Category Archives: Social
Ottawa to define “prior consent” through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti
Ottawa can build a shared understanding of free, prior and informed consent with First Nations, Métis and Inuit into a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Justice Minister David Lametti said Thursday...
Feds roll out promised funding for LGBTQ groups to 76 organizations
OTTAWA — Seventy-six LGBTQ projects in Canada have received $15 million in federal money.The money follows up on a promise in the 2019 federal budget to set up a fund to encourage and support the development of LGBTQ organizations.Programs across
Closing housing gap for urban Indigenous people could cost $1.4 billion a year: PBO
OTTAWA — The federal government would have to spend about $1.4 billion more a year to close a housing gap facing urban Indigenous people, the parliamentary budget officer says in a report that hints at the scale of a promised
UN declaration to help First Nations achieve self-determination: Bellegarde
OTTAWA — Passing a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples will get First Nations closer to self-determination, National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations said Wednesday. "The declar...
Royal B.C. Museum CEO Jack Lohman resigns, statement cites ‘internal issues’
VICTORIA — The chief executive officer of the Royal B.C. Museum is resigning.The museum's board of directors says Jack Lohman will step down Friday after nine years as CEO.In a news release, the board says Lohman's departure was "mutually agreed"
First Nation lauds plan to protect traditional land use in oilsands management plan
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has completed a plan to manage oilsands development in an area near the Fort McKay First Nation that supports traditional land uses and maintains its ecological integrity.The announcement follows an Alberta Cou...
Reclaiming ‘renewal’: Society pitches new life for historic Black Vancouver area
VANCOUVER — When Randy Clark wants to return to the home where he spent his formative years from 12 to 16, it means gazing at a viaduct that many credit with the destruction of Vancouver's historic Black community. The house where
New proposed assisted-dying law is ‘racist,’ says disability rights activist
OTTAWA — Sarah Jama of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario says senators and MPs are supporting a new law that would expand the access to medical assistance in dying because they have not grappled with the consequences of medical
New proposed assisted-dying law is ‘racist,’ says disability rights activist
OTTAWA — Those who support expanding access to medical assistance in dying are doing so because they have not grappled with the consequences of medical racism, a disability activist said Monday before senators began debating the proposed legislation. "...
Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER — COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say. Amy Go, the president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for ...
