This may have been written for the French however it applies to all of us in Canada today. On the 18th of March, Italian author Francesca Melandri wrote a letter to the French titled, ‘Letter to the French from the future.’ She wrote the letter while under lockdown in Rome, where she has been confined […]
Canada Post says it is no longer providing delivery services for mail and parcels to dozens of countries around the world as the coronavirus spreads. The organization, which is considered an essential service, is taking several steps to protect its workers and other Canadians. Canada Post made the announcement last week but did not say […]
Letter To The Editor The ‘Caribbean Heritage Month’ commess Dear Editor, When it comes to commess and bacchanal, no one, it seems, can beat the people from the Caribbean. We are past masters of the art of bacchanal. And we didn’t leave this art behind when we migrated to Canada. Oh No! You might […]
On March 12 last, Aaron Weinman of Reuters reported that Trinidad Petroleum Holdings (TPH) was in advanced debt restructuring talks with banks and had secured new loans of up to US$1.4bn based on oil reserves to ease an upcoming US$850m with a 9.75 per cent coupon rate to mature in August 2019. One potential investor […]
Dear Editor, As a long-time MPP, and a concerned Ontarian, I think it’s important to let Ontarians know that Doug Ford’s anti-environment crusade will put Ontario’s air, water and land at risk – and cost people and the province billions. Ontario families deserve clean lakes, and healthy smog-free air. They deserve a plan to leave […]
Letter to the editor ‘With Doug Ford as Premier, I could be homeless’ Dear Editor: When I heard that the recent news that Doug Ford was in favor of lifting rent control on those buildings where it still exists, that really got me thinking. I know many people in the Caribbean community in […]
Dear Editor: You can call me crazy or anything else you want but the reality is in this Toronto it seems that whenever the Black community builds something that’s the envy of the world, there are a couple of Black people around who will want to mash it up, cut it down, give it away […]
A unique Canada 150th celebration Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I have just returned from a cricket tour to Trinidad and Tobago where a youth cricket team from Toronto’s diverse communities represented Toronto and Canada. The trip was part of a larger Cricket Across the Pond (CAP) program, an initiative of CIMA and the City of […]
Ila HenryAn open letter to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship The following letter was sent to the Caribbean Camera by a 27-year old woman in St. Lucia. The letter has been forwarded to Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen and the federal Liberal Black caucus: Ila HenryDear Mr. Hussen, My name is Ila Henry and […]
‘He was the best prime minister Grenada ever had’ Dear Editor, Sir Nicholas Brathwaite (Sir Nick) died in November 2016 in virtual obscurity, a man with a broken heart for Grenada which he loved and served so well as prime minister from 1990 to 1995. I have served as an economist and civil Servant every […]
