Leveller Ottawa

Nishiyuu Youth Arrive in Ottawa after 1,600 Kilometre Journey, call for unity as part of Idle No More movement

The Leveller — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:55:09 +0000

Indigenous youth trekking to Ottawa from northern Quebec arrived by the hundreds on Monday, March 25. In mid January, six Cree youth from Whapmagoostui began a 1,600 kilometre “Quest of Wisjinichu-Nishiyuu”, a “Quest for Unity” as part of the burgeoning Idle No More movement.

Corporatizing Marijuana

The Leveller — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:55:12 +0000

Health Canada reforms take medicine out of patients’ hands

Changes called the Marijuana Medical Regulatory Reform (MMRR) risk punishing economically marginalized patients and growers, while pushing the herbal medica

Groups Demand Health Care For All

The Leveller — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:48:58 +0000

Tory changes to IFHP negatively affect refugees in need of care

A pregnant woman suffering from abdominal pain enters the Crossroads Clinic at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

Nothing Wasted

The Leveller — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:58:17 +0000

Ottawa Food Not Bombs launches war on hunger

Jonah Aglak wears a light coat and eats a plate of spaghetti near Rideau Street.

I ask if he’s homeless.

“I have a home in Nunavut, but not in Ottawa,” Aglak says, before suddenly standing and limping away into the night.

Ottawa Axes EI Benefits for Migrant Workers

The Leveller — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:48:28 +0000

Workers pay in but can’t cash out

Junior Sylvester of Trinidad & Tobago is a 12-year veteran worker employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. He thinks of himself as an honorary citizen. The 48-year-old father of six works long hours picking apples in Ontario when they are in season – tobacco in the off-season – for minimum wage.

C-31 Reforms Snub Refugees

The Leveller — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:39:50 +0000

Canada refuses to do its part for global asylum-seekers

Kon Marach is a refugee from South Sudan. He smiles and looks away. He briefly fiddles with his phone and says he is not too conversant with Bill C-31, known as Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act.