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Quebec Human Rights Commission Drops Nearly 200 Cases After Supreme Court Ruling

Quebec Human Rights Commission Drops Nearly 200 Cases After Supreme Court Ruling

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MONTREAL – Last year’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favor of a controversial Quebec comedian has forced the province’s human rights commission to close 194 discrimination complaint files in fiscal year 2021 -22. The findings are contained in the commission’s activity report for the period and mark the first time the government body has …

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Why the 'ugly duckling' of nature conferences is about to come out in Canada

Why the ‘ugly duckling’ of nature conferences is about to come out in Canada

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Once upon a time in Rio de Janeiro, twin treaties were born. One was designed to stop climate change; the other to save nature – forests, rivers, oceans, grasslands, bogs, tundra and all other wild places, and all the animals that depend on them. The “parents” of the two treaties, the international delegates to the …

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Grassy Narrows has just secured a 'major landmark' - 20 years after its logging blockade began

Grassy Narrows has just secured a ‘major landmark’ – 20 years after its logging blockade began

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For 20 years they blocked and marched, went to court and negotiated, sang and drummed to protect their forest from clear-cutting. And on the eve of celebrating two decades of resistance, they learned that no logging company or sawmill would touch any tree on their land without their permission. “This is an important step in …

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