In the lead-up to an election politicians pander to certain constituencies. That is just what they do. It is all in the context of getting votes. Even if the concessions granted go against longstanding policies…
View More Support for Sikh Extremism in Canada Never Disappeared CompletelyWomen’s rights advocates are looking for influential Canadian female figures to join a national women’s coalition to raise awareness about women’s issues and get more government funding. On Mar. 5, the third day of the…
View More Women’s Organizers Hopeful Under Trudeau LeadershipThe Liberal government has emphasized its diversity and inclusion language in speeches, cabinet ministers, committees and mandate letters. This emphasis has been reinforced by the return of the multiculturalism program to Canadian Heritage. Taken together,…
View More Inclusion, Diversity Bode Well Under TrudeauIn the weeks leading up to the Oct. 19 federal election, Rabia Khedr started to feel like she didn’t belong in Canada. The executive director of the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities says she,…
View More #Elxn42 Sparked Muslim-Canadian Political Engagement
With the final ballots long since counted and the prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau preparing to name his cabinet, members and guests of the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CFJ) gathered in downtown Vancouver to reflect on the…
View More Conservatives Misread Immigrants: Journalist Panel
Red, blue or purple? As it nurses its bruises from the election, the Conservative party is asking itself what its complexion ought to be in the future. Much of this will depend not just on…
View More Step One in Rebuilding the CPC: Cutting Loose the Religious Right
One of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s first orders of business will be to form a cabinet. It is one of the most difficult tasks facing any prime minister, as there is a need to strike…
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Four voices say it’s time to get real about bigotry and structural discrimination in Canada. ‘THE CANADIAN WAY’ Ranjit Bhaskar, New Canadian Media (From an October 19 column in New Canadian Media.) As a new Canadian, the…
View More Hear this Election’s Racism Wake-up Call
Justin Trudeau has now officially been elected as Canada’s 29th Prime Minister and with him come promises of investment in infrastructure, electoral reform and changes to the lengthy family reunification process. Some of those changes…
View More Pros and Cons of Family Reunification
For the first time in Canada’s electoral history a Mandarin-speaking member of Parliament was elected. Now hailed by the Chinese Mandarin community members as their “true voice”, the Liberal party’s Geng Tan won the Don…
View More First Mandarin-Speaking MP Elected in Canada