Canada’s Latest Census Still Fails Trans And Non-Binary People
Here are three major flaws with the 2021 census, and potential solutions that can be implemented for the next one.
V.S. Wells
V. S. Wells is a writer and journalist originally from the U.K. They currently live on unceded Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh territory in Vancouver, B.C.
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Canada Is Perpetuating Vaccine Apartheid
Countries in the Global South don’t need rich nations to save them. They need to be allowed to make vaccines.
The Liberals’ Budget Doesn’t Even Live Up To Their Own Low Standards
Funding federal pharmacare, enacting a wealth tax and ensuring homes are more affordable were all measures the Liberals should have taken.
Canada Has Failed To Guarantee Abortion Access For All
It’s long past time to put a positive right to abortion into writing, and the guarantee to access into practice.
British Columbia’s Pseudo Lockdown Is Destined To Fail
The lockdown measures, despite being labelled a ‘circuit breaker’ at a press conference, aren’t tough or stringent by any means.
BuzzFeed’s Shutdown Of HuffPost Exposes Its Shallow Progressiveness
The company’s ostensibly progressive front masks that it’s funded by a venture capitalist system that demands ever-increasing revenue.
B.C.’s Drug Decriminalization Bid Masks A Sluggish Safe Supply Policy
More than 1,700 people in B.C. died from poisoned illicit drugs in 2020, and drug policy isn't keeping pace with the crisis.