Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer
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Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer
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More transparency needed after high-profile prison transfers: ex-watchdog
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The West Block: May 12, 2024 | Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
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Everybody opposing the regime automatically declared extremist: Exiled Belarusian opposition leader
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Meeting NATO’s 2% defence spending target is ‘about credibility’: Latvian defence minister
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Former chief of defence staff says Canada’s military recruitment ‘death spiral’ is ‘evening out’
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Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer
09:35 | September 25, 2022
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RCMP commissioner urges ‘caution’ on naming alleged foreign state colluders
09:11 | June 23, 2024
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Canada to continue diplomacy with alleged foreign interference actors: Joly
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Canada can no longer be ‘naive’ about the ‘real’ threats it faces: Chief of defence staff
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Nobel Peace Prize winner pleads for arrest of Putin: ‘Biggest child kidnapper’
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Judges need to ensure stricter bail principles are being upheld: Justice Minister
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Canada now ‘the outlier’ in NATO on defence spending: U.S. ambassador
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More transparency needed after high-profile prison transfers: ex-watchdog
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The West Block: May 12, 2024 | Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
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Important that we bring the temperature down: Minister responds to Calgary campus protest clashes
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Former CSIS exec on bombshell RCMP arrest of suspected hitmen in Nijjar case
09:24 | May 5, 2024
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More foreign interference actions coming after inquiry report, India arrests: LeBlanc
10:14 | May 5, 2024
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Everybody opposing the regime automatically declared extremist: Exiled Belarusian opposition leader
10:06 | April 28, 2024
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Why aren’t more foreign grocers in Canada? Lack of space a hurdle: Minister Champagne
09:20 | April 28, 2024
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‘I don’t think it’s enough’: John Manley on if budget can boost Liberals’ polling numbers
10:50 | April 21, 2024
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What role do nuclear weapons have in potentially making Iran-Israel conflict a more dangerous situation?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the foreign interference inquiry hot seat
08:47 | April 14, 2024
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What is the political fallout from latest foreign interference inquiry revelations?
10:57 | April 7, 2024
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Gen. Petraeus says West faces more ‘threats than we have at any time since the end of the Cold War’
10:25 | March 31, 2024
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‘Show me the money, show me your plan’: Guilbeault to premiers opposing carbon price hike
09:48 | March 31, 2024
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‘You’ve got to listen to people about their experiences’: Blair on proposed military court reforms
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The West Block: March 24, 2024 | Court reforms for military sexual misconduct cases and carbon tax fact-check
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Carbon tax debate ‘sucking all of the oxygen out of the room’: Canadian Climate Institute
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‘I think we have to be realistic about our own capacity’: Ambassador on calls for CAF intervention in Haiti
11:34 | March 17, 2024
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The West Block: March 10, 2024 | Calls to bolster Canada’s military operation in Latvia and boost CAF recruitment
23:23 | March 10, 2024
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Meeting NATO’s 2% defence spending target is ‘about credibility’: Latvian defence minister
07:54 | March 10, 2024
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Former chief of defence staff says Canada’s military recruitment ‘death spiral’ is ‘evening out’
11:13 | March 10, 2024
Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer
Description
September 25, 2022
A group of Black civil servants says the federal government is resorting to stall tactics to deny them their day in court, nearly two years after they first sounded the alarm on anti-Black racism in the public service. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat.
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Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer09:35 | September 25, 2022
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RCMP commissioner urges ‘caution’ on naming alleged foreign state colluders09:11 | June 23, 2024
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What’s the summer strategy for Trudeau and Poilievre as make-or-break byelection looms?10:43 | June 23, 2024
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Canada to continue diplomacy with alleged foreign interference actors: Joly08:56 | June 16, 2024
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Canada can no longer be ‘naive’ about the ‘real’ threats it faces: Chief of defence staff11:10 | June 16, 2024
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Nobel Peace Prize winner pleads for arrest of Putin: ‘Biggest child kidnapper’08:01 | June 9, 2024
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Should names of alleged colluding MPs be publicized? Former RCMP superintendent says ‘they should be’11:49 | June 9, 2024
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Judges need to ensure stricter bail principles are being upheld: Justice Minister10:52 | June 2, 2024
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Is bail reform keeping violent offenders off streets? Hard to tell, police say09:39 | May 26, 2024
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Canada now ‘the outlier’ in NATO on defence spending: U.S. ambassador12:04 | May 26, 2024
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More transparency needed after high-profile prison transfers: ex-watchdog08:10 | May 19, 2024
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Exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the RCMP training program to be one of the PM’s bodyguards11:39 | May 19, 2024
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The West Block: May 12, 2024 | Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP23:21 | May 12, 2024
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Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP09:53 | May 12, 2024
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Important that we bring the temperature down: Minister responds to Calgary campus protest clashes10:09 | May 12, 2024
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Former CSIS exec on bombshell RCMP arrest of suspected hitmen in Nijjar case09:24 | May 5, 2024
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More foreign interference actions coming after inquiry report, India arrests: LeBlanc10:14 | May 5, 2024
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Everybody opposing the regime automatically declared extremist: Exiled Belarusian opposition leader10:06 | April 28, 2024
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Why aren’t more foreign grocers in Canada? Lack of space a hurdle: Minister Champagne09:20 | April 28, 2024
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‘I don’t think it’s enough’: John Manley on if budget can boost Liberals’ polling numbers10:50 | April 21, 2024
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What role do nuclear weapons have in potentially making Iran-Israel conflict a more dangerous situation?08:50 | April 21, 2024
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the foreign interference inquiry hot seat08:47 | April 14, 2024
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What is the political fallout from latest foreign interference inquiry revelations?10:57 | April 7, 2024
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Gen. Petraeus says West faces more ‘threats than we have at any time since the end of the Cold War’10:25 | March 31, 2024
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‘Show me the money, show me your plan’: Guilbeault to premiers opposing carbon price hike09:48 | March 31, 2024
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‘You’ve got to listen to people about their experiences’: Blair on proposed military court reforms12:28 | March 24, 2024
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The West Block: March 24, 2024 | Court reforms for military sexual misconduct cases and carbon tax fact-check23:21 | March 24, 2024
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Carbon tax debate ‘sucking all of the oxygen out of the room’: Canadian Climate Institute07:25 | March 24, 2024
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‘I think we have to be realistic about our own capacity’: Ambassador on calls for CAF intervention in Haiti11:34 | March 17, 2024
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The West Block: March 10, 2024 | Calls to bolster Canada’s military operation in Latvia and boost CAF recruitment23:23 | March 10, 2024
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Meeting NATO’s 2% defence spending target is ‘about credibility’: Latvian defence minister07:54 | March 10, 2024
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Former chief of defence staff says Canada’s military recruitment ‘death spiral’ is ‘evening out’11:13 | March 10, 2024
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Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer09:35 | September 25, 2022
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RCMP commissioner urges ‘caution’ on naming alleged foreign state colluders09:11 | June 23, 2024
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What’s the summer strategy for Trudeau and Poilievre as make-or-break byelection looms?10:43 | June 23, 2024
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Canada to continue diplomacy with alleged foreign interference actors: Joly08:56 | June 16, 2024
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Canada can no longer be ‘naive’ about the ‘real’ threats it faces: Chief of defence staff11:10 | June 16, 2024
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Nobel Peace Prize winner pleads for arrest of Putin: ‘Biggest child kidnapper’08:01 | June 9, 2024
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Should names of alleged colluding MPs be publicized? Former RCMP superintendent says ‘they should be’11:49 | June 9, 2024
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Judges need to ensure stricter bail principles are being upheld: Justice Minister10:52 | June 2, 2024
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Is bail reform keeping violent offenders off streets? Hard to tell, police say09:39 | May 26, 2024
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Canada now ‘the outlier’ in NATO on defence spending: U.S. ambassador12:04 | May 26, 2024
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More transparency needed after high-profile prison transfers: ex-watchdog08:10 | May 19, 2024
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Exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the RCMP training program to be one of the PM’s bodyguards11:39 | May 19, 2024
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The West Block: May 12, 2024 | Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP23:21 | May 12, 2024
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Lessons for Canada from U.K.’s plan to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP09:53 | May 12, 2024
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Important that we bring the temperature down: Minister responds to Calgary campus protest clashes10:09 | May 12, 2024
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Former CSIS exec on bombshell RCMP arrest of suspected hitmen in Nijjar case09:24 | May 5, 2024
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More foreign interference actions coming after inquiry report, India arrests: LeBlanc10:14 | May 5, 2024
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Everybody opposing the regime automatically declared extremist: Exiled Belarusian opposition leader10:06 | April 28, 2024
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Why aren’t more foreign grocers in Canada? Lack of space a hurdle: Minister Champagne09:20 | April 28, 2024
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‘I don’t think it’s enough’: John Manley on if budget can boost Liberals’ polling numbers10:50 | April 21, 2024
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What role do nuclear weapons have in potentially making Iran-Israel conflict a more dangerous situation?08:50 | April 21, 2024
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the foreign interference inquiry hot seat08:47 | April 14, 2024
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What is the political fallout from latest foreign interference inquiry revelations?10:57 | April 7, 2024
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Gen. Petraeus says West faces more ‘threats than we have at any time since the end of the Cold War’10:25 | March 31, 2024
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‘Show me the money, show me your plan’: Guilbeault to premiers opposing carbon price hike09:48 | March 31, 2024
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‘You’ve got to listen to people about their experiences’: Blair on proposed military court reforms12:28 | March 24, 2024
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The West Block: March 24, 2024 | Court reforms for military sexual misconduct cases and carbon tax fact-check23:21 | March 24, 2024
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Carbon tax debate ‘sucking all of the oxygen out of the room’: Canadian Climate Institute07:25 | March 24, 2024
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‘I think we have to be realistic about our own capacity’: Ambassador on calls for CAF intervention in Haiti11:34 | March 17, 2024
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The West Block: March 10, 2024 | Calls to bolster Canada’s military operation in Latvia and boost CAF recruitment23:23 | March 10, 2024
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Meeting NATO’s 2% defence spending target is ‘about credibility’: Latvian defence minister07:54 | March 10, 2024
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Former chief of defence staff says Canada’s military recruitment ‘death spiral’ is ‘evening out’11:13 | March 10, 2024
Black civil servants facing ‘trauma’ amid class action, says organizer
Description
September 25, 2022
A group of Black civil servants says the federal government is resorting to stall tactics to deny them their day in court, nearly two years after they first sounded the alarm on anti-Black racism in the public service. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson speaks with Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat.
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