The Alberta premier really shouldn't be touted as a role model for young girls
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley must apologize to all Albertans for engaging in sexist gender stereotyping in the legislature. Instead, she’s taking a page from the state representative who seemed to think it best to make light about the perpetuation of anti-Semitic stereotyping in the Oklahoma legislature. In 2013, Oklahoma State Rep. Dennis Johnson got into hot water…
Senator's twisted perspective on residential schools and the horrible suffering students went through should not be accepted by the party or other Canadians
ANTIGONISH, N.S., April 19, 2017 /Troy Media/ – Canada’s last Indian residential school closed in 1996. The residential schools experience is not ancient history. Nor was the residential school experience positive, despite comments from Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak. It’s easy to be blasé about the topic when you’ve never been around First Nation and Metis peoples…
The Andrew Potter incident should be viewed from the perspective of an ongoing pattern of anglophones marginalizing francophones
ANTIGONISH, N.S. Mar. 28, 2017 /Troy Media/ – Much has been made about the resignation of Andrew Potter as director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. His departure stems from a column Potter wrote in Maclean’s magazine in which he used a snow removal incident in Quebec to portray Quebecers as pathetically alienated and the province’s…
De Beers decided to shelve plans to expand its mine because of the difficulty of dealing with continual protests from community members
ANTIGONISH, N.S. Mar. 26, 2017 /Troy Media/ – Attawapiskat is emblematic of so many First Nations that need the money and jobs that come with developing resource partnerships yet waste these opportunities. Attawapiskat First Nation – an isolated northern Ontario reserve – played a prominent role in the Idle No More indigenous protest movement that erupted…
Promoting engaged and informed citizenship is a battle all political parties should be fighting
ANTIGONISH, N.S. Nov. 18, 2016/ Troy Media/ - Controversy arose this month in Ontario when it was revealed the Ministry of Education was considering making civics an optional course for students. Many Ontarians and residents of other provinces decried the proposed change as a move away from civic and citizenship literacy. Promoting engaged and informed…
In true journalism, opinion or commentary must be clearly labelled as such, and blending hard news with commentary is insidious
ANTIGONISH, N.S. Oct. 21, 2016/ Troy Media/ – A United Nations decision to bar a Canadian news organization from next month’s Conference of the Parties (COP22) makes it clear it's time journalism becomes a self-regulating profession – much like doctors or lawyers. The Rebel, a right-leaning platform created by Ezra Levant, was denied access to the conference in Morocco…
A unified Kurdish state western interests because it would create a moderate majority-Muslim state that is largely pro-western
Download this column on a Kurdish state for your publication or website. FREE to subscribers. Subscriptions are FREE Terms and Conditions of use TRACADIE, NS Oct. 25, 2015 /Troy Media/ – Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau could establish a legacy for himself by helping solve the problem of the world’s largest stateless nation. Trudeau should expend…
The next government should start to think of working with new partners and allies
Download this column on the Assembly of First Nations for your publication or website. FREE trial Terms and Conditions of use TRACADIE, NS Sept. 23, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Who said that the road to Aboriginal reform must go through the Assembly of First Nations (AFN)? No matter which party wins, the next government is…
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley must apologize to all Albertans for engaging in sexist gender stereotyping in the legislature. Instead, she’s taking a page from the state representative who seemed to think it best to make light about the perpetuation of anti-Semitic stereotyping in the Oklahoma legislature. In 2013, Oklahoma State Rep. Dennis Johnson got into hot water…