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The International News Weekly July 01, 2017 | Toronto 16
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Amrit Mangat celebrates
Seniors Month
Indians positive, Canadians
negative about Trump: Survey
Amrit Mangat with seniors.
MISSISSAUGA: With June being designated
as Seniors Month in Ontario, Mississauga–Brampton
South Amrit Mangat
joined seniors in celebrations at Neebin
Park in Mississauga last Friday.
She spoke about what the provincial
government is doing for seniors.
The MPP said the Ontario government
is proposing to provide seniors above 65
with a new Ontario Seniors Public Transit
Tax Credit.
To improve the care and quality of life
for those living in long-term care, Mangat
said the government is encouraging operators
to redevelop more than 30,000 beds.
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TORONTO: Under President
Donald Trump, Indians view
the US very positively but Canadians
think unfavourably of
America.
A latest survey of 37 countries
by Pew Research shows
that 40 percent Indians view
the US positively under President
Trump. Only 9 percent
Indians think negatively of the
US even as 42 percent express
no opinion.
However, 51 per cent Canadians
think negatively of the
US under President Trump
while about 43 percent view
their neighbour to the South
positively.
The Canadian antipathy towards
the US is the deepest in
almost 35 years and it has all to
Modi with Trump and his wife Melania at the White House
do with President Trump.
Even under President
George W. Bush, who was very
unpopular in Canada, 55 percent
Canadians thought positively
about the US.
But when it comes to the
American people, 65 percent
Canadians think positively of
them. About 56 percent Indians
also view the American people
positively.
Interestingly, it is Sweden
where 80 people think positively
of the American people
but only 10 percent approve of
President Trump.
Muslim countries Jordan
(82 percent) and Turkey (79
percent) rank the highest in
their dislike for the US under
President Trump.
At 84 percent, Vietnam is
the country where the US is
most liked under President
Trump. Over 81 percent Israelis
also view the US positively
under Trump.
In Mexico with which
Trump wants to build a wall
to stop illegal immigration,
95 percent people think negatively
of the US and 90 percent
Mexicans want no wall.
As for Trump as a person,
the survey shows that 92 per
cent people think he is arrogant,
78 per cent think he is
intolerant, and 72 per cent perceive
him to be dangerous.
Despite controversies, Peel Police chief
Jennifer Evans gets 2-year extension
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MISSISSAUGA: Despite
controversies and public
opposition to her policing
policies, Peel Regional Police
chief Jennifer Evans
will keep her job for two
more years.
Peel Police Services
Board on Tuesday gave
the green light to renew
her contract for two more
years till October 2019.
In a Peel Police Services
Board statement,
its chairman Chair Amrik
Singh Ahluwalia said,
"After careful consideration
and deliberation,
the Board voted to accept
Chief Evans’ request for a
2-year renewal of her employment."
Ahluwalia added, "We
look forward to working
with Chief Evans for the
next two years as we continue
to modernize policing
in Peel."
Jennifer Evans, who
has been the police chief
since 2012, said she was
"excited for the opportunity"
to continue to lead Peel
Regional Police for two
more years.
"I would like to thank
all of our employees and
the community for their
unwavering support and
dedication to our Service.
I am very proud to have
such a strong team behind
me," the police chief said
in a statement.
Peel Regional Police chief Jennifer Evans shaking hands with a young resident.
I continue to be
inspired by the hard
work and dedication
of the men and women
of the Peel Regional
Police, as well as the
community we serve.
I remain committed
to working with our
community, the Peel
Police Services Board
and all employees of
Peel Regional Police.
Jennifer Evans, Peel
Regional Police chief
She said, "During the
next two years we will continue
to build on our successes
and work together
to achieve the objectives
set in our 2017-2019 Strategic
Plan. Our focus will be
on achieving Community
Safety Together, a Professional,
Diverse and Supportive
Workplace while
providing Quality Service
and Fiscal Responsibility.
I have no doubt we will exceed
expectations."
Praising her men
and women, Chief Evnas
said, "I continue to be inspired
by the hard work
and dedication of the men
and women of the Peel Regional
Police, as well as the
community we serve. I remain
committed to working
with our community,
the Peel Police Services
Board and all employees of
Peel Regional Police."
Last October, community
groups in Brampton
mounted calls for the police
chief to resign over the
race-specific carding - also
known as street checks.
But Jennifer Evans
defended the practice as
an invaluable tool in policing
even as data showed
that black people were
three times more likely
to become victims of the
policy.
Chief Jennifer Evans
had also turned down a request
by Peel Police Services
Board to stop the carding
practice, saying that
the board had no control
over operational issues.