December 9, 2020 – No. 11 December 10 — International Human Rights Day Respect for Human Rights — The Starting Point of Any Society Fit to Call Itself Democratic • The Right to Conscience Is a Matter of Creating a New Society– Pauline Easton – 31st Anniversary of the Polytechnique Tragedy • End All Forms of Violence Against Women!– Women’s Forum – Reinstate the Moratorium on Deportations! • Refugee Claimant Advocates Decry Federal Government Decision to Resume Deportations– Diane Johnston – • Government’s Inhuman Justifications for Resuming Deportations December 5, 2020 – No. 47 Trudeau Government’s Refusal to Introduce New Direction for the Economy Fall Economic Statement Sets a Path to Even Greater Indebtedness, Impoverishment and Insecurity – K.C. Adams – Canada’s Foreign Policy • What Canada Is Up To at the UN– Steve Rutchinski and Philip Fernandez – • Canada’s Despicable Role in Opposing Palestinian Human Rights– Yi Nicholls – • Dangerous Self-Serving Invocation of Holocaust Remembrance to Cover Up Crimes Against Palestinians– Louis Lang – Alarming Developments in the United States • Presidential Power Used to Attack and Restructure Federal Workforce– Kathleen Chandler – • Congress Threatens Public with Government Shut Down as COVID-19 Cases Reach Record Levels • Election Clash Remains Unresolved December 6 Elections in Venezuela • Canada, Hands Off Venezuela! • Unprecedented Election for a New National Assembly– Margaret Villamizar – • Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs– ALBA Social Movements Canada-Ottawa Chapter – Developments in Guatemala • Amid Calls for Resignation, President Seeks Support of Organization of American States – Gerardo Villagrán del Corral –