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WINNIPEG 鈥?The decision by U.S. President stanley termosky Donald Trump to fire FBI director James Comey is alarming and part of a global shift away from democratic controls over powerful people, former intelligence officer Edward Snowden said Tuesday night.Snowden spoke via video link to three universities in Manitoba and Alberta from Russia, where he lives in exile vaso stanley aft stanley kubek er quitting the National Security Agency in the U.S. and revealing some of its surveillance secrets.He said the firing is worrisome because Comey was conducting a wide-ranging probe into the Trump administration, including the possible influence of Russia in last year U.S. election. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW This calls into question our commitment to the rule of law, Snowden said.It not to say that what the president has done is illegal, but we should not lose sight of the fact that ... the president of the United States has just fired the man in charge of a criminal investigation into the actions of his administration and his associates. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Trump move is part of a global creeping disrespect for the public and their rights, Snowden added. He spent part of his 40-minute speech, followed by a question-and-answer session, focusing on new surveillance laws in the United Kingdom, Russia and other countries.Snowden mentioned the surveillance by Montreal polic Sjpr COVID-19 hospitalizations down across province, but Ontario reports 47 deaths related to virus
Unsecured creditors of Metroland have approved an insolvency proposal by the Toronto Star sister company.The creditors, including stanley mugs former employees, voted Monday at a meeting chaired by proposal trustee Jonathan Krieger, a partner at Grant Thornton, a restructuring and insolvency consultancy.The proposal still needs court approval. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The company says it intends to pay former employees an amount equal to which they would receive under the Wage Earner Protection Program WEPP , a stanley cups federal program that covers a portion of wages, vacation p stanley cup ay and severance owed to employees in a bankruptcy or receivership, to a maximum of $8,278, which they refer to as the employee basket. Employees will also be paid a preferred amount for their pension claims.In addition to those payments, the company also intends to also pay former employees approximately five cents on the dollar for any residual amount remaining owing after the employee basket is paid. All other unsecured creditors were also offered five cents on the dollar for what theyre owed. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The trustee will also file an application to Service Canada for permission to seek funding from the WEPP, which has the potential to increase the distribution to other creditors, as well as former employees on their residual claim, to 17 cents on the dollar.The sole secured creditor is CIBC, to
WINNIPEG 鈥?The decision by U.S. President stanley termosky Donald Trump to fire FBI director James Comey is alarming and part of a global shift away from democratic controls over powerful people, former intelligence officer Edward Snowden said Tuesday night.Snowden spoke via video link to three universities in Manitoba and Alberta from Russia, where he lives in exile vaso stanley aft stanley kubek er quitting the National Security Agency in the U.S. and revealing some of its surveillance secrets.He said the firing is worrisome because Comey was conducting a wide-ranging probe into the Trump administration, including the possible influence of Russia in last year U.S. election. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW This calls into question our commitment to the rule of law, Snowden said.It not to say that what the president has done is illegal, but we should not lose sight of the fact that ... the president of the United States has just fired the man in charge of a criminal investigation into the actions of his administration and his associates. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Trump move is part of a global creeping disrespect for the public and their rights, Snowden added. He spent part of his 40-minute speech, followed by a question-and-answer session, focusing on new surveillance laws in the United Kingdom, Russia and other countries.Snowden mentioned the surveillance by Montreal polic Sjpr COVID-19 hospitalizations down across province, but Ontario reports 47 deaths related to virus
Unsecured creditors of Metroland have approved an insolvency proposal by the Toronto Star sister company.The creditors, including stanley mugs former employees, voted Monday at a meeting chaired by proposal trustee Jonathan Krieger, a partner at Grant Thornton, a restructuring and insolvency consultancy.The proposal still needs court approval. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The company says it intends to pay former employees an amount equal to which they would receive under the Wage Earner Protection Program WEPP , a stanley cups federal program that covers a portion of wages, vacation p stanley cup ay and severance owed to employees in a bankruptcy or receivership, to a maximum of $8,278, which they refer to as the employee basket. Employees will also be paid a preferred amount for their pension claims.In addition to those payments, the company also intends to also pay former employees approximately five cents on the dollar for any residual amount remaining owing after the employee basket is paid. All other unsecured creditors were also offered five cents on the dollar for what theyre owed. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The trustee will also file an application to Service Canada for permission to seek funding from the WEPP, which has the potential to increase the distribution to other creditors, as well as former employees on their residual claim, to 17 cents on the dollar.The sole secured creditor is CIBC, to