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July 2007: Our Less Than Stellar Foreign Relations
Canada plays sordid role in suppression of democracy in Haiti Canadians generally have a very positive impression of their country’s role in world affairs, but…
July 2007: Labour Rights Recognized
Supreme Court rules that labour rights are Charter rights Fundamental labour rights, pursued historically and recognized under international conventions, must be respected in Canada, according…
November 2006: How Canadians “Protect” in Haiti
Canada complicit in suppressing democracy in Haiti Does the Canadian-promoted “Responsibility to Protect” doctrine in Haiti include murder, rape, and threats of violence? That’s the…
October 2006: Workers Unprotected
Our gov’ts refuse to see labour rights as human rights Almost everyone in Canada now understands, and more or less accepts, the notion of human…
July 2006: Privacy in the Workplace
Our right to privacy as employees is being increasingly violated Recent CCPA Monitor articles described how our privacy as citizens and consumers is under world-wide…
July 2006: Our Country’s Shameful Human Rights Record
Canada opposes recognizing water as a basic human right Five million people die unnecessarily every year from lack of clean water. Each day, 6,000 children…
Labour Left Out
Canada’s Failure to Promote Collective Bargaining as a Human Right Download 1.47 MB152 pages In Labour Left Out, Roy Adams reports on his research into…
December 2005: The Right to Privacy—A New Oxymoron?
Our privacy shield is getting badly battered on every front Privacy is an extremely complex human value, but it boils down to the need and…
November 2005: Canada Takes Credit—But is the Credit Due?
UN’s “responsibility to protect” policy fails humanitarian test The Canadian government has claimed credit for the UN’s recent endorsement of the “responsibility to protect.” But…
The politics of stalling
What do same-sex marriage and the federal budget have in common? We can’t figure it out either, but both issues are being sucked into the…
May 2005: Canadian Workers’ Rights Assaulted
Collective bargaining more an illusion than a right Based on the premise that labour rights are human rights, Canadians have seen a serious erosion of…
FastFacts: Full Citizenship?
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