CBC Radio s The House: Truth, faith and reconciliation
On this week’s show: Indigenous advocates react to the federal action plan to address violence against Indigenous women and girls and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett talks about making that plan a reality. Plus Minister Dominic LeBlanc zeroes in on the search for a new governor general and a former Supreme Court judge discusses his landmark report on reforming the military s justice system.
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A small drawing sits at the base of the MMIWG2S monument at The Forks in Winnipeg.(Jeff Stapleton/CBC)
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The appearance of an officially registered anti-Semitic political party in Canada is the type of nostalgia we can do without.
Travis Patron, the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party (CNP) has recently been charged with one count of wilful promotion of hate against Jews. He already faces two serious charges of aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and a breach of probation. While these charges have not yet been proven in court, there can be little question that the CNP’s status as a registered political party is alarming.
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OTTAWA The federal government is proposing to allow Canadians go to the polls over a weekend, and wants to set up new mail-in ballot measures in anticipation of increased demand for them, should a snap general election get called while the COVID-19 pandemic is still surging. These proposed changes are among several in a new piece of legislation called Bill C-19, bringing what the Liberals are considering “temporary” changes to the Canada Elections Act. The amendments are targeted at mitigating challenges that could arise when administering a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the anticipation that up to five million electors would opt to vote by mail, a dramatic increase from the nearly 50,000 in the 2019 federal election.