Columnists November 10
Photo: The White House/Wikimedia Commons
It's hard to avoid elitism when you're smarter than everyone else
Rick Salutin | One key indicator of elitism is the notion that worthiness is related to education. I'm all for good public schools but an education makes you educated, not smart. That comes from somewhere else.
Blog November 10
Photo: Brennan Schnell/Wikimedia Commons
Roger Waters talks about Palestine, peace, and joy
Martha Roth | Report on October 26 public meeting in Vancouver with singer/songwriter Roger Waters, organized by Independent Jewish Voices-Vancouver and local Palestine solidarity groups
News November 10
Canadians advancing through German wire entanglements, Vimy Ridge, April 1917. Canada. Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada, PA-001029
Remembrance Day should be about honouring sacrifice, not sacrificing truth
Karl Nerenberg | This Remembrance Day there is special emphasis on World War I. Lest we forget, that war was not only brutal and deadly, it was also, in many ways, unnecessary and unjust
Blog November 10
TPP rally in Ottawa. Image: SumOfUs/flickr
Trudeau breaks promise of consultation and transparency with TPP talks
Brent Patterson | The Liberal government has failed to adequately consult Canadians and Indigenous peoples on the TPP and failed to listen to what the vast majority of people have told them about this deal.
Blog November 10
The real pirates of the Caribbean
Ed Finn | ​Secreting wealth in tax havens deprives Canadian governments of massive amounts of tax revenue every year.
Columnists November 9
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Majority of mass shootings connected to domestic violence
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The mass murder in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a horrific crime. It was also horrifically predictable, and emblematic of the systemic problem we have with guns and violence in the United States.
Blog November 9
Protestors in Saint John. Image: Environmental Defence Canada/flickr
Resisting a climate of misogyny
Andrea Harden-Donahue | Climate justice campaigner Andrea Hardne-Donahue details the harassment and misogyny she and many activists face in response to their fight against the fossil fuel industry.
Columnists November 9
Reconciliation: The Peacekeeping Monument. Image: Jamie McCaffery/flickr
Following Harperites, Trudeau government has dismissed Africa
Gerald Caplan | Despite campaign promises of peacekeeping, the Trudeau government has given up on Africa.
Columnists November 9
The Honourable E. Leo Kolber, O.C.
The taxing life of Leo Kolber
Linda McQuaig | Conservative and Liberal prime ministers have changed policies to tax the wealthy thanks to Kolber's persuasion
Podcast November 9
Image - David Kattenburg at the Psagot wineries in the Israeli occupied West Bank
A thirst for justice - David Kattenburg talks about his lawsuit over two wines from the occupied West Bank
Victoria Fenner | When David Kattenburg saw two wines labeled "Product of Israel" in the Ontario government liquor store, he knew that wasn't true. They're made in Israeli occupied West Bank.
Podcast November 8
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"Meditation Park" - an exploration of love, family and betrayal in the life of a first generation immigrant woman
David Peck | Mina Shum and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film 'Meditation Park' - neighbours, Buddhism, the obstacles and triumphs we face & why we’re constantly coming of age.
News November 8
Montreal's new mayor Valérie Plante at an event in 2015. Photo: Ville de Montréal
Montreal election: Valérie Plante's giant leap forward
Taylor C. Noakes | Montreal's new mayor is a progressive step away from paternalistic, autocratic municipal governance