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  • Send Canadian oil to Cuba

    The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

    The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

  • Parental rights and the surging demand for censorship in Canadian schools

    Our Schools/Our Selves, Winter/Spring 2026

    Libraries are the battleground in censorship wars; academic freedom and critical thinking are casualties. What does this mean for students?

  • Soft rock and a soft touch

    Trove of FOI documents sheds new light on lax regulation of troubled Site C dam It was the bureaucratic equivalent of waiting for a box of Timbits and a Double-Double at the Tim Hortons’ drive thru.  In the space of just hours on a single day in June 2020, the…

  • Bill C-30: Privatizing airports and letting oil companies profit off the Iran war

    Remarks by  David Macdonald to the Senate Finance Committee

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    Canada is targeting Indigenous rights under the banner of the U.S. trade war

    New pieces of legislation by different levels of government seek to streamline industrial mega-projects on Indigenous land, regardless of consultation

    The same party might be in power, but it’s a new era for federal politics in Canada—particularly when it comes to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. The halls of power no longer echo with speeches in support of Indigenous rights and reconcilliation. Neither do First Nations leaders present headdresses to…

  • Education Project

    The emotional discourses of parental rights: Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act

    Our Schools/Our Selves, Summer/Fall 2025

    Across the globe, governments are passing anti-LGBTQ+ curriculum laws that curtail queer and gender-inclusive education initiatives, prohibit trans students’ inclusion in sports, and require the use of bathrooms according to sex assigned at birth. Tying these policies together is a common rhetorical theme of “parental rights” that seeks to secure…

  • Trade and Investment Research Project

    Is Canada’s “honeymoon” with China just a negotiating ploy with the U.S.?

    As Canada opens doors to more trade with China, the longevity of such plans is not on stable ground

  • Quebec is proposing to gut tenants’ rights with a new law

    Bill 31 would remove some significant rights from tenants, and hand over more discretionary power to landlords

    Bill 31 would remove some significant rights from tenants, and hand over more discretionary power to landlords

  • New data shows food insecurity is still a national issue in Canada

    Statistics Canada data shows food insecurity is near its worst point since the agency started collecting data

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    Great news for human rights in BC!

    On November 27, sixteen years after the previous government abolished it, the BC government passed legislation to bring back the BC Human Rights Commission. Human rights commissions play a vital role in promoting, defending and protecting human rights. Commissions across the country work to prevent abuses by building awareness of…

  • Saskatchewan government speaks in riddles when it comes to treaty rights

    Despite celebrations of treaties, Saskatchewan doesn't do much to respect them. With prairie separatism on the rise, that's a real problem.

    The Saskatchewan government loves to celebrate treaties. 

  • Manitoba Government Ignores Evidence For Supervised Consumption Sites

    For years, Manitoba’s network of community organizations and public health and harm reduction experts have made the case for the introduction of supervised consumption sites in Manitoba. There are evidence-based models of care that will work for Manitoba. In February of 2022, the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network issued a comprehensive…