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Are we going to be safer when Bill C-51 criminalizes peaceful protests against injustice?
By Joanna Kerr Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada In my global roles as chief executive of ActionAid International, policy director with Oxfam Canada, and now with Greenpeace, I have seen first-hand the power of protest and dissent in effecting real, transformative
Support for Bill C-51 tumbles in the face of increasing awareness
Support for Harper government’s controversial anti-terrorism bill has decreased from 82% a month ago to 38% as awareness of Bill C-51 increased, according to a new poll. Half the respondents of the Forum Research poll opposed the bill, while 12%
Dividing Canadians: Harper Opens Election Playbook
By Faizan Butt The Harper government is divided. Not divided among its party members, but divided between what Canadians want, and what Mr Harper thinks is good for Canada. It is this distinction that has the government making schoolyard arguments
Government to allow 230,000 LMIA-exempt TFWs to come to Canada under IMP annually
The government plans to allow 230,000 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to enter Canada annually under the International Mobility Program(IMP), which allows employers to bring in workers from abroad without proving the need for imported labour, according to a Gazette notification
Immigrants arrive healthier than Canadians but get less healthy over time
New immigrants have a significantly better health profile than the general population as the screening process for immigrants to Canada tends to select candidates in good health, but their health advantage diminishes over time, according to a team of researchers
Fearing for the climate in a climate of fear
By Peter Ormond With a single legislative blow, the Harper government destroyed decades of environmental protections, with no debate, by rolling changes to 70 different laws into an ‘omnibus’ budget. How ending the process of environmental assessments is a budgetary
Longer duration of breastfeeding linked with higher adult IQ and earning ability
Longer duration of breastfeeding is linked with increased intelligence in adulthood, longer schooling, and higher adult earnings, a study following a group of almost 3500 newborns for 30 years published in The Lancet Global Health journal has found. “The effect
It is not safe to be an indigenous woman or girl in Canada right now
By Leah Gazan Member of Wood Mountain Lakota Nation, and Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg It has been 44 years since the brutal murder of Helen Betty Osborne, in which the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission concluded that racism, sexism,
We can’t arrest our way out of terrorism
By Daniel Hiebert, Co-Director, University of British Columbia, The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) Ten years ago, I was approached by members of Canada’s security establishment to answer a question. They asked me whether I
Bill C-51: Why it is dangerous and what you can do to fight it
By an independent group of concerned Canadians (and residents of Canada) “Canadians should not be willing to accept such an obvious threat to their basic liberties.” — The Globe and Mail On January 30th, 2015 the Harper Government tabled Bill
