Ilhan Erdem was arrested in Istanbul on Monday over alleged links to the alleged masterminds of the failed coup attempt in Turkey July 15th. He […]
Tag: Canada
50 CBSA Immigration Detainees on Hunger Strike in Ontario
While Syrian refugees have been greeted with widely applauded warmth by the Canadian government, other immigrants, jailed without trial, are resorting to a hunger strike […]
Chilcot Report: Tony Blair’s “Ill-Prepared War” that Canada Narrowly Avoided
The UK’s Iraq war inquiry just came to a damning conclusion: Ex-PM Tony Blair led the country into an ill-prepared war under false pretenses. The […]
A Look at the Three Amigos Summit
The three North-American leaders are meeting this week in Ottawa for the Three Amigos Summit. It’s the first summit in almost three years, and the […]
Concordia Professor Homa Hoodfar Detained in Iran: How Did This Happen and What Can You Do?
Homa Hoodfar, a professor of anthropology at Concordia University, is currently held in the infamous Evin prison charged with “co-operating with a foreign state against the […]
Failing Foreign Workers: Work Visas and Medical Deportation in Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has come under fire recently for letting a foreign worker die. In late 2014, Sheldon McKenzie, a thirty nine year […]
The Spark that Could Send You to Jail: Arson in Canada
On the Saturday afternoon of March 26, 2016, Montreal’s historic Snowdon Theatre was engulfed in black smoke. Ninety fire-fighters and thirty five vehicles later, the […]
Beyond Publicity: A Brief on Native Rights in Quebec and Canada
Of all the groups in the Canadian Mosaic, none has been more cheated and worse treated than our First Nations. First Peoples is the generic term […]
The NDP’s Renaissance: Democracy and Renewal Within the NDP
For many true dippers, through and through New Democrats, the last Canadian Federal Election was an excruciating ordeal. What looked like a historic run towards […]