This week its the regular team with Lynn, Wojtek, and me, Marc.
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announced Monday (August 19) that he intends
to prorogue parliament. © CBC Video
We start off with a look at politics in Canada. the Prime Minister has asked the Governor-General to prorogue, or delay Parliament.
This will be the third time since Mr Harper has been in office. While it doesn’t dissolve Parliament, it does mean that certain bills waiting for approval will “die on the order paper” as it’s called.
Wojtek looks at the situation and reaction to it.
Lynn brings us a story about the increasing levels of frustration and physical dangers facing humanitarian aid workers in several countries around the world.
Syrian refugee children who have fled from the
civil conflict in their country. © World Vision
Canada
Doctors without Borders has already announced it has to leave Somalia after 22 years because of increasing attacks on its staff who are simply trying to help people.
Lynn speaks to a World Vision Canada director about why some people feel compelled to continue as humanitarian aid workers in spite of the dangers and frustrations.
and I’ll have a story about a new study showing that computers in class, can be a distraction.
found people sitting near those “multi-tasking”
were also negatively affected © courtesy Faria
Sana
It seems students may be multi-tasking, such as cruising social media while also trying to take notes.
And while that can affect your performance, the study shows that even people sitting near someone multi-tasking can be negatively affected.
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