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Blog - January 26 Rachel Small | #RememberJan29 was created as a forum to support people in building a web of common experience, connecting the public to the moment of the attack and to each other. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 25 David J. Climenhaga | "Wasted methane represents lost value to oil and gas operators due to lost sales volumes of natural gas, and lost value to the government through lost royalty collection," says the Pembina Institute. |
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog January 25 Maya Bhullar | The 2018 Women's March brought people back out into the street. How were some of the critiques levelled at the Women's March a year ago addressed? |
Blog - Open Media's blog January 24 Marie Aspiazu | In a big win for the Internet, the new version of the TPP suspends many of the controversial provisions included in previous versions. |
Blog - On The Other Hand January 24 Penney Kome | The Women's March roars back in 2018. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 24 David J. Climenhaga | Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has adopted conservative positions on pipelines. Is Opposition Leader Kenney coming around to a policy traditionally associated with the NDP? |
Blog - The Views Expressed January 24 Bruce Campbell | The Quebec town's citizens were not protected from unsafe transportation conditions which remain in place today. They deserve justice. |
Blog - Independent Jewish Voices Canada January 24 Judy Haiven | A celebration of the release and return home of Canadian professor Hassan Diab after three years of imprisonment in France, and a condemnation of Canada's role in his mistreatment. |
Blog - David Suzuki January 23 David Suzuki | In Gurria we have one of the world's most influential economists urging dramatic climate action, including a higher, and rising, price on carbon. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 23 David J. Climenhaga | The New West Partnership is not without its good points, as it turns out. At least it managed to silence Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall for a few minutes ahead of his departure Saturday. |
Blog - Reflections January 22 Ehab Lotayef | If civil rights movements wait for the politicians, nothing will change. |
Blog - Council of Canadians' blog January 22 Rachel Small | We must hold the government accountable to ensure the new ombudsperson is effective. |
Blog - Cathy Crowe's blog January 21 Cathy Crowe | A perfect storm created the conditions for the chronic shortage of shelter beds in Toronto, which can no longer be ignored. |
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog January 19 Ed Finn | Old age need not be dreaded if it is the culmination of a well-spent life |
Blog - January 18 Brent Patterson | What's going on with the NAFTA talks? Has Canada changed its position? Brent Patterson breaks it down here. |
Blog - KAIROS Witness January 18 Cheryl McNamara | Always striving for extraordinary change, KAIROS expects bold new provincial and federal policies this year that will advance human and ecological rights. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 18 David J. Climenhaga | In the background of Unifor's decision to pull out of the CLC is a long and bitter dispute about the practice of "raiding," and of the role of U.S.-based international unions. |
Blog - On The Other Hand January 18 Penney Kome | Like Norway, NYC divests from oil stock and also sues five oil companies for damages. |
Blog - David Suzuki January 16 David Suzuki | In Canada, large-scale projects such as Site C in B.C. and Muskrat Falls in Labrador run counter to our commitments to combat climate change and respect Indigenous Peoples' rights. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 16 David J. Climenhaga | "Don't get in between us and terrorist organizations, or we will not be responsible for the unwanted consequences." – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the United States. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 15 David J. Climenhaga | Alberta's conservatives clearly have a Messiah Strategy for returning to power. It's been tried before, and it's not clear that it works all that well. |
Blog - A change is gonna come January 15 Doreen Nicoll | On February 10, The Women's Centre will host its second annual Gala to raise money to transform the lives of women and their children because that's what 'Love Does.' |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 15 David J. Climenhaga | The UCP policy document's goals depend on the same old elephant in the room that looms over all discussions of Alberta fiscal policy: it requires higher oil prices. |
Blog - Dr. Dawg's Blawg January 12 J. Baglow | Hassan Diab, a Canadian citizen, has been held without trial or charge in a French maximum-security prison for a bombing that took place in 1980. This week, he was set free. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 10 David J. Climenhaga | You can probably count on the nattering nabobs of neoliberal negativity at the UCP to come up with a new reason that is clearly the NDP's fault to explain why the sky is falling. |
Blog - David Suzuki January 10 David Suzuki | How did "throw-away," "disposable" and "planned obsolescence" become part of product design and marketing? It was deliberate. |
Blog - Pulpit and Politics January 9 Dennis Gruending | The business lobby is using alarmist tactics to oppose a minimum wage hike in Ontario. |
Blog - Alberta Diary January 9 David J. Climenhaga | Never mind the spin. The actual Bank of Canada note concluded that the benefits of increased minimum wages outweigh any depressant effect they may have on job creation. |
Blog - The Activist Toolkit Blog January 8 Maya Bhullar | Four ways support workers continue to fight for $15 |
Blog - David Bush's blog January 6 David Bush | Kathleen Wynne has been defending workers' rights during the recent backlash against minimum wage increases. By contrast, Andrea Horwath's NDP have only meekly supported the issue. |