International oversight needed into ‘consistently inadequate’ police response to MMIWG, says MP Gazan
‘This needs to be a wake-up call,’ and addressing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls must include recognition of the rise in white supremacy and gender-based violence, says NDP MP Niki Ashton.
Senate Human Rights Committee exposes systemic Islamophobia in the CRA
It is becoming increasingly clear the federal government needs to show strong leadership to tackle systemic Islamophobia to rebuild the public trust in the government and its agencies.
‘Stay the course’: reporters, editors discuss strategies for combating online hate with Mendicino
Catherine Tait of CBC said a survey by Reporters Without Borders had found three quarters of journalists had experience harassment.
Significant policy shifts have been made, but government still leaving surrogacy families behind
It is time the government and all Parliamentarians look to include a 15-week benefit for parents via surrogacy in this much-needed EI modernization. Because it’s 2022.
Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out
OTTAWA—“They invite you then mistreat you.” Those are the words of the tweet thread by Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who was allegedly mistreated by German border control at the Frankfurt airport while on his way to the World Health Summit, a global […]
Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion
Neoliberalism has destroyed our communities, and the marriage of the Christian right and the far-right offers that to people.
Indigenous Reconciliation
Political parties have left women behind
Telling women to ‘lean in’ is not the answer to get more women in politics.
Politics This Morning: Liberals move forward on long-awaited plan for 2SLGBTQ+ people
Good Monday morning, There are no committee meetings scheduled for today. Justice Minister DAVID LAMETTI and Quebec Liberal MPs RACHEL BENDAYAN and PATRICIA LATTANZIO will be in Montreal at 11:30 a.m. local time to announce funding to raise awareness about new Criminal Code offences around conversion therapy and about the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ sexual assault […]
More immigrants running for political office means paving the way for active citizenship
Kristyn Wong-Tam made history when they became the first Asian-Canadian, queer, and non-binary person elected to Ontario’s legislature, significantly expanding the vision of what a politician looks like in this country. Wong-Tam joins other recent Canadian political “firsts” among Ontario MPPs, including Bhutila Karpoche, the first elected official in North America of Tibetan descent, and […]
