‘If I had influence over the minds of the people of Canada, any power over their intellect, I would leave them this legacy: ‘Whatever you do, adhere to the Union. We are a great country, and shall become one of the greatest in the universe if we preserve it; we shall sink into insignificance and adversity if we suffer it to be broken.’- Sir John A. MacDonald
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Even with Minimum Wage Hikes, Workers are Falling Behind
on October 21st, 2024
The minimum wage increase in Canada is being outpaced by rising rental costs On Oct. 1, the minimum wage increased in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island. All other provinces except Alberta brought in increases earlier this year. That means most minimum-wage workers are doing better, right? Right? Not necessarily. Minimum-wage workers
Anti-Poverty Programs Exclude 95 Percent of Poor Canadians
on June 19th, 2024
More white Canadians live in poverty than all other ethnicities combined It turns out that there are more white Canadians in poverty than all other ethnicities combined. Yet, as a new study from the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy also notes, considerable government “antipoverty” resources exclude those Canadians based on … skin colour. Fifty years
Canada Must Protect its Drug Supply
on September 18th, 2019
Canada’s drug supply is meant to provide for 37 million Canadians, not 370 million Americans. U.S. cross-border shopping could endanger Canadians Discussions about the U.S. importing cheap drugs from Canada have been around for awhile. In January, Sanders tabled a health-care reform bill that’s languishing in the Senate and will likely never be passed. In
What’s Wrong with mydemocracy.ca? Plenty
on October 27th, 2017
The federal government wants to know what we think about electoral reform, but its website asks leading questions and predetermines values The federal government’s electoral reform website is being widely mocked. But beneath the outrage and humour, what’s really wrong with mydemocracy.ca? Plenty. The website is intended to gather perspectives from Canadians who wish to
Three Principles for Better Schools
on August 15th, 2016
More than ever, Canada needs an education system based on the powerful principles of freedom, autonomy and accountability The evolution of education is coming full circle, for the betterment of children. In earlier times, the education of Canadian children was sometimes compared to a three-legged stool, one leg representing the family, another the church, the
Face to Face With WAYDE COMPTON
on May 1st, 2016
We need to speak out, and to use all venues and channels of distribution. (The Afro News is one excellent example of this.) There is an unfair push to imply that there are few black people in Canada, and in the west in particular. These myths must always be countered. We are here, and we are significant. We must speak that truth, everywhere.
A Woman of Purpose, a Wonderful Documentary!
on April 19th, 2016
A Must See Doc! Former Governor General Michaëlle Jean: “This loving, caring and even tender documentary of Michaëlle Jean by her husband, the noted filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond creates a balance of great strength, beauty intelligence and compassion for immigrants and those whose voices may not always be heard. As an immigrant from Haiti who went
Bill to Ban Employers From Taking a Cut of Tips Finally set to Become Law in Ontario
on December 10th, 2015
It’s taken five years, four versions of the bill and two MPPs to bring it forward, but tips in Ontario will soon be protected from employer clawbacks. Former New Democrat MPP Michael Prue first raised the issue of employers eating into servers’ tips in 2010. For many restaurant servers, hairstylists, masseurs and others in the
A Giant Branch of the Ebony Tree Has Fallen
Honourable Senator Oliver: I became a senator in 1990, and since that time, there have been enormous changes in our Canadian society and Canadians have been forced to recognize the fact that White people don’t own and run a country of 33 million people anymore.