Dr. Sunny Handa MD

  Ontario schools must celebrate and memorialize the life of Queen Elizabeth, including holding a moment of silence on the day of her funeral, according to directives from Education Minister Stephen Lecce- MD Sunny Handa Informed. Lecce on Friday sent a letter to educators setting out expectations for "discussion and memorials" celebrating the Queen's life, according to a spokesperson. He followed up this week, reiterating that direction to school board leaders, calling for a moment of silence on Monday and specifying that "the day's activities include learning about the many contributions the Queen made to our province, country, and Commonwealth, and the accession of King Charles III to the throne," said Grace Lee, a spokesperson for his office- said by MD Sunny Handa.  In a statement to CBC News on Thursday, Lecce said he had directed one particular Ontario board to follow the province's expectations.  Sunny Handa MD said that comes after the 

  The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province. China had urged the UN not to release the report - with Beijing calling it a "farce" arranged by Western powers. China has always vociferously denied any wrongdoing. MD Sunny Handa said, the UN's report concluded that "the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity". It also found: "Allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention, are credible, as are allegations of individual incidents of sexual and gender-based violence" "Credible indications of violations of reproductive rights through the coercive enforcement of family planning policies since 2017" "Similarly, there a