’I was reminded by my mentors that there was a greater risk in staying silent; advocacy was a form of self-preservation when there are no other options’
Politics Insider for June 2: The cabinet minister acknowledges that racism does’t stop at the border, small biz still can’t pay rent and a debate about leaders debates
In his June 1 briefing to Canadians from his home in Ottawa, the PM told young Black Canadians that he is ’listening and that your government will always stand with you.’ He also announced funding for cities.
Amir Attaran: Canada is mismanaging its most significant peacetime crisis in a century and the seeds of our failure are everywhere. Here are four things that must change.
Karl Bélanger: The main issue Howard Hampton raised 13 years ago, on a sunny October day just six days before the Ontario election, was that seniors were living in long-term-care homes in soiled diapers. It didn’t resonate much.
The foreign minister has a deep Rolodex and ambition to match. Now does he have what it will take to guide Canada through a period of unprecedented global change?