Prisons Are A Public Health Crisis We Need To Divest From
Prisons are a public health crisis, an epidemic of violence perpetrated on individuals and their families.
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When “Bankruptcy” is on the Table, It’s Not a Normal Election
If the financial situation in Newfoundland and Labrador is dire—and governments don’t have actual solutions—what is likely to happen?
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Do Fish Carry Passports? (And Does it Matter?)
All of us here in Newfoundland and Labrador need to push our provincial leaders to kick their bad habit of leaving the fishery to the feds.
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Is Corporate Concentration the Future of Fish Processing?
Government’s only vision is to either increase corporate concentration (foreign ownership or otherwise) or see more plant closures, divestment, and decline.
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Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Need Justice
We need to make it clear that the status quo isn’t enough. It is time for things in this province to change. It is time to put our victims first.
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I Wrote Ches Crosbie’s Weird Instagram Posts
My hands tremble as I write these words, this foul admission of my greatest professional shame—and yet, I am filled with an incredible lightness.
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Mutual Aid is Part of Our Past—and Our Future, Too
Mutual aid work filled me with a hope I didn’t know I needed. I needed a way back to a sense of community I had lost in the months spent in isolation.
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Cod Haven’t Fully Returned, but We Still Return for the Cod
Fishing can still be an important part of our lives. Preserving the cod and traditional fishing approaches requires reverence for this big fish.
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Searching for a ‘Ome for Nature
Earlier this year, “A Home for Nature” was released for public comment. Feedback for phase one of the plan is open until October 1, 2020.
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Andrew Furey, Charles Bown, and Tough Decisions
If Andrew Furey wants to sell himself as a political leader who can make tough decisions in these difficult times, then his appointment of Charles Bown to head a crown corporation may have just made that task more difficult. According to Justice Richard LeBlanc, Commissioner of the Inquiry Respecting the Muskrat Fall Project, Charles Bown was the Province’s “point person” as the megaproject transitioned from the drawing board to financial debacle. In his report, “A Misguided Project,” Justice Leblanc concluded that while there is “no doubt GNL politicians must be faulted for failing to provide a reasonable level of oversight of Nalcor” he singled out Mr. Bown, then-Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, calling his performance “inexcusable.” Premier Furey recently reorganized his cabinet, government departments, and the staffing of the senior levels of government departments and in his everything-is-on-the-table approach he would have weighed options for Mr. Bown’s future. The Leader…
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All Workers Deserve the Dignity of a Living Wage
Do we, as a society, accept that there are people in our province who work full time for wages that trap them in poverty?
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On Judges’ Pay Resolution, “The World has Changed”
As Health Minister John Haggie declared, “the world has changed.” His colleagues in the Liberal cabinet have not yet caught up with this news.
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How Sex Workers Take Care of Each Other
During COVID-19 one of the concrete ways we worked to take care of our own sex working community was to help SHOP create a Sex Worker Relief Fund.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘Clean Oil’ in a Global Context
The relative cleanliness of NL’s offshore oil is the key selling-point for the industry’s future in a low-carbon world. But does this argument hold up?
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Rushing to Judgement on Judges’ Salaries
The House of Assembly has mismanaged the motion before it on whether to adopt the Tribunal recommendations in light of recent jurisprudence on the matter.
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My Skin Colour is Not a Threat
It’s easy for white people to deny that racism exists in Newfoundland & Labrador. Black people in this province can’t afford to think like that.
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How We’re Leading a Climate Justice Movement in NL
As we organize and educate, we must also stand with those who are putting their bodies on the line to struggle against colonialism and capitalism.
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OPINION: Covid-19 Will Transform Labour in NL
Covid-19 impacts will be lasting. It will transform labour markets. How that happens is absolutely up to us.
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In a Pandemic, Local Journalism is More Valuable than Ever
Journalism is fundamental to keeping our society and democratic way of life alive as it too faces unprecedented stresses from the pandemic.
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There Will Be No Coalition Government
Opposition parties and independents can float forming a coalition government as much as they want. The precedent is clear that it would not happen.
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