An Ottawa think tank has come out with an alternative federal budget it says would not only deal with Canadians’ largest social, economic and environmental concerns, but also take 855,000 of them out of poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy… »
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 ruling Conservatives plan to disrupt Liberal opposition convention, leader
Canada’s ruling Conservative party plans to disrupt an upcoming Liberal opposition convention and discredit its leader Justin Trudeau, according to an article by Toronto Star newspaper journalists Bruce Campion-Smith and Susan Delacourt based on a document obtained by the newspaper.… »
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Politics Today – February 9, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the charges and counter charges that exploded in Ottawa when the Canadian government introduced legislation to change the Canada Elections Act. As well he reviews a report of the… »
Does new election reform reduce effectiveness of Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer?
The complex issue of electoral reform in Canada has exploded into charges and counter charges since the Minister of Democratic Reform Pierre Poilievre tabled the Canadian government’s election reform bill on Tuesday (February 4) and put into question the neutrality… »
Foreign Affairs minister talks ‘direct diplomacy’ vs ‘elite diplomacy’ in Silicon Valley
“We can engage in direct diplomacy, not just elite diplomacy,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during a visit Friday (February 7) to the Silicon Valley headquarters of Google and Twitter. “Diplomacy may never live up to the Silicon… »
Minister’s figures on public sector sick days ‘inflated’, says Parliamentary Budget Office
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office released a report on government employee sick leave on Thursday (February 6) and found employee sick leave numbers were “to some extent inflated” by the way the minister responsible for them calculated sick leave. The budget… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Scientists alarmed, Canadians concerned, by government cutbacks of science
Nearly three quarters of Canadians believe public health, safety and the environment should be the top priority of government scientific activity and 91 per cent of federal government scientists believe cuts to government science budgets will have a detrimental impact… »
Politics Today – February 2, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews the first week parliamentarians returned to Ottawa after a six week holiday, as well as protests over the closing of nine Veterans Affairs offices across Canada. twitter.com/wojtekgwiazda For previous editions… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian surveillance: If everyone is a suspect, how free are you?
News this week that Canada’s electronic intelligence gathering agency CSEC used information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to track the wireless devices of thousands of ordinary airline passengers has raised more questions about surveillance in… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian intelligence agency CSEC tracked thousands through airport’s free Wi-Fi
Canada’s electronic spy agency CSEC used information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to track the wireless devices of thousands of ordinary airline passengers for days after they left the terminal, according to a report by… »
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