The Manitoba Federation of Labour and a group of more than a dozen labour unions, who together represent over 110,000 government employees, recently launched a court challenge against the Manitoba provincial government in response to…
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Alberta’s education minister, David Eggen, announced his intention to introduce new legislation, which aims to protect students who join in gay-straight alliances (GSAs).[1] “Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) and queer-straight alliances (QSAs) are peer support networks that…
The National Assembly passed loi 142 in the early morning Tuesday, legislating 175,000 Quebecers back to work and ending the province’s week-old construction strike. The bill establishes a 1.8 per cent wage increase, short of…
On May 12, 2017, in Regional Health Authority (Vitalité Health Network) v Godin,[1] the Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick issued a permanent injunction enjoining anti-abortion activists from demonstrating within Chaleur Regional Hospital’s property lines….
A report released on May 23 by the Ontario legislature calls for sweeping changes to all facets of employment in the province as part of its review of the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”). At 420 pages—and accompanied…
The PEI government has been proposing school and health facility closures. To protest the proposed school closure of Georgetown Elementary School, and bring attention to these issues, parents from Georgetown Home and School Association (GHSA)…
Over the next few months, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) will decide the fate of three critical immigration claims. The cases are unrelated to that of the President Trump’s recent Executive Order on…
The Nova Scotia Teachers Union and their 9,300 members want to have a say on a resolution the legislature plans to push through in response to an ongoing contract dispute. Negotiations have been dragging on…
Following the release of President Trumps “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” on January 27th. Many citizens have mobilized to protest President Trumps “Muslim ban”. This protest was…
Imaginez-vous nerveux et anxieux. La sueur coule sur votre front, vos mains tremblent devant la scène monstrueuse qui vient d’arriver. Horrifié, vous réalisez que vous êtes l’auteur de cette scène. Imaginez votre corps qui tremble…
