Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party is calling on the Canadian government to inform China that it will not ratify the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPPA) in its current form. MP Don Davies, the NDP’s international trade critic, presented the… »
Wojtek Gwiazda
Wojtek Gwiazda is a veteran award-winning broadcast and print journalist. As one of RCI’s senior host-producers he focused mainly on news and current affairs programming. He has hosted a variety of programmes, including MASALA CANADA, the Indo-Canadian Report, Canada in the World, North Country, and The Music Shop (a Canadian rock music show). Before joining RCI, he worked extensively for Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC radio, as well as for publications such as The Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada Magazine, and Canadian Business Magazine. He produced a program on the history of Quebec song for Canada’s national French radio service Radio-Canada, and was an on-air music columnist at the service. He retired from RCI in July, 2015 and can be reached at wojtekgwiazdamtl@gmail.com or on Twitter at @WojtekGwiazda
Corsage Project makes graduation prom accessible to hundreds of students
Helping young women in financial need to attend their high school graduation prom is the goal of The Corsage Project. Created in 2000, by Carole Atkins and Rhona Sallay who worked in the school system of Canada’s most populous city… »
Romeo and Juliet, National Ballet of Canada returns to London
After a 26 year absence, the National Ballet of Canada returned to London, England, Wednesday (April 17) with an acclaimed new production of Romeo and Juliet, created by Alexei Ratmansky. Karen Kain, the ballet company’s artistic director, commissioned the full-length production… »
Tax havens, more questions, as some Canadians disclose holdings
The issue of tax havens continues to make media headlines in Canada, and fuel opposition party questions and ministerial pronouncements. On Monday, Canada’s National Revenue Minister Gail Shea released a press release that ‘highlights the Harper Government’s efforts at cracking… »
Input from revenue minister blocked by govt MPs in finance committee
Canada’s National Revenue Minister Gail Shea will not have to explain her department’s spending priorities at a House of Commons finance committee meeting on tax havens because government MPs struck down a request from the Official Opposition NDP. The NDP… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian MP was among election observers in Venezuela
Jim Karygiannis is a Member of Parliament with Canada’s opposition Liberal Party, and he’s been to numerous countries Russia, Somalia, Libya and Armenia as an election observer. This past weekend he was in Venezuela on the invitation of the Venezuelan… »
Canada’s music industry gathers at Juno Awards week
Canada’s music industry is descending on the western prairie city of Regina for this year’s edition of the Juno Awards, Canada’s best known music awards. The final awards ceremony is on Sunday, April 21, when awards for top album, top… »
Left of centre Official Opposition NDP convention prepares road for 2015 election
When Canada’s left-of-centre New Democratic Party elected 100 Members of Parliament in the 2011 federal election and became the Official Opposition, it was the party’s best showing ever in Canadian history. Since then the party has been trying to show… »
Justin Trudeau, son of former PM, elected leader of Liberal Party of Canada
Promising hope, and buoyed by positive public opinion polls, Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the opposition Liberal Party of Canada on Sunday (April 14). He was elected in a week long vote that ended Sunday afternoon. Unlike previous elections, in… »
Politics Today – April 14, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focused on Canada’s two main opposition parties, the Liberals and the NDP. The Liberal Party of Canada is choosing a new leader in a pan-Canadian vote that ends on Sunday. Meanwhile, in Montreal,… »
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