Equality and Human Rights News for Monday April 12th.

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Equality Day & the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Sections 15 and 28 are part of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because of the historic activism of Canadian women.

Income gap for Aboriginal peoples stubbornly high: Report

For every dollar non-Aboriginals earned in 2006, Aboriginal peoples earned only 70 cents.

Harper government closure of CHRC offices are an attack on human rights

Closure of CHRC offices will make it substantially harder for individuals from marginalized groups to launch human rights complaints.

Canada’s social safety net is fraying

Cities strain to fill the gaps says new report from Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Ottawa

Lubicon Cree still waiting 20 years after UN ruling

On March 26, 1990, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that Canada had violated the human rights of the Lubicon Cree and yet today the injustice continues.

Apple admits using child labour

Sixty-two workers at a factory that manufactures Apple products were poisoned by n-hexane, a toxic chemical that can cause muscular degeneration and blurred eyesight.

Bill would limit charity salaries to $250,000 a year

Private member's bill supported by Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Quebecois but pro-corporate Conservatives are fudging where they stand.

The fight against racial discrimination continues

March 21 has been observed around the world every year since 1966 as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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