Leaders

Nova Scotia leaders tackle health care, housing at CBC debate

CBC Nova Scotia News at 6 hosts Tom Murphy and Amy Smith moderated the 90-minute debate Wednesday evening.Leaders from Nova Scotia’s Liberal, NDP and Progressive Conservative Parties share their thoughts on how to bring family doctors to the province. 2:49 Burrill said the health-care system in Nova Scotia was plagued by staffing shortages and insufficient investment…

Read more

Business leaders join Canada in urging U.S. court to keep Line 5 operating

Political “brinksmanship” in Michigan risks allowing Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the controversial Line 5 pipeline, business leaders warned Wednesday.An aboveground section of Enbridge’s Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is attempting to…

Read more

Leaders overseeing thousands of B.C. health-care professionals apologize for systemic anti-Indigenous racism

The leaders of regulatory colleges overseeing more than 90,000 health-care workers in B.C. have issued a joint apology to Indigenous people who have experienced racism, discrimination and abuse in the health-care system.An apology from the leaders of B.C.’s four largest regulatory colleges comes months after an independent report found racism, stereotyping and discrimination against Indigenous people in the…

Read more

Student leaders cry out for support in federal budget, wary of long-term pandemic consequences

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt multiple blows to Canadian students in post-secondary, altering their schooling and drastically affecting their job options. Student leaders and experts are calling for more help ahead of Monday’s federal budget.  Bailey Howard, Newfoundland chair of the Canadian Federation of Students, left, and Osob Mohamed, president of the Simon Fraser Student Society,…

Read more

Atikamekw leaders want Quebec, Ottawa to tackle systemic racism with Joyce’s Principle

Joyce’s Principle, a document created by Atikamekw leaders in Quebec, aims to guarantee all Indigenous people can access health and social services without discrimination. It is named after Joyce Echaquan, who died at a Quebec hospital after she recorded staff berating her.Joyce’s Principle is named for Joyce Echaquan, an Atikamekw woman who died at a Quebec…

Read more