Eight of Canada’s biggest banks have made voluntary commitments to provide no-cost accounts to low-income Canadians, Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced on Tuesday (May 27). “Canadians work hard for their money. Our Government believes Canadians deserve to keep more of their hard-earned… »
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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Special meeting of First Nations Indigenous chiefs
A special meeting of First Nation Indigenous chiefs on Tuesday (May 27) will decide on the timing and location for an election to replace Shawn Atleo, who resigned as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations earlier this month,… »
Canada to permit use of electronic devices during plane takeoffs, landings
Canada’s Transport Minister Lisa Raitt has announced air passengers will now be allowed to use portable electronic devices throughout a plane’s journey, even takeoff and landing. The devices will still have to be in “Airplane Mode” and not connected to… »
Canada and India’s new PM Narendra Modi – Trade, diaspora, and human rights
Monday’s (May 26) swearing in of Narendra Modi as the new Prime Minister of India, not only raises questions about the future in India, but also in Canada, both in the Indian diaspora, and in the larger Canadian mainstream eager… »
Politics Today – May 25, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the Canadian government’s extension of parliamentary hours to pass several controversial bills. He also deals with concern over a loophole in Canadian laws regulating Canadian arms exports, the issue… »
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner may review warrantless police collection of Canadians’ personal data
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner is considering launching a formal review into the federal police force’s use, without a warrant, of personal data from telecom and Internet companies, according to a report published by the Ottawa Citizen and Halifax Chronicle Herald newspapers. According… »
Flight attendants worry reduced crews will endanger safety of passengers
Canada’s flight attendants urged the federal government to rethink a proposal to introduce regulations that would reduce the number of flight attendants on a flight. In a presentation to the Transport Department Thursday (May 22) CUPE Airline Division President Michel… »
Province plans to lockout teachers on Monday, dock pay, as teachers appeal to parents
“Effective May 26, 2014, and continuing until further notice, your members will be locked out as described in this letter,” says a letter from the Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) of the province of British Columbia to the union federation… »
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Backdoor to U.S. allows Canada’s military industry to avoid laws on exports to Iraq
Canada’s military industry, which normally would be subject to Canada’s laws on exports to such countries as Iraq, has a backdoor loophole to avoiding those laws through sales to the United States, according to the non-governmental organization Project Ploughshares. The… »
Former Canadian cabinet minister to run for leadership of province of Alberta’s conservative party
Former Canadian federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice promised to bring transparency and trust back to Alberta’s Progressive Conservative party in front of a packed room at his official campaign launch in downtown Edmonton Wednesday morning (May 21). “I am running… »
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