On April 20, 2021 the Superior Court of Quebec issued a ruling on Bill 21, Quebec’s Secularism law which many Canadians were awaiting with baited […]
Tag: Human Rights
An Open Letter to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante: Refuse to Enforce Quebec’s Bill 21
I had high hopes for the mayor of Montreal. I thought that in all the discourse about Bill 21, Mayor Valérie Plante, the leader of […]
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 […]
Penalizing Harassment and Discrimination: A Crash Course on the Quebec Human Rights Commission
On November 23, 2015 the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) of Concordia University reached a settlement with a former executive who accused them […]
The gates of hell have opened: The hypocrisy of humanitarian intervention
We’re in the thick of it, there’s nothing else to say. All the international credibility gained out of Canada’s decision not to intervene in the […]
#OccupyCentral: What’s happening in Hong Kong?
“A few days ago in Hong Kong, students went down the streets and they’re protesting against the Chinese government’s recent decision to undermine Hong Kong’s […]
Scotland and beyond: Self-determination and implications
On September 18, the Scottish nation went to polling stations all around their country to decide whether they would become an independent country or not. […]
The Lampedusa Manifesto
In 1941 at the height of the Second World War on an island in many ways similar to Lampedusa, the island of Ventotene, two leaders […]
CSIS, security certificates and Mohammed Harkat: Secret trials have come to Canada
Mohamed Harkat’s hearing last week at the Supreme Court of Canada wasn’t just held behind closed doors, but was, for the first time in the […]
Just who are the pirates? Canadian Greenpeace activists stuck in a Russian jail, Harper does nothing
This past Saturday, Greenpeace Canada held vigils in Toronto and Montreal in order to draw attention to the fact that two Canadians, Alexandre Paul and […]