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TAUBE – Did bombastic hockey commentator deserve to lose his job?

November 13, 2019 // 5 Comments

DON CHERRY, one of Canada’s best-known media personalities, was fired by Sportsnet after a rant about immigrants, poppies and Remembrance Day. His termination shockingly [Continue]

POLITICS – How the Liberals paved the way for the Bloc’s return

October 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

By MAXIME HEROUX-LEGAULT University of British Columbia THE LIBERALS launched the election with high hopes for Québec. After all, their 2015 victory hinged on securing 40 [Continue]

SUZUKI – The election is over; now let’s get to work!

October 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE ELECTION MAY BE OVER but there’s no time to be complacent. Canadians voters — and many people too young to vote — demanded that politicians take climate disruption [Continue]

SUZUKI – On October 21, vote for solutions to climate change

October 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS ARE FINALLY talking about climate change. How could they not? In Canada, more than 800,000 young people and their supporters took to the streets on September 27, [Continue]

ELECTION 2019 – What place does populism have in election campaign?

September 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

By CHEDLY BELKHODJA Concordia University THE RECENT TWITTER ATTACKS by Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, on young Swedish climate activist Greta [Continue]

POLITICS – Green with rage: Women climate change leaders attacked online

September 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

By TRACEY RANEY and MacKENZIE GREGORY Ryerson University WOMEN LEADERS who support climate action are being attacked online with increasing regularity. These attacks should [Continue]