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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ©2019 & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. www.WeeklyVoice.com FRONT PAGE Friday, December 6, 2019 | A-3 Canada’s Leading South Asian Newspaper - Tel: 905-795-0639 Friday, DecemberJune 2, 2017 6, 2019 www.WeeklyVoice.com VolVol 25, 23, No. No. 49 22 PM: 40025701 Old Age Benefits Helping Senior Immigrants, page 6 Ground Broken For Fire Campus In Brampton, page 11 Bombardier Opening Jet Plant In Mississauga, page 13 Biometrics Program Eases PR, Visa Process All Can Apply Within Canada; Final Phase Ready To Roll OttAWA: Building on a gov- and can do so at any of the 58 des- migration officers verify people’s ernment commitment made earli- ignated Service Canada locations identity, which makes processing er this year, Canada is rolling out across the country. This means applications easier and simplifies the final phase of its biometrics individuals will now save time entry for legitimate travellers. It collection program. and money by being able to give also makes it easier for officers to Effective December 3, 2019, their biometrics within Canada. stop individuals who pose a risk foreign nationals applying from Canada has collected biomet- to the safety and security of Ca- within Canada for temporary or rics (fingerprints and photos) on nadians. permanent residence, or to extend most foreign nationals applying People can apply online or by or renew their visitor visa or work for temporary or permanent resi- paper as they have always done. or study permit, will need to have dence since December 31, 2018. Applicants who receive a bio- their fingerprints and photo taken Having biometrics helps im- Continued on page 5 Ties Between Trudeau, Canadian Families Trump Tested At NATO Will Pay $487 Extra Canada Told To Boost Spending; PM Termed ‘Two-Faced’ For Food Next Year GUELPH: The average Ca- nadian family will pay up to an extra $487 on feeding themselves next year, according to an annu- al food price report that highlights climate change as a major culprit for rising food prices, especially in the produce department. Unexpected snowstorms, droughts and other weather events have impacted crops and food prices in the past, said Simon Somogyi, lead researcher from the University of Guelph. But for 2020, he and others be- File photo: THE CANADIAN hind the report highlight climate PRESS/Jacques Boissinot change as the cause. “We’re deliberately point- researchers expect it to be closer ing out that, you know: climate to the top end of that range. It’s change is causing the droughts, the second-highest prediction is causing the bad snowstorms since 2013. It’s outdone only by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump at a plenary session at the that’s impacting prices,’’ he said. an anticipated three to five per NATO Summit in Watford, , England, on Dec. 4, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The report calls the im- Continued on page 6 WATFORD, United Kingdom: our workers through the renewed questions about Canada’s failure pact of changing weather patterns Prime Minister Justin Trudeau NAFTA deal, through the steel tar- to spend two per cent of its gross on our food systems through escaped an international summit iffs, which we got lifted, through domestic product, a common droughts, forest fires, heavy pre- with his relationship with U.S. many initiatives,’’ Trudeau said. measurement of a nation’s eco- cipitation, reduced freshwater President Donald Trump appar- “We will continue to have an nomic wealth, on its military. access and rising sea levels “the ently intact despite ill-timed com- excellent relationship.’’ That included an exchange elephant in the room’’ for 2020. ments that threatened to ignite Trudeau arrived in the United with Trump during an impromp- “Canadian farmers will face tensions between the two leaders. Kingdom on Monday hoping to tu 40-minute news conference challenges in the future dealing The damage came in the form bridge growing gaps among some Tuesday in which the Canadian with unpredictable crop yields, of candid comments Trudeau members of the NATO military prime minister tried to deflect the heat-wave livestock threats, pas- made about the mercurial presi- alliance _ particularly the U.S., president’s attention from the fact ture availability, and pest and dent that were captured on video France and Turkey _ as the orga- Canada has no plan to reach the disease outbreaks,’’ reads the re- and quickly broadcast around the nization celebrated its 70th anni- two-per-cent target. port from researchers at Dalhou- world. Trump subsequently called versary. NATO members agreed in 2014 sie University and the Univer- Trudeau “two-faced,’’ but other- Those three countries have been to work toward the two-per-cent sity of Guelph. That link between climate BROKER wise appeared to take the com- at odds on a number of fronts, target within a decade. Canada BROKER ments in stride, no doubt leaving with French President Emmanuel spends 1.31 per cent of its GDP change and food prices comes Trudeau and the rest of Canada to Macron voicing frustration over on defence and is slated to reach along with a forecast that the av- REMAX REAL ESTATE CENTRE INC., BROKERAGE breathe a sigh of relief. a lack of co-ordination and com- 1.4 per cent by 2024-25.

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