Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre has been trying to spin an anodyne speech Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave to a UN conference into a plot to “empower the elites at the expense of the people.” It’s a bit confusing.
Day: November 27, 2020
Workers in Alberta’s oilsands sector are speaking out about racial discrimination they say they faced on the job, telling CBC’s Marketplace of racist jokes, preferential treatment for white colleagues and exclusion from permanent jobs and promotions.
The lead plaintiff in a one-billion-dollar-plus lawsuit alleging bullying and harassment within the RCMP says he hopes a recent report calling out the force’s toxic culture will convince Ottawa to drop its fight against his claim.
Donald Trump is reputed not to read much, and he certainly won’t want to read about the trial of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former right-wing French president. Sarkozy’s troubles after leaving office in 2012 hint at a blueprint for the outgoing U.S. president’s legal future.
Black Friday sales have traditionally been the domain of big, national chains with beefed-up advertising budgets. But this year, there’s a push to make sure the annual bonanza of consumer spending goes as much as possible to the stores that need it most: small, local retailers.