Jeremy Appel is an independent Edmonton-based journalist and the author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power.
From the Globe and Mail: The federal government announced Tuesday that it has reached a $40-billion settlement with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations to fund long-term reform of the child welfare system, as well as compensate Indigenous children who were its...
As omicron tears through Ontario, the province’s hospitals say they’re facing a new challenge — hundreds of staff absences are forcing them to choose between delaying scheduled medical treatments and calling staff who are in isolation back to work prematurely.
According to data from the OECD, Canada is the only G7 nation to have increased greenhouse gas emissions over the past six years.
Alberta’s deadly fourth wave was precipitated by the government’s “Open for Summer” policy, which began May 28 and culminated in dropping all capacity restrictions and mask mandates on July 1.
“What the pandemic has done has just driven home how vulnerable we are to the pharmaceutical industry. It was clear that it was a problem for Canada that we didn’t have domestic vaccine production capacity.”
“If the hiring practices are still inherently racist, then hiring people of a different background doesn’t do anything."
The outcome of Alberta’s inquiry into environmentalists is far more insidious than being a mere ‘multimillion-dollar dud.’
This isn’t incompetence from Kenney, but an insidious political calculus that shows how committed he is to neoliberal ideology.
Yesterday, wildcat strikes popped up across the province from hospital support staff, which have been welcomed by other unions.