It’s not the first time a government tried to restrict what people can wear
OTTAWA—Elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules that civil servants not wear any religious symbols. Apparently, this is in the name of secularism, but let’s be real. It’s in the name of racism if it targets a certain […]
Investment in the North is investment in reconciliation
For decades, the Northwest Territories has been playing catch up to southern Canada. There are economic and social challenges that affect our territory and residents in ways that our neighbours south of the 60th parallel take for granted: basic infrastructure like roads, broadband, cleaner sources of energy, and affordable housing. A recent discussion paper from […]
The Quebec Liberal Party struggles for its soul
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Dominique Anglade is the eternal optimist. Coming out of its weekend policy convention in Quebec City, the Quebec Liberal Party gave her a ringing endorsement to develop a platform focused on the environment and a left-wing tilt to the economy. She believes this platform is her road to victory. On the environment, the Liberals […]
‘We’re still here’: MP Idlout on bringing Inuktitut to the House
This year’s Throne Speech marked the first time a Governor General has substantially addressed Parliament in a language other than French or English, and for Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout, hearing Governor General Mary Simon speak Inuktitut from the floor of the Senate Chamber was an “important” and “special” moment. “I sincerely felt included as […]
‘Absolutely shameful’: RCMP conduct, arrest of journalists in spotlight as Wet’suwet’en opposition to pipeline flares up
The executive editor of one media organization that has been covering the RCMP’s raid of a pipeline opposition site in northwestern B.C. says charges should not have been brought against two journalists who were incarcerated while reporting on the Indigenous land defenders. And, Brent Jolly, national president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, says that […]
Quebec’s hockey committee should focus on more than pride
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—François Legault is concerned about a crisis in Quebec. No, it is not COVID-19 deaths, among the highest in the country during the pandemic, the lack of family doctors in the province, a rise in violent crime, or the prospect paramedics will go on strike. The issue he was seized with last week was […]
Canada Post community hubs a ‘very good value proposition’, but can’t go too far into private sector services, say Liberal, Tory MPs
The newly opened Canada Post community hub is a good start towards creating a more cohesive way to deliver government and community services, experts say, but there’s still a lack of cohesion over just what this model should ultimately look like. The High Prairie Canada Post community hub opened in the rural Alberta community on […]
One of these things is not like the other: Saskatchewan push for autonomy won’t play out like Quebec’s, say analysts
Despite a renewed push for autonomy and cultural distinction in Saskatchewan, experts say it won’t play out like the situation in Quebec, and that there is likely not much chance of anything happening, even if popular support and jurisdictional power does exist to make it so. On Nov. 7, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe called for […]
Michael Rousseau is the gift that keeps on giving for François Legault
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—François Legault must be thanking his lucky stars. In the midst of a coroner’s inquiry into mass deaths at a seniors’ home in Montreal, and a focus on the highest per capita death toll in Canada from COVID-19, along came Michael Rousseau to save him. The Air Canada CEO had barely finished his Nov. […]
Doug Ford’s political porn cheapens Ontario democracy
OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who will face voters next June, wants to run against former Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne again. Eight months before the election, Ford and his Stephen Harper brain trust have released a series of ads trying to tie the current provincial Liberal Party to the unpopular Wynne government. This early, misogynistic re-election […]
