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When the metaphorical elbows come up, Americans won’t be the only ones taking blows from Canadian fists. That sentiment has recently been shared by Indigenous and public sector labour leaders alike as they responded to Prime Minister Carney’s Budget 2025. The budget seeks to address Canada’s current economic challenges and external threats by increasing capi…
S’il y a eu des avancées notables pour les droits des personnes trans et non binaires au Québec et au Canada, des reculs importants se font maintenant sentir tout comme des démonstrations de haine. Dans cette série de trois carnets, nous aborderons les enjeux entourant les droits des personnes trans et non binaires. Aux personnes 2ELGBTQIA+, particulièrement…
For the second year in a row, the projections of Finance Minister Ernie Steeves were woefully inaccurate. Instead of projected deficits, government coffers are showing surpluses totaling nearly a billion dollars over the past two years. In a CBC article published on Feb. 16, it states: The province had a $408 million surplus in the 2020-21 fiscal year and sa…
Le dernier carnet d’une série de trois, rédigés par Rémy-Paulin Twahirwa, membre de Solidarité sans frontières et candidat au doctorat en sociologie à la London School of Economics and Political Science Capitalisme carcéral et les frontières En dépit des travaux savants confirmant l’inefficacité de ces politiques de contrôle de l’immigration, en ce sens qu’e…
Police violence against Indigenous land defenders has been essential to the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project from the beginning. Since Indigenous title holders and our supporters refused to consent to the pipeline – due to its deathly extraction and passage through our lands and waters – we have been targeted as economic and poli…
Financialization of Community Residences – from LTCs to Apartment Buildings Posted February 10, 2021 By Evan Sterling, Central Ottawa Member February 8th, 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been significant public criticism of privately-owned long-term care homes (LTCs) and retirement homes, particularly in Ontario. An analysis in the Canadian Medi…
Tuesday September 30, 2020 | LANGFORD, BC by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends As October unfolds, so does a local campaign in Langford to help promote businesses in the bustling, business-oriented west shore municipality. The official October 1 launch date of the business directory portal at www.tasteoflangford.com has arrived. The City of Langford has u…
For weeks now Ottawa has promised a replacement for its much-maligned rent subsidy program but as the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (CECRA) comes to an end Sept. 30, nothing has been announced. “We’re aware of that — I can tell you we’re not going to let them down,” said MP Pablo Rodriguez in Ottawa. In an email to Global News, a govern…
The United States has held off on joining Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Belarus in hopes the European Union can overcome an internal dispute, paving the way to coordinated U.S. and EU sanctions, four sources said on Wednesday. The EU vowed in August to impose sanctions on Belarus for alleged fraud in its Aug. 9 election and for human rights abu…
A study on shelters helping survivors of domestic violence become independent says a lack of funding is getting in the way of providing programs and retaining quality staff. The study’s authors say many organizations, known as second-stage shelters, often have to fundraise to cover the cost of their operations and pay employee salaries. Wages in the sector a…
The B.C. founder of a national day to remember the dark legacy of Canada’s residential schools wants people to know that while the institutions are gone, they’re still recent history. “Here in Williams Lake, the St. Joseph Indian Residential School closed in 1981,” said Phyllis Webstad, founder and executive director of the Orange Shirt Society. Between 1836…
A Calgary mom is demanding answers after her daughter, who is confined to a wheelchair and is non-verbal, was denied entry into a local store because she wasn’t wearing a face mask. Cindy Feist told Global News she and her two daughters went to Hot Topic at Southcentre Mall last Friday to return some items. But she said one of her daughters was turned away a…
The City of Regina is adding two more civilian seats to its police board, but councillors stopped short of requiring those members to be Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC). “I don’t think we need to be that descriptive,” said Mayor Michael Fougere, who rejected the proposal to require two BIPOC on the Regina Board of Police Commissioners. On Wedn…
After being rushed through the House of Commons in a single day, a bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a speed bump in the Senate. Sen. Marc Gold, the government’s representative in the Senate, was denied leave Wednesday to have the upper house deal with Bill C-4 on Thursday, after having an opportunity to ques…
The courts have a definite role in helping to determine if Canada has breached the constitutional rights of 15 youths who are suing the government for its alleged failures on climate change policies, a lawyer for the group says. Joseph Arvay disagreed Wednesday with a federal government lawyer who argued for the case to be dismissed because a court should no…
A traditional ceremony was held Wednesday on the Blood Tribe reserve to mark Orange Shirt Day, in honour of Blood Tribe children impacted by the residential school system. The ceremony took place at the St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church, which served as a residential school for more than half a century. Government-sanctioned residential schools tore th…
Witnesses of a fatal motorcycle crash on Barlow Trail in Calgary say street lights are needed at the dangerous intersection near the site of the collision. Caleb Bryce, 23, was killed Tuesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle. Ali Chehade, Ghost Ride organizer and fellow rider, said he was heartbroken and devastated to…
A 47 year-old man was arrested by Montreal Police (SPVM) for mischief during an anti-mask protest in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, according to police spokesperson Véronique Comtois. Hundreds of people who oppose the wearing of masks gathered at Lafontaine Park to protest the government’s public health measures. Organizers called the protest shortly…
As Alberta nears the colder months, the difference between COVID-19 symptoms and having a common cold or flu may not be far apart. To aid in the distinction, the province is stepping up its communication efforts to help parents confused about symptoms and sending their kids to school. Alberta Health said since in-person classes resumed, there has been some c…
Affordable housing and police wellness checks were among the items at a caucus meeting involving the province’s urban mayors on Wednesday. Victoria mayor Lisa Helps laid out the pillars of the urban mayors’ agenda. “The four key priorities are mental health, substance use and treatment, affordable housing, public transit and a new fiscal relationship between…