Canada has ranked 4th in the updated U.S. News country rankings for 2024—achieving an overall indexed score of 94.1. Notable performances around scoring factors for quality of life, entrepreneurship, social purpose, and agility helped contribute to the country’s strong ranking. This year, Switzerland took the top spot with an overall indexed score of 100. The
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Canada tried to copy New Zealand’s gun buyback program — what went wrong?
Politics The Canadian government sought to follow New Zealand’s lead in 2020 when it launched a program to force gun owners to surrender military-style firearms. But while New Zealand acted quickly in 2019, Ottawa is still struggling to implement its own plan.New Zealand’s program built trust with gun owners — and moved quickly Daniel Leblanc · CBC News
Canada sending rocket motors, spare parts to Ukraine in latest aid package
Politics Canada is donating tens of thousands of rocket motors, a handful of surplus warheads and the decommissioned chassis of nearly 100 armoured vehicles to Ukraine as part of its latest military support package.Defence minister also unveils details of F-16 pilot training program for Ukraine Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Sep 06, 2024
Canada still hasn’t recognized the likely winner of Venezuela’s election — Venezuelans want to know why
Some Venezuelan-Canadians say the Trudeau government has failed to stand up for democracy in its response to the July 28 Venezuelan presidential election — an election tainted by widespread evidence of fraud and a government campaign of arrests, disappearances and torture of poll workers. Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia ruled out seeking asylum abroad yesterday