Thanksgiving: for most Nova Scotia workers it’s not a paid Holiday
Judy Haiven on who gets paid and who doesn’t on the Thanksgiving Day weekend.
Month: October 2020
ACORN Tenants Union holding rally and tenant speak-out for Landlord Accountability
ACORN is holding a tenant speak-out at the Central Library one week ahead of the election to urge city council to adopt a comprehensive Landlord Licensing program.
News brief: Fairness of SIRT report on Santina Rao arrest questioned
Tony Smith, who was hired by SIRT to provide a Black perspective to counterbalance an entirely white investigative team, believes the Santina Rao investigation was seriously flawed and that the report’s conclusions were incorrect.
Media advisory: Questionnaire asks where HRM council candidates stand on immigration
Media advisory: On October 7th, the migrant justice group No one is illegal – Halifax/K’jipuktuk (NOII-Hfx) sent an questionnaire to candidates in the upcoming municipal elections on the topic of immigration. Thus far, 15 candidates have responded to the questionnaire.
Lisa Roberts: Rent control a discarded solution to deepening housing crisis in Nova Scotia
Lisa Roberts: There was rent control here in Nova Scotia until 1993, when the then Liberal cabinet eliminated it with no fanfare or debate. The current Liberal government could re-establish it through a similar cabinet decision or it could pass our bill. Either way, it would be an important first step towards stabilizing the rental market and protecting renters from massive increases.
Kendall Worth: Applying for a zillion jobs
Kendall Worth: Meet Jennifer, Donna, Tafiba, and Michelle , who have two things in common. They are interested in wanting to get back into the workforce and they have applied for a zillion jobs over these past couple of years and it seems that no one will hire them.
The Santina Rao SIRT report is nothing but a smear campaign
It’s ok to violently assault a young Black mother, as long as she gets upset when she is accused of shoplifting. That’s the conclusion of the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) report on the arrest of Santina Rao at the Walmart in Halifax in January.
District 8 candidate Virginia Hinch: “The community needs somebody who is going to fight for them”
We talk with Halifax Peninsula North candidate Virginia Hinch. “A lot of community members are being pushed out of our communities because they no longer can afford it.”
Judy Haiven: The “Welcome Culture” – Municipal candidates’ election donations blues
Judy Haiven looks at political donations from developers and big ticket business interests to council candidates. “Accepting money from developers sets a tone that creates apathy and even cynicism about politics and politicians,” she writes.
PSA: NS Policing Policy Working Group releases results from municipal candidate questionnaire
On September 8, 2020, the NS PPWG circulated a questionnaire to all declared mayoral and Council candidates running in the upcoming election. The questionnaire asked 13 substantive questions related to policing in HRM.