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The recently released text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the deal contains dangerous provisions that would dismantle public health safeguards enshrined in international law and restrict access to price-lowering generic medicines for millions of people leading to unnecessary suffering…
A large majority (71%) of Metro Vancouver residents believe that the recent decision by Vancouver City Council to remove the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts only benefits developers, and not the average resident, a new poll has found. An even larger…
After years of secret negotiations, the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was finally released last night. Civil society is going through the text with a fine-toothed comb to uncover provisions that threaten the rights, freedoms and the well-being of…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, whose full text was made available to the public yesterday after years of secret negotiations, includes provisions to harmonize Canadian labour laws with those of countries with inferior labour standards, reduce the ability of our government to…
Canada will be forced to grant work permits to an unlimited number of temporary foreign workers who are nationals of the other member countries under the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to the final text of the deal released…
Wars are no less frequent today than they used to be in the past decades as some statistics suggest, but appear to be so because fewer people are killed in violent conflicts thanks to modern medical technology, according to a…
An Imam in Calgary likened the outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Uganda’s former brutal dictator Idi Amin yesterday, drawing fire from Canadians across the political spectrum. “Stephen Harper’s legacy as Prime Minister of Canada. ” Prof. Imam Syed B.…
Canada’s current regulatory framework focused on just keeping individual banks safe without looking at the overall economy will not be able to cope with a sudden correction of the housing market or personal debt levels, according to a paper released…
A multinational aquaculture corporation linked to a 14-year-old girl being dismissed from a soccer team for refusing to stop criticizing the practice of salmon farming had part of its fish farm licence struck down by a judge because the company…
A multinational aquaculture corporation is facing a consumer backlash after being accused of forcing a soccer club it sponsors in northern Vancouver Island to kick a 14-year-old girl off the team and telling her to find different sport after she…