Canadians’ spending on shelter accounted for 28.0% of household costs, followed by transportation (20.6%) and food (13.6%), according to the latest report by the government statistics gathering agency, Statistics Canada. The survey released Thursday (January 22), covered household spending in… »
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
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Canadian government refusing to answer questions on arms deal with Saudi Arabia
The Canadian government is refusing to say “whether it obtained assurances that light armoured vehicles being sold to Saudi Arabia in a massive $15-billion deal would not be used against the Saudi people” according to Globe and Mail newspaper reporter… »
Reacting to dropping oil prices, Bank of Canada cuts overnight rate to 3/4 per cent
Calling it “policy insurance” the Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz announced an overnight rate decrease of a quarter per cent to 3/4 per cent Wednesday (January 21).. In explaining the decision, Poloz pointed to the impact of… »
Indigenous youth participate in mock trials, get inside look at Canada’s legal system
Young Indigenous children between the ages of 11 and 14 are getting a close up look at Canada’s legal system by participating in mock trials in a justice-education project called “Dare to Dream” coordinated by the non-profit organization Canadian Lawyers Abroad… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian troops returned fire in ISIS fight
Canadian special forces returned ISIS fire in Iraq sometime in the last week when they went to the front lines following a planning session with senior Iraqi leaders, their commanding officer told reporters in Ottawa on Monday (January 19). Brig.-Gen.… »
Canada’s manufacturing sales fall, again
Manufacturing sales in Canada declined 1.4% in November, the third decrease in four months according to the government statistics gathering agency, Statistics Canada in a report released Tuesday (January 20). Sales declined in 16 of 21 industries, representing more than 80%… »
Rights groups suing Canadian government over solitary confinement in prisons
“It’s not just drastic, it’s inhumane,” says lawyer Joseph Arvay about solitary confinement in Canadian prisons. Arvay is representing the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada in a lawsuit against the Attorney General of… »
Eggs thrown, ‘you’re not welcome’ signs, greet Canada’s Foreign Minister Baird in West Bank
Eggs and shoes were thrown at the motorcade of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in Ramallah, as he left a meeting with Riad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority on Sunday (January 18). Minister Baird was not… »
Politics Today – January 18, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on a two-day strategy session of Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party in preparation for a federal election this year. He also reports on the decision by Canada’s Finance Minister Joe… »
Supreme Court rules Canada’s RCMP federal police can have union, collective bargaining
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a law that stopped members of Canada’s federal police force, the RCMP, from unionizing, saying it violated their charter rights to freedom of association, and the court ruled forming a traditional union is… »
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