NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians divided on whether country is ‘racist’
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 21, 2021 – These are times of deep reckoning over issues of race and identity, hatred, and violence in Canada. Against the backdrop of the [Continue]
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EDITORIAL – Man who ran down family with his truck doesn’t deserve notoriety
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A DESPICABLE YOUNG MAN jumped his pickup truck onto a sidewalk in London, Ont. last weekend and killed four members of an extended family. A [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Almost half of Asian Canadians identify discrimination against them as a problem
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE June 8, 2021 – As a nation eagerly looks to the weeks and months ahead to regain a closer semblance to their pre-pandemic lives, they are far more [Continue]
KNOX – A two-block stretch on the road to uncertain change
JOSEPH TRUTCH was an odious man. He was racist not only in word but in action. As B.C.’s pre-Confederation land commissioner, he was contemptuous of Indigenous people, used [Continue]
GINTA – Why we need to continue to talk about racism
WE ENDED THE PREVIOUS YEAR with a big sigh and dutifully wished each other a better 2021. Life coaches out there will tell you that positive thinking will get things done, [Continue]
EDITORIAL – ‘Guessing game’ report has more than one lesson to teach
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN ALLEGATIONS SURFACED of B.C. frontline medical staff playing guessing games about the blood-alcohol levels of indigenous patients, they [Continue]
