Canada’s ruling Conservative Party hung on to two seats in the House of Commons after by-elections in two ridings elected Conservative candidates on Monday (November 17). However in one riding, Whitby-Oshawa in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, the opposition… »
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
Canadian regulator concerned by impact of rerouting of stock-trade orders to U.S.
Canada’s biggest securities regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission in the province of Ontario, is looking into stock trading that is being rerouted through U.S. broker-dealers by Canadian banks and other big dealers, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada: Government’s corporate responsibility strategy for extractive sector fails to include enforcement
A new Canadian government strategy for dealing with corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Canada’s extractive industries abroad, has some positive aspects, but fails to have any means of enforcing the strategy or any kind of remedy for abuses, according to… »
Canadian Parliament’s oldest building needs earthquake-proof upgrade
The Canadian Parliament’s oldest building, the East Block, is vulnerable to the frequent earthquakes of the Ottawa area and needs at least $66 million in upgrades to make it more tremor-resistant, according to a report by journalist Dean Beeby of CBC… »
‘je vois mtl’ event promoting future of city of Montreal
Revitalizing the city of Montreal, and turning to all segments of Montreal society Jacques Menard, the chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns and president of BMO Financial Group in the province of Quebec along with the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal launched… »
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Politics Today – November 16, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trip to China, and his participation at the Trans Pacific Partnership meeting. He also reports on a new study by an Ottawa think tank… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Report documents ‘hidden epidemic’ of child poverty in Toronto
Canada’s most populous city of Toronto has the highest child and family poverty rates among Canada’s large cities with almost one in three living in povery, according to a new study released Friday (November 14). Written by a working group… »
Premier of Canada’s smallest province to resign
The premier of Canada’s smallest province of Prince Edward Island, Robert Ghiz, announced Thursday (November 13) he will resign as premier and as leader of the ruling Liberal party as soon as a new leader is chosen. The surprise announcement… »
Canada’s low income seniors face extremely heavy tax burdens
Low income seniors face extremely heavy tax burdens across Canada, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report released Thursday (November 13). In “Who Loses Most? The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Retirement Incomes,” authors Finn Poschmann and Alexandre… »
Study: Canadian government budget cuts are permanent, dramatic and hit services to citizens
Canadian government attempts to balance the federal budget with cuts have reduced services to veterans, lowered the number of employees dealing with food inspection, and generally cut direct services to citizens, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre… »
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