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Sex workers win the right to anonymity in Ontario legal challenge
Chelsea Nash | The sex worker rights organization Work Safe Twerk Safe says the Ontario government's order to close strip clubs while bars remained open was discriminatory.
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Discrimination against people of faith in the workplace
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder | RadioLabour's Canada Report: A union organizer says help stop discrimination against people of faith. The UN's Declaration of Human Rights. And more.
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Sharon McIvor and Pamela Palmater at the United Nations in Geneva. Photo courtesy of Pamela Palmater.
Canada continues to deny sex equality to First Nation women and children
Pamela Palmater | On January 14, 2019, the UNHRC released their decision which found that Canada still discriminates against "Indian" women and their descendants in the registration provisions of the Indian Act.
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How anti-immigrant rhetoric shaped the Quebec election
Monia Mazigh | CAQ leader François Legault and his team ran much of their election campaign on the backs of immigrants, using polarizing language to pit "good immigrants" against "bad immigrants."
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Police technology vs. civil liberties -- science fiction or current reality?
Pro Bono, Michael Hackl | Until the institutional bias that exists in society is addressed, the use of technology will not help eliminate bias in police work.
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Passage of new law ends the debate: Israel now officially an apartheid state
Corey Balsam, Sid Shniad | While this new law doesn't change much in practice, it should lay to rest any remaining illusions about Israel's true nature.
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Justin Trudeau attends vigil for victims of Quebec City shooting. Photo: Adam Scotti/PMO
Trudeau government still targets Muslims as threats
Matthew Behrens | January 29 marks the first anniversary of the mass murder of six Muslim worshippers in Quebec City. As the date approaches, Justin Trudeau's government continues to unfairly target Muslims.
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Public apologies serve crucial role in democratic societies
Monia Mazigh | Apologies are not monetary gifts or hollow words offered by teary politicians. They are gestures that define our history as a country and restore faith in institutions.
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Human rights protections raise new questions for freedom of speech
Rick Salutin | A commitment to free speech doesn't reconcile easily with human rights codes that may compel respect and courtesy toward specific groups -- including their right to be addressed as they choose.
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Pearson security needs to respect the rights of nursing mothers
Ethel Tungohan | Canadian Air Transport Security Authority personnel at Toronto Pearson International Airport should read up on their own guidelines about discriminating against nursing mothers.
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With judges like Robin Camp, how impartial is Canada's justice system?
Pro Bono, Shelina Ali | An inquiry into the conduct of Federal Court Judge Robin Camp when he presided over a sexual assault trial raises some hard questions about the impartiality of the Canadian justice system.
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Pride march for queer people of colour creates critical space for healing
Lenée Son | "Today was about giving us a space. Taking space in the city at Pride time," Fatima Jaffer. A lot of people don't feel comfortable at Pride, so this alternative space was created.