Geography Archives: Canada

This interview is part of a series with the Blended Finance Project a group of unions, non-governmental organizations and academics who are concerned about the Canadian government’s embrace of what is called “blended finance.”

Universality must be at the core of any progressive electoral platform.

Protesters have condemned that power outages have increased, while prices have gone up since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico’s electricity transmission and distribution system in June 2020.

It’s because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.

In a major turn toward re-engagement, Maduro has announced increased ties with states in North Africa, West Asia and beyond.

A military funded academic, working at a school launched by Condoleezza Rice, claims leftist and anti-war journalists engage in Russian disinformation. His report doesn’t provide any evidence or refute anyone’s argument, but the legacy media laps it up.

As the U.S. government’s Summit of the Americas opens in Los Angeles, California, the presidents of Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, and Guatemala have refused to attend, protesting the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

The same people who criminalize sex work, criminalize other “serious offences” against sexual norms such as medical treatment for trans people and access to abortion.

The prohibition against Huawei dangerously aligns Canada with the NSA and other members of the Five Eyes spy network.

Canada’s “left wing” party is openly opposed to negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.

The new Cold War and the spread of anti-Asian racism.

Queer advocates worry how the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, set to go into effect in Florida, could impact education on gender diversity and sexual orientation of young Canadians.

Ottawa residents’ blockade of the convoy is a model for confronting the extreme-right.

He has founded an intellectual group opposed to the restrictions, public health measures, vaccination requirements and other actions taken by public officials to combat the spread of the virus and its lethality.

New Evidence of E. O. Wilson’s Intimacy with Scientific Racism

If there was an award for the world’s most hypocritical political party, the Liberal Party of Canada would be frontrunners to take the prize.

They have failed to step into the current political climate and counter far-right protests, and get workers the income, housing and other social support they need.

Or, the complex political economy of auto manufacturing.

According to the Globe and Mail, the Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, is in charge of the campaign of military support for the Ukraine.

The COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotlight on the horrific conditions in long-term care facilities. The institutions are a perfect storm for outbreaks: poor ventilation, understaffing, insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE), a lack of regulation, and years of underfunding.