Emma McIntosh
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News, Politics
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June 5th 2020
The Ontario premier said earlier this week that "we’re different than the United States," then reversed course to acknowledge systemic racism in Ontario. Critics say the new anti-racism council is an attempt at damage control, pointing to Doug Ford's history of statements and actions that they say shows a fundamental lack of understanding of racism and its causes.
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The outpouring of outrage over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police is morphing into a growing movement to defund law enforcement and reinvest public funds in community-led safety. Toronto Mayor John Tory does not think it is a credible idea.
Morgan Sharp
News, Next Gen Insider
| June 5th 2020
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George Floyd moved to Minneapolis to seek a better life. In the last week, we’ve come to learn that the 46-year-old Texan was a gentle giant and beloved son, brother and father; a former star football and basketball player at Jack Yates High School in Houston, and a musician who played a key role in one of the great southern rap traditions.
Eamon Whalen
Analysis
| June 5th 2020
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Terre Chartrand says she recognizes it's not her place right now to be front and centre during demonstrations in support of black people decrying police violence.
Kelly Geraldine Malone
News, Politics
| June 5th 2020
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The ongoing collapse of our managed forests — from needed carbon sinks into dangerous super-emitters — reached record levels in 2018. So here's an illustrative walk through the latest data.
Barry Saxifrage
Opinion
| June 5th 2020
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B.C.'s minimum wage bump is inadequate, especially as low wage workers suffer the greatest impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, says economist Iglika Ivanova, of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
“Grocery store workers, cleaners or people working in the restaurants or food service are at increased risk when they go to work. And when they earn such low wages, it’s profoundly unfair."
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| June 5th 2020
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“Right now it’s clear in the pandemic that the policies of the Green Party are the policies everyone’s talking about," said Elizabeth May.
Carl Meyer
News, Energy, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| June 5th 2020
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second wave of COVID-19 cases.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| June 5th 2020
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A special one-time payment to millions of seniors will arrive in early July, a delay the Liberals say is the result of ensuring there isn't any fraud in the pandemic-related top-up.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| June 5th 2020
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