The founder of the Canadian Farmworkers Union is remembered as a ‘titan.’
David P. Ball is a journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. SHARES Charan Gill’s activism spanned the co-founding of the Canadian Farmworkers Union, establishing of a national anti-racism organization and creating and heading the thriving Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society. He died Feb. 2, age 84.
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César Chávez was already a legendary champion for farmworkers’ rights in the United States when he arrived at David Thompson Secondary School in Vancouver on April 26, 1980 to mark what would prove to be a historic day.
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Ujjal Dosanjh has demanded a judicial probe into the violence which took place on Republic Day in Delhi.
He has written a letter to Chief Justice of India in this regard asking him to set-up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) monitored by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court to probe into the incident.
In the letter to Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde dated, February 2, Dosanjh wrote, It is with profound sadness and concern I write to you about what transpired on January 26th, 2021 at the Red Fort, Delhi. It is quite evident from the publicly available information that the disturbance at the Red Fort was caused by rogue elements illegitimately claiming to represent the peaceful and disciplined Samyukat Kisan Morcha. The substantial preponderance of evidence provides reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the events at the Red Fort were the culmination
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Following Cabinet Minister Navdeep Bains resignation controversy, the Liberal Party has removed parliamentarian Ramesh Singh Sangha.
Reportedly, for speaking against Khalistani elements within the Liberal Party. He now continues to be an MP, but an independent one.
Following Cabinet Minister Navdeep Bains resignation controversy over his alleged involvement in corruption cases, the Liberal Party has removed parliamentarian Ramesh Singh Sangha from the Liberal caucus.
Reportedly, for speaking against Khalistani elements within the Liberal Party. He
According to a report by
the Canadian media outlet ‘The Star’, a party source confirmed that Sangha was removed after he made extensive comments in a Punjabi-language interview on Jan. 21, in which he said he doubted his fellow Liberal MP Navdeep Bains quit cabinet and won t run in the next election because of family.
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New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh has been publicly refusing to condemn acts of violence by the Khalistanis.
The same set of Khalistanis have been clicked with the Canadian leaders as well as the Pakistani diplomats and Pakistani intelligence operatives, as per media reports.
Sikhs unsympathetic to the Khalistani utopia have been highlighting that extremists radicalise youth by valourising dreaded terrorists.
New Delhi: The resignation of Canadian Cabinet Minister Navdeep Singh Bains, who enjoys close connections with the Khalistani elements, has once again set-off the debate on Canada’s appeasement politics to foster Khalistani extremism. Observers of the Canadian politics have pointed out that Bains was promoted by the Khalistanis into the Canadian politics with the craving to get the support from the Canadian institutions.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jan 12, 2021 8:02am (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
Karl Baldauf (LinkedIn photo)
Until last month, Baldauf was at Queen’s Park, working as chief of staff to Peter Bethlenfalvy, who, until very recently, was president of the Treasury Board. Shortly after Christmas, Bethlenfalvy was tapped by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to replace Rod Phillips as Finance minister after Phillips stepped down after it was revealed he’d travelled to St. Barts over the holidays, despite the government asking people to stay home because of COVID. In addition to Bethlenfalvy’s role as Finance minister, he continues to serve as president of the Treasury Board.