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2024
CONTENTS
January-February | March | April | May | June
No. 1 - January - February 2024
In the Parliament
• Parliament Reconvened on January 29
• Auditor General's Report on Corruption in Work of Canada Border Services Agency
• Unscrutinized Regulatory Powers Permit Government to Act Without Legal Authority
• Prime Minister's Department of Branding and Microtargeting Made Ready
For Your Information
• Bills and Government Announcements in the Fall Session
Measures Strengthen Police Powers Over Polity
• "Whole-of-Government Approach" to Threat Posed by "Enemy and Hostile States" – Anna Di Carlo –
• Proliferation of Self-Serving Surveys and "Public Consultations"
• Bogus Survey Used to Justify Establishing "Foreign Influence Transparency Registry"
• Use of Artificial Intelligence by Native Actors to Justify State Interference in Political Process
A New Direction Is Needed for the Economy!
• Crisis in Health Care Sector Deepens – K.C. Adams
• Unacceptable Cartel Arrangement to Control Drug Prices and Distribution
• Alarming Reports of Food Insecurity and Homelessness in Canada
• Rulers Target Toronto Workers and Small Businesses
• Federal Agency Empowered to Dole Out Money to Private Enterprise
• Destruction of Quebec's Economy Continues Under "Nationalist" Legault Government – Georges Côté
Constitutionality of Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families
• Favourable Supreme Court of Canada Ruling
• Information on Quebec's Case Before Supreme Court
Women's Memorial Marches
• Marches Honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirited People – Janice Murray
Stand with Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders!
• Support Wet'suwet'en Court Challenge! Stop the Criminalization of Land Defenders!
No. 2 - March 2024
Pharmacare Bill in the Parliament
• Private Insurance Cartels Attack Public Health Care – K.C. Adams
• Key Issue When Discussing Pharmacare Bill
People's Need for Decision-Making Power
• Pay-the-Rich Scams Revealed by Privatization of Health Care
Construction of Battery Component and Assembly Plants for Electric Vehicles
• Made-in-Canada Plan Ensures Energy Security for United States and Its Military – Fernand Deschamps
• More Pay-the-Rich Schemes in the Name of Creating a "Sustainable Quebec Economy"
• Who Said What About the Announcement of Construction of Northvolt Battery Assembly Plant
Relations of Friendship Between Canadian and Cuban Peoples Affirmed
• Warm Welcome for Cuba's New Ambassador to Canada
Get Canada Out of NATO!
• Military Exercises in the Canadian Arctic
• NATO Secretary General's Agenda for Canada
• NATO Steps Up War Preparations
Movement for Peace on Korean Peninsula
• Resolutely Oppose Freedom Shield 24 War Exercises – Philip Fernandez
• South Korean Movement for Peace Calls for End to U.S.-Led War Exercises and a Peace Treaty
• Korea Peace Petition Delivered to the UN and U.S.
No. 3 - April 2024
Preparing for May Day 2024
• Becoming an Effective Organized Political Force Is the Challenge Facing Workers' Movement in 2024 – Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
Urgent Need to Oppose Anti-Social Offensive
• Government Irresponsibility as Wildfire Season Begins – Peggy Morton
• Wildland Firefighters Speak Out About Their Conditions and Demands
– Peggy Askin
• Demands of British Columbia Wildland Firefighters
Criminalization of Right to Speech and Conscience
• More Administrative Measures in Quebec to Criminalize Citizen Participation in Political Life – Geneviève Royer
• Banning of Keffiyeh at Ontario Legislature Will Not Silence Voice of Palestinian Resistance – Philip Fernandez
No Let Up in Fight for Social Justice
• Gatineau Demonstration During Summit on Homelessness
• Haligonians Demand Right to Housing at Juno Awards – TML Youth Correspondent
• Advocacy Groups Call for National Plan for Refugee Claimants – Diane Johnston
• Opposition to Quebec's Increases to Post-Secondary Tuition Fees for Non-Quebec and International Students – Christine Dandenault
75th Anniversary of North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Anniversary Finds NATO Wobbling Uncontrollably – Nick Lin
• Desperation Over Ukraine in Meetings of NATO Foreign Ministers, NATO-Ukraine Council and Indo-Pacific Partners – Steve Rutchinski
United States
• Movement Using Vote to Denounce Genocide Is Growing
• Continuing Genocide Does Not Stop U.S. War Funding for Israel and Ukraine
All Out to Support Revolutionary Cuba!
• New U.S. Operations Against Cuba Reveal Its Interference in the Country
• Friendship and Solidarity Between the Cuban and Quebec People Reaffirmed!
• Torontonians Mark 63rd Anniversary of Cuban Victory at Playa Girón
Stand With Haiti! Core Group Out of Haiti!
• Canada Trains Interventionist Forces
• Update on Kenyan-Led Multinational Interventionist Force
• Statements by People's Organizations on Crisis in Haiti
• U.S. Restarts Deportations to Haiti
In the News
• Palestinian Resistance Rejects Israeli Aggression and External Interference
• Filipinos Denounce U.S.-Philippines Balikatan Joint Military Exercises 2024
• South Koreans Demand Impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol Following National Elections
• Farmers and Toilers in India Work Out How to Empower Themselves – J. Singh
No. 4 - May 2024
The Need to Make Way for Renewal
• Renewal of the Democratic Process Is Essential – Anna Di Carlo
On the Use of "Hate" and "Extremism" to Control the Political Space
• Parliament's Self-Serving Amendments to Electoral Law
• Proposed Changes to Electoral Law Seek to Strengthen State Control Over Political Discourse
• Foreign Interference Provisions in Proposed Amended Electoral Law
• Government of Canada Funding for Research to Identify "Extremism"
• UK Government's "New Definition of Extremism"
Attempts to Undermine Palestinian Resistance and Right to Be on the Basis of Cold War Ideology of “Two Extremes”
• Canada's Abstention in Vote Giving Palestine Fuller Status at United Nations – Pauline Easton
• Nonsense About Balance Resolving Political and Social Contradictions
– K.C. Adams
• Discussion on Israeli Terrorism
Quebec's Chief Electoral Officer’s Proposed Changes to Electoral Law
• Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec Organizes Roundtables on Proposed Changes to Election Act
• Amendments Should Give Meaning to Right of People to Elect and Be Elected
– Report on Discussions Held by Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec
• Joint Letter of Parties Not Represented at the National Assembly
No. 5 - June 2024
In Memoriam
• Daniel Roy (Dan) Nelson – January 7, 1949 — May 3, 2024
Parliament Adjourns for the Summer
Bill C-70, Countering Foreign Interference Act, Fast-Tracked
• Egregious Abuse of Parliament to Make Rule by Police Powers the New Normal – Anna Di Carlo
Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act Is Neither Transparent Nor Accountable
• Act Gives Seal of Approval to Government by Police Powers – Pauline Easton
Oppose Integration of Canada into U.S. War Economy
• No to U.S. Military Money in Canadian Mining Operations or Other Industries! – K.C. Adams
• Quebec "Clean Energies" Bill Serves to Integrate Quebec's Resources into U.S. Energy, Transportation and Trade Corridors – Fernand Deschamps
• U.S. Pentagon Joins with Canadian Government to Fund Graphite Mine in Quebec – Alain Tremblay
New Federal Pilot Projects for Foreign Caregivers
• Canada Must Move Urgently to Approve an Adequate Regularization Program – Diane Johnston
• Toronto Action for Regularization and Status for All
Defend the Pensions We Have, Fight for Pensions for All!
• Calgarians Rally for Retirement Security For All!
• Remarks to Hands Off Our Canada Pension Plan Rally – Peggy Askin, President, Calgary Area Council, Congress of Union Retirees of Canada
Ontario Government's Unconscionable Mistreatment of Seniors
• Evidence of Harmful Anti-Social Measures Multiplies – Barbara Biley
Anniversary of National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
• Marking Five Years Since the 231 Calls to Justice Were Issued – Pierre Soublière
Third Canadian National Conference on Human Rights in the Philippines
• Stand with Filipino People to Resist State Terror and Defend Rights – Philip Fernandez
• Philippine Supreme Court Rules Against Government Practice of Red-Tagging
Cuba
• Canadian Network on Cuba Holds 11th Biennial Convention
• "Routine Visits" of Russian and Canadian Warships to Havana Harbour
Omnibus Legislation in Argentina
• Neo-Liberal Destruction of Argentina – Margaret Villamizar
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