Alessia Passafiume
About Alessia Passafiume
Reporter with The Canadian Press
Legislation introduced to ban scabs during federal workplace strikes, lockouts
The bill, introduced by Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan, would fine companies $100,000 a day for every violation.
Head of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami accuses Labrador group of faking Inuit identity
The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is accusing an organization in Labrador of co-opting Inuit identities to secure lands, rights and financial resources.
Tories still lead the Liberals as Canadians report limited trust in institutions: poll
The Conservative party is maintaining a steady lead over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, a new poll suggests, at a time when Canadians are reporting limited trust in their institutions.
Federal Court approves First Nations child-welfare settlement for $23B
A Federal Court judge verbally approved a landmark $23-billion settlement on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, that will see Ottawa compensate more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families over chronic underfunding of on-reserve child-welfare services.
What happened to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most important relationship?
The first mandate letters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his cabinet ministers in 2015 said no relationship was more important to him, and to the country, than the one with Indigenous Peoples.
Cross country clashes over gender identity in schools
Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, for competing protests, yelling and chanting at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality and gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender youth.
AFN blamed for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents
Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show.
Guatemala-based group offers it help for residential school searches
Fredy Peccerelli, a founding member of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, has been working for nearly 30 years to bring home bodies of the "disappeared" — Maya civilians killed during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala that ended in 1996.
Indigenous leaders hope new minister Anandasangaree will follow in predecessor's footsteps
Indigenous leaders say they are hopeful that new Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will take inspiration from his predecessor's approach with organizations, community members and leadership.
Calls for residential school records to be re-examined
Geraldine Shingoose was shocked when she opened a report probing what should be done to protect potential unmarked grave sites at former residential schools for Indigenous children.