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Canada's Conservative Party, a once-great national organization, is being overwhelmed by its own extremists
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David J. Climenhaga
| February 17, 2017

The refusal by Conservative MPs to agree to an anti-Islamophobia motion and their mockery of an Edmonton Liberal MP for having once worked as a bus driver are both additional evidence their once-great national party, like its Republican counterpart in the United States, is increasingly controlled by an extremist, offensive fringe.

Not that additional proof was really needed. The blowhards and bigots crowding the Conservative Party of Canada's interminable leadership race should be evidence enough.

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Why won't Minister Joly and Minister Bains take the Internet tax off the table?
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Cynthia Khoo
| November 19, 2016

This week, I had a chance to observe firsthand how federal Ministers Mélanie Joly and Navdeep Bains are responding to rumours of the "Internet tax" that have taken our corner of the digital rights world by storm.

Spoiler alert: it was not reassuring.

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How should Canada support Canadian content?

Karl Nerenberg of rabble.ca recently wrote an article where he flagged that Mélanie Joly, the Canadian Heritage Minister, is about to launch a national consultation with an ambitious goal: to rethink policies governing Canada's broadcasting, film and other cultural industries.Joly's department has gotten the ball rolling with an online survey entitled: "Strengthening Canadian content creation, discovery and export in a digital world."  When he took the online survey he found that the survey focused on exporting and distributing digital content more than on creating it.

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Federal ministers hold face-to-face meeting with Occupy INAC protesters in Vancouver

The Council of Mothers stand with federal ministers at the Radisson Hotel in Ric

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Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, met with Indigenous advocacy group Council of Mothers to discuss funding opportunities for Indigenous youth and languages on May 24.

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Bring on the Cancon: A review of cultural policy is long overdue

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Many thanks to culture ("heritage") minister Mélanie Joly for announcing a review of cultural policy. These reviews sometimes feel like the most ancient form of Canadian culture. This one is overdue. Why?

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#OccupyINAC Vancouver declares victory after ministers agree to meeting

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On Monday April 25, the Occupy INAC group in Vancouver declared victory after confirming a meeting with the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett and Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly. 

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Free advice for Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly
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Karl Nerenberg
| April 27, 2016

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Mélanie Joly, the Canadian Heritage Minister, is about to launch a national consultation with an ambitious goal: to rethink policies governing Canada's broadcasting, film and other cultural industries.

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