The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the financial situation of the general population of Canada.

Among the most affected are young Canadian Filipino adults, based on the results of a survey commissioned by Toronto-Dominion Bank or TD Bank.

In a community campaign for landed status for caregivers on arrival,  Canadian Filipino Net urges its readers and supporters to send copies or the links to a CFNet Dear PM editorial and a supporting document to go with it (published on March 16, 2020  and reprinted below) to the Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister for consideration.  Please email or mail them (no stamps necessary) to the following: 

The City of Vancouver has completed the renovation of a plaza to commemorate the late Canadian Filipino author Mel Tobias.

Tobias passed away in 2017. He would have been 81 years old on July 29, 2020.

(This is Part 11 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19.)

In 2018, Canada welcomed over 321,000 new permanent residents.

As noted by Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, in a report to Parliament, this was the “highest number of permanent residents since 1913”.

In his daily briefing on June 12, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Filipino Canadians and their contribution to the country.

COVID-19 and its fallout have spared no one.

A new report has documented how temporary workers in Canadian farms are reeling under the impact of the pandemic.

(This is Part  9 of  Dr. Rey Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid-19.) 

Canada is home to Canadians of Asian origins as much as anyone else.

Since the 1990s, Canada has celebrated Asian Heritage Month in the month of May.

(This is Part 8 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika,  on Covid-19.)

What began with one 3D printer nicknamed Mendelmax 3 turned into helping thousands of front-line health workers. 

(This is Part 7 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column,  Medisina at Politika , on Covid-19.)

Loss of Lives and Livelihoods Needs Creative Leadership and Hope

The federal Department of Justice announced on April 6, 2020 the appointment of Steve Coroza as Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

May 1, 2020 - Carmelita Carreon and friend Agnes Uguil bought take-out food for a special group of people.

(This is Part 6 of Dr. Pagtakhan’s column,  Medisina at Politika , on Covid-19.)

Pandemic onslaught marches to the 2-million mark

Walk into a hospital in Canada or the U.S. or in many other countries, and chances are you’ll see a nurse of Filipino heritage.

The Philippines has long been known as the biggest exporter of nurses in the world.