Letter from the Publisher Happy birthday to us Dear Readers, We are proud to announce that The Caribbean Camera is now 30 years old. Unfortunately, at this time , we are experiencing problems which we have never had before in the entire history of the newspaper. As many of our faithful readers are aware, back […]
By David Jessop A moment will come at the end of June when the European Union and Britain will hold a virtual high-level meeting to decide whether enough progress has been made to meet their agreed deadline for a post-Brexit trade relationship. Under the UK withdrawal agreement, both sides currently have until 31 December this […]
Who said the COVID-19 panademic is over ? Well, the way thousands of people packed Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Saturday, one of the first warm days of the year, one might have believed that the deadly virus had finally disappeared. But if you did think the pandemic is over, think again. Some politicians […]
By Carlton Joseph In the United States last month, the unemployment rate registered a record 14.7 per cent, dropping by a historic 20.5 million jobs as the coronavirus pandemic hit the economy, wiping out a decade of gains in a single month. Meanwhile , the stock market has been experiencing significant gains. There are two […]
EDITORIAL Focussing our lenses on the good and the bad Turn the pages of this issue of The Caribbean Camera and you will find, as in past issues, some good news as well as some bad news. While we are always happy to present the good news, we are certainly not prepared to pretend that […]
By David Jessop A day will come when a vaccine is available, the World Health Organisation confirms there are no new coronavirus cases, and our lives return to normal. When this will be is uncertain, but as the effects of the pandemic start to ease, governments and businesses everywhere have begun to consider how to […]
By Jenny Baboolal On April 22 last, Earth Day came and went without much fanfare. This is unfortunate because, with a captive global audience, it was a unique opportunity to connect the dots between the COVID-19 pandemic, our way of life and its impact on our health and on the earth that supports us. Fifty […]
The City of Toronto’s public health unit has started the process of developing its own system to collect race-based data for COVID-19. In a memo last week to members of the board of health, Councillor Joe Cressy, chairman of the board, said the lack of data hinders fully understanding how the virus impacts specific ethno-racial […]
Editorial Ontario should start collecting race-based data on COVID-19 Why is the government of Premier Doug Ford so reluctant to set up a system to collect disaggregated race-based data on COVID-19 ? We ask the question because it is clear that the lack of this type of data hinders communities from fully understanding any disproportionate […]
The current pandemic has given the world a lot to think and write about. In this article, I will offer some reflections on two themes. The first is Dr. Martin Luther King’s idea of our common humanity and how this has been demonstrated in the global battle against the coronavirus. The second, and related theme, […]
