The ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper blocked an opposition motion for cross country consultations by a House of Commons committee of the government’s proposed Fair Elections Act on Tuesday night (February 25). All government MPs, led by… »
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
Inquest on Mexican woman arrested over transit fare, who hung herself in Vancouver airport jail
An inquest into the death of Lucia Vega Jimenez, a Mexican woman who died in Vancouver after she was found hanging from a shower stall in the custody of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) at the Vancouver Airport, has been… »
Two provinces call for Canadian government action to clear grain backlog
Two of Canada’s western prairie provinces, Saskatchewan and Alberta, are calling on the federal government to ease the backlog of grain, and facilitate talks between grain and rail companies about getting grain to port. Saskatchewan’s Economy Minister Bill Boyd recently led a… »
Lack of overall strategy in Canadian government services via Internet
Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson says there is no overall strategy in delivering Canadian government services via the Internet. He was testifying before a House of Commons committee Monday (February 24) studying Chapter Two of his Fall report which focussed… »
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Canada’s voice to the world began broadcasting on February 25, 1945
Sixty-nine years ago today (February 25) the CBC International Service (which would be renamed Radio Canada International in 1970) spoke to the world for the first time. According to the Digital Archives of Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada the service “was… »
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Indigenous First Nation spiritual walkers arrive on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
Forty-nine days after it started as a spiritual journey from the Canadian northern Indigenous First Nation community of Attawapiskat, some 20 adults and youths arrived in Ottawa on Parliament Hill Monday (February 24). Some of them have walked the entire 1700… »
Opposition Liberal party reaches out to Conservative voters, prepares for election
The once powerful and dominant Liberal Party of Canada wrapped up a policy convention over the weekend, with resolutions and intentions to convince Canadians, and even supporters of the ruling Conservatives that they are a viable option in the next… »
Review launched of Toronto Police Service use of force
How the city of Toronto’s police force uses force and treats those with mental illnesses will be reviewed by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD), the independent office responsible for dealing with complaints about police actions in Canada’s… »
Politics Today – February 23, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has an update on the controversial election reform bill of the Canadian government. He reports on the North American Leaders’ Summit in Toluca, Mexico and on the policy convention of the… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology
Shift of human resources work to Mexico part of Bombardier layoffs
Canadian aerospace and train manufacturer Bombardier will transfer some human resources positions from its Montreal facility to Mexico as part of the layoffs announced in January, according to a Canadian Press report by Ross Marowits Friday (February 21). The human resources move… »
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