Columns
Carol Hughes’ Column – Canada’s Tragic Report Card on Femicide
The Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA) has recently released a detailed report on gender-based violence and murder in Canada. The #CallItFemicide Report 2018-2022 delves into the data that shows gender-based violence and murder has been increasing for … Continue reading
MPP Michael Mantha demands action on Northern physician shortage
QUEEN’S PARK – Today Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin pressed Health Minister Sylvia Jones on the critical shortage of family physicians and specialists in Northern Ontario during Question Period. “Rural and Northern communities are especially struggling to ensure … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – Auditor General’s Report Shows Government Failing People with Disabilities in Transportation Sector
Recently, Auditor General Karen Hogan released a report that examined the accessibility of federally regulated transportation services, such as planes and trains, for people with disabilities. The report paints a harsh picture of the difficulties and barriers people with disabilities … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – Permanently Expanding Student Grants the Right Move
The inflationary problems that have plagued Canadians throughout the past year are slowly starting to ease. February’s year-over-year inflation rate cooled to 5.2 percent, still above target for a healthy economy and higher than the Bank of Canada’s target inflation … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – Rogers-Shaw Deal Means the Oligopoly Runs the Roost
Last week, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne proudly announced that Canadian internet, cable, and wireless services giants Rogers and Shaw would be allowed to proceed with their $26 billion merger. As part of this unprecedented deal, Shaw would need to sell … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – A glimpse of the 2023 Federal Budget
Budget 2023 was released earlier this week. It’s a budget that comes at a time when a global inflation crisis is making life a lot more unaffordable for too many people and the expectation of a shallow recession to come. … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – We Need a Public Inquiry into Chinese Election Interference
As Canadians, we like to assume that our electoral system is beyond reproach. We certainly have a number of checks-and-balances in our system that help keep elections safe and secure. We limit the amount of money any individual can donate … Continue reading
Carol Hughes’ Column – End the Outsourcing of Veteran’s Affairs Rehabilitation and Mental Health Services
Canadian veterans often have a difficult time accessing mental health and rehabilitation services. Wait times for assistance can be long and accessing those services can often be confusing. However, it’s become more problematic in recent months, as Veterans Affairs has … Continue reading
Dark Times And Black Humour — The Comedians Is A Beautiful Distraction.
“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” For anyone who has stood before a group of people with the intention of making them laugh, those words are not a quote. They’re an epitaph. In surveys about panic and anxiety, no less … Continue reading
Trucks, Truckers And Trouble With A Capital “T”.
In 1896 when the German inventor Gottlieb Daimler converted a horse-drawn cart into a vehicle driven by a two-cycle gas engine, thereby creating the truck, he could not find a single buyer in all of Germany. There’s an awful lot … Continue reading
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