Tag: QJ Politics

E-voting is critical for young voters

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The recent municipal election on Oct. 22 saw the increased use of online voting platforms in townships across the province—a move as popular as it is necessary. Of Ontario’s 444 municipalities, 194 allowed voters to cast ballots via the internet, with 80 per cent of those municipalities relying solely...

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Why Brett Kavanaugh got appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

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This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. Brett Kavanaugh, a man accused of multiple counts of sexual assault, has been appointed to a lifetime...

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In defense of a 15 dollar minimum wage

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This coming January, Ontario is set to join Alberta, New York and California in increasing its minimum wage to $15. In 2017, Maclean’s reported 8.9 per cent of Ontario’s workforce are minimum wage employees—more than any other province in the country.  Despite this large proportion of minimum wage...

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Taking my seat: Calling in call-out culture

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Have you ever avoided talking about a certain subject because you didn’t want to be called out for saying something wrong? I have. In these times, my discomfort speaking about certain issues isn’t because I was uneducated about the subject, it was more because I’ve observed and experienced call-out...

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Taking My Seat: The importance of Title IX

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This article talks about sexual violence and may be triggering for some readers. On this week’s chronicle of ‘WTF is up with the White House women’, President Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the education department’s plan to reform Obama-era guidelines of Title IX, implemented to...

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QJ Politics: A case for basic income

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Today, a staggering 14 per cent of the Canadian population live in poverty. On its own, this number is worrisome, but considering this was precisely the same percentage of Canadians who lived in poverty 40 years ago, it’s downright terrifying. Not only does Canada score poorly in addressing poverty...

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QJ Politics: Canada-China deal

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On Oct. 1, Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China. It allows businesses in both countries to invest with more ease within each other’s borders. A few weeks later, President Barack Obama signed his own bilateral agreement with...

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QJ Politics: A mandatory vote

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This week’s performance in the Kingston municipal election was, in a word, abysmal. This trend of low voter turnout is hardly related to whom we elect to City Hall. Canada’s voter turnout federally went from a healthy 75 per cent in the 1960s to an underwhelming 60 per cent at the last federal election...

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QJPolitics: Too close to call

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A long awaited election is in full swing as a premier termed ‘illegitimate’ by some faces a vote of confidence from Ontarians. Current Premier Kathleen Wynne seeks to reinstall the Ontario Liberal Party (OLP) to government on June 12, unless Progressive Conservative (PC) leader Tim Hudak or the New...

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