Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party made history when it won Official Opposition party status in the election of 2011. Now it and leader Thomas Mulcair hope to be elected to govern in this year’s federal election, expected to be called… »
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
Canada’s finance minister delays budget as oil price plummets
Canada’s Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he will delay tabling the federal budget until April at the earliest because of the market instability caused by falling oil prices. He made the announcement Thursday (January 15) in the western prairie city… »
Federal government politicizing terrorism says Canadian senator
The Canadian government is politicizing terrorism by proposing redundant laws and not hiring “enough people to chase down the bad guys”, says Liberal opposition Senator Colin Kenny in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. In a question and answer session… »
Man who acted as veterans advocate barred from helping in veteran appeals
After successfully representing 48 veterans with their cases before the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, Kevin Neville was told he can no longer help former military members. He’s been helping out veterans, without charge, since 2008 and is not a lawyer.… »
Seniors’ group appeals to governments to prevent another nursing home fire tragedy
A national seniors’ group has made an urgent appeal to provincial and federal ministers for legislation for fire sprinklers and safety plans for seniors nursing homes in Canada. The letter signed by Susan Eng, the Vice President Advocacy of CARP,… »
Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird ordered foreign aid cut be labelled ‘surplus’
Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird “quietly” ordered his department to cut millions of dollars out of a foreign aid program last year and to call the cut a “surplus,” according to an article by journalist Carl Meyer posted Wednesday… »
Canadian Screen Awards, film and television nominees for 2015
Nominees for this year’s film and television awards were announced Tuesday (January 13) by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in a morning press conference in Toronto. “It’s an exciting year in Canadian film and TV and digital. I love… »
International, Politics, Society
Will ‘Je suis Charlie’ result in more state power, less free speech?
A news analysis by Neil Macdonald, the Senior Washington Correspondent of Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC, suggests that despite all the public outcry over the killings of staff at Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, many countries are not “terribly enthusiastic… »
Veterans’ group says ‘we won’t be pacified’ after run-in with new veterans affairs minister
The founder and president of Canadian Veterans Advocacy (CVA), a not for profit organization working to improve the quality of life for Canadian war veterans, says his organization is being shunted out of its advisory role to Canada’s Ministry of… »
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Canadian government’s claim of skilled trades shortfall open to question, report
Canadian government ads that claim the Canadian economy will need “one million skilled tradesmen and women” over the next decade. as part of a publicity campaign to promote a government funded apprentice loan program, may not be correct, according to a… »
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