Bill was proposed by MPP Mitzie Hunter By Lincoln DePradine Moments before entering the parliamentary chamber on September 8 for a sitting of the Ontario Legislative Assembly, MPP Mitzie Hunter appealed to her political colleagues to back her private member’s bill that aimed at treating gun violence not just as a matter of safety […]
Mourn if you must but it’s time to dump the monarchy The passing of Queen Elizabeth II marked the end of an era for Britain. At the Royal Family’s castle in Balmoral, the longest-reigning monarch of Great Britain died peacefully at age 96. News of her deteriorating health prompted the Queen’s immediate family to rush […]
Three esteemed legal professions from around the Caribbean were sworn in today by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to form a Commission of Inquiry that will probe events surrounding Guyana’s disputed 2020 Regional and General Election. Retired Justice of Appeal from Trinidad and Tobago Justice Stanley John is the commission’s Chairman while former Attorney General, High […]
GENEVA, Switzerland – Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage. The number of people in modern slavery has risen significantly in the last five years. Ten […]
Senators are hearing about the many ways Black, Muslim women in Edmonton face discrimination, as the Senate Committee on Human Rights stops in select Canadian cities most impacted by Islamophobia. Dunia Nur, president of the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council, urged senators Thursday to look at Islamophobia through a multifaceted lens. Black, Muslim women face […]
By Sukhram Ramkisssoon A Federal Court judge has ruled that foreign nationals applying for permanent residence in Canada may ask the Minister to use their discretion to relieve them from requirements in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, because of humanitarian and compassionate factors. As stated in Supreme Court of Canada cases, the purpose of humanitarian […]
Canada agreed to “forever discharge” Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for residential school survivors and also picked up their legal bill, a final release document shows. The Canadian Press obtained a signed copy of the 2015 agreement through federal Access-to-Information laws, marking what appears to be the first time the document […]
A refugee claimant who fled from civil war in Ethiopia says she’s exasperated after Canada’s Immigration Department made a silly mistake on her work permit — leaving her still unable to work, study, or get adequate health care as she’s waited more than 16 months for her refugee case to move forward. Eden Zebene has […]
The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is partnering with Ontario’s 17 Black-led Student and Family Advocate Programs (SFA’s) to support and empower Black children in schools across Ontario. BLAC has received $50,000 in funding through Parents of Black Children (PoBC), the lead organization for the SFA’s Community of Practice, and has committed to using $50,000 […]
Peel Regional Police used less force on Black people last year compared to 2020, but still did so 3.2 times more than Black people’s share of the population, new data shows. Police used force against 289 Black people in 2021 compared to 345 the year before, signalling a 16 per cent drop, according to an […]
