Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Gloria Galloway
Publication Date: December 19, 2024 - 18:00
Social justice advocate ‘caused glorious trouble’ while protesting corporate greed
December 19, 2024
Tony Clarke spent his life fighting corporate wrongdoing and government policies that enable companies to profit at the expense of ordinary people.Those issues prompted him to become a key player in opposing continent-wide free trade, and then a leader in social justice issues including climate-change mitigation.
Canada has called it quits for now on trying to hammer out another national agreement to improve First Nations child welfare across the country, but will continue to negotiate a deal with Ontario First Nations, according to correspondence between the Department of Justice and the Assembly of First Nations.In a letter dated Jan. 6 and obtained by The Globe and Mail, Justice lawyer Paul Vickery wrote that the federal government isn’t mandated to negotiate further on a long-term deal on “a national basis.”
January 8, 2025 - 19:59 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
January 8, 2025 - 19:53 | | CBC News - Canada
Donald Trump’s repeated calls to claim Canada are nothing more than empty threats aimed at winning trade concessions, experts in U.S. relations and defence studies say, as Ontario’s Premier called the idea “ridiculous and a waste of time.”Speaking at a press conference this week, the president-elect said he’d use “economic force” to annex Canada, arguing that the United States doesn’t need to buy Canadian lumber, dairy or automobiles.
January 8, 2025 - 19:50 | Chris Wilson-Smith | The Globe and Mail
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