Critics Call Out NDP’s ‘Hypocrisy’ As B.C. MLAs Can Take As Many Paid Sick Days As Needed
The B.C. NDP government recently introduced only five days of paid sick leave for workers.
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Property Company’s Business Strategy Focuses On ‘Working-Class Folk’ In Provinces With ‘No Rent Controls’
Avenue Living is looking to build up a tenant base of “essential workers” in Alberta and Saskatchewan because those provinces do not have rent controls, PressProgress reported Friday.
B.C. Minister's Claim He Cannot Weigh In On Wet'suwet'en Arrests Doesn't Add Up, Critics Say
“Freedom of the press is one of the four fundamental freedoms recognized by the Charter, and when it's intruded upon, the default position should be in support of the journalists, not in support of the police.”
Digging Deeper Into Why Wealthy Canadian Elites Supported Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
In the latest episode of our Great Gilded North podcast series, we spoke to Mitchell Thompson, who recently dug into the history of the Canadian elites who supported fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Disability Advocates Raise Concerns About Omissions In Throne Speech
Neil Belanger, chief executive officer of the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS), had a question at the end of Tuesday’s Throne Speech: “Where’s the Canada Disability Benefit?”
Migrant Farm Workers Continue To Face Exploitation, Poor Conditions
A busy harvest season at a Quebec strawberry farm highlights the many injustices that migrant farm workers in Canada continue to face, CBC reported.
RCMP Arrest Land Defenders And Journalists Following Invasion Of Wet’suwet’en Territory
Following a paramilitary-style invasion of Wet’suwet’en territory last Thursday that saw the arrests of 15 land defenders, legal observers, reporters and Wet’suwet’en elders, the RCMP arrested journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano on Friday.
Digging Deeper Into The Corporate Domination And Destruction Of Canadian Media
In the first episode of The Maple’s Great Gilded North podcast series, we spoke to writer Sam Smart about her recent article titled 'A Guide To The Ruling Class’s Domination And Destruction Of Canadian Media.'
B.C. Flooding Crisis Highlights Stark Dangers Posed By Climate Emergency
The catastrophic flooding crisis in British Columbia, which experts say has been worsened by the effects of the climate emergency, was the subject of news headlines around the world this week.