Search results for “site/human rights”

  • What’s Wrong with Site C

    In a #SiteC tweet no doubt designed to complement an unabashedly political debate taking place in the legislature this week, the Liberal caucus stated that Site C is the most reviewed project in BC’s history, it will create 10,000 jobs and will provide affordable, reliable clean power. The tweet is…

  • Election 2019: A global leader on abortion rights tolerates barriers at home

    Nearly 25 years ago, Canada participated in the 4th World Conference on Women, which resulted in global adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The conference set a new course for feminist activism by recognizing women’s rights as human rights. Bodily autonomy, the ability to decide freely over our bodies,…

  • October 2006: Workers Unprotected

    Our gov’ts refuse to see labour rights as human rights Almost everyone in Canada now understands, and more or less accepts, the notion of human rights. It wasn’t always so. The idea has a relatively short history in Canada, given that the UN Charter dates from just after the Second…

  • Debunking the Fraser Institute’s latest scaremongering on Indigenous rights

    In a particularly repugnant move, the Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp increase in people with Registered Indian status will drive up government costs. The methodology employed by Flanagan is remarkably shoddy, as I explain below. I’m…

  • Labour Matters

    Work Life: Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

    35 Years of Experience In April 1982 the Constitution Act was proclaimed. It included the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.   The Charter protects Canadians’ political and civil rights. It enumerates a range of fundamental freedoms, including freedom of association, religion and the press. It also guarantees certain democratic rights,…

  • July 2007: Labour Rights Recognized

    Supreme Court rules that labour rights are Charter rights Fundamental labour rights, pursued historically and recognized under international conventions, must be respected in Canada, according to the highest court in the land. In a judgment rendered June 8, the Supreme Court of Canada reversed itself and recognized that freedom of…

  • Corporate Mapping Project

    Thousands of earthquakes near Site C dam and mounting “geotechnical problems” at project warrant public inquiry, CCPA says

    (VANCOUVER) The BC government should immediately appoint an independent panel of geologists and engineers to assess the ongoing geotechnical problems at Site C and whether the unstable ground at the dam construction site could be further compromised by the thousands of fracking-induced earthquakes occurring nearby, says the Canadian Centre for Policy…

  • Equal rights for migrant care workers

    The case for immigration policy transformation Download 398.63 KB 21 pages Since the mid-1950s, the Canadian government has increasingly relied on precarious and/or temporary migrant workers to meet a growing demand for care work. Restrictive immigration policies and programs that promise a pathway to permanent residency but place limitations on…

  • Hennessy’s Index: January 2013

    First Nations: The Long Shadow of Assimilation Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index 150,000 Number of Aboriginal children who were taken from their families and forced into residential schools as part…

  • Yes Mr. Harper It Is A Sociological Phenomenon

    This piece originally appeared on Blogging for Equality. Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights Issues Breakthrough Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls The Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights has provided a direct answer to Prime Minister Harper: Yes, the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls are a…

  • Climate Justice Project

    The energy industry’s insatiable thirst for water threatens First Nations’ rights

    In early May, evidence emerged that natural gas companies had built dozens of large dams during a poorly regulated building spree. As many as 60 large earthen structures were bulldozed into place by fossil fuel companies—without first getting the required authorizations from provincial authorities. The dams trapped water from numerous…

  • July 2008: A Denial of Fundamental Justice

    Conservatives’ no-fly list violates rights, rule of law Since September 11, 2001, both Liberal and Conservative governments have introduced a vast array of measures that they claim are needed to combat terrorism. Some are enacted through laws such as the Public Safety Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act. Many others have…