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Rana Plaza Factory Catastrophe in Bangladesh

Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region.Interview with Masum from the Bangladesh Labour Federation about the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster.Asia Pacific Currents is the program of Australia Asia Worker Links.Asia Pacific Currents is produced ... [Published Rabble.ca - 8 hours ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Dangerous addictions: Toronto, right wing hypocrisies and Rob Ford

Another week in Toronto, and another scandal involving our sideshow of a mayor, Rob Ford.This latest one, in case somehow you have not heard, involves an apparent video of the mayor allegedly not only smoking crack cocaine but also using homophobic language ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of First Nations

Elijah Harper remembered: 'He will have a place in Canadian history forever'

Elijah Harper has died at the age of 64. Elijah Harper served as both an MP and MLA for Manitoba, and was an honorary chief for life of the Red Sucker Lake First Nation.Harper reportedly died of heart failure related to complications from diabetes.His ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports
Chevron Corp
Chevron Corp

Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in U.S.-EU trade deal

U.S. energy giant Chevron (profits $26.2 billion USD) is encouraging the United States to pursue a strong NAFTA-like investment chapter and investor-state dispute settlement process in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Fair Deal campaign launched to stop TPP from changing copyright laws

The Council of Canadians is part of a new global Fair Deal coalition which wants copyright rules taken out of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. A coalition website, launched this week as a 17th round of TPP negotiations gets underway ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Harper's Keystone XL sales pitch in New York City greeted by protest

350.org organized a protest outside Harper's event in New York City Thursday. (Photo: 350.org) Harper faces protest in New York City over Canada's dismal climate policies and Keystone XL ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports
Athabasca University
Athabasca University

CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: Slaying Alberta's Tory dragon, one scandal at a time …

You'd think it would be easy to run a petroleum-soaked, cash-rich jurisdiction like Alberta, but a day seldom seems to pass out here on the western edge of the Great Plains without our governing Progressive Conservative Party suffering another pratfall ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mayworks Festival: Milagros for Migrants installation honours migrant workers

Min Sook Lee describes the multimedia installation she helped to curate, Milagros for Migrants, as "an organic meeting of two artistic practices." We're having lunch at Oakham House Cafe on the campus of Ryerson University, where the exhibit is housed. ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Review: Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest -- Temporary foreign workers in Canada

Over the past decade, the Canadian economy has become increasingly dependent upon exploited temporary foreign workers, in large part through the Canadian government’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), an arm of the government’s Temporary Foreign ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
Entities: Workers, Harvest, Canada
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Five lessons -- real and imagined -- from B.C.'s election results

In a stunning upset of "Dewey Defeats Truman" proportions, the BC Liberals have defied all the polls save one and returned to power with a fourth straight majority government. No doubt, there will be much soul searching and wound licking over the coming ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Under the radar: Big step forward for labour rights in Venezuela

Thomas Ponniah looks at an historic new labour law in Venezuela. (Photo: marcossalgado.info/flickr) Venezuela's new labour law: The best Mother's Day gift ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 15 2013]
Entities: Venezuela, Labour Law
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 6 reports

This Week on Media Mornings (Vol 11): Special B.C. Election podcast

A 2013 provincial election podcast of the best headlines & interviews with the candidates & commentators on Media MorningsArtist: This Week on Media MorningsTitle: ThisWeekMediaMornings-2-Mar10Album: This Week on Media MorningsYear: 2013Length: 14:34 ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 13 2013]

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...in Manitoba region and across Canada mourning the loss of a tireless and courageous leader of our peoples," said AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo. "Elijah's commitment and dedication to asserting and upholding First Nation rights and recognition has helped lay a solid foundation as this hard work continues today. Leading two Sacred Assemblies focused on finding a spiritual basis for healing and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, Elijah’s drive and actions toward reconciliation will continue to be a legacy for First Nation and all Canadians as we move toward improved and renewed relationships based on mutual respect and recognition – two things he stood firm on in all of his work."
Elijah Harper remembered: 'He will have a place in Canadian history forever' [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
Chevron concludes its submission on the importance of a strong investor-state dispute process, which it admits "is being challenged by some governments today as an unwarranted infringement on their sovereignty." Those governments include Australia and a group of Latin American countries who are cooperating to mitigate, reform and possibly replace the current...
Chevron calls for strong investor rights chapter in U.S.-EU trade deal [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
Back to the copyright issue, Ellen Broad, executive officer of the Australian Digital Alliance, another Fair Deal coalition member, says that "Countries around the world are currently looking at their own copyright regimes and asking, 'are these working in the digital age?'. And the answer has been no. The Internet has changed so much about the way we create, disseminate and access content: it's essential the TPP not lock in 20th-century copyright standards, but focus on a healthy Internet future -- for both creators and consumers, distributors and innovators."
Fair Deal campaign launched to stop TPP from changing copyright laws [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]
Worse, Rusnell revealed, his investigation "uncovered a false statement made by the MLA in a sworn affidavit filed in a civil court case involving a dispute over an alleged debt." The CBC says it can show Sandhu was in Canada at a time he swore he was in India
CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: Slaying Alberta's Tory dragon, one scandal at a time … [Published Rabble.ca - May 17 2013]

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