Doug Ford’s contentious Bradford Bypass
This is part one in a two-part series on the Ontario government’s proposed development on the Greenbelt. The Doug Ford government has a highway obsession, as it plans to spend … Read More
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Doug Ford’s contentious Bradford Bypass
This is part one in a two-part series on the Ontario government’s proposed development on the Greenbelt. The Doug Ford government has a highway obsession, as it plans to spend … Read More
Get ready for an unnecessary election
Ottawa insiders are nearly unanimous in the view that we will have a federal election long before the end of 2021. Thirteen members of Parliament who do not plan to … Read More
Despite Biden pledge, U.S. embargo on Cuba more harmful than ever
Tomorrow, on June 23, the United Nations General Assembly will vote to condemn the six-decade-long United States embargo of Cuba. Again. The world has been doing this since 1992. In … Read More
Carolyn Bennett should quit because of government failures on Crown-Indigenous relations
In the aftermath of the discovery of 751 more unmarked Indigenous children’s and adults’ graves on the grounds of the former Marieval residential “school,” Indigenous MP Jody Wilson-Raybould spoke out. … Read More
Who stands to benefit from building a transmission line under Lake Erie?
Canada’s mainstream media have been remarkably silent about the Lake Erie Connector project since it was made public. The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced on April 13 that it has … Read More
Stephen Lewis’ African journey
Editor’s note: In part one of this series Judy Jackson related how an ailing Stephen Lewis has been actively calling for wealthy countries to make vaccines for COVID-19 far more … Read More
The military is an authoritarian institution that threatens Canada’s democratic values
Details of former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance’s sexual relations with a subordinate has put the patriarchal character of the military back in the spotlight. But there’s been … Read More
Canadian to run 125 km ultramarathon to support Gaza during COVID
While he’s not quite as colourful as Clark Kent and Superman, Russell Lavis has his own Superman routine. In his day job, he’s an event sales manager, but in his … Read More
Migrant farmworkers left out of Alberta’s vaccination rollout, says activist group
Vanesa Ortiz, her husband, and her 13-year-old daughter have been working as a family on behalf of Alberta’s Mexican migrant agricultural workers since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. … Read More
Liberals block first step to universal dental care
This past week, NDP MP Jack Harris introduced a private member’s bill aiming to address a glaring gap in our universal health-care system. The bill proposed that dental insurance be … Read More
Israel’s threat to evict Arab families in Jerusalem unleashes the whirlwind
On Wednesday afternoon, May 12, at the very end of question period, New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh gingerly put the Israel-Palestine question on the Canadian political agenda. Singh echoed … Read More
‘Informed and unwilling’: opposition to high-level nuclear waste burial grows
A new organization called “We the Nuclear Free North” held a very informative webinar on May 10 to address concerns about the proposed burial of high-level nuclear waste in northwestern … Read More
Stephen Lewis keeps fighting for worldwide access to vaccines
Stephen Lewis is fighting for his life. He has inoperable cancer. I was privileged to document his heroic work as UN HIV/AIDS envoy to Africa, for three documentaries made for … Read More
Tom Berger fought for Indigenous rights his whole life
Sometime well after midnight during the summer of 1975, Judge Tom Berger hit a double. The B.C. judge was heading the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. He held hearings in every … Read More