Migrant worker fights for health coverage in Nova Scotia

Submitted by scott.neigh on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 13:33
Burnett's case highlights both the flaws in the temporary foreign worker system as well as the need for community organizing in the face of government inertia
Kerian Burnett (left), Stacey Gomez (centre) from NOII-NS, and Thiago Buchert from the Halifax Refugee Clinic (right) speak at Monday's press conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Photo credit: Kaley Kennedy, sourced from Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=601005592186235&set=a.554057570214371

With the help of her community, a Jamaican migrant worker in Nova Scotia who was diagnosed with cervical cancer last September has finally been approved for the federal government's interim health care program.

Protest calls out growing fascism in India & Hindu supremacist groups in Canada

Submitted by David Gray-Donald on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 11:30
The demonstration organized by 20+ groups took place in Ottawa

Protesters from the Montreal and Toronto areas joined locals in Ottawa for a protest on Sunday, August 20th, in Canada’s capital city as part of an ongoing grassroots effort to bring attention to human rights violations in India and resist the rise of Hindutva – or Hindu supremacist – ideology in Canada.  

The protest was supported by twenty organizations, and the accompanying letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was signed by over eighty.

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in July 2023

Submitted by JShantz on Tue, 08/01/2023 - 16:08
Police killings in July 2023.
Mounties on Parade

At least 10 people were killed in police actions in July 2023. This means that at least 54 people have had their lives taken through police actions so far this year. This includes people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, or died during police deployments or in police custody.

Climate Groups Say No to Landlord Pushing Decarbonization Costs Onto Tenants

Submitted by scott.neigh on Fri, 07/28/2023 - 13:13

Climate activists joined tenants on Thursday to demand a prominent corporate landlord remove what they say are illegal above-guideline rent increases (AGIs) that the landlord says are necessary retrofitting costs incurred as part of a decarbonization effort. 

VIGIL - Raise your voice against horrific sexual violence in Manipur, India

Submitted by rushmew on Mon, 07/24/2023 - 10:49
Demand justice and dignity for women from the minority, Dalit and Indigenous communities

Monday July 24, 6pm
Metro Parc, Place de la Gare-Jean-Talon, Montreal
https://www.facebook.com/events/816690203413179

Montrealers will be gathering to protest and express our outrage over the horrific sexual violence in Manipur, India.
On July 20, viral videos of women being paraded naked surrounded by hundreds of men were circulated, blatantly exposing the ethnic violence in the state. The impunity of the mob and the lack of law and order has encouraged the violence.

Canadian mining group denounced in Brazil, denies wrongdoing

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 07/18/2023 - 12:05
Brazilian Indigenous NGO has published a report on Belo Sun's new PVG project
Satellite image of the Xingu River in the Para province in northern Brazil. The PVG project is proposed for the Volta Grande region of the river.

The Canadian-Brazilian mining company Belo Sun has been accused of committing omissions, illegalities, and intimidations against inhabitants of the Volta Grande do Xingu region in the Brazilian Amazon as part of its Volta Grande Project (PVG). Advocates also warn of possible environmental damages if the project moves forward.

Coroner’s Inquest into RCMP Killing of Community Organizer Barry Shantz Begins

Submitted by JShantz on Mon, 07/03/2023 - 18:05
Coroner's inquest into RCMP killing of Barry Shantz
Barry Shantz

RCMP shot and killed community organizer Barry Shantz (63) in Lytton, British Columbia, in the afternoon of January 13, 2020, while he was in distress. On July 4, 2023, the coroner’s inquest into the police killing begins at coroner’s court in Burnaby.  

Analysis: Assault Trial Starts for Vancouver “Hero” Cop

Submitted by JShantz on Thu, 06/29/2023 - 02:09
Assault trial for a Vancouver police officer.
VPD Cst. Simrit Roycombough with police dog

Cops almost never face charges, let alone stand trial for their violence. On June 29, one of those very rare occasions came with the opening of trial for supposed hero cop Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Cst. Simrit Roycombough—four years after the incident. Cst. Roycombough faces one count of assault contrary to Section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada for his violent arrest of 72-year-old Evangelos Lagoudis in 2019.

Analysis: Counter-protest opposes far-right transphobic mobilization at Surrey Pride

Submitted by JShantz on Sun, 06/25/2023 - 19:35
Community defense against far Right mobilization.
Far-right crowd at Surrey City Hall
Far-right tent with transphobic placards
Far-right transphobes confront counter-protesters
Far-right crowd
Far-right crowd gathered at Surrey City Hall
Far-right protester holds pro-police sign

On Saturday, June 24, a far-right transphobic mobilization showed up to protest the Pride party in Surrey, British Columbia. The right managed to pull out a motley crew of about 30 angry and aggressive figures spewing a range of hateful messages. Their messaging displayed the smorgasbord of recent far-right talking points in Canada—anti-trans, anti-critical race theory, ending social justice education in schools, parental control of children, a particular version of Christianity, and Canadian nationalism.

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