Limited RCMP race-based data collection pilot could distort results, warns NDP MP Green
‘I would call on the RCMP to consider expanding this program. …[G]ive up on this idea that it’s a pilot, and make it part of the process,’ says NDP MP Matthew Green.
Yes, Virginia, there is inequity in Canada
Over the last number of weeks, a variety of MPs have been making hay out of the idea that the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) declared that Christmas was racist. There have been statements and oral questions, and even a Nov. 30 unanimous consent motion to “denounce the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s statement that ‘Statutory […]
Remembrance is not enough: action needed to address gendered violence in Canada
The federal government is not adequately funding the work needed to tackle gender-based violence across the country.
Gun control is a women’s issue
As C-21 progresses in the Senate, it’s important to emphasize that gun recreation must never trump protecting Canadians from the devastating impacts of gun violence.
NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah says advocates and organizations serving Canada’s trans and gender-diverse community fear their hard-won progress could all be lost with a change in government without sustained funding beyond the next election cycle.
Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake
Countless hours and emotional labour have been added to the workload of many racialized federal employees for free, only for them to experience more racism.
Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity
Ending period poverty in this generation is 100 per cent achievable.
Claiming their places at the edge of history
The mission to see more Black Canadians elected, appointed, and connected to government is to ensure that we have a voice and a seat at the most important decision-making tables across our country.
Backsliding into hate triggers game of Russian roulette with children’s lives
There are real impacts to hateful behaviour, which is why outing someone who has not formed adequate community supports, and whose family support is questionable, is a bad idea.
Right-wing rage-farming attacks on LGBTQ kids not a worthwhile import
The anger-generating wedge issue of school pronoun policy has suddenly become a cause célèbre among many of Canada’s conservatives.
