Prime Minister must support motion to end discrimination against First Nations children
October 31, 2016
CLC president Hassan Yussuff is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to comply with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling ordering an end to discrimination against First Nations children in the delivery of child welfare services on reserves. “Your government made a promise to Canadians that it will implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and we believe…
Government launches inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
August 3, 2016
CLC president Hassan Yussuff was honoured to participate in the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s (NWAC) news conference today marking the historic and monumental launch of the official inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Following a series of consultations that began in late 2015, the government announced the inquiry’s terms of reference and the names of the…
Today the Canadian Labour Congress joins Indigenous communities across Canada in celebrating National Aboriginal Day. The CLC is also taking this opportunity to congratulate the government for endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples this past May. The declaration recognizes Indigenous peoples’ basic rights on issues including language, land, health, and education. “It is an endorsement that…
Top 10 things Canadian unions want to see in the federal budget
March 14, 2016
Early next week, the federal Liberal government will table their first budget. This is an historic opportunity for our government to respond to the jobs crisis, while also beginning to repair services and programs that Canadians rely on. Working Canadians and their families are facing a precarious economic picture, but Canada is well-positioned to turn things around. Last October, the…
This Sunday, February 14, isn’t just Valentine’s Day. For the last 26 years, at marches from coast to coast to coast, it’s been a day to commemorate the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The very first march happened in 1991 out of a sense of anger and hopelessness following the murder of a Coast Salish woman…
Today, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report documenting the dark history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system, in which more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children were subjected to systemic racism, abuse and other forms of mistreatment. The final report, formed after six years of collecting testimony from more than 6,500 survivors, makes…
This election, let’s make justice a reality for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
October 2, 2015
This Sunday, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) joins thousands of Canadians as we mark October 4 as a day to honour and remember the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Across the country, the labour movement joins families, Indigenous and women’s organizations at vigils and events to support the Sisters in Spirit movement. The RCMP now estimates…
Red River Women – on the trail of the murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Winnipeg (From the BBC)
June 4, 2015
Each year, dozens of Canadian Aboriginal women are murdered or disappear never to be seen again. Some end up in a river that runs through the heart of Winnipeg. BBC reporter Joanna Jolly went on the trail of the murdered and missing to find out why so many of Winnipeg’s Aboriginal women and girls have been killed. This is an…
Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds government responsible for ‘Cultural Genocide’
June 2, 2015
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee has released its report on the residential school system that Aboriginal children – including Metis and Inuit children – were forced to attend. The program started in the 1870’s and continued until the last schools were closed in the 1990’s. All findings point to “cultural genocide” Evidence shows that the government tried to eliminate the…
Violence against women remains a powerful barrier to women’s equality. Women experience violence in many different ways – it can be physical or sexual abuse, emotional or verbal abuse, financial manipulation or control, spiritual abuse, criminal harassment or stalking. It can occur at work, in the home, or in the community. How can we make real progress to end violence against women? Lobby the…