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SNC-LAVALIN – Deferred prosecution deals aren’t get-out-of-jail free cards

March 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SUKANYA PILLAY University of Windsor PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau’s government remains in hot water over SNC-Lavalin. Even anti-bribery officials from the Organisation [Continue]

ENVIRONMENT – If we can’t recycle it, why not turn waste plastic into fuel?

January 21, 2019 // 6 Comments

By MUXINA KONAROVA The University of Queensland AUSTRALIA’S recycling crisis needs us to look into waste management options beyond just recycling and landfilling. Some [Continue]

POLITICS – With an election ahead, public records must be made public

January 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

By BARRY WELLAR University of Ottawa CITIZENS REQUIRE ACCESS to public records in order to become properly informed about the activities of their governments and to provide [Continue]

LABOR – Back-to-work legislation may come back to haunt Justin Trudeau

December 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

By CHARLES SMITH University of Saskatchewan, and LARRY SAVAGE Brock University THE JUSTIN TRUDEAU government’s use of back-to-work legislation effectively put an end to the [Continue]

THE CONVERSATION – Goodbye Apu – here’s what you meant to us

November 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

By FAIZA HIRJI McMaster University The Simpsons’ Apu may be dead, but stereotyping of South Asians most certainly is not. In fact, from the debates that preceded the [Continue]

THE CONVERSATION – How Canada can empower indigenous communities

October 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

By WALID HEJAZI University of Toronto The federal government recently spent $4.5 billion dollars to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline, a move that highlights the [Continue]