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Listen to Canadians before reforming Bill C-51, joint open letter urges Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to listen to Canadians before bringing forward a reform package on Bill C-51, according to a joint open letter penned by a broad range of civil society groups and privacy experts, who say Canadians need
Majority of Canadians oppose Trudeau’s Syrian refugee resettlement plan
A slim majority (54%) of Canadians oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s refugee resettlement plan while 42% support it, according to a new poll. The latest public opinion poll from the Angus Reid Institute conducted three days after the terrorist attacks
Pesticide exposure impairs bumblebee crop pollination, study finds
Low-level neonicotinoid pesticide exposure affects the pollination services provided by bumblebees to an economically important crop, according to a University of Guelph research published today in Nature. “Until now, research on pesticide effects has been limited to direct effects on
BC’s farm industry relies on exploiting vulnerable temporary foreign workers, study finds
Nearly 100% of the farmworkers in British Columbia are either immigrants or migrants and most workers are subject to hazardous conditions like unsafe transportation, substandard living conditions, long work hours and dangerous equipment, a new study has found. “Many British
In wealthy Canada, hunger is rapidly growing: food bank report
More than 850,000 Canadians rely on food banks each month to put food on the table − a figure that has gone up by 26% since 2008, according to the 2015 Hunger Count report released by Food Banks Canada today.
Thousands to converge on Ottawa for a 100% clean economy by 2050
Thousands of Canadians are to converge on Parliament Hill urging the new Liberal government to take strong action on climate change and transition Canada to a 100% clean renewable economy by 2050, a diverse civil society coalition announced today. “A
“ISIS is an Islamic problem,” says Muslim man in viral post
ISIS is an Islamic problem that Muslims must confront, according to a post by a Singaporean Muslim that is going viral on Facebook. “ISIS is a Muslim organisation, and it is an Islamic problem. Let me say it again to
Federal government drops niqab appeal
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Immigration Minister John McCallum announced today the formal withdrawal of the federal government’s request to the Supreme Court for an appeal of a federal court decision allowing women to wear the niqab at citizenship ceremonies.
Trudeau must rally the world against Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey to defeat ISIS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to pull the CF18s out of Syria is not a display of cowardice, as the Conservatives would have you believe, but a demonstration of wisdom. As US Vice President Joe Biden put in very candid
Syrian refugee among Paris terrorists, Greece confirms, but Trudeau will go ahead with resettlement plan
Syrian refugee among Paris terrorists, Greece confirms, but Trudeau will go ahead with resettlement plan A Syrian refugee was among the terrorists who slaughtered 129 civilians during the attack in Paris last night, the Greek government has confirmed, but the
