OP: Since Canadians are generally woefully uninformed about their own history of slavery, I thought I would dedicate a post or two to this issue. The following post is on slavery in New France (i.e. French colony in North America).
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Women’s groups are reporting a spike in verbal and physical assaults against veiled Muslim women in Quebec since the introduction of the province’s Charter of Values, evidence that the Parti Québécois’s bid to curb religious symbols in some workplaces is inflaming social tensions.

An umbrella group of 17 women’s centres across the province says ( Read more... )

Quebec’s minority government has laid out a plan to crack down on religious accommodation in the province, including a ban on religious symbols that forbids public servants, with some exceptions, from wearing the Sikh turban, the Muslim hijab, the Jewish kippa or a large Christian crucifix ( Read more... )

Quebec Soccer Team Wears Turbans To Protest Ban & Support Sikh Players ( Read more... )

'Anti-homophobia campaign tests Quebecers on acceptance'

'Campaign asks: are you really open?'

A new anti-homophobia campaign launched by the provincial government is asking Quebecers if they are really open to sexual diversity.

The government says the campaign is meant to ensure the full recognition of the rights of individuals who are a part of ( Read more... )

Monday marks 25 years since the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country's abortion law, but in Saskatchewan access to the procedure remains uneven.

Abortions are only performed in two cities in the province, Saskatoon and Regina ( Read more... )

A Quebec expert panel studying the legal aspects of medically assisted end-of-life procedures is recommending the province change the law to allow doctors to help some people who wish to end their lives.

The report says choosing end of life should be more clearly defined in the law as part of palliative care.Quebec's so-called Dying with Dignity ( Read more... )

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Price will return to $2,168

The tuition increase that triggered such social strife in Quebec was cancelled Thursday during an action-packed first full day in office for the Parti Quebecois government.

The new government repealed the fee hike, by decree, in its first cabinet meeting less than 24 hours after coming to power.Student leaders cheered ( Read more... )

It takes a century and a half of political imagination, heroic toil and, to be sure, great geopolitical luck to build a country like Canada. It takes but a year or two of hubris, lassitude and ignorance for the whole thing to be lost.

There is today in Canada a dangerous line of argument that must be checked by all thinking citizens: It holds that ( Read more... )