☕ Morning Update – 3 things to know: • After nights of protests, three more officers were charged in George Floyd's death • B.C's premier called on Ottawa to lead an anti-racism program • Jane Philpott will lead Ontario's COVIDー19 data effort
Police officers stand behind a barricade as people gather in front of City Hall on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Seattle, in a protest over the death of George Floyd.This is the daily Morning Update newsletter.
This year, with authorities citing pandemic risks and the need for social distancing, the vigil is banned, but people are planning to surround the park anyway in defiance of Beijing’s attempts to extend its rule — and its codes of acceptable conduct — onto a city that has long prized freedoms of speech and assembly not permitted in mainland China. Lawmakers today approved a national anthem law that would see those found guilty of insulting China’s national hymn face jail time.
Parliamentarians in Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand have urged the creation of UN special envoy for Hong Kong.to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, parliamentarians, including Liberal MP Michael Levitt, who chairs the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, said they are concerned about China’s imposition of a new national security law – without the consent of Hong Kongers – that could severely restrict guaranteed freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong citizens.
When public health officials across Canada banned visitors from nursing homes to protect residents from COVID-19, they cut off anand inadvertently created a feeding crisis. Family members and advocates say some residents have died from dehydration and others are wasting away without the help they relied on. The loss of extra assistance comes as many facilities struggle with severe staffing shortages.
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