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Christopher Dummitt: This Canada Day, let’s cancel the cancellers
There might not be any idea which better fits the zany ethos of the 2020-21 pandemic than the social media campaign to #CancelCanadaDay. If ever there was a sign that we are spending too much time indoors away from genuine human contact, it is the idea that of all the countries in the world, Canada is the one with such an outrageous history of violence and oppression that we ought to cancel the annual national holiday.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation presents 23rd annual Teddy Awards for government waste
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation yesterday held its 23rd annual Teddy Waste Awards ceremony in a special virtual presentation, celebrating the best of the worst in government waste uncovered in the past year.
Workplace Gender Equality in the Niagara Region – Are we up for the challenge?
March 8 is International Women's Day a global day celebrating the contributions of women and renew our efforts of achieving gender equality. This year’s campaign theme is #EachforEqual. The terms “gender equality” and “gender equity” are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are very significant differences between them. Where “gender equality” focuses on providing the same starting circumstances for everyone no matter where an individual is on the gender spectrum between male and female, the goal of “gender equity” is to provide all genders with the same end results (that is, to truly amount to equality between all genders). That is why gender equity sets the stage for gender equality.
