Crazy job, Strike Updates, CAA, IPL 🏏 & Election 🗳️

Hello Friend,

Spring is officially here but not the time to put out those jackets, just yet. We can see the final breeze of cold before we enter into April.

A warm welcome to all new subscribers who joined us recently. This is Desi Dispatch issue #8. Let’s get into it.

This Week’s:

• 🤷🏽‍♂️ Justin Trudeau thinks daily about leaving 'crazy job'

• 🪧 City Of Edmonton Strike Updates

• 📖 Alberta’s New K-6 social studies curriculum

• 🚔 Calgary Police standoff finally ends after 30 hours, Man killed.

• ⁉️ The CAA law everyone talks about, but few know about it.

🫣 In Major News 

• 🤷🏽‍♂️ Canada's prime minister says he frequently thinks about leaving his "crazy job" but plans to stay on through another election. (Read here)

• 📖 Alberta government releases the latest draft of the new social studies curriculum. The proposal sees elementary students learning about Canadian history, economics and ancient civilizations. (Read here)

  • Have your say by providing your feedback to the Alberta Government here.

🗞️ Local News

• 🪧 Strike by Edmonton city, library workers averted as tentative deal reached. If you are a business owner and working on construction projects in Edmonton, then this was certainly news you wanted to keep an eye on. (Read here)

  • If they decide to continue with the larger strike, here’s a great article by CBC on which services will be disrupted.

• 🚔 Man killed after 30-hour armed standoff with Calgary police. Some residents in the southeast community of Penbrooke Meadows are being allowed to return home after a two-day armed standoff was resolved. (Read the latest story here)

Poll of the week

90% of you voted to opt-in for the UCP Government in the next Federal election vs 10% of you said you like to see Justin Trudeau leading the Liberals government leading us again for the next 5 years.

🇮🇳 News from India

• ⁉️ In the major news from India last week, the Central Government forces the CAA: India's new citizenship law. Many of us hear or read stories around how this could be good or bad and I am not here to make a judgement on that. Rather, BBC wrote this explainer which I believe is good to read.

• 🗳️ Even though we are settlers in Canada, the majority of us always like to keep an eye on Indian Political news. The Election Commission of India announced that the Lok Sabha elections will be kicking off on April 19, 2024 and will be held in seven phases. The results will be declared on June 4.

• 🏏 These dates of major election are going to conflict with the IPL that is about to start next week. In a recent interview, Jay Shah told the press that they are not changing dates or places for the planned IPL. The first match will be between CSK and RBC on March 22.

🎥 What to watch this weekend

Resources

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