Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay Crusader Bill Whatcott Flees Canada
Bill Whatcott, a highly controversial anti-abortion and anti-gay crusader, flees Canada, seeks refuge in the Philippines. The post Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay Crusader Bill Whatcott Flees Canada appeared...
View ArticleElizabeth May Rejects Harper’s Cosmetic Bill C-51 Amendments
Harper's Bill C-51 remains "dangerous and undemocratic" and "deeply unconstitutional" despite the Conservatives' proposed amendments, says MP Elizabeth May. The post Elizabeth May Rejects Harper’s...
View ArticleTheland’s 134km walk for children of missing and murdered indigenous women
Theland Kicknosway, an 11 year old Pottawatami Cree boy, walked-and-ran 134 km from Ottawa to Kitigan Zibi, Quebec, to "bring attention to the children of missing and murdered Indigenous women." The...
View ArticleRights Groups Launch Charter Challenge Against Harper’s Bill C-51
Bill C-51 "poses a fundamental threat to Canadians’ rights and civil liberties", the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression declare in new Charter challenge...
View ArticleCanadian rights groups demand a stronger Canadian response to the Syrian...
Amnesty International and 11 other rights and refugee groups have released a comprehensive set of recommendations that should form the basis of Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The post...
View ArticleRecommendations from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation...
Today, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its Final Report on the human rights violations perpetrated through the aboriginal residential school policy. Here are a few of the...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Environmental rights are human rights
Today, "half of all Canadians live in places with unacceptable air pollution," most because we're not doing enough to protect "environmental rights," which are human rights, argues David Suzuki. The...
View ArticleBryan Adams Boycotts Mississippi’s Anti-LGBT Law, House Bill 1523
Canadian rocker Brian Adams has cancelled his scheduled performance in Mississippi to protest the state's anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ law, House Bill 1523. The post Bryan Adams Boycotts Mississippi’s...
View ArticleEnd Homelessness, Spare Tent Cities, Academics Tell BC Government
In a letter released Friday, more than 100 academics and researchers asked the government of British Columbia to spare tent cities and invest in "real solutions to homelessness". The post End...
View ArticleGreen Party of Canada asks CRA to revoke Jewish National Fund’s charity status
The Green Party of Canada is calling on the Canada Revenue Agency to revoke the charity status of the Jewish National Fund on the grounds that the organization discriminates against Palestinians and...
View Article10 biggest corporations make more money than most countries in the world...
A new report from Global Justice Now found that the world's "top 10 corporations – a list that includes Walmart, Shell and Apple – have a combined revenue of more than the 180 ‘poorest’ countries...
View ArticleDavid Suzuki: Confronting the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and...
David Suzuki on the crisis of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada, and the "hard work and leadership of Indigenous women and communities who have spent decades calling for an...
View ArticleCanada, a welcoming country? The unaddressed issue of labour trafficking
The unaddressed issue of labour trafficking tarnishes Canada's image as a compassionate and welcoming country. Temporary foreign worker programmes allow employers to violate migrant workers’ rights....
View ArticleHalloween costume ideas for Canadian digital rights activists
You're a digital rights activists and are struggling to pick the right Halloween costume? Dave Maass, an investigative researcher with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, suggests facial recognition...
View Article119 indigenous Papua New Guinea women seek UN intervention against Barrick...
In a move that underscores the need for the Canadian government to act on complaints of human rights abuses committed by Canadian corporations operating overseas, 119 indigenous women who were sexually...
View ArticleA guide to the Geneva Convention for beginners, dummies and newly elected...
In the wake of the Donald Trump's controversial Executive Order suspending the US Refugee Admission Program for 120 days, German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained the Geneva Convention to her newly...
View ArticleHarvard Law School Director Deborah Anker’s Letter To Justin Trudeau...
Harvard Law School Director Deborah Anker's letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the impact of Trump’s executive orders on asylum seekers. According to Anker, the orders are "based on...
View ArticleCybersecurity should protect us – not control us
The cybersecurity debate can undermine human rights and the international obligation on governments to protect them, argues Lucy Purdon, a policy officer at Privacy International. The post...
View ArticleReunite refugee families this Refugee Rights Day
On Refugee Rights Day 2017, the Canadian Council for Refugees is drawing attention to the need for equal access to family reunification for refugees. The post Reunite refugee families this Refugee...
View ArticleNobel Laureates Assailed Honorary Canadian Citizen Aung San Suu Kyi Over...
In a recent scathing open letter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Laureates assail fellow laureate, human rights icon, and honorary Canadian citizen, Aung San Suu Kyi, over her country's...
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