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The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 4, 2021. There are 875,559 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 875,559 confirmed cases (29,930 active, 823,524 resolved, 22,105 deaths).The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 2,812 new cases Wednesday. The rate of active cases is 78.75 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 20,365 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new cases is 2,909. There were 60 new reported deaths Wednesday. Over the past seven days there have been a total of 299 new reported deaths. The seven-day rolling average of new reported deaths is 43. The seven-day rolling average of the death rate is 0.11 per 100,000 people. The overall death rate is 58.16 per 100,000 people. There have been 24,676,396 tests completed. _ Newfoundland and Labrador: 997 confirmed cases (153 active, 838 resolved, six deaths). There were three … [Read more...] about The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, March 4, 2021

They’ve had government-mandated quarantine incomes clawed back. They’re told to work in groups while waiting for COVID-19 test results. And they must squeeze into tight quarters that make social distancing impossible. These are some of the most common complaints revealed in a new report as Canadian health officials fight to contain COVID-19 outbreaks among migrant workers’ lodgings and maintain Canada’s food supply chain as the pandemic continues. “While millionaire corporations are being bailed out, migrant worker — the ones that actually grow food— are in crisis,” said the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change report, Unheeded Warnings: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in Canada , released Monday. “COVID-19 is exacerbating existing injustices that have underpinned the agri-food system for a long time, and about which we have raised multiple warnings.” According to the advocacy coalition for migrant workers, there are at least three major outbreaks in Ontario — Greenhill Produce … [Read more...] about Migrant farm workers ‘in crisis’ amid pandemic, report says

A month after being chastised for its complicity in sending asylum-seekers to U.S. jails, a defiant Ottawa says it’s appealing a court decision that ruled its bilateral pact with Washington is “unconstitutional.” On Friday, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said the government will challenge the earlier Federal Court decision that gave officials until January to ensure the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) complies with the Canadian charter before declaring the accord invalid. “There are factual and legal errors in some of the Federal Court’s key findings. There are important legal principles to be determined in this case, and it is the responsibility of the Government of Canada to appeal to ensure clarity on the legal framework governing asylum law,” Blair said in a statement. Advocates called the Liberal government’s move “disappointing and shameful.” “This decision to appeal protracts Canada’s ongoing complicity in what is by any measure a full blow human rights crisis … [Read more...] about Ottawa appeals court ruling that U.S. is unsafe for refugees