Rest in peace: Canadian electoral reform, 2015-2017
Canadians watched electoral reform get chewed up by the Liberals and unceremoniously spit out 16 months after the fact.
federal politics
Pipeline protestors interrupt Trudeau town hall in Winnipeg
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced off with a small group of pipeline protesters at a town hall event at the University of Winnipeg’s Duckworth Centre…
New players in an old game
It’s 1:25 p.m. on a November Thursday like any other at Manitoba’s legislative assembly. A bell echoes loudly through the limestone hallways, calling members into…
Federal finance committee recommends removal of funding cap on scholarship and bursary program for Indigenous students
The federal standing committee on finance has recommended the government remove a two per cent funding cap placed on Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s Post-Secondary…
Canadian scientists pen open letter to Trudeau government
Scientists from all across Canada have come together to ask that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ramp up his efforts in reviewing energy projects, in the…
UMFA labour board complaint alleges provincial interference in collective bargaining
A representative of the Pallister government discouraged the University of Manitoba from entering into mediation discussions with the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA), according…
NDP, PCs row over government involvement in faculty strike
As picket lines continue to greet those still attending classes or working at the University of Manitoba, politicians continue to debate the role the provincial…
University of Winnipeg student executives, director detained outside Parliament in anti-pipeline demonstration
On Oct. 24, two executives and one director from the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) were among a group of young people detained for…
With friends like Trudeau and McKenna, Canada’s environment doesn’t need enemies
In 1879, Leonard Tilley said of a young Canada, “The time has arrived when we are to decide whether we will be simply hewers of wood…
Public perception of new Liberal government is a far cry from reality
The Liberals deal in style, not substance.