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Harper and Merkel: Partners in austerity

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Canada this week as champion of an austerity policy stance that is failing Europe.

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Confronting Jason Kenney and the cuts to refugee health care: An interview with Bashir Mohamed

Bashir Mohamed is, to many people, "just" a university student. However, inside him brews the power and spirit of politics and social change. His previous actions involve starting and contributing to numerous charitable projects, including an initiative to send 1500 water filters to Haiti earlier this year. He hopes in the future to become a Member of Parliament with the hope of instituting true and effective change.

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National Day of Action for a 2014 Health Accord

A sign at the December 4, 2010 Rally for Public Healthcare at the Alberta Legislature.(Photo:  dave.cournoyer / flickr)
Today is a National Day of Action against the federal government walking away from the 2014 Health Accord negotiating table and effectively downloading much of the responsibility for health care.

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Green leader says Bev Oda was thrown under the bus by Harper

Bev Oda will no longer be representing Canada abroad. (Photo: http://trilbypolitics.wordpress.com/)
Bev Oda has resigned as Minister of International Development. Green Party leader Elizabeth May argues that she's been thrown under the bus by Harper.

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Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Cuts to refugee health care are 'shameful'

The Conservative government expects to save $0.59 per capita in costs through cuts to refugee health care that go into effect Saturday.

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A pediatrician speaks out: Refugee health cuts put children's lives at risk

Photo: Jesse McLaren

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On June 18, physicians and other health care providers carried out a National Day of Action in over a dozen cities across Canada to oppose the Conservatives' cuts to refugee health care. This article is a modified version of the speech delivered to the Montreal rally by pediatrician Samir Shaheen-Hussain. 

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It's going to take a movement to Stop Harper

A protest against the KeystoneXL pipeline, September 2011 on Parliament Hill. (Photo: tarsandsaction / flickr)
Now more than ever, it's going to take movement-building actions, like this one last year against tar sands pipelines, to stop Harper's agenda.

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Remembering William Commanda on National Aboriginal Day

William Commanda. (Photo: ccamu.ca)

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One year ago today, June 21, 2011, was the date of Grandfather William Commanda's last physical visit to Asinabka, Victoria Island.

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