Alberta officially started its path to reach a minimum salary of $15 an hour by 2018. The cabinet passed the legislation to launch the phased […]
Tag: Canadian Politics
What You Should Know About the MMIW Inquiry
The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) officially starts today. Less than two years ago, the killing of hundreds of indigenous women […]
A Committee Will Revisit Canada’s Environmental Assessment Process
A panel of experts has been mandated to review Canada’s environmental assessment process. On Monday, Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna presented the four members […]
Over 200 People Denied for Visas for World Social Forum Including Six Parliamentarians
The World Parliamentary Forum opened on Wednesday in Montreal with very notable absentees. Ottawa denied visas to six of the invited foreign parliamentarians. Organizers and […]
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 […]
Canadian Parliament Set to Condemn the BDS Movement Today
UPDATE: Canada’s Parliament approved the Conservative resolution with 221 Yea votes, 51 Nay votes and 12 abstentions, meanwhile Justin Trudeau’s alma mater McGill University voted […]
What Went Wrong With the NDP Campaign and How to Fix It
Theories trying to explain just what went wrong with the NDP campaign have been as prevalent on my Facebook newsfeed this past week as posts […]
An Open Letter to Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau: Do the Right Thing and Get Rid of C-51
Prime Minister-Designate Trudeau, Hi, first off I would like to congratulate you on your sweeping victory. Canadians clearly had enough of Stephen Harper and his policies […]
#ELXN42: What it Would Take for Each of the Parties to Win
It has all come down to this. Tomorrow night we will know the result of #ELXN42, the longest Canadian Federal Election campaign in recent memory. […]
You are what you eat. Unless you want to be Prime Minister.
It’s a phrase we hear often these days: eating is political. In other words: we’re actors in food systems. Our decisions carry vast implications—the ethics of the brand […]