The National From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford: Has anything changed?
Twenty-seven years after Anita Hill testified against Judge Clarence Thomas, Christine Blasey Ford did the same against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, but has anything changed for women in that time?
- 2018
- 00:08:18
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- Added on: 11/06/2018
News in Review - February 2006 Gang Wars: Bloodbath in Vancouver
Police across Canada are trying to crack down on heavily armed gangs that have turned some of our cities into battlegrounds. During the recent election campaign, politicians promised tougher sentences for gun crimes after a Boxing Day shootout between rival gangs in Toronto killed an innocent bystander. But Toronto isn't the only city with a gang problem. In Vancouver, Indo-Canadian ...
- 2006
- 00:13:41
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- Added on: 02/15/2006
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News in Review - September 2020 George Floyd: Why He Matters
In May 2020, 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black American, died during an arrest under the knee of a White police officer. His death galvanized a nation fed up with police brutality and racism against the black population. The fury spread as hundreds of thousands of protesters and rioters took to the streets demanding change in cities across the country. Those ...
- 2020
- 00:16:43
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- Added on: 09/30/2020
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The Fifth Estate Getting Off Easy: White-Collar Criminals
Even after stealing millions from innocent victims or bilking charities, first-time non-violent offenders are eligible for parole after serving as little as one-sixth of their sentence. Free to go with what some see as a slap on the wrist, some crooks and cons are released and at risk to re-offend without being required to pay restitution to their victims. As ...
- 2011
- 00:40:29
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- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - April 1993 Giant Mine Strike: The Price of Gold
In this account of events surrounding the fatal bombing during the 1992-93 Giant Mine Strike in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, we examine the issues relating to Canada's one-industry towns, union-management relations, and the role of the police in such situations.
- 1993
- 00:13:11
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- Added on: 04/20/2016
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The Fifth Estate GM Recall: The Switch from Hell
This Fifth Estate investigation raises the ultimate business ethics question: if you're a company that has to recall and repair your product, does the safety of your customers outweigh the cost of admitting your errors? It was a deadly defect in an ignition switch that led to the recall of millions of GM cars like the Cobalt and the Ion and the ...
- 2014
- 00:40:51
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- Added on: 05/04/2015
News in Review - December 2018 Goodbye NAFTA, Hello CUSMA: Did Canada Get a Fair Trade Deal?
After more than a year of negotiations, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico finally have a new trade agreement – the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement. CUSMA (or USMCA as its named by President Trump) replaces NAFTA and maintains the elimination of many tariffs between the three countries, to facilitate the free flow of goods. But many argue that the Trudeau government had to give ...
- 2018
- 00:12:32
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- Added on: 12/21/2018
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Power & Politics Government agrees to end sex-based status discrimination in Indian Act after Senate push
"They created this problem – not First Nations people, not Indigenous women," says Senator Murray Sinclair.
- 2017
- 00:08:31
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- Added on: 10/10/2018
News in Review - March 2009 Guantanamo Bay and Omar Khadr
For eight years the United States has operated a military prison at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The maximum-security facility is used to house prisoners charged with terrorist offences. Because it has a bad reputation, the new American administration has vowed to shut it down. But the status of one prisoner, a young Canadian named Omar Khadr, remains ...
- 2009
- 00:13:44
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- Added on: 03/15/2009
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News in Review - April 1995 Gun Control Law: To Stop the Killing
With the tabling of gun control legislation in Parliament, we examine the events and public reaction that led to the legislation as well as the parliamentary process itself.
- 1995
- 00:12:28
- 13-14
- Added on: 04/15/1995
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