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  • How the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples can be implemented in BC law, policy and practices — new report

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT Coast Salish Territories/ Vancouver) A report released today outlines for the first time what implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples could and should look like in BC law, policy and practices; the BC government has explicitly committed…

  • Manitoba Research Alliance

    Fast Facts: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

    The cost of doing nothing to prevent tragedy As the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) continues, a new study looks at the problems of reactive government policy on MMIWG in Manitoba. The complex impacts on family members of MMIWG are examined in Cost of Doing…

  • The Nova Scotia government must commit to housing as a human right

    One of the critical causes of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing is government’s lack of commitment to protecting and advancing housing as a human right.

  • July 2004: Enbridge Spreads Disaster in Columbia

    In the December 2000/January 2001 Monitor, I reported that Enbridge Inc., one of Canada’s leading energy corporations, was linked to death squads in Colombia according to information provided by Amnesty International. Below, I examine the impact of this revelation in Canada as well as detail the further damage caused in…

  • Silencing Dissent: The Conservative Record

    Over the past five years, exercise of the fundamental freedom of speech in Canada has been curbed and discouraged by a federal government increasingly intolerant of even the mildest criticism or dissent. Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women’s equality. Their…

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    Saskatchewan’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” is going to hurt queer youth

    The prairie province has a litany of problems—allowing young people to change their pronouns is not one of them

    In October 2023, the government of Saskatchewan passed a “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” The main focus of the legislation (which amends The Education Act, 1995) is to prevent trans children from using different names or pronouns and changing their gender identity without their parents being notified. This aspect of the legislation…

  • Bots, trolls, deception and the hacking of the human brain

    None of us are immune from efforts to deceive us. It’s important that we learn how to recognize those efforts.

    None of us are immune from efforts to deceive us. It’s important that we learn how to recognize those efforts.

  • Child care is a human right

    By Lynell and Melanie Anderson Our understanding of rights evolves along with society, yet the required and corresponding evolution in government policy in BC is stagnant. Re-establishing the Human Rights Commission, as recommended in a new report, could change this reality. We’re passionate about women’s and children’s rights, and concerned…

  • Barbarism Lite

    Political assault on social rights is worsening inequality Looking back to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60 years ago, we can now see that, at least in the North Atlantic world, the four decades that followed World War II were the Golden Age for ordinary people,…

  • Labour Matters
    Trade Union Research Collective

    Fast Facts: Union rights as human rights

    The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) is holding its annual convention in Brandon October 2 – 4, 2009. There are many important issues to be dealt with however the one issue that should be on the agenda and should be the focus of discussion is the spectre of eroding memberships…

  • BC’s workers need a human rights commission

    Let me explain BC’s strategy for addressing discrimination. First, we ask someone to experience it. Then we ask that person to understand a complex area of law, investigate the facts and engage in a legal proceeding against their employer / landlord / service provider to enforce their rights. We ask…

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    Trade and Investment Research Project

    Elbows Up Economic Summit

    Building a sovereign, sustainable, value-added economy

    Donald Trump’s trade war and other attacks on Canadian sovereignty have exposed the vulnerabilities of Canada’s economy, 35 years after our first free trade deal with the U.S. The Elbows Up Economic Summit in Ottawa on September 2025 convened a discussion with 40 progressive economists and policy experts on how…