International Women’s Day 2015: Ontario’s bold anti-sexual violence plan
This powerful anti-sexual violence ad, released just in time for the 2015 International Woman's Day, is part of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's ambitious $41-million plan to combat sexual violence....
View Article“Bill C-51 is reckless and dangerous,” says OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson
Testifying before the House of Commons public safety committee on Monday, OpenMedia's Steve Anderson said Harper's anti-terror Bill C-51 is dangerous, reckless and ineffective. The post “Bill C-51 is...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Water is life; we can’t afford to waste it
Water is life, and its management and conservation is about global social justice, argues renowned environmentalist David Suzuki. The post David Suzuki: Water is life; we can’t afford to waste it...
View ArticleAlan Austin: How badly has Canada’s economy deteriorated since the last...
With a few days to go before the Oct. 19 federal election, Australian freelance journalist Alan Austin debunks Stephen Harper's claim that Canada’s economy is “the envy of the entire world”. The post...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau during Canadian...
US President Barack Obama welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his first official visit to the White House on Thursday. Here are the remarks issued by the two leaders during a joint...
View ArticleIs the Canada-EU CETA trade deal a sound model for a post-Brexit UK?
London Mayor Boris Johnson and other leading Brits believe that, in the event of Brexit, it'd be easy for the UK to set up a proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)-style...
View ArticleCanada’s $3.3bn fossil fuel subsidies undermine climate action: Report
Canada’s $3.3 billion in federal and provincial subsidies to fossil fuel companies undermine climate action, says a new study by four prominent Canadian environmental groups. The post Canada’s $3.3bn...
View ArticleBad news for Canada as Donald Trump announces withdrawal from TPP deal on day...
In an infomercial-style video released Monday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he'll withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement as soon as he assumes office in January....
View ArticleJustin Trudeau responds to Québec City mosque shooting: “We condemn this...
Responding to Sunday night's Québec City mosque shooting, which left six people dead, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “We condemn this terrorist attack on Muslims." The post Justin Trudeau responds...
View ArticleJoint Statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump
On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met for the first time with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Read the two leaders' joint statement. The post Joint Statement from Prime...
View ArticleCanada responsible for ballooning greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel...
by: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release |Posted January 26, 2017 For Immediate Release January 25, 2017 Contact: Kerri-Anne Finn, CCPA Director of Communications Tel: 613-563-1341...
View ArticleWhat will it take to get Canada’s Arctic off diesel?
The planned Innavik Hydro Electric Project will provide clean energy and propel the indigenous Inukjuak community in Northern Quebec off its dependency on dirty diesel energy. But the project faces...
View ArticleDmitry Medvedev on US airstrikes on Syria: “On the verge of a military clash...
Responding to the US airstrikes on Syria, Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev declared in a Facebook post: "On the verge of a military clash with Russia". Justifying the airstrikes, PM Justin Trudeau said...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: It’s time to nix neonics
David Suzuki on why it's time for Canada to ban neonics, a class of widely used neuro-active insecticides that harm not only the pests they’re designed to kill, but also bees and other pollinators we...
View ArticleMissing and murdered Indigenous women inquiry: We must listen and act
Canada is a signatory to nearly a dozen international legal instruments upholding human dignity and the rights of Indigenous women. But the agreements have yet to influence the current analysis of...
View ArticleTrump may have emboldened hate in Canada, but it was already here
While many Canadians often associate the continuing rise in white supremacist hate in Canada to US President Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric, the right-wing extremist movement was already "alive and...
View ArticleThe uneasy co-existence of arms exports and feminist foreign policy
Feminist foreign policies of countries such as Canada and Sweden are hypocritical when you consider the fact that these countries sell arms worth billions of dollars to regimes such as Saudi Arabia,...
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