In the months since winning its third consecutive majority, Doug Ford’s government has proposed or passed a flurry of laws with the potential to reshape Ontario.But with aggressively vague names like the “Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act,” it can be hard to keep track of which bill does what — let alone all the ways they’ll impact the lives of the people who call the province home.On this episode of Sources, PressProgress Ontario reporter Eric Wickham asks The Trillium’s Jack Hauen to speak to all the bills beloved by Ford. He also goes on a walk with associate editor Jonathan Goldsbie, to try to ground the reforms in Toronto’s physical reality.Support the show
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Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women
Racialized immigrant women are some of the most disadvantaged workers in Canada, with an employment rate significantly lower than racialized immigrant men and non-racialized immigrant women. Often, certifications and work experience from their home countries aren’t recognized, pushing many into low-wage, precarious jobs. If they experience harassment or unsafe working conditions, reaching out for help is made more complicated by language barriers, systemic racism and unfamiliar bureaucracy.Community-based researchers with City in Colour Cooperative, based in Surrey, BC, created the Safer Workplaces project to better understand the unsafe and exploitative working conditions many racialized immigrant women face, and how unions and workers' compensation boards can better support them. In this episode of Sources, you’ll hear directly from Safer Workplaces participants who shared their stories. Then, Rahil Adeli, community-based researcher for City in Colour, joins PressProgress Labour Reporter Emma Arkell to discuss the systemic barriers to workplace justice encountered by racialized immigrant women in Canada.Support the show
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Alberta’s Separatist Stampede
Alberta separatism is making headlines again, this time driven largely by figures associated with far-right politics and the Freedom Convoy who are disgruntled about the federal election results.Groups within the province are now organizing a petition for a referendum and it looks increasingly like they may succeed at putting a question about Alberta independence on the ballot in some form or another next year.How likely is it that the Alberta independence movement could achieve its goals? How seriously should they be taken? And what are the origins of Alberta's independence movement? Mount Royal University professor Roberta Lexier joins PressProgress' Alberta Reporter Stephen Magusiak to explore the roots Alberta's separatist movement.Support the show
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What Canadians Need to Know About Germany’s AfD and the Far-Right’s Threat to Democracy
Far-right parties are on the rise across Europe.Germany’s recent federal election saw a dramatic and concerning rise in support for the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, a far-right party that is considered a right-wing extremist organization and a threat to democracy. The AfD’s recent campaign was emboldened following endorsements by foreign billionaire Elon Musk and words of support from US Vice President JD Vance.As European far-right political parties like the AfD grow and build organizational power, the international far-right is increasingly looking across the Atlantic and building bridges with Canadian conservatives and far-right political actors.On this episode of Sources, Matthias Ecke, a German Member of the European Parliament with the EU’s Socialists and Democrats group, talks to PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun about the AfD and the threat the far-right poses to democracy.Additional reading:• German AfD party labeled ‘extremist’ by intelligence agency (Deutsche Welle)• German court finds far-right AfD pursues goals ‘against democracy’ (Reuters)• German member of the European Parliament ‘seriously injured’ in Dresden assault (Politico Europe)• Why are attacks and incitement on the rise in Germany? (Der Spiegel)Support the show
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Meet the Corporate Lobbyists Connected to Pierre Poilievre and his Inner-Circle
Who is lobbying Pierre Poilievre? An interactive map from DeSmog shines a light on the links between Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and various corporate lobbying interests and right-wing advocacy groups.The map connects the dots between top figures in Poilievre’s Conservative party, including Poilievre's top advisor Jenni Byrne and Campaign Chair John Baird, with big names like Elon Musk, Stephen Harper and Koch Industries -- no wonder top Conservative Party officials voted down a resolution that would ban lobbyists from seeking top positions in the party.Journalist Geoff Dembicki from DeSmog joins PressProgress' Alberta Reporter Stephen Maguisak on this episode of Sources to talk about his interactive map that pulls back the curtain on the lobbying connections inside Poilievre's inner-circle.Support the show
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