Dimanche dernier à Montréal, la Marche de la Fierté a été chamboulée par les forces policières, venues stopper des manifestants pro-palestiniens. Pourtant, l’histoire de la Fierté est une histoire de luttes et de protestations, comme le rappelle le slogan ‘Pride is a Protest’. Last Sunday in Montreal, the Pride Parade was disrupted by police forces who put a halt to a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators. But the history of Pride is a history of struggles and protests, as the slogan ‘Pride is a Protest’ reminds us.
August 17, 2024
CANADALAND
#982 Thunder Bay Police Chaos
A former police chief was arrested in Thunder Bay on April 12, 2024. But there’s more to this story than meets the eye.
April 22, 2024
Détours
#16 Proprios solidaires
Presque tous les ministres du gouvernement Legault sont des propriétaires. Les intérêts des locataires, qui représentent 40% de la population québécoise, sont-ils vraiment pris en compte ?
July 8, 2023
The Backbench
#41 All Policing Is Political
Are our policing systems broken? Today, we dive into reimagining public safety following an array of policing scandals across the country. Plus, what did our government achieve and fail to achieve in Parliament this past year?
June 28, 2022
CANADALAND
#758 Ottawa Cops: Rapes, Lies, And A Lawsuit Against The Press
The Ottawa Police Service has been plagued by officer misconduct. Now a leaked video shows that there may have been concerns about the former chief’s behavior before he was hired by the force.
February 28, 2022
“Canada does not want to see itself this way”
New York Times reporter stands by her account of gunpoint arrests in Ottawa
February 21, 2022
By Jesse Brown
Short Cuts
#315 But What Does The Statue Think Of His Beheading?
The Toronto Star published a "Saturday Debate" about Egerton Ryerson's legacy that contradicted the TRC - and they knew it. And it appears a police dog's life mattered more than a Métis man's in Alberta.
Canadaland French-language correspondent Emilie Nicolas and Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis take over in Jesse's absence.
June 24, 2021
COMMONS
REAL ESTATE #5 Oka
The Oka Crisis was the biggest military confrontation on Canadian soil in more than a century. On its face, it was about a golf course expansion. But for the Mohawks who took up arms, it was the culmination of a centuries-long fight for recognition of their sovereignty and their land.
June 23, 2021
COMMONS
THE POLICE #10 – Portapique
Almost a year after the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, Nova Scotians are still in the dark about what exactly happened. A gunman, dressed in an RCMP uniform, driving an RCMP cruiser killed 22 people.
February 24, 2021
COMMONS
THE POLICE #9 – Northern Patrol
For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It’s called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn’t be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves.