OTTAWA—When I was a kid, Saturday mornings were my favourite: my dad would come downstairs, put on his LP of choice and make breakfast. It was from this beginning that my musical tastes began to form. Quincy Jones, Sam Cooke, The Drifters, a lot of Otis Redding (my...
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Trudeau government is getting a failing grade on supposed feminist bona fides
Jul 22, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—In addition to Black and Indigenous people, the Trudeau government is failing women, hard. Since coming to power in 2015, the Liberal government has done the most—and we mean the most—to appear as a feminist government and the saviour of women all over the...
Legacy media can’t seem to shake legacy of white supremacy
Jul 8, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Canadian media are the public relations arm of white supremacy and their inability to credibly cover stories relating to Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) is an embarrassment to the nation. Furthermore, their inability to cover the biggest terrorist...
The political mastery of Singh’s dramatic House stand
Jun 24, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Canada is the mediocre white guy in middle management who thinks he’s Walter White. So basically, Canada is Thomas Mulcair. This lack of self-awareness, fuelled by the aromatic scents of white supremacy, is why Canada thinks it’s not racist (in fact, I just...
Jessica Mulroney shows how privilege can be wielded
Jun 16, 2020 | Articles
Erica Ifill is an economist, columnist for the Hill Times and co-host of the Bad + Bitchy podcast. This article was first published in the Globe and Mail on June 16, 2020. Who needs the police force when the Laurentian elite can just abuse you directly? In a nearly...
Save us the ally song and dance—Canada needs action, not more faux-lidarity
Jun 10, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—“Alright Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” This iconic line from Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard sums up the Trudeau government’s flirtation with the advancement of social issues: from marching in Toronto Pride in 2016 while Black Lives Matter-Toronto...
Don’t piss on our shoes and tell us Black lives matter
Jun 3, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Burn. It. All. Down. We’ve marched. We’ve bent the knee. We’ve attended your diversity and inclusion workshops that don’t include us and are run by some random privileged white woman. We’ve been on your mostly white diversity panels and working groups. We’ve...
Not playing house: women’s work deserves equitable treatment in COVID recovery
May 27, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—The die has been cast. Game on, Canada. Last week, Shopify announced that it is switching to a “digital by default” model of human resources that requires all 5,000 of its employees to work from home indefinitely. This move follows similar ones by Twitter,...
It’s time for a Conservative eye exam because the Tories can’t read the room
May 20, 2020 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Congratulations Conservatives, you played yourselves. On May 12, Ekos Research released its latest polling results that captured political support amid the coronavirus pandemic. And boy, were they revealing. The landscape has changed dramatically over the last...