A number of Indigenous First Nations leaders say they will target the Canadian economy if the Harper government doesn’t scrap proposed legislation for Indigenous education. Chief Gordon Peters of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians is raising the possibility… »
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
Government-dominated committee sets limits on election bill changes
The ruling Conservative government majority on a Canadian Commons committee has set a three-day deadline for redrafting legislation that will change election laws. A time frame so tight the Official Opposition NDP party is calling it a farce. Joe Preston, the… »
Politics Today – April 27, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird who is in Europe shoring up support to deal with the situation in Ukraine. He reports on the continuing controversy over the Canadian… »
Canadian tenor Ben Heppner announces retirement from singing
Canada’s celebrated tenor Ben Heppner has announced he is retiring from singing. “After much consideration, I’ve decided the time has come for a new era in my life. I’m setting aside my career as an opera and concert singer,” he… »
Province of Quebec: New premier, new cabinet, new tone
Canada’s second most populous province, the predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, now has a new premier and a new government. Sworn in on Wednesday afternoon (April 23) , Liberal Premier Phillippe Couillard talked of inclusion of all Quebecers and transparency… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Canada’s Transport Minister responds just within time limit on rail safety recommendations
Under the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act federal ministers must formally respond to recommendations made byt the Transport Safety Board. On Wednesday (April 23), three months after the board made three recommendations on rail safety, Transport Minister… »
International, Politics, Society
Official Opposition: Canada should send peacekeepers to Central African Republic
Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party is calling on the Canadian government to send peacekeepers to the Central African Republic to prevent a genocide. The NDP’s foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar, made the request in a press conference Wednesday (April 23).… »
Open letter by 465 Canadian academics concerned about damage to democracy
Yet another group of academics, this time 465 Canadian professors, have signed a open letter voicing their concern about the damage to democracy if the Canadian government’s proposed Fair Elections Act is passed. Published in the Globe and Mail newspaper… »
‘Essential services’ designation an attempt to take away right to strike, says union
A decision by the Canadian government to designate thousands more employees of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) as essential is an attempt to take away the employees’ right to strike, according to the union representing them. “Many of these… »
Truth and Reconciliation Commission faces huge new pile of documents
With little more than a year to finish its report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the physical and emotional abuses of Indigenous children in Canada’s Indian Residential School system, is about to receive tens of thousands of boxes of more… »
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