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Extractive Industries Are Fueling Violence Against Indigenous Women
Resource extraction takes a toll on more than just the economy and the environment.

Bill 21 Is Québec’s Renewed Attempt at Legislative Intolerance
Restricting public sector workers from displaying religious symbols at work is an implicit attack on Muslims.

Allergy Season Is Bad This Year. Thank Climate Disruption.
We all need to breathe. Climate disruption is making that more difficult.

Canadian Inquiry Calls the Murder and Disappearance of Indigenous Women Genocide
The inquiry follows decades of anger as Indigenous communities have called for greater attention to the crisis.

Donald Trump Deserves an “F” on Trade
It might be easy to win a trade war, as Trump claimed, but evidently not for him.

Canada’s Indigenous Are Rising Up Against Occupation
The Wet'suwet'en uprising in British Columbia is the latest Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism.

Former Child Soldier’s Guantánamo Nightmare Lives On
Omar Khadr is a victim of the US and Canadian legal systems, both of which denied him the rights of a child.

A Canadian Yemeni’s Struggle to Shed Light on the War on Yemen
Will Canada listen and be willing to give up its $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia?

Indigenous Women in Canada File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Forced Sterilization
Real justice will only come with a systemic overhaul of Canadian health care.

Trump’s New NAFTA Would Drive Up Drug Prices
In addition to increasing medication prices, the new version of NAFTA ignores climate change, critics say.