With the Harper Conservatives moving in the opposite direction, the contrast between Canada and the new administration in Washington is startling.
Equality and Human Rights
December 5, 2008
Canadian arctic indigenous peoples and environmental groups launch a united call for action on climate change at United Nations negotiations.
June 25, 2008
As Brazilian sugar cane feeds the biofuel industry, it takes its toll on its labourers.
October 1, 2007
As in Ontario, Manitoba's social assistance rates are not keeping up with the cost of living. In Manitoba 60,000 people use employment and income assistance (EIA) as their major source of income. This assistance program as well as the shelter assistance has not kept pace with inflation.
September 27, 2007
A broad coalition of community organizations and poverty groups have formed to address the ever-worsening poverty in Ontario.