Category Archives: Social
Housing minister, municipal governments at odds over B.C. housing supply report
VANCOUVER — A municipal government report that says British Columbia is building enough homes to match the province's population growth has drawn sharp criticism from the housing minister. The Union of B.C. Municipalities report released Wednesday say...
Canada’s military to adopt gender-neutral dress code as it moves to diversify ranks
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces will soon adopt a gender-neutral dress code for service members as military commanders push for more diversity in the ranks. Men and women in uniform are currently subject to separate dress codes that include the
Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA — The federal government had originally hoped to remove a Parliament Hill memorial dedicated to Indigenous children who died and went missing from residential schools months earlier than actually happened last year, according to newly released d...
B.C. government disputes land claim by First Nation on Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government admits that members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation are descended from a historical Indigenous collective, but the lineage through a family of chiefs doesn't establish Aboriginal title, a provincial lawyer say...
Anti-racism groups say Canadian government must do more to address racism
OTTAWA — Canadian anti-racism and human rights groups are calling on the federal government to do more to address white supremacy and systemic racism. Fareed Khan, founder of Canadians United Against Hate, said the government needs to start by acknowle...
Quebec introduced new plan to support the French language across other provinces
MONTREAL — Quebec is proposing setting aside one day every year to celebrate the Canadian Francophonie as part of a three-year plan to reinforce French language across the country. Treasury Board Chair Sonia LeBel says she will push for the adoption
Pandemic underscores value of culturally sensitive Indigenous health care: experts
Doctors and front-line agencies say COVID-19 has underscored the value of culturally sensitive and community-based health-care services for Indigenous people and the need to continue them past the pandemic. When Manitoba reported it's first case of the...
Beaver Lake Cree Nation to prove anew it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta
OTTAWA — An Alberta First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its traditional territory has been given a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its legal bills so it can spend the revenues
B.C. targets homelessness with funds for youth in care, complex-care housing
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is expanding supports for former youth in care and complex-care housing as part of an approach that it says targets the root causes of homelessness. Several cabinet ministers gathered for a news conference Thu...
Canada’s emergency refugee program could accommodate millions of Ukrainians: minister
OTTAWA — Canada has designed a system with the potential to welcome millions of Ukrainians fleeing war to Canada, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Thursday, as the government opened applications. The program, which marks a major departure from Can...