By Lincoln DePradine Unemployment and underemployment have been a perennial, difficult problem in Canada’s Black community. One member of the conservative government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been told that increasing the number of Black-owned businesses is a solution to the problem. “We need 60,000 Black businesses in Canada by 2028, with an average […]
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were reported to have “advanced shared priorities” to fight climate change, grow strong economies and strengthen regional security when they met last week at the Canada-CARICOM Summit. On Thursday, Trudeau convened a trade and investment roundtable with CARICOM leaders and Canadian investors […]
OTTAWA – Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, urged Canada last Thursday to help Caribbean countries reinforce their security as the region deals with worsening gun violence. Speaking at the two-day Canada-CARICOM summit where leaders from Canada and CARICOM discussed climate change, economic development, migration, security and the conflict in Haiti, Rowley said […]
St Kitts and Nevis PM Terrance Drew and Speaker Fergus agree to upgrade bilateral relations Prime Minister Terrance Drew of Saint Kitts and Nevis recently held a groundbreaking meeting with the newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons in Canada, Hon. Greg Fergus. This diplomatic rendezvous, which took place on October 17, 2023, in […]
A 13-year-old Black girl who was wrongly singled out on suspicion of theft by her manager at a Vancouver juice bar has been awarded more than $27,000 in damages for discrimination. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has found that because of her race and sex, the young worker was subjected to a “poisoned” work environment […]
By Lincoln DePradine National Bank of Canada is losing a Black entrepreneur Dr C. Justine Pierre and facing legal action over a cheque the bank withheld, claiming it may be “fraudulent’’. Pierre, an expert in migration and labour market research, is director of Dunn, Pierre, Barnett & Company Canada Ltd., a Black research, human resource […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaicans living in Canada have been labelled as “Brand Ambassadors’’ for their “significant contribution’’ to their Caribbean birthplace. They were commended on the weekend in Toronto by state minister with responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, Alando Terrelonge, who said many Jamaican-Canadians have spent a “lifetime in supporting’’ and building what he termed, […]
Letter to the editor Ford’s Green Belt and the Ontario Science Centre move a question of profits In the intricate world of Ontario politics, decisions are often made with a careful balance of competing interests. This was never more evident than in the case of the Ford government’s controversial decision to backtrack on their support […]
By Lincoln DePradine Jamaican parliamentarian and cabinet minister, Edmund Bartlett, wants nationals – including those residing in Canada – to consider investing in the “supply side’’ of tourism, which encompasses food and drinks consumed by visitors to the Caribbean nation. “Let us invest in the supply side of tourism and the wealth will be […]
Grace Ibrahima has been selected as one of CBC K-W’s Waterloo region Changemakers. The children’s author was recognized for creating a space for curious children to have appropriate conversations about race and representation. “I’m not doing my work, or telling my story or writing my book for any fame or fortune, or accolade,” said […]
