Editorial It’s not only about vaccine mandates It’s almost two weeks since the truckers descended on Ottawa and shut down the southern end of the city. The idea was to get to Parliament Hill and do their best to get the government’s attention by interfering with the country’s and the city’s business. Needless to say, […]
By Lincoln DePradine Antivaxxers – advocates against COVID vaccines and opponents of mandates put in place to prevent infection and death from the virus – were openly gloating at a truckers-led protest last weekend in Ottawa. But, one group – the Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity (BSTF) on Vaccine Equity – is fearful […]
By Carlton Joseph The recent $40 billion settlement between the Canadian government and First Nation groups over systemic underfunding of child welfare services is the largest in Canadian history, and although everyone acknowledges that no amount of money can reverse the harms experienced by the children, we must applaud the government’s decision. Unfortunately, we must […]
Diversity is Canada’s strength. The Government of Canada celebrates all cultures and all people, and by removing barriers to employment, helps create work environments where every Canadian has a fair and equal chance to reach their full potential. Last Tuesday, Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., announced the launch of the 2022 Open Call for […]
The federal government introduced a bill in the House of Commons last Tuesday that would repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes. It would allow a judge to exercise discretion in imposing sentences that relate to the facts of the case, including considerations of the individual’s experience with systemic racism and […]
It was an ambitious plan — to reform the police force from the inside-out, to remove rot and fix a broken culture that dominated headlines. But two years in, Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly has seen his mandate — and the job he and those who hired him sold to the public — change. The […]
When the dust settled, following last Monday’s elections, we sought to find out how many candidates from our broad community put their names up for elections. It wasn’t as easy as we thought, and when we were through we knew that we may have missed one or two. But our best effort yielded over 50 […]
Canada will have its first ever Indigenous governor general after prime minister Justin Trudeau appointed Inuk leader Mary Simon as the Queen’s representative in Canada. Describing the move as a “historic” step, Trudeau announced Simon’s appointment on Tuesday after coming under mounting pressure to choose a new viceregal. His previous selection resigned after allegations of […]
The Green Party’s Annamie Paul remains the leader after party officials decided not to proceed with a confidence motion on her leadership. Sources say that the party’s federal council instead asked Paul to disavow and distance herself from Noah Zatzman, her former senior adviser, who last month used social media to accuse some Green […]
Three Ottawa city councillors representing wards where the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway runs parallel to the Ottawa River are urging the federal government to change the name of the road. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week, they say the federal government should facilitate an Indigenous-led consultation process to rename the […]
