THE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Rocco Galati launches lawsuit challenging Harper’s...
Prominent constitutional lawyer suing two Conservative cabinet ministers and Gov. Gen. David Johnston over the draconian changes Harper has made to Canada’s Citizenship Act through Bill C-24. The post...
View ArticleTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: Harper’s cancellation of refugee health care “cruel...
Harper’s cancellation of refugee health care was “cruel and unusual” treatment that “shocks the conscience and outrages Canadian standards of decency.” The post Harper’s cancellation of refugee health...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Inside Vancouver’s Sanctuary City Movement (VIDEO)
In Vancouver, human rights groups and immigration advocates are fighting to make the city a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants. The post Inside Vancouver’s Sanctuary City Movement (VIDEO)...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Conservatives urged to respect Federal Court’s...
A group of doctors dedicated to strengthening and improving Canada’s universal publicly-funded health care system is urging the Conservatives to drop their appeal against the Federal Court’s recent...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Twelve national medical associations join call for...
More national medical associations join Canadians’ call on the Conservative government to respect the Federal Court’s refugee health care ruling, urge it to drop its “reckless appeal.” The post Twelve...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: With omnibus Bill C-43, Conservative government...
The Conservative government’s omnibus budget Bill C-43 seeks to deny refugee claimants access to health care and social assistance, says the Council of Canadians. The post With omnibus Bill C-43,...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Speech: Obama executive plan protects 5 million...
President Barack Obama announced his executive plan to overhaul the the U.S. immigration system and uphold the human rights of undocumented immigrants. The post Speech: Obama executive plan protects 5...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Conservative MP’s Stay Home Comments Insult Women,...
Conservative MP Bob Dechert insulted Canadian women, immigrant women and new Canadians’ cultures when he said “moms can stay at home, which they’re used to.” The post Conservative MP’s Stay Home...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: In Vancouver, Canada’s first annual Charter of...
Canada’s first annual Rights and Freedoms March, a celebration of the anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, launches in Vancouver on April 17. The post In Vancouver, Canada’s...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Mohamed Fahmy “has no relation to the Muslim...
A billionaire telecoms tycoon has told an Egyptian court that Mohamed Fahmy, a journalist and Canadian citizen, “has no relation to the Muslim Brotherhood” The post Mohamed Fahmy “has no relation to...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Conservatives ask Liberals to “apologize for...
The Harper Conservatives accuse the Liberals of “decades of racism” dating back to Liberal PM Mackenzie King, who served from 1921 to 1930 and 1935 to 1948. The post Conservatives ask Liberals to...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s New Citizenship Act Faces Constitutional...
Harper’s new Citizenship Act is being characterized as “anti-immigrant, anti-Canadian, anti-democratic, and unconstitutional” in a new court challenge. The post Harper’s New Citizenship Act Faces...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Aylan Kurdi’s drowning death exposes Canada’s...
A leading Canadian refugee right group says last week’s tragic drowning death of Aylan Kurdi highlights the human costs of the Harper government’s inaction on the Syria’s growing refugee crisis. The...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian rights groups demand a stronger Canadian...
Amnesty International and 11 other rights and refugee groups have released a comprehensive set of recommendations that should form the basis of Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The post...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s “old stock Canadians” line is downright...
Did Lynton Crosby, the Australian “master of dog whistle politics”, have anything to do with Stephen Harper’s racist, divisive and xenophobic “old stock Canadians” line? It’s possible. The post...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: 587 Canadian academics condemn Harper’s racist...
587 Canadian academics sign joint letter condemning the Harper Conservatives’ racially-divisive tactics and racist propaganda in the ongoing 2015 federal election campaign. “We hope that Canadians will...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: A guide to the Geneva Convention for beginners,...
In the wake of the Donald Trump’s controversial Executive Order suspending the US Refugee Admission Program for 120 days, German Chancellor Angela Merkel explained the Geneva Convention to her newly...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Trump should be barred from entering Canada for...
A petition spreading like wildfire online demands that U.S. President Donald Trump be barred from entering Canada because his policies and actions promote hate propaganda. The post Trump should be...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Harvard Law School Director Deborah Anker’s Letter...
Harvard Law School Director Deborah Anker’s letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the impact of Trump’s executive orders on asylum seekers. According to Anker, the orders are “based on...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Trump’s border plan for Canada? So far, not a wall
The fist meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump seems to have made it clear that there will be no wall between the 8,891 km Canada-US border. The post Trump’s border...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: The Mental and Physical Trauma of “Dreamers” Living...
Since Trump’s election, the future of Daniela Vargas and more than 750,000 recipients of former president Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has been uncertain. Most of them now...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Now is the time for Canada to walk away from the...
It’s disingenuous for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to publicly claim that Canada is safe for asylum claimants while the Bush-era Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) prevents refugees coming...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Re-thinking refugee protection: focusing on people...
Efforts in Canada to provide safe passage to asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States prove that people power and civil society action can change public policy and save lives. The...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chelsea Manning barred from entering Canada
In a development that will most certainly strengthen the view that the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do anything appease the Trump administration, Canadian immigration authorities...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chelsea Manning barred from entering Canada
In a development that will most certainly strengthen the view that the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do anything appease the Trump administration, Canadian immigration authorities...
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