human rights issues

• The Role Of The Ontario Municipal Board In Human Rights Issues

Previously published in Regulatory Boards and Administrative Law Litigation This article examines the role and jurisdiction of the Ontario Municipa...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Canada Law Articles in English

• Small World -- Many Issues, Campaigns Surface On Human Rights Day

While the world is shrinking in many ways and populations in every country are becoming more diverse, this is not an indication of decreased racism, but has become a catalyst for new campaigns against immigration and multiculturalism, related to insecurities around economic issues, mixing of cultures and fear of strangers (xenophobia). Since 9-11, Muslims have particularly found themselves discriminated against, but many minority and marginalized groups find it hard to secure housing, employment and respect.

• Brandon Sun, The
• November 29, 2010

• Disinformation

Juan Cole, president of the U.S. Middle East Studies Association (MESA), described the [Taheri] article and its appearance first in Canada's Post as "typical of black psychological operations campaigns," particularly in its origin in an "out of the way newspaper that is then picked up by the mainstream press" -- in this case, the Jerusalem Post and the New York Post. A former U.S. intelligence official described the article's relatively obscure provenance as a "real sign of (a) operation. Taheri's original article, entitled A Colour Code for Iran's 'Infidels', dealt primarily with new legislation that it said was designed to ensure that Iranians wear "standard Islamic garments" that removed ethnic and class distinctions and that eliminated "the influence of the infidel"...

... Hadi Ghaemi, the chief Iran researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW), who said it included "only gen... that wants to discredit human rights issues that are raised at the international level." The a...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 10, 2009

• Raising Awareness About Human Rights Issues

If that discriminatory remark or action violates the Human Rights Code and its 12 specific, protected characteristic groups - ancestry, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, pregnancy and other gender-determined characteristics, sexual orientation, marital or family status, source of income, political belief and physical or mental disability - the Manitoba Human Rights Commission can become involved.

• Brandon Sun, The
• August 22, 2009

• Responding to Global China: Getting the Balance Right

The social context is a growing public anxiety about China on a panoply of issues including human rights, democracy, economic competition, product safety, climate change, foreign policy in the developing world, and military modernization.

• Canadian Foreign Policy
• Vol. 14 Nbr. 2, April 2008

• Update On Re-Litigation Of Issues Before The Human Rights Tribunal Of Ontario

In an earlier article, we discussed Campbell v. Toronto District School Board, where the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario considered whether it shoul...

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• Canada Law Articles in English

• Human rights and economic issues.

Ottawa--The Canadian federal government is committed to raising human rights issues with Beijing "especially when the interests of Canadian citizens a...

• Catholic Insight
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 4, April 2007

• Update On Re-Litigation Of Issues Before The Human Rights Tribunal Of Ontario

In an earlier article, we discussed Campbell v. Toronto District School Board, where the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario considered whether it shoul...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Canada Law Articles in English

• A New Economic Order?

While South Africa and Eastern European countries struggle to establish democracies, it is China that has become an economic power, with its goods dominating store shelves, while bringing with it a litany of consumer issues here and environmental and human rights issues there.

• Brandon Sun, The
• September 01, 2009

• China to Expel Canadian Demonstrator

He's a highly devoted young man and very dedicated to human rights issues," said [Maude Cote], who described herself as a personal friend of [Chris Schwartz]. "I'm always disappointed when the Olympics are used as a venue for making these political statements on other issues, and for the Canadian flag to be used in that way, of course I'm disappointed," he said. [Leung Kwok] and a fellow activist had held up a piece of paper that said "No dictatorship" and chanted "End one-party rule," referring to the Chinese Communist party.

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 27, 2009