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The parental rights movement has led school boards in Manitoba to become distracted by conflicts that aren’t in the best interest of students

Parental rights is a constructed term strategically framed to evoke legitimacy and moral authority (Fowler and Mountz, 2024). It is a phrase that rings with…

Over the past 15 years, there has been a rapid rise in anti-SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) mobilization, primarily led by self-identified “parental rights”…

Long before I devoted my professional life to academic research and teaching, I grew up during the nascent years of reality competition television. Survivor, American…

Donald Trump is an existential threat to Canada’s auto sector. As he bluntly stated during a meeting with the prime minister in May, “we don’t…

Canada’s federal child care program, which began rolling out in 2021, has two main goals: lower fees to $10 per day per child, and expand…

Canada’s $10-a-day child care program isn’t creating enough spaces to meet demand and isn’t doing enough to make sure that new spaces are non-profit

Le programme pancanadien de services de garde à 10 $ par jour ne crée pas un nombre suffisant de places et ne s’assure pas que…

OTTAWA—U.S. tariffs and other economic attacks on Canada require a comprehensive strategy for economic self-sufficiency, not a narrow focus on building petroleum pipelines, cutting regulations,…

The ongoing strike by CUPE flight attendants at Air Canada has sparked a moment in the Canadian labour movement. Unions across Canada have been pledging…

U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine…

A snapshot of how the “parental rights” movement is unfolding across provincial and national borders
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