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Rewrite Senate anti-harassment policy, says Upper Chamber subcommittee

The Senate needs to start from scratch when it comes to its anti-harassment policy, instead of merely updating its existing decade-old document, says a group of Senators tasked with studying the Upper Chamber’s anti-harassment rules. “When the subcommittee was charged with reviewing the current policy, members knew that they were undertaking a considerably broad task […]

Trudeau to meet with Black youth who experienced alleged racial profiling on the Hill

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet Thursday with a group of young people who experienced an alleged instance of racial profiling earlier this month on Parliament Hill, days after the House Speaker apologized in the Chamber for the actions of a member of the Parliamentary Protective Service. During the third annual Black Voices on the […]

Trump, the promise keeper

LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is a man of his word, and he promised his base to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to stop an “invasion of gangs, invasion of drugs, invasion of people.” It turns out that Mexico isn’t willing to pay for it after all, but a promise is a promise. So […]

Canada’s not ready to take Black History Month off the calendar

Black History Month in Canada has had some recent powerful successes. There’s a growing, greater understanding and appreciation of the intrinsic value of black contributions, in science, business, education, music, sports, and public policy throughout our nation. These advances in heightening the awareness in our country to the contributions of African Canadians is perhaps best […]

Hill security, House Speaker to probe alleged racial-profiling incident

The Parliamentary Protective Service has offered an apology after an alleged case of racial profiling on the Hill by one of its members. On Feb. 6, Liberal MPs Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) and Greg Fergus (Hull-Aylmer, Que.) raised a question of privilege in the House of Commons, asking Speaker Geoff Regan to investigate after participants […]

Trudeau ought to go toe-to-toe with Chinese ambassador

Re: “China’s ambassador: why the double standard on justice for Canadians, Chinese?” (The Hill Times, Jan. 9, 2019, p. 11). Like most Canadians, I think Canada should not let Lu Shaye, the Chinese ambassador to Canada, fire off an article in The Hill Times claiming “Western egotism” and “white supremacy” without slamming the basketball back in […]

Using women’s growing power to combat gender-based violence

Spearheaded by women around the world, a global movement is afoot. At every level of society, it’s redefining power. Women-led movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp—and regional movements like Ni Una Menos, which challenges gender-based violence in Latin America—are moving full speed ahead to change the status quo. It’s time to talk about how we channel […]