Canada
We need to increase youth voter turnout
September 10, 2021By Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer The upcoming 2021 Canadian federal election has a five week campaign period. During those five weeks, political parties are attempting to persuade voters to support them, but the greater underlying issue is convincing young voters to vote at all. Despite the 2019 federal election having the “highest national turnout since the 2004 election” overall, only 53.9% of eligible 18–24 year-old voters cast their ballots. An increased youth voter turnout in the upcoming elections is necessary to represent youths’ concerns in parliament. The 2015 National Youth Survey results indicated “youth were less likely than older adults…
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The roots and lost radicalism of Labour Day
September 6, 2021by Meera Eragoda, Editor-in-Chief If you’re anything like me, you’ve viewed the first Monday of September as nothing more than your last day of freedom before the Fall semester begins. Though Labour Day has been thoroughly divorced from its roots,…
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The future of India and Canada’s trade, commerce, and investment
March 27, 2021Written by: Saman Dara, SFU Student Trade, commerce, and investment between India and Canada has been taking place for decades. The Beedie School of Businesses event, moderated by dean Andrew Gemino, covered the Indo-Canadian trade relationship, commerce, and investment. The…
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Political Corner: Last minute efforts cost Canada its Security Council seat
July 5, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate On June 17, the United Nations held a vote for five of the 10 non-permanent Council seats for the 2021–22 term. The countries that were elected to the Council for the next term are India,…
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Canada isn’t the moral haven some want to claim it is
June 13, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer A few weeks ago, #MeanwhileInCanada was trending on Twitter with people comparing the anti-racism protests (fronted by George Floyd’s murder) to the supposed non-existence of similar racialized police violence in Canada. The hashtag has since been…
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Add CANADALAND’s accessible and entertaining media criticism and news beats to your podcasting diet
April 15, 2020by Gabrielle McLaren, Peak Associate Hear me out: CANADALAND is a podcast about Canadian politics, current affairs, news, and media. Wait, no, don’t leave, come back! It’s good, I promise. You don’t have to hate it just because it’s Canadian-centric. You…
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Political Corner: Canada’s stance on the Rohingya genocide is all talk
January 14, 2020By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate In late August 2017, a genocide began against the Rohingya Muslim minority living in Myanmar. The catalyst for the genocide was an alleged terror attack carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army that resulted in…
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Is first past the post really the best for Canada’s voting system?
September 10, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren and Nicole Magas. Introduction and conclusion by Winona Young, Head Staff Writer When it comes to politics, should we be deciding who to vote for based on the lesser of two evils? According to Andrew Coyne of…
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10 things I never knew about Canada as an international student
July 4, 2019By: Simran Randhawa, Peak Associate 1. Canadians are actually really polite I never knew that Canadians are actually as nice as their stereotypes make them out to be. People apologize and say “thank you” like their life depends on…
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Political Corner: Liberals left holding the bag in breach-of-trust trial
June 2, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, SFU Student On May 8, Crown prosecutors announced that they were going to stay the breach-of-trust charge against vice-admiral Mark Norman. This appeared to put an end to the legal drama which has been with Norman since…
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