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Halifax councillors should tell city staff to stop dithering and adopt a living wage policy already

Morning File, Monday, January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 By Tim Bousquet 9 Comments

News 1. Blackface Last Monday, some Dalhousie students protested at the welcoming reception for incoming interim president Peter MacKinnon. As I noted Tuesday, the students were particularly riled over MacKinnon’s book, University Commons Divided: Exploring Debate & Dissent on Campus, which included a section that downplays and excuses the wearing of blackface while mischaracterizing and sidelining those who object […]

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Working While Black: Founders Square tenant Robert Wright says firing of Black janitors is a “travesty of racial injustice”

March 24, 2018 By El Jones 6 Comments

An apology: The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services.  On Friday morning, the janitors […]

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