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Employment and Social Development Canada require public servants to apply a “Black-Centric Lens” across all their work, B.C. First Nation vows to block a northwest pipeline, and more.
Leaked federal training says equal treatment can be discriminatory
Employment and Social Development Canada require public servants to apply a “Black-Centric Lens” across all their work, according to mandatory training leaked to Juno News.
Frances Widdowson arrested at Alberta university
Academic and Dead Wrong author Frances Widdowson was arrested Saturday at the cafeteria of the University of Lethbridge after allegedly defying a legal order barring her from the publicly-funded campus.
B.C. First Nation vows to block northwest pipeline
A delegation of First Nations leaders travelled to Calgary from British Columbia to express their disapproval to investors in a new bitumen pipeline to the province’s northwest coast.
OP-ED: Why Canada needs a disciplined approach to trade
Shannon Boschy writes, “While 75 to 80 per cent of our exports go to the United States, Carney is flapping his arms, flying far-flung around the world, while talking big about middle powers.”
Fiscal discipline no longer a point of pride for Canada: study
An economic think tank is calling on the Carney government to rein in deficit spending, as Ottawa intends to outspend the country’s gross domestic product this year. According to the C.D. Howe Institute’s latest report, “Canada can no longer pride itself on its fiscal discipline.”
Criminal networks using Indian students to extort South Asian diaspora
Canada’s financial intelligence agency, also known as FINTRAC, has uncovered a ring of criminal networks that are using international students from India to extort the country’s South Asian diaspora.
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B.C. First Nation seeks to end Hudbay Copper Mine expansion
The Lower Similkameen Indian Band launched a petition to stop the expansion of Hudbay Minerals’ Copper Mountain Mine in British Columbia, citing the “goals expressed in UNDRIP,” the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the provincial government last year.
OP-ED: Journalism was meant to challenge power. Now, it just echoes it
David Leis writes, “The legacy media have traded the pursuit of truth for partisan activism.”
Edmonton daycare employee arrested on child sex abuse charges
The Edmonton Police Service announced the arrest of a 21-year-old daycare employee at West Edmonton Daycare over child sex abuse charges, notifying the public that he was released on bail with conditions after the arrest.
Global Affairs Canada spent $59k on artwork for Milan consulate building
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a government waste watchdog and taxpayer advocacy group, is calling out Canada’s foreign affairs ministry after records revealed the department spent $59,000 to decorate its consulate in Milan, Italy.
OP-ED: The Liberals’ $10-a-day daycare disaster
Matthew Lau writes, “Parents are frustrated by waiting lists that stretch to years. Daycare operators say they are being strangled by bureaucracy.”
Selective racism . DEI costs the US 94 Billion a year so we are in the billions as well . This does not show the cost to individuals and families who are effected by this nonsense .