Search results for “site/human rights”

  • Waning transparency in Canada: Is access to information broken?

    At the federal, provincial and even the local level, there was a time when governments in Canada seemed to think transparency about their operations was a pretty good idea. Not anymore. At the federal level, the issue of transparency through access to information has even been sent to the United…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    The false hopes and empty promises of investment treaty modernization

    A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.

    A Canadian company’s successful challenge to a precautionary mining ban in Colombia shows how little investor–state dispute panels care about the right to regulate.

  • Secret Surveillance Targets Civil Society

    Much of Canada’s spying is done on behalf of corporations I spy, you spy. . . In the world of big mining and big oil companies, it would seem that everybody spies. Canadians were profoundly shocked to learn that the Canadian government had been spying on the Ministry of Mining…

  • No Fairness For Temporary Workers

    Employers still allowed to mistreat, underpay foreign “help” The Harper government’s April 26 announcement of yet another change to the deeply flawed Temporary Foreign Worker Program will not benefit any workers or communities. Ministers Diane Finley and Jason Kenney revealed that employer applications for temporary migrant workers will be fast-tracked…

  • Fast Facts: Time to move forward with respect

    First published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 5, 2019 For the last 100 days Camp Morningstar has nurtured a sacred fire on Hollow Water First Nation traditional territory in order to provide balanced information to counter the one-sided proposals and outdated scientific research presented by Canadian Premium Sand (CPS). …

  • Food for Thought

    Hennessy’s Index: A number is never just a number 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 1948 The year the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,…

  • Education Project

    Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2001

    Public Education and Moral Monsters: A Conversation with Noam Chomsky It is startling to learn that amidst the volumes of literature which addresses current trends in public education, a serious consideration of the implications of Noam Chomsky’s thought to schooling is almost entirely nonexistent.1 Noam Chomsky is a pioneer in…

  • Trading Sovereignty for Surveillance

    Danger rises of state interference with information flow In June 2010, the Harper government released a consultation paper which asked Canadians to comment on the possible impacts of increased foreign direct investment in the Canadian telecommunications sector. Although the paper clearly promoted potential economic benefits, the potential risks (which would…

  • A Foolhardy Approach to Criminal Justice

    Harper’s “tough-on-crime” bills costly, counterproductive The Harper government is reintroducing its proposed “tough-on-crime” laws that were killed when Harper prorogued Parliament in January. These crime bills, if passed, will result in the lengthy incarceration of hundreds of additional offenders under harsh conditions. Many Canadians approve. Fine, they say — whatever…

  • May 2003: West Paupans Oppressed by U.S. Multinational

    An interview with John Rumbiak John Rumbiak is a supervisor for West Papua Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy (ELSHAM) based in Jayapura, the capital of West Papua province in Indonesia. He toured Canada in November 2002 to promote awareness of the oppression and exploitation of the Papuan people…

  • The Latin American Revolution (V)

    In Bolivia, under Morales, the revolution is indigenous Evo Morales, Bolivia’s indigenous President, started his second term in January by declaring colonialism dead in his country. Morales emphasized that he has attempted to “eradicate all vestiges of colonial repression and discrimination against Bolivia’s indigenous majority.” He certainly has, which is…

  • Social Watch

    Budgets profoundly affect human rights says international report

    READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Ottawa—On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights a new international report concludes that budgets profoundly impact the attainment of human rights, and the attainment of human rights impacts the quality of our lives. This conclusion flows from…