March 4, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Paula Brown
It’s a global day that celebrates the achievements of women, recognizes the state of gender equality, and calls on action for women’s rights.
This year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 is more important than ever, says Andrea Gunraj, Vice President of Public Engagement for the Canadian Women’s Foundation (CWF).
While March marks International Women’s Day, it will also mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Canada and the first lockdown. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic early last year, Canada has seen decades of work and progress in gender equality setback, creating what Gunraj called a “gendered pandemic.”
Canadian Labour, Civil Society Groups Express Solidarity With Protesting Farmers The farmers are literally sacrificing their well-being and putting their lives on the line to uphold these constitutional guarantees on behalf of all the people of India and are setting a glorious example to the entire world.
Members of various farmer organisations during a protest against the Centre s new farm laws, in Tarn Taran district, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi:Â A group of labour, community and civil society organisations from Canada and elsewhere have issued a statement supporting protesting farmers in India.
“These laws were drafted without any consultation with farmers or their representatives, the farmersâ unions. The farmers have consistently opposed these laws, which go against the promises and commitments made to farmers by different governments over several decades,” the statement reads.
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Fort San’s village council is defending its cautious approach to an addiction treatment centre’s proposed relocation to the resort community on Echo Lake, even as the union representing Pine Lodge workers warns delays could cost lives.
In a joint letter sent to the Leader-Post, all five members of council said the question of whether Pine Lodge Treatment Centre should move into the former Prairie Christian Training Centre is a zoning matter that requires time for due diligence.
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CICTAR: UK Care Homes Shift Profits Offshore According to Report
LONDON, Feb. 23, 2021-
Darkness at Sunrise: UK Care Homes Shifting Profits Offshore? - by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research (CICTAR) and Public Services International (PSI) reveals that UK care homes shift profits offshore while charging thousands of residents £200 in daily fees. Ownership through tax havens enables the more than 60 care homes to report losses in the UK while foreign investors make a killing in a sector subsidised by public spending. COVID-related deaths in UK care homes have exposed the need for major reforms which must include greater financial transparency to ensure that care is prioritised over profit.
Frontline inside and outside workers with Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 907 overwhelmingly voted to ratify a tentative five-year contract with City…