January 06, 2021 CANADA DENTISTRY Higher Food Prices, More Taxes Coming? DR
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INSURANCE The homesick seasonal workers, who up to then had not received exemptions from the T&T government to return to Port-of-Spain, were treated to homestyle cooking, foodstuff, and other Christmas fare donated by caring and concerned residents in the GTA. Word got around just before Christmas that the stranded T&T Volunteers at Drupati's Roti & Doubles at nationals were facing a bleak Christmas, a consequence of not receiv- its 35 Woodbine Downs Blvd location in ing exemptions by their government to fly back to Port-of-Spain fol- Toronto ready donated foodstuff for delivery lowing the end of their seasonal tenure at Ontario farms. to stranded T&T nationals last month. As the news spread across social media, the community began Paul Ram rallying to the call to meet the workers’ Life & Investment Broker needs. Its members started collecting MONEY FREEDOM INC. 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Insurance *No Load Funds *No Penalty RESP considered recovered, BioNTech Covid-19 Drupati’s Roti & Doubles, a pil- *Critical Illness *Universal Life *Dental & Drug Plans *Disability. (E&O) the lethal fallout in the Vaccine, which was lar here among the GTA’s Caribbean Companies represented: Assumption, Blue number of world-wide deployed in December food establishments, also responded Cross, BMO, Canada, CPP, Empire, Equitable, deaths is under two last year for world-wide to the call to aid the stranded workers. Foresters, Industrial Alliance, ivari, Manulife, million, a number that inoculations. It offered storage space for collection RBC, Sunlife. www.omesh.com tragically continues to In early June last of the donated items, and coordinat- Instant quote online: www.moneyfreedom.ca climb. year, Indo-Caribbean ed distribution of the much-needed 1.866.PAULRAM Tel: 416.414.2204 There is no deny- World reported on foodstuff to the stranded recipients, a ing that 2020, the year the scientific research company official told Indo-Caribbean of the pandemic, was being conducted World last week. the best of the worst Vidia Roopchand by Guyanese-born Following the touching act of kind- of times. However, as of last month, a Vidia Surendra Roopchand. He was ness by Drupati’s, along with numerous new undercurrent of hope began emerg- part of a team effort at the American nationals here, one resident in the GTA ing that the coronavirus tide could be pharmaceutical firm, Pfizer, which told the Trinidad Express, “Boxes were further curtailed with an addition to then was hard at work developing what dropped off at Drupati’s, a business the arsenal of social distancing, wear- is now considered by experts to be a owned by Trinidadians, and they did ing masks, and hand-washing. It was See story on Page 16: Vaccine See story on Page 18: Drupati’s pix@jeniferRajkumar Twitter Sajad Gulamali Prayer in Zoom Participants wel- come 2021 in a Zoom prayer ser- • Auto • Homes/Condo vice held by the • Motor Homes • Tenants Toronto Arya Samaj •Contractors• General Liability on January 1. 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We could see food prices And all levels of government across the country will be eager Ask us about our: rise by as much as five percent in 2021, according to the to seek more revenue in coming months, as most are incurring recently-releasedC report. record-breaking debt during the Covid-19 pandemic. • Dental Implants (from That’s the highest increase ever predicted by the report’s There are already rumours swirling about increasing taxes start to finish) authors, a group of on wine, beer, 24 scholars from and spirits. • Invisalign (Misaligned four universities. For Most provin- Teeth) a family of four, the cial liquor food bill could go up boards have • Snore Guard by as much as $695 seen sales this year. 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