on the cusp of approving new powers for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to allow them to collect information about people and items leaving Canada and share …

Bill C-21 would mend the Customs Act to allow Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to gather personal information on people and items leaving Canada, and share this data with other federal departments. The purpose is to tighten border security; unfortunately, this has caused concern to residents of Akwesasne on both sides of the border.

Grand Chief Abram Benedict and district chief Edward Roundpoint say anything that affects border crossings is a big deal in Akwesasne. They are not against the tightening of border security but are concerned that the CBSA tracking the coming and going of residents will highly affect them. This bill will also supply other federal departments with data that may be incorrect. These include departments responsible for administrating benefit programs that require recipients to be living in Canada.

Senate members are concerned about the impact on First Nations and have attempted to find a solution, but there is no way to change the bill in a manner that will not affect them because the definition of who is a Mohawk of Akwesasne is unclear. Additionally, they were not consulted on the bill and might sue to have the bill denied, although a sit down with the government to find a solution before the bill passes is preferred.

Bill C21 only needs to pass a third reading in the Senate before it can be given royal assent and become law.

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One expert says he might have exaggerated for "dramatic" effect.

This is an updated article addresses NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s commentary on Bill C-89, calling it a load of ‘baloney’. He is insinuating the rights of the working people are being disregarded as the prime minister creates more legislation. Singh is most likely comparing this bill to Harper’s government bill C-6, which was considered to be a violation of labor rights in Canada. In 2016 it was ruled an unlawful violation of postal workers’ charter guarantee of freedom of expression and association.

Bill C-6 had taken away workers right to strike, which also violated their rights to freedom of assembly and freedom. Also, it imposed a wage increase for postal workers, but was still below what Canada Post had already offered. It provided for an arbitrator to settle issues, but was refused twice. When creating bill C-89, the Trudeau government tried to avoid making any of the same errors that Harper’s government made when creating bill C-6. It has a balanced approach in addressing concerns about health and safety, pay equity and fair treatment of part-time employees, as well as Canada Post’s concerns about things like financial sustainability. Although, labor law experts still have yet to find any mistakes.

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Tonight’s Evening Brief is brought to you by #DontLetGoCanada. This campaign is calling for a long-term, fully-funded space strategy for Canada as part of Budget 2019. Click here to advocate for keeping Canada in space to your Member of Parliament. Good evening to you. The Lead: A decision by General Motors to close five North …

The article is a discussion that mainly addresses the unknown future of Canada’s trade deal with the U.S. and Mexico. General Motors is causing waves in the auto industry with their decision to close down 5 auto plants with plans on shifting towards zero-emission vehicles. There will be a loss of 10, 000 auto jobs and the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) could be changing courses.

In Canada, Conservative Party leader Rona Ambrose encourages the Trudeau government to stall bill C-69 because of the economic crisis in Canada’s oil and gas sector. On the other hand, Alberta Premier Rachel Notely want the bill quickly amended/fixed because the legislation has put her plans to purchase pipelines. She wants another way of getting product from Alberta’s oil patch to buyers.

Internationally, President Trump’s response to GM shut down supports the idea of the new tariffs on auto imports, claiming it will boost the U.S. auto manufacturers for cars.

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Politicians would be taken out of decisions made about provincial public-sector pension plans under a new bill introduced Tuesday in the Alberta legislature.

Alberta introduced Bill 27, which stop politicians from making any decisions on provincial public-sector pension plans. The bill suggests that making decisions regarding pension plans and administration functions be made by 2 different boards of members, as opposed to by cabinet ministers.

The sponsor board would represent unions and employers equally, set contribution rates, review budget and decide on any eligibility and benefit levels, as well as take retirees into account. The corporation board would take charge of overseeing the plan, setting investment policy, communicating with plan members and working with regulators.

Finance minister Joe Ceci says that the government trusts both employers and employees to make pensions plan decisions. Guy Smith, president of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees supports Bill 27 as it has the best interest for workers that are to be recipients of a pension.

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Yukon opposition parties are shaking their heads after the territorial government defeated its own bill to change electoral riding boundaries in the territory.

This article addresses Bill 19 in the Yukon and how it was voted against during the second reading. The bill was supposed to enact recommendations from a report issued in April pertaining to redistributing riding boundaries in the Whitehorse area of the Yukon. The recommendation of adding another rural riding was an effort to give rural voters more representation.

The Yukon premier was against this because it would only reduce the number of voters per riding even more, and that number of voters is already small. The bill was chut down because of the changes between the report from last year and the one issued in April, claiming they were too last minute. Furthermore, the addition of another MLA has become a concern.

Yukon Party leader Stacey Hassard accuses the government was not taking Yukoners into consideration, that all they cared about was how the map looked.

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The Progressive Conservative government was supposed to pass its landmark labour law.

This article was updated on November 21, 2018.

Back in September the Progressive Conservative government was supposed to pass bill 47 but delayed their final vote. This caused the minimum wages in Ontario to remain at 14$ an hour for a year, as well as end any guarantees for workers to received 2 paid sick days per year. Ontario’s public disagrees and begun a campaign Fight for 15 and Fairness. They feel they are not being heard and protesters are accusing the government of shutting down public debate concerning Bill 47.

The government suggests that reducing the burden on businesses will create more job opportunities and strengthen the economy. Laurie Scott, Minister of Labour, defended that the increase of employment costs has led to reduction if hours for workers and reduction of job opportunities for younger workers.

On the other hand, Gilleen Pearce from Walk My Dog Toronto supports the wage increase. She claims that the high wages result in low employee turnover and it will guarantee employees time off. She comments that training employees costs more money and it takes time for dog owners have to trust the dog-walkers.

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I’m a photographer and aspiring photo archivist. I was asked to digitize photos that were on display at a funeral/viewing. There were 65 photos.

Me: Sure, I could have this done pretty soon, no problem!

Client: Great! I didn’t have tape and didn’t want to use glue, so (with pride in their voice) guess what I used?

Me: (with pronounced fear in my voice) Uh… what?

Client: Toothpaste!

What was going to be an hour and a half project turned into two days of scraping and cleaning photos.

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Assignment 1 - Design Analysis and Domain Name

The domain name i would like to use is haidicphoto.com which will then redirect to my tumblr account.

some inspiration websites

http://www.tomhoops.com/ - simple to navigate through. uses large scale to showcase his images, but i find them too big at times. He keeps his ‘about’ section simple. he explains how he came to be photographer and what he generally see. I also like the fact that there are not too many tabs to go through.

i like how the different size photos fit into each other

http://jeremycowart.com/portfolio/featured/ - similar to a tumblr blog layout, the grid view. helps see his work overall and get a sense of his style. social media links are clearly shown. there are a lot of tabs for the different parts of his website but they are direct.. meaning you not have to excessively click to multiple different links to get to the place you want, its one link for the shortcut.

similar to tom hoops but the images are smaller, less over whelming and it show cases more of your work at once

http://www.caitlinworthington.com/editorial - i like the horizontal scroll. the photos are shown at the perfect size and i like how the layout doest really change when switching topics on the site. although iodinate like her main page, where you have to lick to get to the real information.

http://www.hardyklaholdphotography.com/# - i like the size of the photos but going around site is annoying. on the other hand, all the clicking shows how organized the site is. Orgnizations is a good aspect in a successful website

home page: i like how it shows one image that changes

specific topic: i like that the photos are separated. give room to breath

gallery: i don't like the fact that it opens another tab

http://kotedia.com/category/jewellery/ - very straight forward and clean. i like his logo as well, its not too bold, but not basic enough to ignore or not see it. its nice and simple like his style.

i like how many of them have large sizing for their photos. making it easier to see the good quality in their pictures. navigating through their sites is easy and fast loading too. some site i found took a while to load because of all the special effect they had when changing topic of page and would take even longer on a cellphone.

in the end i like square space technique ti display a variety f photos at once and individual photos for specific topics or portfolio.

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