Category: COVID-19 pandemic measures

White House Announces New Pandemic Response Office

July 22, 2023
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The Biden administration is setting up a new pandemic preparedness office that will aid the country in countering such large-scale health threats. “As part of the President’s commitment to ensure that our country is more prepared for a pandemic than we were when he took office, the Administration is standing up the Office of Pandemic…

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Workers ‘Quiet Quitting’ Partly Blamed for Labor Productivity Drop

August 15, 2022
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As U.S. labor productivity recorded its biggest ever drop in the second quarter, some are blaming the rising trend of “quiet quitting” for the slump. Quiet quitting simply means to stop putting in extra effort into a job, sticking to what an employee is supposed to do and nothing more. The trend is believed to…

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Legal Challenges to Pandemic Measures on the Rise as Civil Liberties Groups Cry Foul

March 3, 2021
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The constitutional rights and freedoms of Canadians are front and centre in a flurry of legal challenges to pandemic measures, as civil liberties groups take on multiple cases they say represent unconstitutional measures implemented by authorities. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has court actions underway or pending, as of Feb. 25, against five provinces…

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