Systemic change needed to recognize harms of antisemitism in the public service
Unfortunately, the Employment Equity Act Review Task Force’s utter inability to earnestly interface with the challenges that are innate to Jewish identity and to empathize with the plight of Jewish people is not a unique phenomenon.
Exclusion of Black anti-racism activists from Supreme Court meeting ‘very concerning,’ says former GG, as Black caucus co-chair wary of ‘scary’ creep against progress
Parliamentary Black Caucus Chair MP Michael Coteau says Canada can’t ‘slow down’ on anti-racism progress as UN Decade for People of African Descent extended another five years.
Deepfake inaction exposes more women to online abuse
The proliferation of fake sexual imagery mostly targets women, and it creates a new gender-based bias online.
Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy
What we’re seeing from Smith is another iteration of far-right hate being normalized to the point where it has seeped into policy through a populist lens.
‘Communities are terrified’: trans advocate Johnstone blasts feds for allowing hate, disinformation to rise while Conservative premiers enforce restrictions on LGBTQ+ kids
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s new policies restricting health care for trans children is ‘just the polite political expression’ of anti-queer and anti-trans hate, says trans advocate Fae Johnstone.
It’s 2024, and Black MPs are still being tokenized
In the confines of large organizational structures like political parties, diversity still remains a tactical device.
The Islamophobic silence is deafening
If one compares the empathy for Israelis and empathy for Palestinians, there is no comparison in public relations, communications, and posturing.
Limited RCMP race-based data collection pilot could distort results, warns NDP MP Green
‘I would call on the RCMP to consider expanding this program. …[G]ive up on this idea that it’s a pilot, and make it part of the process,’ says NDP MP Matthew Green.
Yes, Virginia, there is inequity in Canada
Over the last number of weeks, a variety of MPs have been making hay out of the idea that the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) declared that Christmas was racist. There have been statements and oral questions, and even a Nov. 30 unanimous consent motion to “denounce the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s statement that ‘Statutory […]
Remembrance is not enough: action needed to address gendered violence in Canada
The federal government is not adequately funding the work needed to tackle gender-based violence across the country.
