Tag: Human Rights

This BC Hotel Fired Workers During the Pandemic. Most Who Lost Their Jobs Were Women of Colour.

Published October 25, 2021 News

New human rights complaint alleges women of colour accounted for 94% of pandemic layoffs at Vancouver’s Pan Pacific Hotel

Winnipeg Police Board Admits to ‘Series of Human Rights Violations’ During Coronavirus Pandemic

Published June 9, 2020 News

Winnipeg police chief points blame at Brian Pallister’s government

Ottawa says Human Rights Tribunal can’t force it to give equal funding to Indigenous children

Published March 17, 2017

The Government of Canada argues the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal can't force it to close the $155 million funding gap for Indigenous children on reserves.

Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier vows to ‘repeal’ human rights legislation

Published February 13, 2017

In a Facebook post Sunday, the Conservative leadership candidate promised to "repeal" Bill C-16 – something Bernier actually voted for last October.

How police in Ontario can do better at reflecting our human rights principles

Published July 27, 2016

This is a problem.

Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia doesn’t add up

Published January 6, 2016

Asked whether the government would reconsider the contract, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion recently told the CBC: "What’s done is done..."

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