Disinformation is endangering democracy ahead of Canada’s 2025 federal election
“As Canadians prepare to vote, experts have identified significant external and internal threats to our democracy.”
‘Buy local’ trend highlights Canada’s reliance on temporary foreign workers
Advocates for TFWs — who live among us as second-class citizens, and on whom we depend for our food supply — call for a broad and comprehensive regularization program.
Ripper: Why Pierre Poilievre isn’t the man for the moment
We spoke with Mark Bourrie, author of the new biography Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre, about “the angriest person on Canada’s political stage and the nastiest leader of a major party in this country’s history.”
The only clock whose time is running out is Pierre Poilievre’s
The CPC leader is trying to convince Canadians that he’s concerned about millennial women whose “biological clocks” are “running out.”
Mark Carney’s temporary cabinet is specifically designed to fight Trump
“There has been a lot of chatter about ministries missing from the current cabinet, some of it deeply disingenuous and aimed solely at discrediting the Liberals now that the party is leading in the polls.”
Canada’s LGBTQ+ community alarmed about cross-border ripple effect of Trumpism
Since Trump’s inauguration, Pride celebrations have lost sponsors, companies have ended DEI programs and hate crimes have increased — in Canada as well as in the U.S.
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who’s who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
“Is it not obvious that a lot of morally objectionable and politically dangerous people are supporting Poilievre?”
Montrealers putting the focus on community and positive energy for 2025
“Eight Montreal artists, community organizers and entrepreneurs shared what they were most excited about for 2025, and how best to tackle what’s almost certain to be a complicated year.”
Justin Trudeau’s legacy: Real social progress, political imperfection, downfall by disinformation
While Canada’s 23rd prime minister has had his share of missteps and scandals among his government’s impressive achievements of the past decade, his plummeting popularity arrived on an unprecedented wave of disinformation, foreign interference and populist fear-mongering.
2024 was a year of rising tensions, and we can only be nauseously optimistic for 2025
“To quote the luminous Toni Morrison, ‘Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.'”