Nora Loreto
Quebec City
About Nora Loreto
Nora Loreto is a freelance writer based in Quebec City. She's the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media and her bylines appear regularly in magazines and online news sources. She also co-hosts a podcast with Sandy Hudson. Photo by Alex Tétreault
The promise of free speech on Twitter is actually an illusion
If TLMEP can be suspended over a tweet that simply promoted an interview that many far-right tolls disagreed with, the implications for those of us who have opinions that challenge right-wing rhetoric are enormous. It seems that if enough people report a tweet, it’s enough to land you in Twitter jail. objectively not harassment or problematic.
Ontario workers face less protection from injury
Things are going to get worse for Ontario’s workers, due to decisions by Doug Ford’s government to cut funding to workers’ health and safety programs. The Progressive Conservative government is cutting the number of proactive inspections and safety inspectors and support for injured workers.
Online harassment endangers our political health
While the federal government focuses on what they say is the big threat facing the 2019 election — foreign influence in politics — the real threat is domestic, writes Nora Loreto.
Is New Zealand the tipping point in the fight against far-right terrorism?
Canadians never learned the lessons that we should have following the 2011 Norway massacre. There was no understanding from among politicians or media that the buzzwords that drove Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Breivik were driving Canadian extremists as well.
Quebec's Legault hires Jean Charest's 'right hand man' after lobbying mishap
Why did Quebec's François Legault hire a longtime political operative who recently got fined by the Quebec lobbying watchdog?
SNC-Lavalin affair is just business as usual in Canada
Amid the din of the details, a critical fact has been buried: the SNC-Lavalin affair is business as usual in Canada. Pro-business policies have long been the norm. It just happens to be that this time, Canadians get to see behind the curtain.
Why François Legault is wrong about Islamophobia in Quebec
While their Islamophobic rhetoric isn’t new, the Coalition Avenir Québec is government now. What they promise to do should concern all Quebecers who cherish free expression, writes Nora Loreto.
How Ontario's plan weakens student power
The Ontario government's plan to end mandatory fee remittance for college and university students would severely weaken, if not kill, student unions, clubs, associations, services and campus media like radio or the campus press, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
Why Jason Kenney targets Quebec
Quebec bashing is low-hanging fruit for Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta. The attacks will ramp up as the Alberta election draws closer, Nora Loreto predicts in an opinion column.
Labour peace requires respect for labour law
An increasing use of back-to-work legislation indicates that the post-war period of labour peace in Canada may soon be over, writes columnist Nora Loreto.