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Bridget Potasky sits down with Ontario Federation of Labour president Laura Walton to discuss why strengthening solidarity among workers is critical as governments increasingly turn to the notwithstanding clause.
Meet Bridget Potasky, rabble’s 2025-2026 Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow.
Since 2017, rabble.ca and the Institute for Change Leaders has presented the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship: a fellowship with the objective of supporting emerging writers and journalists who are passionate and engaged in developing unique voices in social change reporting. Our current fellow is Bridget Potasky. This week on rabble radio, Bridget sits…
Rachael Durie shares the story of her late husband, Niilo Edwards, and the miraculous gift of becoming a living organ donor.
This week on rabble radio, something a little different: a love story. Sarah Sahagian sits down with Rachael Durie to talk about falling in love at 18, becoming a living organ donor, and what it means to keep going after losing the love of your life. This is part one of their conversation. To hear…
Gabriel Allahdua (Justice for Migrant Workers) sits down with Gabriela Calugay-Casuga to talk about the urgent need to speak up for migrant workers in Canada and globally.
2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. Today, at a time when Canada appears to be rolling back protections and freedoms for migrant workers, this anniversary raises an urgent question: what does Canada’s treatment of migrants reveal about our values, and are we truly living up to the United Nations’ expectations…
Over the last two years, Alberta and Saskatchewan have used a special legal power—the notwithstanding clause—to protect laws that affect transgender youth. These laws limit access to gender-affirming health care and require schools to get parental consent before using a student’s chosen name or pronouns. Critics say these laws break basic rights protected by the…
Jack Layton Journalism for Change fellow Bridget Potasky sits down with Aaden Pearson, to discuss the use of the notwithstanding clause across Canada and its impact on 2SLGBTQIA+ rights.
This week, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme of ‘A Spirit of Dialogue.’ On Tuesday, January 20, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a 17-minute special address in which he condemned the “old order” of the world and said the longstanding American-led rules-based international order is over….
In his speech, Prime Minister Carney said: “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just.”
Labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with Kelly Botengan to discuss the recent changes by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), which has paused the intake of new applications for the Home Care Worker Immigration pilots. Advocacy groups argue the pause leaves many migrant workers, predominantly women from racialized communities, in a precarious situation. If…
