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Not Rex: Peel Children's Aid Society workers fight for caseload cap

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Liberals' pension reforms fall woefully short for Canadian workers | Feb 17 2017 | Doug Macpherson, Retiree Matters | While changes to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) recently adopted by the current federal Liberal government offer some improvement, they do not go far enough.

Defeats of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn reveal power of grassroots movements | Feb 16 2017 | Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The engine driving both the ouster of Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn are movements of thousands upon thousands of people across the U.S., saying "no" to hate, bigotry and injustice.

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Who will continue to research bribery and corruption in global oil and gas dealings? | Feb 15 2017 | Support organizations which will continue to scrutinize global corporate dealings.

Adam Sneyd on Cotton, Globalization and Clothing Poverty.

Adam Sneyd on 'Cotton,' globalization, commodities and clothing poverty | Feb 8 2017 | Face2Face | Adam talks about his book Cotton, its empire, commodities and politics, "clothing poverty" and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.

Alberta public employees, subject to constant Wildrose and media vilification, win national award for effective service | Feb 7 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | The Alberta Public Service yesterday was honoured by Deloitte Canada and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada for its response to 2016's Fort McMurray fire.

Wildrose reaction to proposed raise for front-line health workers illustrates the party's rightward shift | Feb 5 2017 | David J. Climenhaga | The days when party leaders like Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson expressed support for front-line health-care workers, are clearly over.

Trudeau may tweet a good game on equal rights, but his broken promises are hurting women | Feb 2 2017 | Emilie Taman | Promises to fix child care, maternity leave, and pensions that treat women fairly have all been broken -- and can't be forgotten because the PM has a nice tweet game.

Chrystia Freeland believes that the rising tide of free trade will float all boats, but the evidence tells us otherwise | Jan 28 2017 | Dennis Gruending | While Trump's desire to renegotiate NAFTA might not be motivated by altruism, free trade also hasn't eradicated inequality.

In Greenspon report, corporate media blames everything but itself | Jan 27 2017 | Nick Fillmore | In his new report, Greenspon has the nerve to write that Canada needs mainstream media to protect democracy. Who endorsed Stephen Harper for a fifth term again?

Trump and Trudeau's 'stealth privatization' will be at the taxpayer's expense | Jan 26 2017 | Alex Hemingway | If Trump's infrastructure plan is a "privatization scam," what should we call ours?

We need to work less to live better | Jan 25 2017 | David Suzuki | A lot needs to be done to reform our economic systems and to address critical issues like pollution and climate change. Reducing work hours is one way to make substantial gains.

Defend Our Homes - Stop Keystone XL Pipeline R.C and Doug locked to "skidder" -

Continue to stand against Keystone XL | Jan 25 2017 | Support the Indigenous Environmental Network.

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Rae days reboot from the Saskatchewan government kropotkin1951 said... Wall is a smart lad he knows that a Charter challenge means he wins for a very longtime. If you use...

Liberals brought Nazi vets to Canada: Glorifying Ukrainian-Canadian Veterans of OUN/UPA Terrorism Richard Sanders said... The main organization in Canada of the fascist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists -- OUN(M) --...

Canadian arms exports to Saudi Arabia ignore the Elephant in the Room NDPP said... Canada Defends Record $11B Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia in Court http://rt.com/news/371151-canada-arms...

Letter to Michel Chartrand, from his daughter Suzanne sherpa-finn said... Thanks, l. Michel Chartrand spoke at the very first demo I ever attended - outside the US Consulate...

Waffen-SS Galician Division still Revered by Canada’s Ukrainian Right MegB said... Richard, I've had a complaint against your thread. I think I need to remind you that the purpose of...

A Century of Struggle between Left-Right Camps in the Ukrainian Canadian Community Timebandit said... Richard, you shouldn't be posting whole articles. Give a brief quote and a link, and those who are...

Unions in Canada: StatsCan data SeekingAPoliticalHome said... http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-630-x/11-630-x2015005-eng.htm#def1 The future looks poorly...

Unifor Jerry Dias Donated Money To Kellie Leitch Leadership Campaign Mighty Middle said... Unifor director of communications Denise Hammond confirmed in an email that Dias and Leitch are...

Fight for $15 march in Montréal on 15th of October lagatta said... No surprise that fake progressive and fake feminist Justin Trudeau also opposes this very modest...

Lib government pay system mess affects 80,000 workers mark_alfred said... http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/phoenix-payroll-problems-fix-1.3683735 The government instituted a...

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For Black History month, ETFO has released a poster with 12 Black Order of Ontario awardees and, later this year, will release curriculum resources focusing on Black history, culture and issues.

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