On Reconciliation, the government can and must do more
The progressive left has the opportunity to show leadership and use the federal government’s stated commitment to implement the TRC calls to action and usher in truly transformational change.
Rights and Democracy
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Left and liberal colour blindness imperil real change for Black people
The unseen commitment to these systemic white supremacist logics mean that even those claiming a commitment to change unconsciously act out a negation to blackness and Black people.
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Ed Broadbent: reflections on a mentor and professor
Canadians are lucky to have Ed as a public figure, but one Canadian at least was lucky to have had him, for a few years back in the mid-60s, as his professor.
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Indigenous children and racial discrimination as fiscal policy
First Nation children are denied equal access to health care supports and services, and receive significantly less per capita funding for their education and far less funding per capita once in care despite this greater need.
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Remarks delivered by Ed Broadbent at Progress Summit 2016
Global experience has also shown that a proportional system has other important benefits: it can help elect more women and other underrepresented groups; it can drive an increase in voter turnout; and there’s even evidence that it can foster more egalitarian societies.
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Time to move beyond “tough-on-crime” rhetoric
A rational justice system and a program of prison reform based on evidence and grounded in humane principles would be more sensible than having to hope that law suits will correct the present system’s deficiencies.
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Stephen Harper’s abhorrent record on refugees and immigration
In a time when it is clear that the need for asylum is greater than ever, the Canadian government defends its decade long record in making admission to Canada, temporarily or permanently, more difficult.
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The lasting legacy of the 60s and 70s Scoop
Today and every day, all of Canada needs to understand that these bluntly discriminatory systems continue to be a lived legacy for Indigenous peoples and Canadians across the country.
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A tribute to Abe Rotstein: a giant of Canadian political economy
Mel Watkins eulogizes Abe Rotstein as the leading theorist and scholar of Canadian nationalism in English Canada, and one of its most prominent and innovative practitioners.
