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It’s Women’s History Month, and to mark the occasion (pun intended), our new Prime Minister has eliminated the role of minister of gender equality and youth from his cabinet. Mark Carney has also eliminated the important role of minister of diversity, inclusion, and persons with disabilities. Add in a cabinet that is decidedly not gender-balanced and the message is clear: Mr. Carney isn’t taking gender inequality seriously. That’s a shame, because gender inequality’s impacts on Canada remain serious in 2025. 

A well-informed person might wonder, does Mr. Carney really think there is no need to have a minister leading the charge for gender equality? Does he think that misogyny and gender-based violence are things of the past? Does he truly believe women and gender minorities face no more obstacles? If so, he is in need of the sort of Gender Studies 101 classes for which I once acted as a teaching assistant in my wayward youth as a graduate student. 

Mr. Prime Minister, if by some chance, you happen to find this article, my fellow feminists and I have a message for you: your knowledge of central banks may be impeccable, but your policies still need to be intersectional. With that in mind, I have prepared a resource list for you from the rabble.ca archives. It won’t take up much of your time, but even digesting a few articles and podcasts from rabble.ca’s coverage on feminist issues might give some valuable insights. 

• Below, I have provided a roundup of rabble.ca coverage that highlights issues of gender inequality in Canada. To better understand how the economy still underserves women, I suggest Mr. Carney read this article by PK Mutch, which explains how Donald Trump’s tariffs will disproportionately impact women. Similarly, this episode of rabble radio outlines the many challenges working moms still face in 2025. 

• To better understand how abortion rights are currently under threat in Canada, please listen to Eleanor Wand’s interview with abortion rights activist Joyce Arthur for rabble radio. Also read Seren Friskie’s writing on the inaccessibility of abortion in many of Canada’s indigenous communities. 

• Gender-based violence is also a reality women and gender minorities must face each day, Mr. Prime Minister. If you doubt this, I recommend this piece by PK Mutch, on the epidemic of gender-based violence our country faces. 

Now, Mr. Prime Minister, after consuming all of these resources, I trust you’ll understand the fight for gender equality is not finished in this country. This is just a handful of articles from rabble.ca’s excellent coverage of feminist issues. I suggest you start following it regularly, before eliminating any more leadership roles designed to advance the status of women, girls, and gender minorities in this country…

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After more than 17 weeks in some cases, braving temperatures that dipped into the sub 40s if you don’t count the wind-chill, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Fort McMurray and Edmonton reached settlement agreements yesterday.

The three mediated agreements between negotiators for CUPE’s locals and the Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts are expected to set a pattern that will allow the remaining strikes by educational support workers to be quickly resolved, the union indicated in a statement Saturday. 

CUPE Alberta President Rory Gill called the agreements a victory over Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP). “Danielle Smith set out to crush us and we stood up, fought back, and won,” he said this morning.

The settlements in Fort Mac and Edmonton will end the strikes at the three school districts if they are ratified by the locals’ members. In the meantime, CUPE said, picket lines will come down. 

About 1,000 members of CUPE Local 2545 and Local 2559 were on strike in Fort McMurray. They began rotating strikes on November 13 and moved to a full strike soon after. Another approximately 3,000 CUPE 3550 members at the Edmonton Public School District have been on strike since January 13.

If ratified by local members, all three agreements will run until August 2028.  

Gill praised the workers’ courage.

“Their fortitude, their determination, and their solidarity won the day,” he said in the union statement. “They finally won the respect they deserve.”

He said in Saturday’s news release that he expects bargaining representatives of another 2,600 support workers on strike against the Calgary, Sturgeon County, Parkland County, Foothills and Black Gold school divisions to quickly return to the bargaining table and achieve settlements. The Black Gold School Division has schools in Beaumont, Calmar, Devon, Leduc, Leduc County, New Sarepta, Thorsby and Warburg.

As is a normal practice in Canadian labour relations, CUPE will not release details of the agreements until the members have seen them. Gill said in the release, however, that “all three deals have wage agreements that are higher than the original wage mandates imposed by the Alberta Government.”

CUPE said the workers in Fort McMurray will vote on the proposed agreement over 24 hours beginning tomorrow. At Edmonton Public Schools the vote will take place today or tomorrow, the union said Saturday. 

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Hey, 12-year-olds in Alberta will soon be able to hunt without adult supervision using laser targeting devices on their hunting rifles!

What could possibly go wrong? 

Parks and Forestry Minister Todd Loewen is at it again, introducing legislation that draws on a deep well of bad ideas about wildlife management and by all appearances a desire to protect the interests hunting guide businesses like the one in which he owns a share – although the minister believes, he has stated on numerous occasions, that he has established there is no conflict. 

Unsupervised pre-teens hunting alone or in packs and the legalization of laser targeting for hunting will be possible as soon as Bill 41, the Wildlife Amendment Act, 2025, is pushed through the Legislature by the United Conservative Party (UCP) majority, which of course is exactly what will happen.

There are other dubious ideas in Loewen’s effort to “modernize” the province’s hunting legislation, but those two are striking because in addition to being problematic for the management and preservation of Alberta wildlife, they present a serious threat to public safety. 

In addition, the passage of Bill 41 will allow: a reduction in the required draw weight of hunting bows to make them more accessible to children (also a threat to public safety); the province to issue digital licenses and electronic tags (presumably downloaded from the Internet); hunting of cougars for meat without preserving their hides (is it just me, or do others wonder who would wish to eat a cat?); use of leashed dogs to track wounded game (and, inevitably, unleashed dogs to track unwounded game); and allowing hunters to shoot from wheelchairs (which seems fair if impractical but may well be a legislative step toward allowing hunting from motorized vehicles).

Indeed, another change would permit hunters to shoot game from an unanchored motor boat, as long, the minister piously told CBC Edmonton AM host Mark Connolly in on-air interview, as the boat is at a standstill. 

C’mon, though. Anyone who has ever been in a boat knows that even with the engine off, it will continue to move, especially in a current. Shooting from a boat as an inherently dangerous and irresponsible practice. 

As for the use of laser sights, a military invention, Loewen blew off a question by bewildered-sounding Connolly, saying, “this is all just about aiming, and encouraging, giving people opportunity to use safe and humane kills when it comes to hunting. 

“You know,” he said, “we have open sights, iron sights when it comes to rifles and things like that. We have scopes, and this is just one more tool to use, to aim, to take game safely and humanely. It’s all about aiming …”

In a long-winded news release that opens with an ode to how “Alberta is home to the most stunning and diverse landscapes in the world, and hunting and trapping are integral to Alberta’s cultural heritage,” Loewen promotes the idea that the planned amendments to the Wildlife Act are mere modernization, “ensuring that hunting, trapping, and wildlife management practices remain effective, sustainable, and aligned with technological advancements.”

The changes will “support the long-standing cultural heritage of hunting in our province, while prioritizing the health of our ecosystems and wildlife populations for future generations,” Loewen insists in his canned quote. 

Burying the lead in a press release and starting instead with a rambling paean to Alberta’s supposedly distinct society and magnificent scenery is a sure tell the UCP is about to try to pull the wool over our eyes. 

Indeed, the news release never outlines what the proposed changes to the Wildlife Act will be, only tells us why they’re a wonderful idea. Supporting quotes are all from organizations associated with hunting, not from the broader range of wildlife conservation and preservation groups.

The task of explaining what the legislation really means was left to Jack Farrell of The Canadian Press, who took the trouble to dig out what was actually being proposed by the minister, and honed in on wheelchair hunting and children with hunting rifles in his story and in questions during Loewen’s news conference – much to the annoyance of the UCP, I have no doubt. 

Professional Biologist Lorne Fitch told AlbertaPolitics.ca: “Any time this government uses words and phrases like ‘common sense,’ ‘ethical hunting and trapping,’ ‘simplify,’ ‘effective and efficient,’ ‘world class,’ and ‘modernize,’ Albertans should put up their BS antennae.”

Fitch – an author, university lecturer and occasional contributor to this blog – said in an email he is skeptical the changes in the act amount to “ground shaking stuff to enable Alberta to be a ‘world leader’ in wildlife management. 

“What would do that is tackling the out of control footprint of industrial development that impinges on fish and wildlife habitat and populations and will … end up reducing populations and ending hunting,” he said. 

“Making hunting more accessible is backwards,” Fitch continued. “What is required is to ensure we have robust, healthy wildlife populations by protecting and managing their habitat.”

To that end, Fitch suggested, the government would do better to take measures to control the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease among ungulates like deer and elk and end the use of bounties on predators like cougars and coyotes. 

“Perhaps the act should be renamed the Hunting Act, because virtually all of the changes and revisions are about hunting, not about wildlife management, wildlife protection or the other users of the wildlife resource,” Mr. Fitch concluded.

The NDP’s response seemed half-hearted. Opposition Environment Critic Sarah Elmeligi, a PhD conservation scientist, told the CP mildly that the bill includes some necessary updates but complained that “Minister Loewen has already set a dangerous precedent with his attacks on Alberta’s wildlife, and this bill does nothing to reverse course or address the concerns of Albertans.”

She was referring to Loewen’s decision last fall to lift limits on trapping wolverines, lynx, river otters, and fishers. 

Under the federal Firearms Act, which the UCP changes may be intended to undermine, most children and youths between 12 and 17 who want to hunt must possess a Minors Licence, which requires them to take the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and pass the tests. Exemptions may apply to Indigenous youth or those who hunt and trap as a way of life. 

The Alberta RCMP page on Minors Licences seems to draw on federal and provincial law in simplified form without explaining the source.

It says, “before you can get a Minor’s Licence, a Firearms Officer may interview you or your parent or guardian. Your parent or guardian must first agree and consent to the conditions under which you may use firearms.” This is a reference to section 58 (2) of the federal act. 

The RCMP page also says, “A minor can still use firearms of any class without a licence if they are under the direct and immediate supervision of someone who is licensed to have that firearm. The licensed person should be near enough to the minor to take immediate action to prevent any unsafe or illegal use of the firearm.” 

This would appear to be a reference to section 31 (1) of the Alberta Wildlife Act, which Bill 41 will repeal.

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Charging that “an army of lawyers at Bennett Jones has been hired to defend the Government, I assume at great expense to the taxpayer,” former Alberta Health Services (AHS) CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos said in a public statement yesterday she is “worried there’s a strategy to try to bring me to my knees financially.”

Accordingly, Mentzelopoulos said in the statement sent to media the same day as the government filed its statement of defence in her $1.7-million wrongful dismissal lawsuit, she hopes “we can skip oral questions and proceed directly to trial.”

Arguably, since the allegations Mentzelopoulos made in her February 12 statement of claim have led to what the NDP Opposition has dubbed the “CorruptCare” scandal, it would be in the public interest to allow the trial to proceed speedily. So it will be interesting to see how the government responds.

Mentzelopoulos, handpicked in December 2023 to implement the United Conservative Party’s “refocusing” of public health care, was fired on Jan. 8 last year, shortly before she was scheduled to meet Alberta’s auditor-general to discuss what she has described as efforts by senior officials with ties to the UCP to pressure AHS to sign dodgy contracts.

The public first learned of her allegations in a February 5 scoop published by The Globe and Mail, that included the claim “the Premier’s then-chief of staff interfered in AHS contract negotiations.” Marshall Smith, who is no relation to his former boss, had resigned in early October 2024. A glowing farewell piece published by The Calgary Herald at the time said Smith “was asked to stay.”

In yesterday’s statement, Mentzelopoulos said she learned of the contracts from “trustworthy individuals who were concerned about potential irregularities in matters that were overseen and directed by this government.

“They put their trust in me to help restore integrity in AHS procurement processes, and I in turn put my trust in government to support work that would help ensure best value for Alberta taxpayers,” she wrote. 

Bennett Jones LLP is a prominent Calgary law firm. Former UCP Premier Jason Kenney, who is not a member of the legal profession, is a senior advisor to the firm.

Mentzelopoulos’s statement of claim in February contained many bombshell allegations, including overpriced contracts, pressure from the premier’s staff to sign them, high-level conflicts of interest, and that she was fired “capriciously, arbitrarily, and in bad faith because she was actually carrying out her duties for AHS.” None of them, it must be noted, have been proved in a court of law.

In yesterday’s media statement, the former CEO said she was urged to hurry up and sign some of the contracts she was concerned about by Health Minister Adriana LaGrange herself. 

“When I briefed Health Minister Adriana LaGrange on this work on December 13, 2024, I laid out what I had learned so far,” the statement said. “An internal investigation was not yet complete, and an external forensic audit had been underway for about one month. 

“Minister LaGrange complained that it was taking too long for me to sign contracts for chartered surgical facilities,” the statement continued. “She said some contracts may have been ‘shitty,’ but ‘there’s a lot of shitty contracts out there in AHS and in government … and we have to live with it.’” 

“The problem was that contracts we were reviewing included ones undertaken by AHS at the direction of this government, some pursuant to Minister’s directives,” Mentzelopoulos’s statement went on. “Some staff who administered these contracts would have had no choice but to follow through on those orders. I have come to understand their quandary – do what this government says or be fired, and if there are problems later with having unquestioningly executed this government’s direction, you will be held entirely accountable.”

Indeed, according to the former CEO’s conclusion, this is what happened to her. “As CEO of AHS, I came to realize that my career would end either because I went along with this government, or because I did not.”

A copy of Mentzelopoulos’s full statement is found here. 

Meanwhile, less than an hour after the former CEO sent her statement to media, Justice Minister Mickey Amery posted a link to the government’s statement of defence on Elon Musk’s social media site, formerly known as Twitter. 

The statement of defence, filed in the Edmonton Court of King’s Bench, begins by suggesting Mentzelopoulos is trying “to leverage her position to extract a large pay day.” 

Denying there was any government interference in any AHS contracts, the statement of defence says that in her statement of claim Mentzelopoulos “presented a dramatic tale and false narrative of political persecution presumably to try and pressure AHS to offer more than she is contractually entitled to and deflect attention away from her own inadequate performance.”

At one point it accuses the CEO of calling a senior assistant deputy minister “a ‘f**king twat’.” 

The government’s statement of defence also says, “The plaintiff was not fired by AHS because she commenced an investigation. She was not fired as part of a conspiracy to stop an investigation. She was fired because she failed to perform her role as president and CEO effectively and failed to carry out the mandate she was given to implement the transformation of AHS, which the premier of Alberta mandated the minister to implement.”

The statement of defence also makes the argument that since AHS was run by an independent board and not the province, “there has been no breach of contract between the Plaintiff and the Province because no such contract existed.” 

The province is seeking dismissal of Mentzelopoulos’s action with costs “on a solicitor and client basis in light of the incendiary allegations made.” 

A copy of the government’s statement of defence is found here. As with Mentzelopoulos’s statement of claim, none of the allegations made in the statement of defence had been proved in a court of law.

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Liberal leader Mark Carney was sworn in as prime minister on Friday, March 14. Canada’s 24th prime minister unveiled his cabinet, and conspicuously, has eliminated the position of labour minister.

There are 24 positions in Carney’s new cabinet, including Carney himself. Former labour minister Steven MacKinnon now has a new title: Jobs and Families.

The absence of a dedicated minister of labour did not go unnoticed by some of Canada’s labour leaders such as Lana Payne, president of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union.

Where’s Labour? #ElbowsUp https://t.co/yIveGC18e0

— Lana Payne (@Lanampayne) March 14, 2025

The lack of a labour minister marks an interesting departure from the tenure of Carney’s predecessor as Liberal leader and prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau engaged in a supply-confidence agreement with the NDP, who supported the minority Liberal government in exchange for key legislation, much of which were priorities for the labour movement, like pharmacare, childcare, dental care and of course, federal anti-scab legislation.

Trudeau also eagerly embraced a pro-union stance for if nothing else, political effect, as recently as last spring when he was invited to speak to the US based Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

“In Canada, we can’t spell ‘labour’ without the ‘u’ for unions,” Trudeau said at the SEIU conference in May of 2024.

No Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth either

Another position eliminated from the Carney cabinet is the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth.

The position had existed in one form or another since 1971 and was last held by Marci Ien, who does not return to cabinet at all.

A new position was created in cabinet however: the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement, which will be helmed by Ali Ehsassi, MP for Willowdale.

Long time feminist activist and rabble founder Judy Rebick was quick to condemn Carney for cutting women from his cabinet.

PM Carney's Cabinet does not have a Minister of Women and/or Gender.
This represents a major setback for women and gender equity in Canada.
"In a news release, the Prime Minister’s Office calls it a “new, leaner, focused cabinet” that it says will deliver on “things that matter”

— judyrebick (@judyrebick) March 14, 2025

Many familiar faces return

Carney’s new cabinet contains many familiar faces from the previous Trudeau government.

Mélanie Joly will remain in her position, although the title has been changed back to the old version of “Foreign Affairs.” Trudeau had changed the name of that ministry to “Global Affairs” back when he was first elected in 2015.

Likewise, Bill Blair will be remaining at National Defence.

Other familiar names are staying in cabinet with new jobs, like Anita Anand, who has been moved to the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry from Transport, and Steven Guillibeault who has been moved from Environment Minister to Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada.

Even Chrystia Freeland is remaining in cabinet. Freeland had triggered the events that lead to the resignation of Trudeau as prime minister and the ascension of Carney after she resigned as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Freeland was Carney’s closest rival for the Liberal leadership, but finished a distant second.

Freeland will be the new Minister of Transport and Internal Trade. Freeland’s other old job, Deputy Prime Minister, has been eliminated altogether.

Here is the full cabinet list:

• Mark Carney: Prime Minister.
• Dominic LeBlanc: International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada.
• Mélanie Joly: Foreign Affairs and International Development.
• François-Philippe Champagne: Finance.
• Anita Anand: Innovation, Science and Industry.
• Bill Blair: National Defence.
• Patty Hajdu: Indigenous Services.
• Jonathan Wilkinson: Energy and Natural Resources.
• Ginette Petitpas Taylor: President of the Treasury Board.
• Steven Guilbeault: Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant.
• Chrystia Freeland: Transport and Internal Trade.
• Kamal Khera: Health.
• Gary Anandasangaree: Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
• Rechie Valdez: Chief Government Whip.
• Steven MacKinnon: Jobs and Families.
• David McGuinty: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
• Terry Duguid: Environment and Climate Change.
• Nate Erskine-Smith: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities.
• Rachel Bendayan: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
• Élisabeth Brière: Veterans Affairs and responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Joanne Thompson: Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
• Arielle Kayabaga: Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister of Democratic Institutions.
• Kody Blois: Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.
• Ali Ehsassi: Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement.

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This week on rabble radio, CEO and founder of Moms at Work, Allison Venditti sits down with rabble labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga to talk about the challenges facing mothers in the workforce in 2025 and what her organization is doing about it.

About our guest

Allison Venditti is a career coach, HR expert, salary negotiation whisperer and founder of Moms at Work. She has over a decade of experience helping women make more money, grow their careers, and build communities designed to support and advocate. She has worked in many sectors including health care, technology and startups, nonprofit, manufacturing, finance, banking, consulting, mining, engineering, insurance, government, corporate real estate, transportation and more.

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As Canadians wait for the next moves in President Trump’s  trade war to bring Canada to its knees, they should remember his long game.

“Trade” is not the only adjective that you can put in front of the word “war”.

Try “real.”  ​

Remember “lebensraum” (“living space”) from the 1930s? It was Hitler’s deluded marriage of expansionism and nationalism, allegedly necessary for ​Germany’s ​survival, that fuelled his murderous pursuit of European domination. In Trump’s mind, Canada has fresh water, land, wheat, rare minerals, wood, aluminum, steel, uranium, lobsters and better maple syrup.

​Too few took Hitler seriously ​in 1938. We should take Trump seriously now, because annexation is not a fun family b​oard game.

Let’s answer a few questions:

Is Trump serious about annexation?

Yes. He has said it too many times, in too many places. He means business.

Is he constrained in any meaningful way?

No. He’s surrounded by sycophantic true believers who support him in acting mean, quickly and unpredictably.

Can he economically destroy Canada, bring us to our knees, begging to be State 51?

Opinions vary, but he can certainly hurt us, even while ​also hurt​ing the USA.

​The “Canada has leverage” arguments aren’t ​completely reassuring; Trump will respond to every challenge with greater force than Canada can ​probably bring to bear.

​He ​recently mused ​”Maybe we’ll ​just put 100% tariffs on ALL  cars from Canada April 2nd. We don’t  want them.”

(So​, then? We gamble ​our ​future on CEOs Mary Barra (GM) and Jim Farley (Ford) and Liz Shuler (AFL​-CIO), begging like penitents, in front of Trump’s desk in the Oval Office?)

Can anyone else help us?

Short answer – How?

Effective answer – No, or probably not soon enough.

What other countries could come up with the financing quickly enough to make a difference?

We have no other geographic neighbours. Ships take time, there are no roads or pipelines to Europe or Asia.

Is a South-to-North armed incursion realistic to even think about?

It is not impossible, ​although ​horrific to contemplate.

The 1973 War Powers ​Resolution ​says the President cannot commit the US to armed conflict in a foreign land without the consent of Congress. (Easily granted by this appallingly compliant US House and Senate!)

But a President always has the power to use military force to protect Americans and American interests under threat in foreign lands.

​The US invaded Grenada in 1983 “to protect American students” and Iraq in 2003, just because the President was itching to do it.

So, would Canadians ever threaten Americans or American interests in Canada?

With perhaps hundreds of thousands out of work and their families in trouble later this year,  Canadians will be understandably desperate, angry, frightened and wanting to do something!

Maybe a drunken bar fight with Americans living somewhere in Canada, or a Molotov cocktail thrown at the US Embassy or an Amazon fulfillment centre?

That could easily give Trump an excuse.

Could Trump just create the provocation for an incursion? 

Sure. Remember the faked anti-German purges, provocations and murders in Czechoslovakia in 1938 before its annexation, and on the Polish-German border in late August 1939 which became Germany’s excuse for starting ​the Second World War.

Trump has the Proud Boys and ​o​ther pumped-up Christian Nationalist groups, all well-armed, who could  easily be encouraged to covertly head North and cause trouble.  And those groups have Canadian cousins who’d be ecstatic to join the chaos.

If Ontario Premier Doug Ford really cuts electricity heading south, there will be widespread US anger.

And events can spiral quickly out of control.

It would not take a lot of trouble in Canada directed against Americans to get Washington riled up enough to start down this very ​grim  road. Trump  has the power, he’d clearly love an excuse and is in control of a super-power machine, run by his lap dogs.

He can be mean and untrustworthy and never forget – he says he wants this!

So, what do Canadians do right now?

Being turned on by one’s closest international ally and neighbour has created shock and disbelief here.

Boycotting Florida orange juice and Kentucky bourbon doesn’t seem enough!  We will have to suffer through.

A little sense of outrage from anywhere in USA would be comforting​, but don’t hold your breath! They’ve barely noticed.

But assuredly, we won’t be on our knees for this President.

Update: Thursday, March 13: Major American and international media are reporting that the White House has ordered the US military to prepare plans to seize the Panama Canal “by force” if necessary.

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The Nova Scotia Government General Employees Union is reacting to a rise of domestic and intimate partner violence in the province with a campaign called ‘Turn The Tide.’ An interview with NSGEU president Sandra Mullen. The LabourStart Report about union events. And singing: “I’m Not Your Punching Bag.”

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