A new report on poverty challenges both Liberals and Conservatives
May 26, 2024
The Food Banks Canada report usefully focuses political attention on a segment of the population that badly needs it. That presents an immediate challenge for the Liberal government — but the Conservatives are also challenged to explain exactly how they’d do things differently.
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Lawyers representing members of the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto argued in court Thursday that attempts to dismantle the protest infringe upon the free-expression rights of protesters and violate the institution’s purpose as a centre of debate.In a hearing before the Ontario Superior Court, lawyers for members of the encampment urged Justice Markus Koehnen to reject the university’s application for an injunction that would authorize police to clear the protest, which has occupied the school’s King’s College Circle for more than six weeks.
June 20, 2024 - 22:14 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
Manitoba’s Premier says the Winnipeg Police Service will not be directly involved in the search of a landfill where at least two First Nations women were disposed of by a confessed serial killer.Wab Kinew told a media briefing held inside the legislative building on Thursday that his government is holding the responsibility for the search, as he laid out the plans for a multiyear operation at the Prairie Green landfill, north of the provincial capital.
June 20, 2024 - 22:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
The 2021 flood damaged more than 30 sites at the park, including the Othello Tunnels. Restoration work is expected to be completed and part of the park reopened by mid-July.
June 20, 2024 - 21:36 | Darrian Matassa-Fung | Global News - Canada
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The Conservatives answer is always to reduce social programs and force people to work minimum wage jobs. The real answer is a Guaranteed Annual (Livable) Income for everyone who needs it. Check out the piece I wrote for Unpublished Media on this topic: https://unpublished.ca/opinion/universal-basic-income%E2%80%94conservati...