The time is now for a Canada Disability Benefit. My good friend Al Etmanski has been hard at work for many years to reduce/eliminate the poverty experienced by 1.4 million disabled Canadians. We should never count our chickens before they hatch, but victory may be just around the corner. Most parties in the current federal…
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Unprecedented heat wave demands unprecedented action
Wow, has it ever been hot! Past temperature records throughout the province are being surpassed. The town of ‘Q’əmcín (also known as Lytton, BC) has broken temperature records three days in a row, reaching an all-time high of 49.6°C on June 30, which was the highest ever recorded anywhere in Canada since record keeping began. In…
The fight for human rights and the Green party’s soul
What do the recent developments in the federal Green party tell us? It would appear as though their leader, Annamie Paul, is holding on to her position, at least for the time being. On the evening of June 15, the party’s federal council met for almost four hours. It did so in the wake of…
The legacy of residential schools is not history
Content warning: This story has disturbing details about Indian residential schools. Survivors and their families can call the toll-free National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline at 1-866-925-4419. On Thursday, May 27, Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation announced that they had located the unmarked burial sites of 215 children on the site…
More trouble for the NPA
The problems for the Non-Partisan Association continue to grow. This week Mark Marissen, former husband of past-premier Christy Clark, announced his intention to run for mayor in Vancouver’s October 2022 civic election. This further divides the already divided right-wing vote. Since its founding in 1936, the NPA has almost always been able to unite the…
This is not justice for Dr. Hassan Diab!
Just a few days ago, the French court of appeal directed Dr. Hassan Diab, (not to be confused with Lebanon’s prime minister of the same name) — a sociology professor in Ottawa who’s been a Canadian citizen since 1993 — to be committed to trial yet again. I’m outraged, and here’s why. Dr. Diab is…
This NDP victory spells h-o-p-e
Wow! The results are in — or they almost are. And predictions have it that even after all the mail-in ballots are counted, the provincial NDP will have secured an historic election victory. They’re leading in, or have won, 55 ridings, and they’ve earned 45 per cent of the popular vote — the biggest share…