What’s wrong with this premier?
Rather than scolding , the premier should take a hard look at the state of the province, and consider the damage done by decades of deadly penny pinching austerity and a paralyzing fear of offending employers.
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Open letter to Minister Mombourquette from early childhood educators
Early childhood educators represented by CUPE are asking the minister for a smaller staff-to-children ratio, lower classroom capacity limits, defined cohorts and larger spaces, to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 within child care centres.
Open letter: Proposed Owls Head golf course puts Piping Plovers and Barn Swallows at risk
“I am asking you based on Federal and Provincial law to not allow Owls Head Provincial Park habitat for the endangered Barn Swallow and Piping Plover to be destroyed,” writes Sydnee McKay in a letter to the Registrar of the federal Species at Risk Public Registry
Letter: Dear white privilege
Martha Mutale: “I learned from my ancestors to always speak the truth. I go to bed every night anxious about how to house my caseload of people, how to combat microaggressions, how to enjoy my life with my partner, how to stay present even though I want to imagine a world without this much chaos, violence, and neglect.”
Editorial cartoon: The Owls Head golf course – Plan B
Another expertly drawn editorial cartoon by Matt Dempsey. Given the public outcry over the sale of Owls Head Provincial Park, here is Iain Rankin’s Plan B.
Open letter: Concern with regards to food insecurity facing migrant workers in self-isolation in Nova Scotia
Open letter to the NS government: We are writing to express our concerns about the lack of physical access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food for migrant workers in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, including those in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, while in quarantine. These concerns are based on regular accounts we have been receiving from Jamaican and Mexican migrant workers.
A simple action to recognize Mi’kmaq roots
Ray Bates: Recognition of historical Mi’kmaq place-name should become a common practice exhibited by governments and communities. History cannot be changed but it can be truthfully recognized with positive outcomes via respectful actions.
Raymond Sheppard: Fed up with racist policing
Raymond Sheppard on the George Floyd verdict and why Canadians shouldn’t be smug about policing in Canada.
Danny Cavanagh: Paid sick days must be done right
Danny Cavanagh: Taxpayers should not be bailing out profitable corporations, but that is what we see proposed in Ontario with its 3-day sick leave plan which is inadequate for workers and unfair to taxpayers. Employers should pay for sick leave, and if they really need help, they must be required to prove they need that help.
Letter: Walking on eggshells – Migratory birds and the forestry industry
Lindsay Lee on the countless nests of migratory birds illegally destroyed by forestry operations. “These species are worthy of protection for their own sake. But imagine: what would spring be like without the return of the endangered Canada warbler? Without the sweet songs of the hermit thrush?”