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Columnists

May 1, 2019

Trudeau feeds anti-refugee scapegoating for election

Rather than making the kinds of improvements that would ease the lives of those who arrive in Canada, the Trudeau regime has decided to tack right and attack refugees going into election 2019.

In cahoots

Apr 18, 2019

Trudeau’s budget fuels racism

The Liberals are simultaneously funding the wars which create refugees and taking steps to keep refugees out of Canada.

Podcast

Apr 15, 2019

Supporting refugees in a small Quebec border town

Talking Radical Radio

Frances Ravensbergen talks about the migrant justice group Bridges Not Borders, based in a small Quebec town near an irregular border crossing commonly used by refugees entering Canada from the U.S.

News

Apr 11, 2019

Trudeau government panders to fears of an invasion of refugees

Karl Nerenberg

The Liberals' just-announced change in refugee policy could have a devastating effect on thousands of vulnerable people. For some asylum seekers, it could, in fact, have life and death impact.

News

Apr 9, 2019

Trudeau has proven himself feckless, but Scheer is scary

Karl Nerenberg

Progressives in Canada have many good reasons to be disappointed with the Trudeau Liberal government, but the Conservative campaign of fear and panic against immigration and refugees is frightening.

News

Apr 5, 2019

Jason Kenney's discriminatory and unfair refugee rules lie in ruins

Karl Nerenberg

Kenney often points to the record number of Canadian immigrants when he was immigration minister, but he was not above appealing to prejudices and hatreds when it suited his political purposes.

In cahoots

Feb 28, 2019

Defying Dichotomies: People who move

The immigration laws that determine migrants’ lives are based on a forced/ voluntary distinction, but the reality is much more complex.

Columnists

Nov 28, 2018

Children's book examines belonging from bird's eye view

June Chua

"Mr. Flamingo" is a vibrantly illustrated children's book that chronicles the story of a flamingo forced to leave his homeland and trying to find friends after landing in Berlin.

Podcast

Nov 15, 2018

Migration out of Venezuela continues but the reasons behind the crisis aren't always what you're being told ...

rabble radio

Steve Ellner, professor of economic history and political science in Venezuela talks to Michael Welch about the factors behind the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela that we’re not hearing.

Blog

Nov 10, 2018

Holocaust survivor urges solidarity and justice

Suzanne Berliner Weiss

Justine Trudeau's recent apology to Jewish refugees rings hollow when he also denounces the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.

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