30 h. ago Former host Travis Dhanraj launches human rights complaint against CBC, accusing it of ‘performative diversity’

'Dhanraj quickly realized he had been chosen to host Canada Tonight because the CBC expected him to be the ‘token’ brown man,' his complaint alleges

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4 d. ago Howard Levitt: Employers who tell an employee to ‘retire’ should be prepared to pay

When employers talk of employee 'retirement,' it screams age discrimination and violates an employee's human rights

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4 d. ago Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China’s digital police state

BEIJING (AP) — American tech companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known, an Associated Press investigation found. They sold billions of dollars of technology to the Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, despite repeated warningsfrom the U.S. Congress […]

Economics

7 d. ago CHAUDHRI: Employer avoids legal liability in human rights case

A retired judge once told me a legal claim is like a house – the foundation of that house is the written complaint that sets out the facts to support it. Sometimes there are cracks in the foundation. Where a written complaint fails to articulate every element of every possible cause of action, the house […]

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1 week ago Johnstone: Queers for Palestine was right to disrupt the Pride parade

The Q4P protest focused on social justice and human rights — and I was happy to join it. Pride shouldn't be co-opted by those who just want 'well-behaved' queer people.

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2 w. ago Halton cops seeking info on man accused of performing sex act on GO train

Halton Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying a male who allegedly performed a sex act in the presence of a female passenger while aboard a GO train. Cops said the incident took place April 26 at about 4:15 p.m. on a GO train travelling from Burlington Station to Union Station in Toronto. Police […]

Transport

3 w. ago Lawyer sues firm that specializes in workplace inclusion, claiming she was bullied out of job by racism and lack of accommodation

'If those firms aren’t practicing what they preach it is a huge problem,' says lawyer of human rights claim against a law firm specializing in workplace rights and diversity

Economics

3 w. ago ‘THEY’RE ALL SWINGERS’: Kentucky judge shot dead accused of running court brothel

A Kentucky judge shot and killed in his chambers last year is accused of running a courthouse brothel where women were asked to perform sexual favours to wipe away their legal problems. Authorities said District Court Judge Kevin Mullins was gunned down Sept. 19, 2024, by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines. Stines has pleaded […]

Events

3 w. ago ‘A basic human right’: Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency over water quality

Leaders of a First Nation in northern Manitoba say they're declaring a state of emergency over poor water quality.

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