Feed children instead of training them for war
Canadian Army Cadets march in a parade. Photo from Cadets.ca. In Canada’s capital, children whose families cannot afford internet access at home camp out in their school’s parking lot to…
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International community rejects Canada’s bid for a seat on UN Security Council
June 17, 2020 – Canada lost its high-profile bid for one of the rotating seats on the United Nations Security Council. A total of 128 votes were needed to secure…
More Than 900 Scholars and Lawyers Call on Government to Defund Police
Riot police at the G-20 Summit, Toronto, June 26, 2010. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In light of ongoing police violence against Black, Indigenous and racialized people in Canada and around…
Corrupt language corrupts minds: Police are civilians, under control of civilians
One of the bees in my bonnet has long been the misuse of the term civilian to describe people who are not sworn police officers. I wrote the post below…
‘Policing Black Lives’ author on confronting Canada’s historical amnesia, Black expendability, and the path forward
Justice For Regis – Not Another Black Life rally and march in Toronto, May 30, 2020. Photo by Jason Hargrove/Flickr. The murder of 46 year-old George Floyd at the hands…
Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature
A mostly youthful throng estimated at more than 15,000 people braved the coronavirus pandemic yesterday evening to join the Fight for Equity rally against racism at the Alberta Legislature in…
No need to lose much sleep over yesterday’s firearms ownership announcement by the UCP
If you’re worried by the announcement Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is seeking ways of “respecting law-abiding Albertans’ long history of responsible firearms ownership,” there’s no need to lose much sleep…
‘Carceral systems won’t solve crime’: An interview on theft, policing, and disability justice
A cyclist talks to a Winnipeg Police Service officer. Photo by Dave Shaver/Flickr. Allen Mankewich is a disabled resident of downtown Winnipeg. His handcycle was stolen in May. Although he…
Can We Ever Truly Transform or Democratize the Police?
Police parade, July 1927. Photo by Alfred Pearson/City of Toronto Archives/Flickr. This article is a response to two recent essays on police reform and abolition by James Wilt and Herman…
#NoUNSC4Canada thrusts critical discussion of Canadian foreign policy into mainstream
A Canadian soldier takes part in a simulated battle during Exercise Maple Resolve 17 at Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada, May 16, 2017. Photo by Sgt. JF Lauzé. The #NoUNSC4Canada…
We know what’s wrong with long-term care in Canada — we need politicians with the courage to fix it, not an inquiry
There are bound to be calls for formal inquiries after the long-term care horror show discovered in Ontario and Quebec, and quite likely on its way to being discovered in…
This is not the Beaverton: Energy Minister Sonya Savage finds the bright side of COVID-19
Well, it’s nice to know someone’s happy about the global coronavirus pandemic! Canadians got a rare glimpse into Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage’s thinking yesterday thanks to a friendly podcaster…
Who will see their pandemic money first? The UCP’s political staffers, or Alberta’s health care aides?
In case you were wondering if Alberta’s United Conservative Party was also going to apply for funds from Ottawa’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit to keep party staff employed, that question…
Federal Conservatives seek emergency support to help kick unemployed people off emergency support!
Surely there’s a special corner of Hell for the leaders of political parties who try to get unemployed people kicked off federal pandemic emergency supports at the same time they…
Canada Does Not Deserve a Seat on the UN Security Council
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a meeting with the leaders of other Western nations at the 2018 G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec. Photo from Twitter. This petition will be delivered…
Why the NDP Has Become the Unofficial Opposition During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Had the Liberals held a majority in Parliament, Canada’s pandemic response may have been much worse NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill as…
Conservatives are weaponizing the COVID-19 pandemic to promote nationalism
Originally published by Rabble.ca Nicholas Erwin-Longstaff May 13, 2020 POLITICS IN CANADA As the coronavirus pandemic ravages the world, the dangerously unstable foundations of the globalized economy have been laid…