COP15 update
COP15 pieces of the day: CBC explains what it is, the Guardian ponders recent difficulties between Canada and China, the Globe & Mail has a piece on Indigenous leaders and their role at the meeting, and the Gazette talks to Innu people about their frustrations at Quebec’s failure to protect caribou.
Radio-Canada is reporting on the 300 delegates to last summer’s AIDS conference who have asked for asylum in Canada. That this is being reported on the eve of COP15 – for which visas have been delayed in some cases, as they were for the AIDS conference – is bound to be seen as a predictor of future events.
Sunday, the Journal is emphasizing the fears of merchants close to the fenced‑off area around the Palais, stoking anxiety about possible riots, breakages and theft. I say again to anyone thinking of demonstrating: be very aware of agents provocateurs in your midst.
Expect a COP15 post daily, with local as well as worldwide reports on the meeting.
Ephraim 18:56 on 2022-12-04 Permalink
We really need to change the language. There is a significant difference between China and the CCP.
Kate 19:52 on 2022-12-04 Permalink
Ephraim, when we read or write “difficulties between Canada and China” we tend to mean between the governments of these countries, and not the feelings of the individuals living in them. I don’t think that’s susceptible to misunderstanding.
Ephraim 21:07 on 2022-12-04 Permalink
There is a significant difference, Canada is currently represented by the Liberals/NDP but can also be the Liberals or the Conservatives. But represents Canadians in a transitory fashion.
But China and the CCP are the one and the same. And the CCP does not really represent the Chinese people, other than saying that they do. In the same way that a self-appointed principal of a school represents the students or even the CEO of a corporation represents the employees