Every election cycle, the conversation of electoral reform is revived to some extent. 2021 was no different. Consider this: In Toronto, the Liberals only won 48.9 per cent of the votes, but they won more than 90 per cent of the seats in Canada’s largest city, electing 48 of the 53 MPs there. The…
The global organization which represents the Canadian Teachers’ Federation is calling for a world-wide effort to provide vaccine equity and save the lives of teachers and their students in developing countries. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 10-15, 2021: * Unions and the 15% minimum corporate tax rate * The LabourStart report…
The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour has produced a computer app young people can use to learn about Occupational Health and Safety and labour rights. An interview with the SFL’s Taylor Apperly and Deena Kapacila. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 3-8, 2021: * How unions are reacting to workplace digitalization. * And…
This week on the show, we’re talking about the absence of agriculture from Canada’s political discourse. Of course, during an election campaign that was only five weeks long, it’s hard to fit everything in, but rabble columnist Lois Ross makes the case for turning our politicians’ relatively scattered attention span to agriculture.
This week on the show, rabble editor Chelsea Nash sat down for a conversation with rabble’s own columnist Chuka Ejeckam. Chuka is a writer and policy researcher who works in the labour movement. The son of Igbo immigrants to Canada, he grew up in Winnipeg. They talked about what was missing from this federal election,…
September 30 was the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. Unions and their members can help achieve reconciliation. An interview with the Diversity Vice-President for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Debra Merrier. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week September 26 to October 1, 2021: How Indian women are using WhatsApp…
Today on the show, I meet up with Joyce Arthur, the executive director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada who is also a rabble columnist. You’ll hear that conversation in just a moment, after which I’ll take you through the stories of the week you might have missed.
On Sept 17 we heard from our amazing panelists at our live politics panel: Off the Hill. You’ll hear a clip of their discussion. Host Robin Browne takes panelists through an insightful discussion of the real issues facing us on E-Day, and how we can make this election count. We’re down to the wire, after all.
Plus our rundown on what you might have missed on rabble.ca this week.
The nursing crisis in Canada. How to get young people to vote. And more.
This week, we’re talking about how climate change has featured in this election so far. It’s a critical moment. Are we rising to the challenge?
Coming to us from Toronto, climate and housing activist, and former NDP candidate herself, Diana Yoon is on the show to talk about how the issue of climate change is playing out in this election. Plus, our rundown on the week that was on rabble.ca
Hello and welcome to rabble radio, the proud reemergence of our weekly audio magazine. Rabble radio has its finger on the beat of the issues that matter to you. This week, we’re talking about the issues that are conspicuously absent from the federal election thus far. And, we’re talking youth voting. After that I’ll take you through last week’s headlines in a segment called “in case you missed it.”
Earlier this month rabble.ca presented our monthly edition of “Off the Hill” – a panel that takes a look at federal politics from a progressive, grassroots perspective. The theme was “Election 44: No Time to Waste on the Status Quo.” Our panelists included: former NDP MP Libby Davies, climate activist Diana Yoon, Indigenous activist and educator Rachel Snow and rabble’s own columnist and policy expert Chuka Ejeckman. Here’s the first twenty minutes of their discussion, hosted by Robin Browne.
