How China is building a non-imperialist model of international development
Instead of adopting Western norms and values, China is asserting its right to promote its own vision of mutual benefit
In 2015, half a million refugees fled Turkey for Lesvos. A century ago, my family did the same
In 2015, Canadian author Steven Heighton travelled to Lesvos, Greece, where he volunteered at a transit camp for refugees who had just arrived from Turkey. That year, hundreds of thousands of … Read More
NDP pushes wealth tax and universal drug plan
Early in November, the NDP used one of its opposition days in the House of Commons to propose two new taxes: a one percent levy on all accumulated family wealth … Read More
Labour views: Our government must fix long-term care
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Kudos to the union leaders who spoke up at the recent Health Committee meeting of the Nova Scotia Legislature. They raised several points, most of which they … Read More
How neoliberalism is fanning the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia
Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces stand in formation during a ceremony in Baidoa, Somalia, to mark the inclusion of Ethiopia into an African Union peacekeeping mission, January 22, … Read More
Support workers warn Ontario’s long-term care staffing efforts will do more harm than good
COVID-19 has put Canada’s long-term care homes in a state of recurring crisis. Now, personal support workers and health-care advocates say Ontario’s new initiative to recruit long-term care staff will … Read More
The visitor, a poem by Lenora Steele
The Visitor I open the oven door for a pan ofPortuguese rolls when there is aknock at the back door,the kitchen door and it’s Effie.She knows that she’s welcome tostay … Read More
Socialist savant: Leo Panitch (1945-2020)
Leo Panitch (1945-2020), Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto. Image by Canadian Dimension. Families help to make us what we are, even if we turn out to be not … Read More
Timid legislation to get Canadian stories on streaming services, but no ‘Netflix tax’
In January, a special advisory group headed by former media executive Janet Yale gave the Trudeau government a farsighted report on Canadian broadcasting in the internet age. The group recommended … Read More
History of a Prison
A review of “The Don: The Story of Toronto’s Infamous Jail” by Jordana Rosenfeld Dec 28, 2020 6 min read Share Incarceration, writes Angela Y. Davis in … Read More
Raymond Sheppard: The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission isn’t working for African Nova Scotians
Rally at NSHRC headquarters, August 2020. Photo Simon de Vet KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Since our Black Human Rights Matter rally on August 21, 2020, in front of the offices of … Read More
Trump’s 1776 Commission: Cultural renewal by political repression
President Donald Trump speaks during a Constitution Day speech in which he said he would sign an executive order promoting “patriotic education,” September 17, 2020. Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian/The … Read More
Blueprint for fixing our disastrous long-term care system
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has just issued a report detailing how the federal government could provide leadership “in developing a coordinated approach to long-term care.” The COVID-19 … Read More
Migrant workers are the present and future of low-carbon care work
Emmie Tsumura This article was created as part of a package of writing to accompany Human Capital, an exhibit at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina. View the full package … Read More
Kendall Worth: Income Assistance transformation delivered next to nothing of what it promised
Current Community Services minister Kelly Regan and former minister Joanne Bernard KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Throughout my writing for the Nova Scotia Advocate I have covered the income assistance transformation, officially … Read More
