Canada aims to reduce poverty to 50% below 2015 levels by the year 2030. Are we on track for this ambitious goal?The federal Poverty Reduction Act (2019) set the goal to reduce poverty to 50% below 2015 levels by the year 2030. To hit this target, Canada’s national poverty rate must drop to … [Read more...]
Viewpoint 39-4: Ten Years – A Look Back At Bullying
What were you doing in 2005? I can easily recall what I was trying to accomplish. I was a grade 9 student at Bathurst High School at the time, trying to get the courage to do something that no one ever thought I would do – come forward as a sixteen-year-old teenager who endured years of bullying. … [Read more...]
Viewpoint 38-3: Bus Ads Target and Isolate Muslims
We would like to provide some context and background surrounding the “honour killing” ad campaign on Edmonton Transit buses sponsored by the America Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI).The term “honour killing” must stop being used. It needs to be called what it is: murder, femicide, wrong. … [Read more...]
