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There’s something more threatening than Trudeau’s blackface
Monday, September 30th, 2019
Bill 21 in Quebec… restricts what job you can have based on your faith… There are those who say that this is about religious neutrality. Make no mistake. It is not. This is a law that targets three groups of people: Muslim women who cover their heads, baptized Sikhs and Jewish men who wear a yarmulke… What this ban says is that people of certain faiths, and only these faiths, can’t be trusted to do their jobs.
Tags: immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations children. Silence is no longer an option
Saturday, September 14th, 2019
Greater numbers of Canadians are beginning to see the overwhelming evidence of federal government discrimination against First Nations children and are demanding action… Enough is enough… Now is the time for a comprehensive plan.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ontario’s top judges slam Ford government over cuts to legal aid
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
Ontario’s most senior judges delivered a rare public rebuke Tuesday of the Ford government’s cuts to legal aid funding… Critics had already said that for years the legal aid system has been underfunded, resulting in individuals being turned down for assistance as they made too much money to qualify, yet also did not make enough to hire their own lawyer.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, rights
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Ottawa willfully discriminated against First Nations children. Silence is no longer an option
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
Greater numbers of Canadians are beginning to see the overwhelming evidence of federal government discrimination against First Nations children and are demanding action… Enough is enough. After 112 years, Canada’s piecemeal approach to equity is a proven failure. Now is the time for a comprehensive plan.
Tags: budget, child care, Health, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Tribunal dismisses case of Grayson Kahn, boy with autism expelled from Guelph, Ont., school
Monday, September 9th, 2019
“… parents do not have the right to dictate the accommodations which their children will be provided with to access education… While parents have the right to provide input as part of the accommodation process – which Ms. Kahn did in this case – they must accept reasonable accommodations offered by the school board…
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, rights, youth
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Trudeau government reaches agreement with Ontario to build French-language university scrapped by Ford
Monday, September 9th, 2019
… last week, Mr. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced it had secured half of the funding for the estimated $126-million project, and it invited Ottawa to kick in the other half. The school is expected to be located in Southwestern Ontario, and the province has said it will take eight years to be completed.
Tags: budget, multiculturalism, rights, youth
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Removing sexism in Indian Act a work in progress
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Sex discrimination in the Indian Act was a stain on Canada’s record; recent changes are long overdue. What comes next is hard work and some expense, but these are not processes to be feared, for they continue the ongoing effort to define and refine Confederation.
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, women
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Many companies are choosing to underfund pensions even though they have the cash, study finds
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
The study found that in 2017, the 90 defined pensions were collectively underfunded by roughly $12 billion. The companies responsible for those pensions, meanwhile, paid out $66 billion in dividends to shareholders — more than five times the amount it would have cost to fund the pensions… “Shareholders are supposed to take on the firm’s risk. Instead, that risk is being shouldered by workers whose retirement security is compromised by outstanding pension deficits.”
Tags: economy, ideology, pensions, rights, standard of living
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Family law cuts affect more than the poor
Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
… many middle-class Ontarians who used to qualify for free legal help are now faced with the intimidating challenge of appearing in court without advice or paying hefty private legal fees… When people come to court unprepared, it also places an additional burden on court resources… Wasted court time is also a waste of public funds… Ford’s Legal Aid cuts hurt everyone, regardless of income. To view it otherwise is simply wrong.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living
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First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
Saturday, August 17th, 2019
… with the remaining provisions of the legislation known as S-3 coming into force, descendants born before April 17, 1985, who lost their status or were removed from band lists due to marriages to non-Indian men dating back to 1869 can now be registered as First Nations members.
Tags: featured, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, women
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