November 12, 2021
The threat of urban sprawl
This week on the show, Hamilton local Wayne MacPhail interviews rabble contributor and fellow Hamilton-area local Doreen Nicoll about what she sees as the threat of urban sprawl in Hamilton, Ontario.
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November 12, 2021
What unions did at the UN climate change conference
Labour unions at COP26 were heard as countries such as Canada committed themselves to just transitions to green, sustainable, economies. Also in RadioLabour’s report for the week of November 7 to 12, 2021 is the LabourStart report about union events.
November 5, 2021
How the Supreme Court is enabling racialized policing in the United States
Stephen Wentzell speaks with American legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky to talk about his new book: Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
November 5, 2021
Labour is tackling Amazon world-wide
Labour is tackling Amazon world-wide Unions around the world are campaigning to organize Amazon’s 1.3 million employees. An interview with the General Secretary of UNI Global Union, Christy Hoffman. And more labour news. Also in RadioLabour’s Report for the week November 1-5, 2021: * The union path to a care society * The Labour Start…
October 29, 2021
What Trudeau's cabinet shuffle means for Canadian politics
Some might say the unveiling of a new cabinet is like Christmas for political nerds…I guess here at rabble we are no exception. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can…
October 29, 2021
What Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle means for Canadian politics
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can learn about a government from the PM’s cabinet picks. What regions are represented? Whose got the chops for the top portfolios, like finance or global affairs? While there aren’t any “official” demotions… who is being given a less prestigious portfolio and who is being cast out of cabinet completely? There’s a lot to unpack.
October 29, 2021
What Trudeau's cabinet shuffle means for Canadian politics
Some might say the unveiling of a new cabinet is like Christmas for political nerds…I guess here at rabble we are no exception. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Trudeau introduced his new cabinet to the country, shaking up his inner circle and giving us a peek into who he trusts most. There’s a lot we can…
October 29, 2021
Jerry Dias on Ontario's disconnect from work law
The Ontario government has introduced legislation called the ‘Working for Workers Act 2021’ which would require companies to develop disconnect from work policies. An interview with the president of Unifor, Jerry Dias. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 24-29, 2021: * Labour at the COP 26 climate change conference * The LabourStart…
October 29, 2021
Jerry Dias on Ontario’s disconnect from work law
The Ontario government has introduced legislation called the ‘Working for Workers Act 2021’ which would require companies to develop disconnect from work policies. An interview with the president of Unifor, Jerry Dias. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 24-29, 2021: * Labour at the COP 26 climate change conference * The LabourStart…
October 29, 2021
Jerry Dias on Ontario's disconnect from work law
The Ontario government has introduced legislation called the ‘Working for Workers Act 2021’ which would require companies to develop disconnect from work policies. An interview with the president of Unifor, Jerry Dias. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada Report for the week October 24-29, 2021: * Labour at the COP 26 climate change conference * The LabourStart…
October 22, 2021
Stanford on the minimum wage Nobel Prize
Why raising the minimum wage doesn’t increase unemployment. The LabourStart Report. And more. Canadian born David Card won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics for his work on how raising minimum wage doesn’t create job losses. An interview with the economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work, Jim Stanford. Also in RadioLabour’s Canada…
October 22, 2021
What to do about Facebook?
National politics reporter Stephen Wentzell speaks with Michael Geist this week for rabble.ca as part of his report on Facebook regulation in Canada. Geist is a law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. He’s also the author of the 2015 book Law, Privacy, and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era.