2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Remembrance Poppy in Canada
Madame Anna Guérin, later christened “The Poppy Lady from France”, inspired by John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields”, had an idea: to adopt the distribution of the Poppy on Armistice Day as a way to raise money for Veterans’ needs and to remember those who had given their lives during the First World War.
In July of 1921 the Great War Veterans Association (which in 1925 would unify with other Veteran groups to form the Canadian Legion) adopted the Poppy as the flower of Remembrance.
Since then, the Legion and its members have upheld this tradition of Remembrance.
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The CHRT and Class Action Parties welcome the Honourable Murray Sinclair to chair discussions
Today, the Government of Canada, the Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Moushoom/Trout counsel welcome the Honourable Murray Sinclair as the Chair of discussions aimed at reaching an agreement on compensation to First Nations children and on ending Canada’s discrimination, and preventing its recurrence, through long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services program and Jordan’s Principle.
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Town of Lincoln developing Single-Use Plastics Reduction Strategy
Town of Lincoln Council have given staff the green light to proceed with a pilot study in the Rittenhouse Library Branch and waste audits in the Fleming Centre and Town Hall that will help inform a corporate-wide, Single-Use Plastics Reduction Strategy.
This initiative supports the Town’s Corporate Climate Adaptation Plan which was approved by Council in March 2021.
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Annamie Paul formally resigns as Green leader, will end membership in party
Annamie Paul has given formal notice of her resignation as leader of the Green Party of Canada and says she will also end her membership in the party.
“It was an honour to work for the people of Canada and I look forward to serving in new ways,” she said in a social media post.
Party sources told Radio-Canada and CBC News Paul sent a resignation letter to the Green Party Fund triggering a termination clause under her contract that will take effect in 30 days. If the fund opts to terminate Paul immediately, it will owe her salary for the 30 days, the sources say.
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Royal Canadian Legion creates poppy NFT to honour veterans
Financial Post
The Royal Canadian Legion is getting in on the NFT trend for Remembrance Day with a limited-edition non-fungible token of its own to honour the 100th anniversary of the remembrance poppy.
The organization said that the Immortal Poppy NFT will support fallen Canadian heroes in a “new, more lasting way”. The NFT is a three-dimensional 60-second looping image replica of a real poppy picked from Flanders Fields with the names of 118,000 fallen Canadian soldiers inscribed onto the petals. With the unique digital asset linked to the blockchain, the Legion said in a release that it will immortalize the memory of those who fought for their country’s freedoms.
The most important number you’ve never heard of
BBC Future
The number in question is known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). It was once dubbed the “most important figure you’ve never heard of” by its creator Michael Greenstone, the former chief economist under the Obama administration. First used in 2010, it has been factored into decisions such as the energy efficiency of consumer appliances, and requirements for the fuel economy of cars and trucks.
The SCC defines how much society should pay to avert future damages caused by climate change, such as increased floods and droughts, by adding up all the quantifiable costs and benefits of emitting one additional tonne of CO2. Policymakers can then weigh the benefits of reduced warming against the costs of cutting emissions.
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