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ICAN campaigners protest outside Australia's permanent mission to the UN at Geneva. Image credit: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons/Flickr
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons moves forward without Canada's support
Yves Engler | Activists will mark a high this week when the UN treaty banning nuclear weapons enters into force. Why has the Trudeau government not signed the treaty?
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Conservative Party of Canada Leader Erin O'Toole. Image credit: Erin O'Toole/Facebook
The Conservative Party's malaise with its far-right supporters runs deeper than Derek Sloan
David J. Climenhaga | Most Canadians, one suspects, will conclude that with or without Derek Sloan, Erin O'Toole's still-Trumpified Conservative party is a poisoned chalice, from which they would be wise not to imbibe.
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Wildfire in California. Image credit: Russ Allison Loar/Flickr
Net zero offers affordable path to climate stability
David Suzuki | New research shows global average temperatures could stabilize within a couple of decades if we quickly reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will rescind the Keystone XL Pipeline permit as soon as he's sworn in on Wednesday, the CBC reports. Image credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr
What will Alberta do after Biden pulls the plug on Keystone pipeline?
David J. Climenhaga | "Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit," says the transition team's briefing note for day one of the Biden administration on Wednesday. Will Alberta finally wake up and smell the coffee?
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Not Rex: Being pro-Palestine ain't antisemitic
Anna Jessup | Opposing military aid to Israel is not antisemitic; it's being a peace activist, says Not Rex commentator Anna Jessup.
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Counter protesters contront group of Proud Boys. Image credit: Geoff Livingston/Flickr
Should the Proud Boys be labelled terrorists?
Monia Mazigh | Anti-terrorism legislation is a politically motivated tool that governments use at the expense of vulnerable groups. Can it be used to address violence by white supremacists?
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National Guard soliders by U.S. Capitol grounds on January 12, 2021. Image credit: Elvert Barnes/Flickr
A spectre of fascism haunts the U.S. presidential inauguration
Duncan Cameron | A spectre of fascism looms over Joe Biden's inauguration because neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have been willing or able to address the serious injustices that prevail in U.S. society.
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Economist Jim Stanford addressing an Alberta audience in 2019. Image credit: David J. Climenhaga
Canada can manage the transition away from fossil fuels, says economist Jim Stanford in new study
David J. Climenhaga | "For the sake of fossil-fuel workers, as well as the sake of the planet, the inevitable phase-out of fossil fuels must be announced and confirmed quickly and firmly." -- Jim Stanford
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Paid sick leave is a good idea whose time has come
Karl Nerenberg | In a time of pandemic, unpaid leave provisions for workers seem woefully inadequate -- not only for the well-being of workers, but for the safety of the rest of us.
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Premier Doug Ford announces the launch of long-term care staffing plan. Image credit: Premier of Ontario Photography/Flickr
Rise of 'private ownership on steroids' fuelling Ontario long-term care crisis
Linda McQuaig | The greatest danger in long-term care may be posed by the emergence of "financialized" enterprises that focus relentlessly on cost-cutting to drive ever-higher profit margins.
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Labour fights to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Marc Belanger, RadioLabour | Bill C-15 would affirm the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is applicable to Canadian law. Unifor's Indigenous Liason Gina Smoke discusses labour's fight to have the bill passed.
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Pro-Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol. Image credit: Brett Davis/Flickr
U.S. Capitol riot lays bare ugly realities of racism and inequality
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The violent white-supremacist insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 put some ugly truths in stark relief.
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