The showdown in British Columbia between the Wet’suwet’en and their supporters versus TransCanada and Coastal GasLink, the Mounties, and the Canadian government over a proposed pipeline through Wet’suwet’en land continues.
Belying its commitment to Truth and Reconciliation with First Nations people, Canada has sent the Mounties to make arrests at the Gidimt’en Checkpoint on Wet’suwet’en land in British Columbia. Reconciliation, it would appear, plays second fiddle to the economic interests of Canada’s settler government.
In the mid-1990s, prodded by a recession and a narrowly failed secession referendum, Quebec launched what has become a $2 billion-a-year childcare program. Despite the outlay, the program has paid for itself by making it easier for mothers to maintain employment. The Quebec model has been widely imitated, but not in the US—yet.
In addition to allocating CDN $119 million a year, the proposed legislation would make journalism a valid criterion for having charitable status, opening the door for greater foundation support for nonprofit journalists.
Last month, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize marijuana nationally. One consequence is that scientists can now access the once-restricted plant for research purposes.
One of Canada’s leading galleries plans an international biennial festival to lift up leading contemporary indigenous art worldwide.
Canada has now officially legalized marijuana nationwide. When the new law takes effect in October, it will become the second nation in the world to do so. Might the US follow? Perhaps, but it won’t happen easily.
While nonprofit journalism is prominent in the US, it has been less common in Canada. But with a leading Montréal daily going nonprofit and suggestions of federal legislation in the coming year, that may be about to change in a big way.
The city of Montreal has found a way to preserve a slice of its transportation history while adding visual interest and practical spaces to benefit community members.
A social enterprise in Calgary leverages immigrants’ culinary skills to help them start ethnic-based food and hospitality businesses.
