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Canadian Government's Cancelling of Part-Time Prison Chaplain Contracts

CKUT News — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:27:27 +0000

Interviews with the former Minister of Justice and Reverends in Canada, regarding their response to the current situation

The federal government has announced that it is terminating the contracts of part-time chaplains. Full-time prison staff who are mainly Christian women will now take over the responsibilites of the chaplains former roles. The move to eliminate these chaplains have detrimental implications: it could leave inmates of other faiths without spiritual guidance.

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CKUT's Off the Hour: McGill Students Try to Bring Tuition Truth

CKUT News — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:53:31 +0000

Interview with Joel Pedneault

CKUT spoke with Joel Pedneault from Tuition Truth which is a campaign of the Students Society of McGill University and the Professional and Graduate Student Society. In the 1960s students paid less than $600 to attend university. By 2017 rates are expected to be close to $4000.

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Canadian government complicity in Tunisia repression

Stefan Christoff — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:25:02 +0000

Radio interview with Tunisian activist Sonia Djelidi in Montreal

Listen to an interview with Sonia Djelidi member of Collectif de solidarité au Canada avec les luttes sociales en Tunisie in Montreal, speaking on both the historical and contemporary complicity of successive Canadian governments with the Zine el Abidine Ben Ali dictatorship in Tunisia.

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