After a week away from Parliament Hill, opposition MPs were once again attacking the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Democratic Reform Minister of State Pierre Poilievre on Monday (March 24) over what the opposition calls the… »
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
Canada’s spy agency CSIS helped prepare government approach to Indigenous protests
Canada’s spy agency CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) was involved in preparing an all-of-government approach to dealing with the Indigenous First Nations protests, according to a report Monday (March 24) in the National Post newspaper. Journalist Justin Ling writes: “Secret… »
Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadians
Russian President Vladimir Putin has imposed retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadian officials including five members of the Conservative government, three opposition party members, and the president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, banning them from entering Russia. A statement on the sanctions… »
Politics Today – March 23, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the surprise resignation of Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, a Supreme Court decision involving the appointment of a new justice by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the resignation of… »
Two Canadians among dead at Kabul hotel attack
Two Canadians, were among the nine people killed in an attack at the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday night (March 20). At the time of the attack, the hotel restaurant was packed with Afghans celebrating the eve of Nowruz,… »
Televised leaders’ debate highlights issues of Quebec provincial election
Half way through the election campaign in Canada’s predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, the leaders of the four major political parties took part in a live televised debate on Thursday (March 20). The province’s Premier Pauline Marois, whose party the… »
Alison Redford, premier of oil-rich province of Alberta, resigns
The premier of the oil-rich western Canadian province of Alberta, Alison Redford, has announced she is resigning effective Sunday (March23). The premier made the announcement Wednesday in the rotunda of the Alberta legislature. “Quite simply I am not prepared to… »
Truck drivers vow to continue strike at Vancouver port
Striking container truck drivers at the port in Canada’s Pacific coast city of Vancouver are vowing not to return to work, even though the port and the British Columbia provincial government issued new ultimatums on Wednesday (March 19) in an… »
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Canadians among the top users of the Internet
It would be an understatement to say Canadians like the Internet. The average Canadian visits 3,731 websites a month, and spends about 41 hours per month on line. That’s lots more than the world average of 2, 278 websites and… »
Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty resigns, replacement named next day
Saying he was “fulfilled” with what Canada’s Conservative government had accomplished, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced his resignation Tuesday (March 18) saying he was returning to the private sector. After speaking to the Prime Minister, Flaherty tweeted: “It has been… »
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