Canada’s former Auditor General Sheila Fraser has always had a lot of credibility with Canadians. As Auditor General she questioned successive government on their spending. Now no longer auditor general, she’s turned her focus on the Canadian government’s proposed Fair… »
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
Bank economist says we’re ‘Flying Blind’ because of lack of mortgage data
What was the dollar value of new mortgages originated in Canada in the last quarter? What is the share of non-conforming loans in the Canadian landscape? Bank economist Benjamin Tal says we simply don’t know. In his analysis titled “Flying Blind”… »
‘Outrageous Fortune’ report says Canada’s 86 richest getting richer
Canada’s 86 richest Canadians’ wealth, whose net worth was $178 billion in 2012, equals that of 11.4 million Canadians (out of a population of 35 million) according to a new report by the Ottawa think tank, the Canadian Centre for… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Railway accident data in Canada ‘inaccessible,’ researcher says
Data about railway accidents in Canada is “worryingly inaccessible, sometimes conflicting and in certain cases not available at all,” according to University of Calgary researcher Jennifer Winter. In a report released by the university’s School of Public Policy titled “Safety in Numbers:… »
International, Politics, Society
On anniversary of UN Arms Trade Treaty, Canada fails to sign or ratify
In the year since the United Nations resolution that approved the UN Arms Trade Treaty (April 2, 2013), 118 countries have signed the treaty, 31 have ratified it, but Canada has done neither, even though it voted for the resolution… »
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Student group praises province’s decision to replace student loans with grants
Canada’s largest student organisation the Canadian Federation of Students praised a Canadian province’s decision to replace all provincial student loans with grants. “By listening to students’ concerns about the growing student debt crisis, this government is helping both young people and… »
Concerned by patient safety, faced with government legislation, nurses walk off the job
Nurses in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia walked off the job on Tuesday (April 1) in an illegal strike after the province’s government introduced essential services legislation late Monday. The illegal strike was called two days ahead of a planned… »
What bothers Canadians about advertising and commercials?
When Canadians complain about advertising, they’re mostly concerned by inaccurate or misleading information, that’s according to the latest Ad Complaints Report of 2013, released by Advertising Standards Canada (ASC). Advertising on television attracted the most number of complaints, followed by… »
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Opposition NDP party walks out because premier a no-show at provincial legislature
As one newspaper put it opposition NDP politicians in the province of Ontario “stormed out of the legislature” on Monday (March 31) because the province’s Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne was absent from the provincial legislature. The NDP which holds the balance… »
Protests across Canada to support health care, as health accord ends
Protesters in 45 communities across Canada came out to protest what they call the end of the federal government’s involvement in health care. The protests Monday (March 31) come on the last day of the 10-year Canadian Health Accord which… »
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