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25/09/24
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Rosa Miriam Elizalde Resumen English
Antifascist Congress In Venezuela

Sept. 16, 2024

23/09/24
Author: 
John Woodside
Justin Trudeau - Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Sept. 23, 2024

Any hope the Liberal Party had that their signature climate policy would cease to be an albatross has been dashed, as allies of the carbon price drop like flies and opponents ramp up attacks. For Liberal strategists, there’s little room left to manoeuvre. 

21/09/24
Author: 
Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press
Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae speaks during a special session of the UN General Assembly on Oct. 27, 2023. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Sept. 18, 2024

Canada's ambassador told UN assembly the motion was too one-sided to support

Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.

Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae told the assembly the motion was too one-sided to support, though he said Ottawa agrees that Israel is illegally occupying Palestinian territories.

18/09/24
Author: 
Adam D.K. King
Photo via Teamsters Canada on Twitter.

Sept. 16, 2024

The government has dusted off a rarely used section of the Canada Labour Code and sought to pre-empt strikes.

Say what you want about the Liberal Government, but they certainly learn from their prior fumbles, at least when it comes to undermining the right to strike.

18/09/24
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Primary Author: Darryl Greer
David Eby

Website editor: Eby quote below: “And so we will continue to ensure… that the big polluters are paying their fair share.”

Sept. 17, 2024

Full Story: The Canadian Press

A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters” if the federal government dropped its requirement for the law, Premier David Eby said Thursday.

17/09/24
Author: 
Marc Lee
‘Free transit would be not so much a new cost to society but a reallocation of existing private spending on transportation,’ CCPA-BC senior economist Marc Lee writes. Photo via Shutterstock.

Sept. 17, 2024

A closer look at the costs and benefits of the Green Party’s recent campaign promise.

15/09/24
Author: 
Shirin Ali
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez/the Washington Post via Getty Images and Getty Images Plus.

Sept. 13, 2024

“If others are not going to devote funding to operationalize or weaponize the conservative vision, then the 85 Fund needs to weigh its support much more heavily in that direction.” —Leonard Leo, billionaire conservative activist and founder of the 85 Fund, in a letter to grantees

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