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This time to ignore the charter rights of trans and gender-diverse Albertans

Observed annually on November 20, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is a commemorative day to remember the transgender and gender-diverse people who have been murdered in acts of anti-transgender violence. TDoR grew out of a vigil held in 1999 to remember Rita Hester and Chanelle Pickett, two Black, transgender women who were killed in Boston

The climate crisis is deeply intertwined with inequality. Inequality is both a driver of climate change and made worse by its impacts

November 11th.

What people needed was a budget that invested in workers and strong public services and action to reduce inequality. What the Liberal government delivered …

Today’s federal budget is one that Stephen Harper’s Conservative government would have been comfortable introducing. Nothing to fix the health care crisis and massive cuts to public services. Large corporations and the wealthy continuing to avoid paying their fair share in taxes. 

October 29th marks the International Day for Care and Support which is a global day to raise awareness and advocate…

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is strongly condemning the Danielle Smith government’s back-to-work legislation that would impose a contract on Alberta teachers and invokes the notwithstanding clause to override their rights.

NUPGE stands in unwavering solidarity with Alberta’s 51,000 teachers and the 750,000 students, and strongly condemns Premier Danielle Smith’s plan to introduce back-to-work legislation.