Was Jack Layton a feminist?
He led through consensus, but was Jack Layton a feminist?
Tag Archives: Politics
In more than a decade of journalism, political and social issues have been a central focus of my work.
From award-recognized coverage of missing and murdered aboriginal women, to reporting from the election campaign trenches at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, my work has been published in the National Post, Toronto Star, The Tyee, Briarpatch, THIS Magazine, and Vancouver Observer.
Below are some samples from my politics portfolio.
On the outside looking in: Indigenous peoples excluded from premiers’ health talks
Is there a link between the tar sands pipelines, the premiers’ health conference, and Indigenous rights? The Left Coast Post sat down with Indigenous advocates in Victoria.
The future of Canada’s health care at stake: Maude Barlow warns of privatization and high-cost drugs
It’s more than just a simple funding formula: changes proposed by the Harper government could change Canadian health care in fundamental ways, warns Council of Canadians’ Maude Barlow.
Premiers united in opposition to Conservatives’ ‘unilateral’ health care decision
Premiers say they will band together to get the federal government back at the health care table, but will Ottawa budge from its increasingly tough stance?
Harper’s North Vancouver visit met by anti-pipeline protest, arrest
Anti-pipeline demonstrators called Harper’s support for the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline a “lack of political leadership” during his North Vancouver visit today.
Government pipeline rhetoric reminiscent of Cold War, McCarthyism: prof
Federal accusations that Enbridge opponents are “foreign” influenced “radicals” are frighteningly familiar to a Cold War historian.
Adrian Dix on the way ahead for B.C.’s NDP
In an exclusive interview, the leader of the NDP in British Columbia discusses the BC Liberals, voters, issues of importance — and the strategy taking them to the provincial election in 2013.
Peggy Nash nets NDP’s ‘top endorsement’ as Layton’s finance critic
2011 NDP race: Largely overlooked, leadership hopeful Peggy Nash goes deep in a wide-ranging VO exclusive interview.
NDP hopefuls vow to defeat Stephen Harper. But how?
2011 NDP race: Nine leaders took the stage in Vancouver’s NDP town hall. Which one will replace Jack Layton?
#COPE: Is there hope for the extra-parliamentary Left?
Nearly a month since Vancouver’s Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) were evicted from City Hall (but for Allan Wong’s single school board seat) in the November 19 elections, many on the Left are grappling with COPE’s loss.
David P Ball 