Originally published on Antihate.ca on September 17, 2021. The PPC are the party for, and endorsed by, white supremacists. Yet recent columns in Canada’s paper of record have provided them with apparent sympathetic coddling -- with one even suggesting we give...
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Canada Loves To Claim “Diversity Is Our Strength.” Its Treatment Of Black Voters Proves Otherwise
Sep 16, 2021 | Articles
Originally published by Refinery29 on September 16, 2021. At the only English debate in Election 44, Annamie Paul stood her ground wearing a Suffragette-white suit with gathered shoulders. The colour of the suit matters for a woman who has had to battle her...
Canada isn’t ready for what comes next
Sep 15, 2021 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and Justin Trudeau have turned particularly nasty, as both the gloves and the masks come off. This election has been...
What The Federal Parties Are Promising On Child Care
Sep 14, 2021 | Articles
Originally published in Chatelaine on September 14, 2021. In 2015 and 2019, women were a key voting block for parties. And, with child care at the centre of the discussion in 2021, this election is no different. The pandemic triggered Canada’s first...
Never overestimate a politician’s ability to read the room
Sep 8, 2021 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Are we there yet? We are into the fourth week of an election no one asked for, that has no logical reason for occurring, except that the party in power wants more power. This is a power-grab election, which has nothing to do with the betterment of the country...
White male rage always gets a pass
Sep 1, 2021 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—White men have a collective problem of violence and they need to take some personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On Aug. 27, during the prime minister’s campaign stop in Bolton, Ont., the CBC reported, “dozens of angry protestors...
Working From Home is Changing the Reality of Work. Why Aren’t Canada’s Political Leaders Talking About It?
Aug 27, 2021 | Articles
Originally published in Press Progress on August 27, 2021. The ‘work-from-home revolution’ is set to bring dramatic, far-reaching and unequal changes for Canadian workers The little sunshine and freedom that we’ve had to enjoy summer has been snatched away by...
Liberal sick days promise still a day late and a dollar short
Aug 25, 2021 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—Is this election over yet? This is not the start the Liberals had been hoping for and it behooves one to consider the possibility of another minority Liberal government; they may end up spending millions of dollars on an election just to wind up with the same...
Incremental Tory tweaks won’t make for a better Canada
Aug 18, 2021 | The Hill Times
OTTAWA—This election season is as uninspiring as Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2016 U.S. election, yet it’s probably one of the most important elections for at least a decade. This is the election that will determine who gets to redraw the board, in...