By Nadia Kanji Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York July 30, 2019 (IPS) — Human trafficking for sexual exploitation has been steadily increasing in Canada. The most recent statistics indicate that 2016 had the highest recorded rate of human trafficking, ...
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By Sean Rehaag Guest Writer U.S. President Donald Trump regularly asserts that the United States is under attack by foreign invaders and that he is the only one willing to stop them. Who are these invaders? Central American asylum seekers, ...
Read More »Canada’s Financial Markets Are Stunting Its Growth And Undermining Our Future
By Diane-Laure Arjaliès and Tima Bansal Guest Writers The European Union and China recently tabled extensive proposals for sustainable finance that will jump-start their clean innovation. While the world is moving forward, the United States is turning inwards and backwards. Which ...
Read More »What Canada And South Africa Can Teach The U.S. About Slavery Reparations
By Bonny Ibhawoh Guest Writer America’s failure to understand, acknowledge and resolve the continuing catastrophe of slavery is holding back the entire nation. Without broad public recognition that the country’s original wealth was derived unjustly through slavery, and that deliberate ...
Read More »Canada Urges Non-Governmental Organisations In Jamaica To Seek Funding For Projects
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – Canada is urging non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Jamaica to submit proposals for small-scale, but high-impact, projects that align with Ottawa’s international assistance priorities. Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters, said the proposals ...
Read More »Canada Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, June 26, 2019 (CMC) – Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF), on Sunday, to ensure improved transparency in the management of public resources. A government statement said that the ...
Read More »Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Libel Threat Against Conservative Leader, Andrew Scheer: A Great Canadian Political Tradition
By Randy Boswell Guest Writer OTTAWA, Ontario April 23, 2019 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s threatened defamation suit against Conservative Leader, Andrew Scheer, over the SNC-Lavalin affair, is just the latest in a rapidly growing list of Canadian political mud-slinging ...
Read More »Toronto Officially Recognises The UN Decade For People Of African Descent
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario April 18, 2019 — The City of Toronto has formally recognized the United Nations’ Decade for People of African Descent, 2015-2024, and reaffirmed its commitment to its Confronting Anti-Black Racism Plan. Aina-Nia Ayo’dele ...
Read More »Peel School Board Approves Recruitment Of Black And Indigenous Teachers
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer PEEL DISTRICT, Ontario April 18, 2019 — Trustees of the Peel District School Board (PDSB) have approved a motion, to embark on a targeted recruitment initiative, to hire Black and Indigenous teachers. The Board says ...
Read More »Ontario NDP Establishes First Official Black Caucus In Ontario History
TORONTO, Ontario April 18, 2019 — The province’s official opposition, the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), has formed a parliamentary Black Caucus — “Ontario’s first formal, Black caucus in a political party”. The opposition party made the announcement, in a ...
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