Our fifth episode takes us back to the George Brown College Labour Fair and its panel on the dignity and rights of workers trapped in precarious jobs and the gig economy.
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Human rights lawyer condemns Toronto over Lamport encampment clearing
Human rights lawyer condemns Toronto over Lamport encampment clearing
Leilani Farha called the city s policy toward people living outside obviously not a human rights approach to homeless encampments By Kevin Ritchie
Mayor John Tory defended the decision to clear a homeless encampment at Lamport Stadium.
The city of Toronto’s decision to clear encampments outside Lamport Stadium goes against human rights, lawyer Leilani Farha said today.
In a video statement posted on Twitter, the Ottawa-based lawyer and housing advocate said that the city’s decision to send dozens of police and private security officers to remove tents and homemade structures near Liberty Village “is obviously not a human rights approach to homeless encampments” and urged city officials to adopt a strategy “in keeping with the city’s own housing strategy that embraces human rights and uses resources efficiently to ensu
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Protesters listen to a speaker during a April 4 rally in Mississauga against new Indian farm laws. Photo by Navtej Sanghera
Jas Kaur is determined to win over members of other expatriate Indian communities to the side of Indian farmers protesting new laws there that they consider unfair and exploitative.
“It has been hard for me, reaching out to other communities. It has been a little bit hard because there has been a narrative in some of the other Indian communities that are supporting the Modi government, said Kaur, a 25-year-old health-care worker who took part in a march through Malton last weekend.