As a solopreneur who has been in the graphic design business since 1987, I have had my share of financial ups and downs. Nobody could prepare business for the COVID lockdown and how long it would take to recover.
The prime minister’s recent triumphant announcement that the CEBA loan would be extended interest-free until December 2024 at first glance was amazing news. But in fact, the not-so-fine print gave businesses an extension to save their forgivable portion of the loan only until Jan. 18, 2024. Failing to pay the loan in full by this date — just 18 days past the original deadline — means we forfeit $10,000 or $20,000 depending on which loan we originally took.
Our commission has long advocated for states to take home their citizens. Living conditions in the camps amount to cruel and inhuman treatment and outrages on personal dignity for an estimated 50,000 people, mainly women and children.Our recommendations and reports stress that the best interest of children must be a primary consideration, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and that this in turn requires mothers in most circumstances to be repatriated with their children.
Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, chair; Hanny Megally, commissioner; Lynn Welchman, commissioner — UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab RepublicYaroslav Hunka is 98. An extradition would take time, and a trial would also take time; he will probably cease to exist prior to any real justice being served. The good thing is that he has at least been called out, but the painful aspect is that the sword of justice will most likely not come near him.