When John and Susan Pruyn came to Toronto, they were hoping to protest against the G20 and then spend some time with their daughter. Instead, they would be caught up in a whirlwind of police misconduct with few precedents in Canadian history.
January 27, 2021
CANADALAND
#335 Why It’s Illegal to Protest In Alberta
A new law in Alberta is Jason Kenney’s latest front in the oil war.
July 27, 2020
What Journalists Should Keep In Mind Covering Anti-Fascist Protests
A camera being smashed shouldn’t immediately draw battle lines.
September 13, 2017
By Nora Loreto
Short Cuts
COMMONS: The Rise of the Right
The COMMONS team digs into the rise of far right groups like the Proud Boys, Soldiers of Odin and the Three Percenters.
July 12, 2017
Short Cuts
#78 White Pundits Matter
The pundits have been out in full force after Black Lives Matter disrupted the Toronto Pride Parade.
July 7, 2016
COMMONS
Can a Conservative Be a Feminist?
Should a politician's voting record prevent her from speaking up about sexism? Why protestors were living inside the offices of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada across the country. And Mike Duffy's acquitted. Jane Lytvenenko joins Supriya Dwivedi.
April 25, 2016
COMMONS
Police in Canada Get Away with Killing Black People
“It’s just the mindsets of the entire police force in which they don’t see us as human and if a life is lost of ours, they just don’t care."
