Canada

a broken crown
  • 2 years 2 weeks ago

Canada should sever ties with the British royals—now, rather than later

Barbados’ recent split from the royal family has renewed calls for Canada to do the same. It should.Continue...
  • 2 years 3 weeks ago

Soccer’s changing place in Canada and at Queen’s

Soccer is the world’s game, but historically, it’s struggled to find its footing in the harsh Canadian climate.Continue...

Nathan Gallagher
  • 2 years 1 month ago

Democracy is never ‘first past the post’

We supposedly live in a representative democracy. Yet in 2011, a party that only 39.6 per cent of the electorate voted for took majority control of Parliament .Continue...

Kirby Harris
  • 2 years 1 month ago

Abortion access is an integral part of healthcare

For over 30 years, Canada has been the only nation in the world to have no legal abortion restrictions at a federal level. However, abortions are still far more politicized than other medical procedures, meaning your ability to access the procedure in Canada depends on how your provincial government, city, and doctor feel about abortion.Continue...
  • 2 years 4 months ago

O Canada: The reality of anti-Indigenous discrimination

In the weeks leading up to the US election, die-hard Trump supporters took to social media to announce they’d be moving to Canada if the incumbent president wasn’t re-elected. Canadians took offence.Continue...
  • 2 years 5 months ago

Canadians cannot ignore our country’s social issues

The murder of George Floyd sparked a pandemic-fatigued, Trump-weary United States into a summer of protest against police violence and the enduring legacy of slavery and segregation within the United States. Ultimately, it forced every facet of American institutional society to enter a reckoning on race.

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CERB ending
  • 2 years 5 months ago

As the second wave hits, end of CERB sends wrong message

With CERB payments set to end this upcoming Sunday, people in need of financial assistance as a result of the ongoing pandemic are feeling rightfully anxious. Most who collected these payments will be rolled into EI, but some will inevitably fall through the cracks—a reality the government must address.Continue...

child support ed
  • 2 years 6 months ago

Canada’s child support system is broken. Women suffer for it.

The Supreme Court ruled last Friday that retroactive child support payments can’t be cancelled once that child reaches adulthood. This ruling is a positive step forward but doesn’t change the fact that Canada’s child support system is broken.Continue...
  • 3 years 2 months ago

Scapegoating other countries allows us to ignore Canada's issues

As North Americans, we love to blame China for our problems.Continue...
  • 3 years 2 months ago

Canada doesn’t need royal ‘razzle’ or ‘dazzle,’ thank you very much

Regardless of whether or not the Duke and Duchess of Sussex elect to make Canada their part-time home, our country is doing just fine with its “razzle dazzle” factor, despite what The New York Times might say to the contrary.Continue...

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