Nov 15, 2019
Teachers tell Ford to stop hurting the children
RadioLabour
RadioLabour's Canada Report: Teachers in Ontario are for students and against cuts to education -- an interview with ETFO president Sam Hammond.
domestic violence
Jan 25, 2019
Making post-secondary education more expensive and other issues from RadioLabour
RadioLabour
Labour promotes North America's first paid leave for domestic violence. Ontario making university more expensive. Global unions campaign for free, quality education.
Jul 26, 2018
Trudeau gaslights Canadian women and ignores their safety
Matthew Behrens
For a self-proclaimed feminist prime minister, Justin Trudeau has utterly failed in his government's efforts to protect the national security of women.
Jul 26, 2018
Trudeau gaslights Canadian women and ignores their safety
For a self-proclaimed feminist prime minister, Justin Trudeau has utterly failed in his government's efforts to protect the national security of women.
Apr 30, 2018
Femicide in the streets
Penney Kome
With the recent Toronto van attack and the Parkland shootings, the perpetrators seemed to be aiming at women. Femicide has become public.
Mar 16, 2018
Krassimira Pejcinovski's murder shows that domestic violence is a predictable pandemic
Doreen Nicoll
There are several commonly known warning signs for intimate partner violence, and Pejcinovski's killer fit at least three of them.
Nov 9, 2017
Majority of mass shootings connected to domestic violence
The mass murder in Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a horrific crime. It was also horrifically predictable, and emblematic of the systemic problem we have with guns and violence in the United States.
Oct 10, 2017
Critics say Ontario’s proposed domestic violence leave falls short
Meagan Gillmore
The Wynne government wants to offer up to 17 weeks leave, but since it is all unpaid it will not help those who need it most
Sep 28, 2017
Ontario NDP bring domestic and sexual violence bill to debate
Doreen Nicoll
Bill 26, the Domestic and Sexual Violence Act unanimously passed second reading but has been in limbo since October 20, 2016.
Jul 21, 2017
Today is the last day to help improve the domestic and sexual violence workplace accommodation legislation in Ontario
Doreen Nicoll
The Wynne government's Bill 148 only allows for two days of paid "personal emergency leave," which can be accessed for domestic and sexual violence. This is not good enough.
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