On Friday, October 2, a BC Supreme Court judge killed hopes of saving Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC). Usually courts rule in favour of the owners of property against other claims – such as granting an injunction to Coastal GasLink that led to the RCMP’s invasion of Wet’suwet’en lands. But in the MEC case the owners, the […]
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While COVID-19 has slammed on the entire country’s brakes, this sudden stop has been as severe for Canada’s youth as nearly any other group. Young people across the country are working and living in some of the most precarious situations. Many have been halted in the middle of transitional periods, forced to forgo some newly […]
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At a time when the Canadian population is polarizing around the pandemic and looming economic crisis, Erin O’Toole has been selected as Andrew Scheer’s replacement atop a relatively energized and mobilized Conservative Party membership. While the number of Conservative party votes, members and donations are all up, the path to a Conservative parliament is less […]
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This past week, the head of the RCMP finally admitted that there was institutional racism in the force, just days after claiming “we don’t have systemic racism,” in spite of years of evidence to the contrary. The last few weeks alone have shown overwhelming proof of the RCMP’s systematic assault on Canadian racial minorities: the […]
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The internet has become essential for almost all Canadians due to COVID-19. Suddenly, millions of workers are told to work from home, via the internet. Education is forced online, with teachers discovering that many students don’t have access to computers, laptops or even the internet. People need to go online to contact banks, essential services, […]
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Whether we like it or not, whether it’s safe or not, and whether we’re comfortable with it or not, Canada is beginning to reopen. After roughly two months of comprehensive social and economic shutdown, the provinces are loosening restrictions despite widely varying COVID-19 circumstances. Québec is reopening, including sending children back to school on May […]
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Canadian society is beginning to thaw from the COVID-19 induced deep freeze. Questions surrounding the reopening of businesses, schools, communities, and cities have shifted from when we will be able to do so, to how we are going to do it. Any conversation about completely “getting back to normal” depends on developing a vaccine – […]
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Two months into COVID-19, Manitoba has gotten off relatively unscathed. By April 28, the province has had just 272 cases and 6 deaths, numbers more in range of the smaller Maritime provinces. However, Conservative Premier Brian Pallister isn’t looking to sit idly by while a perfectly good crisis goes to waste. Pallister has proposed wide-ranging […]
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Did you make less than $5,000 in 2019? Are you a student who was about to re-enter the workforce after finals? Have you lost most, but not all, of your freelance or gig work income? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you are not eligible for the latest $2,000 a month […]
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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact Canada, we see all levels of government taking increasingly desperate measures to avert the kind of catastrophe we are seeing unfold in Italy. On more than one occasion, officials have referred to past outbreaks, like SARS, to pat themselves on the back and talk about how much they’ve […]
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