I consider it my good fortune to have been born, as you said, in one of the so-called “shithole” countries in Africa.
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Coronavirus: Misleading Information Sparking Racist Backlash
There have also been similar online movements outside of Canada. An online petitioner asked Singapore to ban travellers from China.
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‘Trusted’ Media Subsidy Increases Risk of Politically-Biased News
What hasn’t been widely discussed, however, is how creating a dependency situation risks undermining provinces over the long haul
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Trash Talk Across the Pacific: Is It All Garbage?
The garbage talk that has dominated headlines in the past weeks is beginning to be a political circus. Nobody knows who is telling the truth,…
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What the Death of Local News Means for the Federal Election
Red Deer, a city of about 100,000, isn’t the only place in the country where the crisis in local journalism is reshaping political coverage in advance of the October 21 federal election
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Embracing Taiwan: A Panel on Canadian Relations with Taipei
With 2019 marking the forty-year anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, and Canada’s increasing interest in cross-strait issues, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa hosted the…
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The Colour White
Time to stop sugar-coating and say it as it is. White privilege. White power. White preposterousness. They exist. Period. The first two, privilege and power,…
View More The Colour WhiteWanted: First Non-white Mayor of Vancouver
Over its 132-year history since incorporation as a city, Vancouver has had 39 mayors. All of them have been white men. Change seems to be…
View More Wanted: First Non-white Mayor of VancouverJagmeet Singh fails to Typecast Easily, Despite CBC’s Best Efforts
Nearly 70 years since South Asians won the right to vote in Canada, Jagmeet Singh has become the first non-white leader of one of the…
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Jagmeet Singh and the Media’s Race Problem
Jagmeet Singh does not yet have a seat in the House of Commons. So when the new NDP leader comes to visit, he’ll have to…
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