The lawyer representing a Canadian Senator charged with criminal fraud, breach of trust and bribery charges says he hopes to get an early trial for Senator Mike Duffy. Donald Bayne says his client might waive a preliminary hearing in order to expedite… »
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
Tentative agreement reached in provincial teachers’ strike
A tentative deal has been reached in a public school teachers’ strike in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia (B.C.). The breakthrough in negotiations between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCFT) and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association came on the… »
Canada Revenue Agency should halt audit of think tank, say 400 academics
More than 400 Canadian academics have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on an audit by Canada’s Revenue Agency (CRA) of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) saying that accusations that the CCPA is politically partisan and biased… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Back in Ottawa, opposition MPs criticize, government MPs dismiss attacks
On the first day after a summer break it was clear Canadian Members of Parliament are preparing for next year’s election. The House of Commons was full of opposition questions and attacks, and government responses and self congratulations Monday (September… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada shelves crack down on ‘treaty shopping’ by multinationals.
The Canadian government has shelved a planned crack down on “treaty shopping” by multinationals, according to an article by Globe and Mail newspaper journalist Barrie McKenna published Monday (September 15). Up until now the government has tried to deal with… »
Canadian air force raids museum plane to repair search-and-rescue plane
The Ottawa Citizen newspaper is reporting that the Royal Canadian Air Force turned to an unusual source for parts to repair a search-and-rescue plane. In the article, journalist Lee Berthiaume reports that in July 2012, air force technicians raided an… »
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Politics Today – September 14, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda sets the parliamentary stage as parliamentarians return on Monday (September 15) after a summer break. He reports on the ruling Conservatives and the Official Opposition NDP’s fixation in downplaying the popularity… »
Potash miners surface after underground mine fire
Potash miners, some of whom spent more than 24 hours underground, have surfaced and are safe after a fire broke out in a water truck deep underground on Wednesday which forced 96 workers to make their way to refuge stations throughout the… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada ratifies controversial Canada-China foreign investment agreement
Canada’s Minister of International Trade Ed Fast announced Friday afternoon (September 12) that a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA) between Canada and China has been ratified and will come into force on October 1, 2014. The agreement was originally… »
Can Canada’s social democratic NDP party change voter intentions?
Canada’s social democratic NDP party made political history in the federal election of 2011, when for the first time it elected enough Members of Parliament to become the Official Opposition. The win came party because of the New Democratic Party’s… »
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