Canada’s second most populous city, Montreal, is joining a legal challenge against the Canadian government mail delivery service, Canada Post. “We want to send a clear message to the federal government and to Canada Post that home mail delivery is… »
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
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Experimental film shows life and death of RCI antenna site
For interdisciplinary artist Amanda Dawn Christie it started out many years ago as a sound project, trying to capture the radio signals people were hearing in their sinks, toasters and fridges near the Radio Canada International shortwave transmitter site in… »
Lawyer Amal Clooney: Mohamed Fahmy should be transferred to Canada
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy should be transferred to Canada, he “is eligible for transfer… and the retrial process that is now in motion does not change that,” says his lawyer Amal Clooney in a statement released Thursday (February 26). “Mr.… »
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Politics Today – February 22, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews this past week’s debates over the Canadian government’s proposed new anti-terrorism legislation, the report of the Parliamentary Budget Office on the cost of the Canadian military mission in Iraq, and… »
Justice Minister: Opposition MP more concerned by actions of security forces, than terrorist threat
Debate continued in Canada’s House of Commons on Friday (February 20) over the government’s proposed Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, Bill C-51. The government insists police, Canada’s spy agency CSIS and the authorities need more powers to fight terrorism. The opposition parties,… »
International, Politics, Society
Four former PMs question proposed anti-terrorism law, more debate in Commons
Controversy and debate over the Canadian government’s proposed Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, Bill C-51 continues. A public opinion poll released Thursday (February 19) by the Angus Reid Institute found a majority of Canadians support the legislation. But an article signed by… »
Former foreign affairs minister at official re-opening of Canada House with Queen
There was some puzzlement on both sides of the Altantic on Thursday (February 19) as Canada’s former Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was present as the Queen participated in an official reopening of Canada’s High Commission in London. Baird, who had… »
‘Oh, how I mourn her passing.’ David Macfarlane on Canadian writer Mavis Gallant
One year after the death of internationally acclaimed Canadian writer Mavis Gallant, writer David Macfarlane reflects on her death in the March edition of Walrus Magazine. In “Traces of Mavis – How a great Canadian writer died penniless in Paris” Macfarlane… »
National Gallery of Canada to feature artist Alex Colville
The National Gallery of Canada will be featuring the work of Canadian artist Alex Colville this summer in a huge retrospective of his photo-realistic paintings. “We are dedicating the summer of 2015 to the work of a great Canadian artist:… »
International, Politics, Society
Government determined to pass anti-terrorism bill despite opposition criticism
Canada’s opposition parties continue to question the advisability of a proposed new bill to fight terrorism, suggesting Canadians are being asked to choose between security and their rights. The ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper insists Bill C-51,… »
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