Why top Liberal women are hesitant to run for leader
Women thinking of joining the leadership race face a glass cliff: the phenomenon where they’re likely to be promoted in times of crisis, and often scapegoated for failure.
‘I’m left with questions’: Senator Bernard’s push to highlight the Upper Chamber’s lack of Black men
Only three Black men have been appointed to the Senate in its history, and there have been none in the Chamber since Don Meredith’s resignation in 2017.
Islam’s true voice: wresting the microphone from extremists
Islam’s authentic voice cannot be silenced, corrupted, or distorted in the interests of malign geopolitical forces or corrupt and hateful ideologies.
Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures
The Dec. 16 fall economic update offers no further details on planned savings tied to ‘natural attrition’ in the 2024 federal budget, but noted that effort ‘will begin showing results in 2025-26.’
Feds’ attempt to codify hate still not salvageable despite C-63 division, say Conservatives, civil society groups
The decision to cleave online harms from hate crimes in Bill C-63 is ‘a step in the right direction,’ but the outstanding punishment proposals are ‘irrational,’ says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said the call to designate Black people as a distinctive class under the Employment Equity Act is ‘under active consideration.’
Smith’s government moves to limit transgender rights in Alberta
One bill is designed to prohibit transgender pronoun choices by minors, another restricts transgender access to human rights support.
Overlooked again: what the $250 rebate says about disability policy in Canada
Leaving many people with disabilities out of the rebate is not an isolated misstep. Time and again, people with disabilities are excluded from government policy design, and are often an afterthought.
Valuing unpaid work: a crucial step in ending violence against women
It’s time to bring unpaid work out of the shadows and into the national conversation—not just as an economic issue, but as a crucial step toward equality and safety for all.
Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey
Approximately two-thirds of respondents were hopeful about the future of human rights within Canada in 2024, but only 37 per cent shared that sentiment about the global situation.
