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Why assume Indigenous peoples speak with one voice?
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
… while many Indigenous communities might share certain cultural traits or values, our experiences and approaches remain distinct from one another… And, by virtue of the broad diversity of experiences and histories, Indigenous nations will have different needs and priorities… it’s normal, and even healthy, to see these diverging opinions and approaches. Nations’ different economic, cultural and spiritual considerations will inherently lead to different thoughts and opinions.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, multiculturalism, participation
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Canadian court says Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S. violates charter
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
“The ‘sharing of responsibility’ objective of the STCA should entail some guarantee of access to a fair refugee process.” The court said the fact that STCA returnees are jailed by U.S. authorities, does not immunize the actions of Canadian officials from consideration… critics have long argued that the U.S. asylum system is cruel and inhumane, especially under the Trump administration.
Tags: immigration, jurisdiction, rights
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Organizations call for wealth tax to bolster Canada’s recovery
Saturday, July 11th, 2020
Canadians for Tax Fairness estimates an annual net wealth tax at modest rates of 1% and 2% on fortunes of over $10 million could raise over $10 billion annually. That amount of money could fund 100,000 nurses or more than four-million affordable childcare spaces. A more ambitious wealth tax –complemented by other tax fairness measures such as closing unfair loopholes and cracking down on tax havens– could do even more.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Provinces pose challenge to Indigenous child-welfare reform: Bellegarde
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
… Bill C-92… recognizes the inherent right Indigenous communities have to oversee child-welfare services… one of the biggest challenges is getting the premiers and the territorial governments to accept that there is a jurisdiction that needs to be respected… Ottawa provides the funding for child protection services on reserves but those services are governed by provincial laws and in most cases, provided by provincial agencies.
Tags: budget, child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, youth
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Here’s why Ottawa’s pandemic aid isn’t finding its way to Black-owned businesses
Monday, June 29th, 2020
Black businesses are not getting the kind of financial support that the rest of the country’s private sector is getting from governments these days — despite the commitments from federal politicians to extend a hand to everyone who needs it, and repeated vows to act quickly on systemic racism… Liberals want to consult more with community leaders… The problem is, the damage from the pandemic is moving far faster than bureaucracy, and for Black communities, it’s devastating.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, standard of living
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J.K. Rowling backlash shows how progressives are turning on their own kind
Saturday, June 20th, 2020
Political correctness is a mocking term; the irony is that its substance is indeed (mostly) politically correct. It is correct to acknowledge and try to redress historical wrongs… Enough scolding, enough censorship, enough dogma and enough beating up on good people. Cannibalism is a lousy recruitment strategy. Progressives everywhere need a lesson in the importance of not being so angrily earnest.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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Breaking the law: How the state weaponizes an unjust criminal justice system
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
The overpolicing and overincarceration of racial communities is a critical point. It is the state that is “othering” a segment of the population. The criminal justice system provides an official government imprimatur that this group of people – “they,” the “accused” – are not like you. The message that is being sent is that they deserve less, are not to be trusted, must be corralled, segregated, stopped and removed from “civil” society. How else are we to be safe?
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, rights, standard of living
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There have always been two Canadas. In this reckoning on racism, both must stand together for Indigenous people now
Monday, June 15th, 2020
Why has all of Canada not stood up with us? Canada’s unique brand of racism can be quiet and loud. It manifests as indifference and it has crept into all public institutions, government agencies, corporations and in the way you look away from the homeless Indigenous man you see sitting on the sidewalk… The will of the majority must stand up and commit to equity, to giving all of our children that same, fresh start.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Systemic racism is a Canadian problem, too
Monday, June 15th, 2020
Grappling with such truths is not somehow unpatriotic. It is the sign of a mature society — one honest enough to recognize when it falls short of its values and that believes in those values enough to at least try to live up to them. The reality is that, of course, there is systemic racism in Canada. The question is, in this moment of truth, what are we going to do about it?
Tags: featured, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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Racism makes life a constant struggle for Black Canadians
Sunday, June 14th, 2020
The current crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the glaring inequalities generated by exclusion. We now see clearly how the most vulnerable communities, Black communities in this instance, are more strongly affected by the pandemic and its collateral damage.
Tags: ideology, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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