Articles by Jessica Squires
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Mar 21, 2015: Security certificates are the pilot project for Bill C-51Under the current (pre-C51) so-called “Immigrant and Refugee Protection Act” the government can detain, without charge, for years on end,...
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Oct 07, 2014: Public service workers and the fight to defend sick leaveOn September 30, about 70 people crowded into a community centre meeting room in Ottawa to hear three speakers discuss the...
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Jun 19, 2014: Quebec budget: new government brings same old austerityThe newly minted Liberal majority government in Quebec has tabled its budget - and as expected, it's all about austerity.
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Oct 28, 2013: Opposition exposes and challenges racist PQ CharterSince we last updated you on this issue, the PQ has stopped pretending its so-called Values Charter has anything to...
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Oct 28, 2013: Standing room only at #harkatSC2013At the Supreme Court building in Ottawa on October 10 2013, crowds of cheering supporters welcomed Mohamed Harkat as he...
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Aug 27, 2013: Socialism and IslamIt’s been a dozen years since the “war on terror” and two years since the start of the Arab Spring—including...
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Aug 22, 2013: Parti Quebecois continues its dangerous gamesWith the announcement that they will table legislation this fall to ban public servants from wearing "ostentatious religious symbols", the...
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May 23, 2013: QS convention says no to electoral pactsThree great things happened at last month’s Québec solidaire (QS) congrès.
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Apr 25, 2013: Solidarity with the Algonquins of Barrière LakeFor centuries, the Algonquins of Barrière Lake (ABL) have been fighting to protect their land, language and culture.
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Apr 25, 2013: Quebec: la lutte continueThis spring marks the one-year anniversary of the Printemps Érable, the Quebec Spring, in which student protests, beginning the previous...
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Mar 30, 2013: Harper's boiling frog budgetFinance Minister Jim Flaherty’s 2013 budget, dubbed Economic Action Plan 2013, is a familiar Harper-style feat of smoke and mirrors.
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Mar 06, 2013: Heart Your PartsThis year’s Canadian Federation for Sexual Health campaign, “Heart Your Parts,” managed to pull off a surprising feat.
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Feb 06, 2013: Tracking bracelet gone, now revoke 'security certificates'Mohammad Mahjoub, one of three remaining Security Certificate detainees in Canada, was finally allowed to remove his tracking bracelet, after...
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Feb 03, 2013: People's social forum planning beginsReports are already circulating about the meeting that took place in Ottawa on January 26 and 27 to plan a Canada-Quebec-Indigenous peoples social...
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Jan 17, 2013: Do you hear the people sing?Since December 25, social media have been buzzing, especially on the left, about the movie Les Misérables, with Hugh Jackman...
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Jan 05, 2013: Niqab ruling unfairIn mid-December, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that, in some cases, women who wear niqab could be required to...
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Jan 05, 2013: Ten years later, Harkats more determined than everOn International Human Rights Day, Mohamed “Moe” Harkat and his wife Sophie “celebrated” their ten-year anniversary.
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Dec 23, 2012: Quebec austerity budget: zero deficit policy benefits 1%In November we reported that the PQ budget shows how bankrupt the strategic vote was.
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Nov 27, 2012: Quebec budget: very-very-slightly-lesser-evil-ismPauline Marois’ PQ government, only a few months old, has already exposed its allegiance to neoliberalism in its budget, released...
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Nov 01, 2012: Frankenstorm: an entirely appropriate nameFrankenstein was the name of the doctor who created a monster.