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WEB5 days ago · The Canada Revenue Agency should make sure that Canadian tax dollars are not used to fund further violence against Palestinians. by Yves Engler September 23, 2024. Canada's trusted national source of daily news and …
Poilievre’s rhetoric impresses many, but what about his policies?
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Brian Mulroney is in love, and the object of his affection is none other than today’s Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre. Mulroney was the last long-serving Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister of Canada, from 1984 to 1993. The further-to-the-right and more populist Reform Party (re …
Idle No More: What do we want and where are we headed?
WEBJan 4, 2013 · Change the conversation, support rabble.ca today. I have been honoured by the request of the Idle No More Founders to be one of their organizers and spokespersons. Working within this movement was a natural extension of the work we already do in First Nations with leaders and citizens. In the last few weeks, many of the media’s […]
Sexual assault law in Canada: What women need to know
WEBNov 2, 2014 · There is some legal uncertainty as to whether an assault is “sexual” because this was left undefined in the Code. It took the Supreme Court of Canada to tell us that touching a woman’s breasts amounts to a sexual assault. In R v Chase (1987) it ruled that an assault becomes a sexual assault if in “all the circumstances,” “the sexual ...
Canadians are using the term ‘racialized’ incorrectly - rabble.ca
WEBOct 20, 2020 · Canadians are using the term ‘racialized’ incorrectly. by Yafet Tewelde October 20, 2020. The normalizing of whiteness through the conflation of all non-white groups under the term “racialized” is endemic to how racism operates in Canada. Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal was shocking news for …
Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board - rabble.ca
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Take Back Alberta completes take over of UCP board. by David J. Climenhaga November 6, 2023. David Parker, TBA’s founder, chief ideologist and chief executive, tweeted “Veni, vedi, vici” last night. Just remember, Caesar said it first, and it sounded like “Weenie, Weedy, Weakie.”. Take Back …
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples launch landmark lawsuit against feds
WEBJul 14, 2023 · The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is taking the federal government to court in an effort to end the discriminatory exclusion of Indigenous people in Canada without status from accessing post-secondary education benefits. The landmark lawsuit was filed on July 7 against the Minister of Indigenous …
Project Democracy - rabble.ca
WEBProject Democracy. by Victoria Fenner August 14, 2015. Launched in 2008, Project Democracy is run by a group of volunteers who want to use the power of online communications and organizing to speak out against our government when they are not working on behalf of the electorate. Right now, and for the foreseeable future, they are focusing 100% ...
Sex workers create new safe online spaces | rabble.ca
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · After 20 years and with about a week’s worth of warning, the online forum, Stripperweb.com, shut down on February 1. Stripperweb was created for strippers and later expanded to cam performers. It was a space where newbies, or ‘babies’ as we often call ourselves when first starting out in sex work, could exchange safety tips, give general advice and find community.
Canadian MPs’ debate on Hamas-Israel war exposes deep divisions
WEBOct 18, 2023 · CA. Canadian MPs’ debate on Hamas-Israel war exposes deep divisions. by Karl Nerenberg October 18, 2023October 18, 2023. The debate between Canadian MPs on the Israel-Hamas war demonstrates divisions not just at the political level, but at the societal level in Canada. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaking in the House of Commons.