Days after the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, mentioned in his Throne Speech (yes, in Canada that is what it is called) that his government would ask Parliament to […]
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Stories about Canadian politics and social issues.
Newsflash: No New Trial For Serial Woman-Killer Robert Pickton
Canada’s highest court announced today that Robert Pickton, the country’s infamous serial killer, will not get a retrial for the murders of six women in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Supreme […]
Are Honor Killings in Canada a “Muslim” Issue?
The killers of 16-year-old Aqsa Pervez were convicted last week. Mohammad Pervez and Waqas Ahmed, Aqsa’s father and brother, were sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole […]
Victory for Trans Rights in Canada
Feministing’s Community site reports that a historic bill extending human rights to transsexual and transgender Canadians passed a second reading in the Canadian House of Commons yesterday. This is the […]
This Canadian American Mourns the Public Option
Evidence continues to mount about the failures of the U.S. system of health care. Illness and medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy. Even with approximately 45.7 million uninsured, we spend far more on healthcare (and get less) than nations with universal healthcare. For women the reports are even bleaker, especially if you’re older or not white.
No Olympics Gold for Gender
The Olympics offer us opportunities to see inequities, stereotypes and garden-variety homophobia, misogyny and white supremacy.