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Canada's government and some churches promise to implement TRC recommendations

Indigenous Rights | The TRC recommendations: There's hope, but it's a marathon | Apr 16 2016 | Dennis Gruending | The Canadian government and a number of churches say they accept and will attempt to implement recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Civil Liberties Watch | Indigenous Rights | Politics in Canada | MPs vow to act on Attawapiskat, but will their resolve last? | Apr 15 2016 | Karl Nerenberg | Once again there is a national prise de conscience on the desperate state of Indigenous Canada, but how soon will it all fade from the public mind?

Economy | Politics in Canada | World | From Enron to the Panama Papers: How many financial scandals will it take to change the rules? | Apr 15 2016 | Monia Mazigh | Financial opacity isn't just a disease attacking Russia, China or the Gulf monarchies; it is a global reality. As shown by the Panama Papers leak, even Canada isn't immune from this virus.

Environment | NDP | Politics in Canada | Rather than fearing the Leap Manifesto, let's bring on the debate | Apr 15 2016 | Linda McQuaig | That silly Leap Manifesto -- giving itself away right in the subtitle, which calls for "a Canada based on caring for the Earth and one another." No wonder it provoked fury and outrage.

Food & Health | Politics in Canada | Liberals veto national pharmacare while more Canadians can't fill their prescriptions | Apr 15 2016 | Michael Butler | It came as a major disappointment this week that Canada's Health Minister, Jane Philpott, indicated pharmacare is not part of her mandate.

Indigenous Rights | Don't partake in celebrations over new Supreme Court ruling on Métis just yet | Apr 15 2016 | Pamela Palmater | The Supreme Court ruling on Daniels vs. Canada does not bolster Métis claims, but instead confuses them. Pam Palmater clarifies the decision and what it does and does not say.

Amber Slegtenhorst stands out in black while rallying for workers' rights. Suppl

Labour | Political Action | 'It's been a real struggle': Workers across Canada fight for $15 and fairness | Apr 15 2016 | Teuila Fuatai | Teuila Fuatai spoke with minimum-wage workers across Canada about their job conditions and the fight for $15 and fairness in Canada.

NDP | Politics in Canada | In a bold move, NDP delegates save their party | Apr 15 2016 | Murray Dobbin | In the aftermath of Tom Mulcair's crushing repudiation at the NDP's convention, the party enters a period of self-reflection and reinvention that it has never experienced before.

Politics in Canada | If you were secretly relieved by yesterday's NDP Alberta budget, you weren't alone | Apr 15 2016 | David J. Climenhaga | Many Albertans, even conservatives, must feel on reading Budget 2016 secretly relieved the province doesn’t have to face a Wild Rose apocalypse just now.

Anti-Racism | Toronto media underestimating resilience and strength of Black Lives Matter leaders | Apr 14 2016 | Mark Brown | The greater the opposition to the end goal the stronger the resilience of BLMTO becomes.

Arts & Culture | Political Action | US Politics | 'Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist' captures the spirit of protest | Apr 14 2016 | Yutaka Dirks | Sunil Yapa's new book has been making waves in the literary world. Yutaka Dirks relates his own experience at the "Battle of Seattle" and spoke with the author about his inspiration.

Photo: Idle No More Toronto Facebook page

Civil Liberties Watch | Indigenous Rights | Political Action | Politics in Canada | Occupations of INAC offices continue in solidarity with Attawapiskat | Apr 14 2016 | Alyse Kotyk | Idle No More protesters and allies are occupying Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada offices in Toronto and Winnipeg in solidarity with the Attawapiskat community to demand action.