Surveys and studies continue to confirm what a whole of of people already knew anecdotally: it’s not especially easy being a working woman in Canada. For example, Statistics Canada reported last December that about one in five females is harassed… »
Highlights / Year: 2019
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Politics, Society
March 20 International Francophonie Day
It was on this day back in 1970 that Canada joined with 19 other states or governments in signing a pact to promote cultural and technological exchanges among French speaking countries. The agreement signed in Niamey Niger created an agency… »
Air Canada grounds Boeing Max planes until July 2019
Canada’s largest airline, Air Canada, says it will ground it’s Boeing Max jets until at least July 1, 2019 “to provide customers certainty for booking and travel.” Airlines around the world have been adjusting their schedules after an Ethiopian Airlines… »
International, Politics, Society
Coalition wants ex-president of Haiti barred from Montreal performance
A coalition of seven Montreal organizations is pressing Canadian politicians to keep former Haitian president Michel Martelly from appearing on stage in Montreal this Friday. The coalition, comprised of mainly Haitian-Canadians, says Martelly, who sings under the stage name of… »
New chapter in Canada’s political scandal: disruption to Parliament promised
The ethics scandal that’s been dogging the governing Liberal party had a new twist today, one that has the opposition fuming. An all-party Justice Committee has been hearing testimony into allegations of undue political interference in a legal case of… »
Yemeni children call for an end to war
Saying adults have failed to protect them, teenagers in Yemen have put to paper their calls for peace, the right to education, free movement and freedom from fear. Next week will mark four years of war in what has become… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Is democracy in trouble? New book looks at solutions
Have we now become “too dumb for democracy”. Well, not really in that sense The subtitles are fairly self-explanatory about what’s in the new book, “Why we make bad political decisions, and how we can make better ones” The book… »
Skills training greatly needed in changing work environment
The Canadian government brings down its budget today and it is expected to include measures to provide badly-needed skills training for certain Canadians. “We’ve had some very prominent plant closures. We’ve had industry restructuring within the primary resources sector. And… »
Canadian Senate finally lets the cameras in
Say one thing for the political appointees known as Canadian senators, they sure know how to hold their ground. By most accounts, they were members of the last legislative chamber in the Western world to keep TV cameras out. No… »
Federal budget day: Canadians concerned about future
The federal Liberal government is about to introduce its fourth and final budget before the general election later this year. The government has proposed deficit budgets in each of the previous years adding greatly to the federal debt. It is… »
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