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politics
February 18
Karl Nerenberg
| Recently passed deferred prosecution legislation might not apply to SNC-Lavalin, but the NDP's Julia Sanchez suggests how jobs and expertise could still be protected. |
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rabble news
February 14
Sophia Reuss
| Several hundred youth from across the country are gathering to scale up the youth movement around climate change ahead of the federal election. On their agenda? Indigenous rights and a Green New Deal. |
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politics
February 14
Karl Nerenberg
| Liberals say the former justice minister should have complained or quit months ago. The House justice committee met in an emergency sitting to discuss the Wilson-Raybould affair. |
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arts/media
February 14
Christina Turner
| We asked Canadian independent bookstores to share which books they are most looking forward to reading this year. |
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rabble news
February 8
Sophia Reuss, Tremé Manning-Cere
| On February 12, people in 15 cities across the country plan demonstrations to demand health care be made accessible to everyone living in Canada, regardless of immigration status. |
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rabble news
February 7
Rosemary Frei
| Speaking to an audience at the Canadian Club in Toronto, BlackRock exec Mark Wiseman outlines how companies will profit in the age of disruption. |
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rabble news
February 7
Karl Nerenberg
| The longtime Ottawa area MP died Wednesday of brain cancer. His career on Parliament Hill was marked by his passion for human rights. |
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rabble news
February 5
rabble staff
| As the first person arrested under a new law at the G20 in Toronto in 2010, he made headlines. He continued to fight injustice and increase awareness. |
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rabble news
February 4
Ryan Donnelly
| As representatives of Lima Group countries prepare to meet in Ottawa, turmoil and pressure mounts in Venezuela. |
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rabble news
January 31
Karl Nerenberg
| Two days before the byelection vote, polls had the Liberal candidate ahead 13 points. But the vote gave the NDP a win by nearly 10 points – a 23-point difference. |
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rabble news
January 29
Karl Nerenberg
| The shooting that left six dead and 19 injured in Quebec City was treated quite differently compared with the recent arrest in Kingston. |
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rabble news
January 28
Brenda O'Farrell
| A woman who wanted to be a police officer before she was mowed down by a drunk driver wants young drivers to hear both devastating sides of the story. |
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rabble news
January 28
Karl Nerenberg
| As Parliament resumes, politicians might all want to weigh their words before saying anything that could endanger the three Canadians at the eye of the political and diplomatic Huawei storm. |
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rabble news
January 25
Karl Nerenberg
| McCallum’s bottom line, like the PM, is that Canada wants to get its two jailed citizens back. |
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rabble news
January 24
Rosemary Frei
| Former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne will be one of the speakers who will tackle the topic of women and power, focusing on how personal and political roles intersect. |
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arts/media
January 24
Tarah Brookfield
| This excerpt from Tarah Brookfield's book "Our Voices Must Be Heard" shows that the women's suffrage movement went far beyond the Southern centres of early 20th century Canada. |
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rabble news
January 21
Karl Nerenberg
| The federal Liberals name Richard Lee, a former long-time member of the provincial legislature, to run in next month’s byelection in Burnaby South against NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. |
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rabble news
January 21
Alex Cosh
| Veteran NDP MP Svend Robinson marked his return to Canadian politics Saturday, taking the nomination to run in B.C. riding in next federal election. |
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rabble news
January 18
Karl Nerenberg
| With polls now showing Singh ahead in a byelection race, he still has to position the NDP as distinctive alternative to the Liberals. |
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rabble news
January 16
Karl Nerenberg
| The most effective method would be to find a way to end the extradition proceedings against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. |
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rabble news
January 14
Karl Nerenberg
| How to deal with climate change could take a back seat to an ugly debate that seems to be emerging – that of race and migrants. |
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rabble news
January 14
Alex Cosh
| Maxime Bernier's choice of an anti-LGBTQ activist to run against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby South is being viewed as having a wide range of implications. |
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rabble news
January 10
Jeff Shantz
| There is no formal process to record incidents of police-involved deaths of civilians in Canada. Much of the information surrounding these events is never reported. The public needs to know more. |
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rabble news
December 24
Karl Nerenberg
| Although Canada was the first country to label the Myanmar crisis a genocide, the Trudeau government’s actions to help the persecuted Rohingya people receive a C grade, says a panel of experts. |
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rabble news
December 19
Karl Nerenberg
| With what’s being characterized as misplaced aid to Alberta’s oil patch and Via Rail’s decision to buy railcars from Germany, Liberals show how politically fraught world of industrial strategy can be. |
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rabble news
December 18
Ryan Donnelly
| Canadian rifle and ammunition sales to Saudi Arabia in 2018 is about to hit an all-time record, beating out previous records set in 2017 and 2016 – the same period of the Saudi-led war in Yemen. |
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rabble news
December 13
Karl Nerenberg
| As Bill C-76 was given Senate approval, progressive groups applauded. The law rolls back the most odious provisions of the Harper government’s Fair Elections Act that encouraged voter suppression. |
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rabble interview
December 13
Jasheil Athalia
| In November 2015, several gunmen opened fire on the crowd at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. French novelist Erwan Larher survived the attack and wrote a memoir about his experience. |
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rabble news
December 12
Karl Nerenberg
| This week, federal political parties debated how to deal with the growing crisis that claims the lives of 8-to-9 people a day in Canada. |
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rabble news
December 11
Sophia Reuss
| In an interview, Halifax-Dartmouth Labour Council president Suzanne MacNeil discusses right to bargaining and the ongoing negotiations with Canada Post. |
