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Organizing Against Queer and Trans Hate Ahead of Rumoured Election
As Justin Trudeau announced that he’s stepping down as Liberal leader, and many are saying that a federal election is just around the corner, one community is getting organized to make sure they’re needs are heard by politicians.A Mass Organizing Call for members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community in Canada is taking place on March 9. Its organizer is hoping that this event will help people push back against rising hate, and make sure their concerns are heard by politicians before the next federal election. On this episode of Sources, Fae Johnstone, Executive Director of Momentum joins PressProgress' Ontario Reporter Eric Wickham to talk about why the time is right to build organizing infrastructure for the LGBTQ+ community. Also discussed in this episode: Mass Call to Action Meeting - Mar 9, 3pm ETSupport the show
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Why Ontario Schools Are in Crisis Under Doug Ford
As education workers in Ontario experience unprecedented levels of violence in the workplace, staff shortages and burnout, experts say education is in crisis under Doug Ford.Educational assistants, custodians, secretaries, lunch supervisors, maintenance staff overwhelmingly agree there is not enough personnel in schools to do jobs properly and many now find themselves doing the work of multiple staff members.But there could be a simple solution to the compounding issues affecting education in Ontario: Funding education properly.On this episode of Sources, Joe Tigani, president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, joins PressProgress‘ Ontario Reporter Eric Wickham to talk about the compounding crises in Ontario’s education system.Discussed on this episodeFord government’s chronic underfunding of education is creating compounding issues for staff and studentsDoug Ford Claims He’s Made the Biggest Healthcare Investments in the ‘History of the Country’. Nurses Say That’s ‘Misleading’.Support the show
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Donald Trump’s Tariff War Against Canada
Canada and the United States walked back from the brink of a full-blown trade war after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on products from Canada.While Trump has granted Canada a temporary 30-day "pause" on his threatened trade war, if he makes good on his threats, Canada's economy could be facing an apocalyptic scenario with food and gas prices skyrocketing, hundreds of thousands of job losses and communities across Canada getting hollowed out as key industries shut down.On this episode of Sources, DT Cochrane, Senior Economist with the Canadian Labour Congress, joins PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun to explain how serious Trump's tariff threats would be on Canadian workers and why Canadian labour unions are calling on Canada to stand its ground and "hit back hard."Support the show
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Why 3 Ontario Cities Just Declared Food Insecurity Emergencies
While Ontario is gearing up for Doug Ford’s early election, many Ontarians are struggling to make ends meet.With one-in-three residents struggling to put food on their table, Kingston, Ontario just declared a food insecurity emergency — the third city in Ontario to recently declare this kind of emergency, following Toronto and Mississauga.In their announcements, all three cities asked the provincial government to increase the amount of money the province gives recipients of social assistance. These calls were echoed in separate motions in Hamilton, Waterloo, Goderich, Owen Sound and Orangeville over the last two years.On this episode of Sources, Tim Li, the Research Program Coordinator at PROOF, a group of academic researchers that investigate policy solutions to reduce food insecurity in Canada, talks to PressProgress Ontario Reporter Eric Wickham about Ontario’s growing food insecurity problem.Support the show
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Edmonton Police Versus Duncan Kinney
Duncan Kinney is an Edmonton-based journalist and editor of a digital publication focused on Alberta politics called The Progress Report.From scrutinizing police budgets, shining a light on how police handle the city's unhoused population or drug poisoning crisis and exposing partisan connections between senior officers and Alberta's governing United Conservative Party, it's undeniable Kinney plays a role as a critical watchdog of Edmonton Police.But Kinney has also been a thorn in the side of Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee. In recent years, McFee has publicly butted heads with Kinney and Kinney accuses Edmonton Police of "arbitrarily" revoking his media accreditation.Then in 2022, following a massive police surveillance operation involving over a dozen officers watching him and his family for seven months, Kinney was criminally charged with vandalizing a “monument to honour persons who were killed or died in consequence of a war” after the words "actual Nazi" were found spray painted on a statue honouring World War Two Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych.Kinney, who pleads not guilty to the charges, could face up to 10 years in prison if an Alberta court convicts him of vandalizing a statue honouring a leader of a military unit that massacred Jews in Ukraine.On this episode of Sources, Stephen Magusiak speaks with Progress Report Editor Duncan Kinney (not to be confused with PressProgress, which is a separate news organization) to explain his ongoing saga with Edmonton Police.Kinney is currently raising funds for his legal defence.Support the show
An award-winning podcast that digs deeper into important and often unreported issues, by the non-profit digital news organization PressProgress. Join the PressProgress team for conversations with experts and newsmakers across the country, including Editor Luke LeBrun, Alberta reporter Stephen Magusiak, and Associate Editor Rumneek Johal. Produced by Eric Wickham, Publisher Romy Garrido.Winner of the 2024 Canadian Podcast Awards "Outstanding News and Current Affairs Series" category.
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