Politics

Glenn Greenwald writing book on Brazilian politics – The Associated Press

Published

5 years ago

March 10, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is working on a book about his reporting on corruption in Brazilian politics that led to threats of retaliation from the government of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The book is tentatively titled “You Can’t Silence This” and is scheduled for 2021, Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday.

In a statement issued through his publisher, Greenwald said Brazil “is very much at the crossroads between continuing as a liberal democracy or returning to its recent dictatorial past under its new president, Jair Bolsonaro.”

“I wrote this book to tell the story of how we did our exposés and what happened to us as a result, but also as a warning what severe dangers this great democracy faces,” he added.

Last year, Greenwald’s The Intercept Brasil published excerpts from conversations involving Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, saying they showed the then-judge was improperly coordinating with prosecutors while overseeing a vast corruption investigation. The probe led to the imprisonment of numerous business executives and politicians on corruption charges, including former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolsonaro has suggested Greenwald should be imprisoned, and prosecutors in January accused Greenwald of involvement in hacking the phones of Brazilian officials. The threat of legal action was condemned worldwide and a judge in Brazil dismissed the hacking charges.

“Greenwald tells the full story in this action-packed, high-stakes account of how he broke the news, the consequences of his reporting, and the ongoing fallout — for the Bolsonaro government, for Brazil, and for the democratic world,” according to Holt.

Greenwald, a U.S. native who lives in Brazil, was previously known for drawing upon documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to reveal massive surveillance by the American and British governments. Greenwald’s reporting for the Guardian helped bring the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize in 2014, and a documentary about Snowden and the investigation, “Citizen Four,” won an Academy Award in 2015.

Greenwald’s other books include “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” and “With Liberty and Justice for Some.”

Let’s block ads! (Why?)

Source link

Politics

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

Published

14 hours ago

September 13, 2024

Anne Joseph

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price.

Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do about climate change.

On Thursday, Singh said the NDP is working on a plan that wouldn’t put the burden of fighting climate change on the backs of workers, but wouldn’t say if that plan would include a consumer carbon price.

Singh’s noncommittal position comes as the NDP tries to frame itself as a credible alternative to the Conservatives in the next federal election.

Poilievre responded to that by releasing a video, pointing out that the NDP has voted time and again in favour of the Liberals’ carbon price.

British Columbia Premier David Eby also changed his tune on Thursday, promising that a re-elected NDP government would scrap the long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters,” if the federal government dropped its requirements.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.

Source link

Politics

Quebec consumer rights bill to regulate how merchants can ask for tips

Published

2 days ago

September 12, 2024

Anne Joseph

Quebec wants to curb excessive tipping.

Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax.

That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated based on $100, not on $114.98 after provincial and federal sales taxes are added.

The bill would also increase the rebate offered to consumers when the price of an item at the cash register is higher than the shelf price, to $15 from $10.

And it would force grocery stores offering a discounted price for several items to clearly list the unit price as well.

Businesses would also have to indicate whether taxes will be added to the price of food products.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.

Source link

Politics

Youri Chassin quits CAQ to sit as Independent, second member to leave this month

Published

2 days ago

September 12, 2024

Anne Joseph

Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin has announced he’s leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec government to sit as an Independent.

He announced the decision shortly after writing an open letter criticizing Premier François Legault’s government for abandoning its principles of smaller government.

In the letter published in Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec, Chassin accused the party of falling back on what he called the old formula of throwing money at problems instead of looking to do things differently.

Chassin says public services are more fragile than ever, despite rising spending that pushed the province to a record $11-billion deficit projected in the last budget.

He is the second CAQ member to leave the party in a little more than one week, after economy and energy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon announced Sept. 4 he would leave because he lost motivation to do his job.

Chassin says he has no intention of joining another party and will instead sit as an Independent until the end of his term.

He has represented the Saint-Jérôme riding since the CAQ rose to power in 2018, but has not served in cabinet.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.

Source link