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Twitter may be ailing, but Mastodon is no remedy

  • Mastodon is fundamentally different from Twitter in that it’s a decentralized platform. And therein lies the problem: Mastodon is a gatekeeper’s paradise.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 23, 2022
Apparently, Elon Musk isn’t the genius weird nerds purported him to be, and now he’s single-handedly destroying one of the most connective platforms on the internet, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NVIDIA Corporation

Twitter may be ailing, but Mastodon is no remedy

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 23, 2022
  • Mastodon is fundamentally different from Twitter in that it’s a decentralized platform. And therein lies the problem: Mastodon is a gatekeeper’s paradise.

Twitter may be ailing, but Mastodon is no remedy

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 23, 2022
  • Mastodon is fundamentally different from Twitter in that it’s a decentralized platform. And therein lies the problem: Mastodon is a gatekeeper’s paradise.
Apparently, Elon Musk isn’t the genius weird nerds purported him to be, and now he’s single-handedly destroying one of the most connective platforms on the internet, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NVIDIA Corporation

The tech party is over

  • For all the time that Elon Musk has been actively online, you’d think he’d remember the golden rule of social media: the internet always
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 16, 2022
Elon Musk, pictured at the Kennedy Space Centre's vehicle assembly building on May 30, 2020. There is no such thing as a free-speech warrior; instead these are people who don’t like your speech, and Musk is no different, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA HQ PHOTO

The tech party is over

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 16, 2022
  • For all the time that Elon Musk has been actively online, you’d think he’d remember the golden rule of social media: the internet always

The tech party is over

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 16, 2022
  • For all the time that Elon Musk has been actively online, you’d think he’d remember the golden rule of social media: the internet always
Elon Musk, pictured at the Kennedy Space Centre's vehicle assembly building on May 30, 2020. There is no such thing as a free-speech warrior; instead these are people who don’t like your speech, and Musk is no different, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA HQ PHOTO

Ford around and find out

  • A wage cut that primarily affects women is gender pay discrimination and is another violation of Charter Rights, but Ford has been able to
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 9, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has introduced the notwithstanding clause three times since 2018, which previously had never been used by an Ontario government, notes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ford around and find out

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 9, 2022
  • A wage cut that primarily affects women is gender pay discrimination and is another violation of Charter Rights, but Ford has been able to

Ford around and find out

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 9, 2022
  • A wage cut that primarily affects women is gender pay discrimination and is another violation of Charter Rights, but Ford has been able to
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has introduced the notwithstanding clause three times since 2018, which previously had never been used by an Ontario government, notes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out

  • OTTAWA—“They invite you then mistreat you.” Those are the words of the tweet thread by Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting director of the
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 19, 2022
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's response to a young Black man who worked for the African Development Bank at a Brookings Institution’s event in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10 was a display of anti-Blackness, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 19, 2022
  • OTTAWA—“They invite you then mistreat you.” Those are the words of the tweet thread by Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting director of the

Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 19, 2022
  • OTTAWA—“They invite you then mistreat you.” Those are the words of the tweet thread by Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, the acting director of the
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's response to a young Black man who worked for the African Development Bank at a Brookings Institution’s event in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 10 was a display of anti-Blackness, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Racism rears its ugly head in police’s untested tech

  • OTTAWA—Now is the time to re-read 1984 and rewatch Minority Report and Demolition Man, because this is where we are right now. On Oct.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 12, 2022
The Edmonton Police Service issued an apology after circulating an AI-generated sketch of a potential suspect in an assault case last week created via DNA phenotyping technology. The unregulated and unverified tech has the potential to put a target on the back of every young Black male in Alberta, writes Erica Ifill. Image courtesy of the Edmonton Police Service

Racism rears its ugly head in police’s untested tech

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 12, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Now is the time to re-read 1984 and rewatch Minority Report and Demolition Man, because this is where we are right now. On Oct.

Racism rears its ugly head in police’s untested tech

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 12, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Now is the time to re-read 1984 and rewatch Minority Report and Demolition Man, because this is where we are right now. On Oct.
The Edmonton Police Service issued an apology after circulating an AI-generated sketch of a potential suspect in an assault case last week created via DNA phenotyping technology. The unregulated and unverified tech has the potential to put a target on the back of every young Black male in Alberta, writes Erica Ifill. Image courtesy of the Edmonton Police Service

Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

  • Neoliberalism has destroyed our communities, and the marriage of the Christian right and the far-right offers that to people.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 28, 2022
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, which received the most votes of any party in Italy's Sept. 25 election. Photograph courtesy of Giorgia Meloni's Facebook

Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 28, 2022
  • Neoliberalism has destroyed our communities, and the marriage of the Christian right and the far-right offers that to people.

Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 28, 2022
  • Neoliberalism has destroyed our communities, and the marriage of the Christian right and the far-right offers that to people.
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, which received the most votes of any party in Italy's Sept. 25 election. Photograph courtesy of Giorgia Meloni's Facebook

The Queen is gone and I’m glad her reign is over

  • The English unleashed unspeakable generational traumas to build Britain off the backs of their subjects and we have a right to remind everyone about
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 21, 2022
Pallbearers bring Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin into Westminster Abbey in London, U.K., on Sept. 19 while members of her family look on. With great power comes great responsibility, and in this, the Queen failed. In fact, her tenure was a failure of human rights and of reconciliation, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/BBC

The Queen is gone and I’m glad her reign is over

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 21, 2022
  • The English unleashed unspeakable generational traumas to build Britain off the backs of their subjects and we have a right to remind everyone about

The Queen is gone and I’m glad her reign is over

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 21, 2022
  • The English unleashed unspeakable generational traumas to build Britain off the backs of their subjects and we have a right to remind everyone about
Pallbearers bring Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin into Westminster Abbey in London, U.K., on Sept. 19 while members of her family look on. With great power comes great responsibility, and in this, the Queen failed. In fact, her tenure was a failure of human rights and of reconciliation, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/BBC

Solidarity should move beyond the mirror’s reflection

  • OTTAWA—Solidarity is for white women—of a certain class. Over the weekend, a video was released showing Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 31, 2022
Unlike the outpouring for Chrystia Freeland, BIPOC women and our white allies have received little-to-no support amid a co-ordinated hate campaign from white people of the upper class, especially white women, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Solidarity should move beyond the mirror’s reflection

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Solidarity is for white women—of a certain class. Over the weekend, a video was released showing Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

Solidarity should move beyond the mirror’s reflection

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Solidarity is for white women—of a certain class. Over the weekend, a video was released showing Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Unlike the outpouring for Chrystia Freeland, BIPOC women and our white allies have received little-to-no support amid a co-ordinated hate campaign from white people of the upper class, especially white women, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Co-ordinated hate campaign thrives under complicity of silent majority

  • OTTAWA—Women in news media are in peril, mainly due to white men. Lisa LaFlamme’s unceremonious departure from CTV News on Monday, as described by
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 17, 2022
When a group of far-right white men develop a list of female journalists and female journalists of colour to target, that’s fascism, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Sergey Zolkin

Co-ordinated hate campaign thrives under complicity of silent majority

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 17, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Women in news media are in peril, mainly due to white men. Lisa LaFlamme’s unceremonious departure from CTV News on Monday, as described by

Co-ordinated hate campaign thrives under complicity of silent majority

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 17, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Women in news media are in peril, mainly due to white men. Lisa LaFlamme’s unceremonious departure from CTV News on Monday, as described by
When a group of far-right white men develop a list of female journalists and female journalists of colour to target, that’s fascism, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Sergey Zolkin

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
Caribana is usually celebrated on the August long weekend, which this year coincides with Aug. 1, or Emancipation Day, a celebration of the end of slavery in the West Indies. Flickr photograph by Roberto Baca

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see
Caribana is usually celebrated on the August long weekend, which this year coincides with Aug. 1, or Emancipation Day, a celebration of the end of slavery in the West Indies. Flickr photograph by Roberto Baca

Rogers and the digital divide

  • OTTAWA—Don’t spend that five-day Rogers credit in one place, y’all. It’s now nearly two weeks after the outage that rocked the country, caused by
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 20, 2022
If the Liberals want universal broadband in Canada by 2030, they don’t have the policies to ensure success. Firstly, most of Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s digital policies around equitable broadband over-rely on funds, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rogers and the digital divide

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Don’t spend that five-day Rogers credit in one place, y’all. It’s now nearly two weeks after the outage that rocked the country, caused by

Rogers and the digital divide

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Don’t spend that five-day Rogers credit in one place, y’all. It’s now nearly two weeks after the outage that rocked the country, caused by
If the Liberals want universal broadband in Canada by 2030, they don’t have the policies to ensure success. Firstly, most of Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s digital policies around equitable broadband over-rely on funds, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The colonialist experiment is flagging

  • OTTAWA—Imagine waking up in the morning, washing your face (assuming you bathed the night before), brushing your teeth, getting dressed for the work day
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 29, 2022
The Canadian flag is not a symbol of unity when the rest of the country didn’t care that the capital city was cut off and under siege, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The colonialist experiment is flagging

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 29, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Imagine waking up in the morning, washing your face (assuming you bathed the night before), brushing your teeth, getting dressed for the work day

The colonialist experiment is flagging

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 29, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Imagine waking up in the morning, washing your face (assuming you bathed the night before), brushing your teeth, getting dressed for the work day
The Canadian flag is not a symbol of unity when the rest of the country didn’t care that the capital city was cut off and under siege, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals on collision course to entrench anti-Blackness

  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals choose their cabinet through varying degrees of anti-Blackness, or is that just a bonus they throw in? Given that the Toronto
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 22, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, left, and Innovation Minster François-Philippe Champagne head departments pumping out work with discriminatory implications that could reverberate throughout every part of society for generations, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Liberals on collision course to entrench anti-Blackness

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 22, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals choose their cabinet through varying degrees of anti-Blackness, or is that just a bonus they throw in? Given that the Toronto

Liberals on collision course to entrench anti-Blackness

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 22, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals choose their cabinet through varying degrees of anti-Blackness, or is that just a bonus they throw in? Given that the Toronto
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, left, and Innovation Minster François-Philippe Champagne head departments pumping out work with discriminatory implications that could reverberate throughout every part of society for generations, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

The fly in the ointment of Bill C-11

  • OTTAWA—Is there a bill that Pablo Rodriguez has not mashed up? One would think his second time around as Heritage minister—as well as watching
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 15, 2022
Bill C-11, the new broadcasting bill introduced by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, still does not address core problems of the digital experience. In fact, it reveals further issues with trying to control the internet, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The fly in the ointment of Bill C-11

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 15, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Is there a bill that Pablo Rodriguez has not mashed up? One would think his second time around as Heritage minister—as well as watching

The fly in the ointment of Bill C-11

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 15, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Is there a bill that Pablo Rodriguez has not mashed up? One would think his second time around as Heritage minister—as well as watching
Bill C-11, the new broadcasting bill introduced by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, still does not address core problems of the digital experience. In fact, it reveals further issues with trying to control the internet, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Long live the king: content

  • OTTAWA—We need to talk about earned media and the insidious ways in which legacy and digital media platforms individuals. It’s one of the ways
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 8, 2022
Conservative MP and leadership contender Pierre Poilievre, pictured on stage during an 'Axe the Tax' campaign rally aimed at the federal carbon tax in Ottawa on March 31. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Long live the king: content

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 8, 2022
  • OTTAWA—We need to talk about earned media and the insidious ways in which legacy and digital media platforms individuals. It’s one of the ways

Long live the king: content

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 8, 2022
  • OTTAWA—We need to talk about earned media and the insidious ways in which legacy and digital media platforms individuals. It’s one of the ways
Conservative MP and leadership contender Pierre Poilievre, pictured on stage during an 'Axe the Tax' campaign rally aimed at the federal carbon tax in Ottawa on March 31. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The complicated calculus of calling the cops

  • OTTAWA—Last weekend, my friend ran a half-marathon in the Ottawa Race Weekend, coming in at just under 2:15.00. Well done. We went to Lieutenant’s
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 1, 2022
What has not been talked about enough was that the victims of the Uvalde shooting were Hispanic, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of NBC News

The complicated calculus of calling the cops

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 1, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Last weekend, my friend ran a half-marathon in the Ottawa Race Weekend, coming in at just under 2:15.00. Well done. We went to Lieutenant’s

The complicated calculus of calling the cops

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 1, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Last weekend, my friend ran a half-marathon in the Ottawa Race Weekend, coming in at just under 2:15.00. Well done. We went to Lieutenant’s
What has not been talked about enough was that the victims of the Uvalde shooting were Hispanic, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of NBC News

Time for Canada’s white establishment to pull their heads out of the sand

  • OTTAWA—The Canadian White Establishment is at it again, gaslighting Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) into disbelieving our own experiences in this country,
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 18, 2022
Police outside the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed in a racist attack by a white gunman on May 14. As this plays out in the coming weeks, we can be sure to see the handwringing and finger-pointing amongst white people who can’t seem to grasp that they’re more racist than they think they are and are happy to tolerate racism when it aids their comfort, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

Time for Canada’s white establishment to pull their heads out of the sand

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 18, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Canadian White Establishment is at it again, gaslighting Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) into disbelieving our own experiences in this country,

Time for Canada’s white establishment to pull their heads out of the sand

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 18, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Canadian White Establishment is at it again, gaslighting Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) into disbelieving our own experiences in this country,
Police outside the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed in a racist attack by a white gunman on May 14. As this plays out in the coming weeks, we can be sure to see the handwringing and finger-pointing amongst white people who can’t seem to grasp that they’re more racist than they think they are and are happy to tolerate racism when it aids their comfort, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

No room for hall monitors in fight against anti-abortion crusade

  • OTTAWA—New York Times opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang tweeted about the frustration of everyone who selflessly fights for the expansion of civil and human rights: “We
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 11, 2022
Protestors gathered outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on May 9. Screenshot courtesy of Politico

No room for hall monitors in fight against anti-abortion crusade

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 11, 2022
  • OTTAWA—New York Times opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang tweeted about the frustration of everyone who selflessly fights for the expansion of civil and human rights: “We

No room for hall monitors in fight against anti-abortion crusade

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 11, 2022
  • OTTAWA—New York Times opinion writer Jay Caspian Kang tweeted about the frustration of everyone who selflessly fights for the expansion of civil and human rights: “We
Protestors gathered outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on May 9. Screenshot courtesy of Politico

Political bodies, our choice

  • OTTAWA—Under his eye, indeed. Across the border, Republicans and conservatives alike are remaking the United States in the image of the Republic of Gilead.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 4, 2022
The potential overturn of Roe v. Wade is a white-supremacist attack on women’s health, body autonomy, agency, and rights to a full suite of health-care options, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Manny Becerra

Political bodies, our choice

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Under his eye, indeed. Across the border, Republicans and conservatives alike are remaking the United States in the image of the Republic of Gilead.

Political bodies, our choice

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Under his eye, indeed. Across the border, Republicans and conservatives alike are remaking the United States in the image of the Republic of Gilead.
The potential overturn of Roe v. Wade is a white-supremacist attack on women’s health, body autonomy, agency, and rights to a full suite of health-care options, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Manny Becerra

As the Conservative Party goes full MAGA, we all lose

  • OTTAWA—The Conservatives have removed their patina of integrity and propriety to go full MAGA. Finally. They’ve been swirling around this bowl for a while.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 27, 2022
Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis, left, former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, and former Conservative MP Derek Sloan. Face it, the Conservative Party is turning into a party of grifters, and these political pranks are all game, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

As the Conservative Party goes full MAGA, we all lose

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Conservatives have removed their patina of integrity and propriety to go full MAGA. Finally. They’ve been swirling around this bowl for a while.

As the Conservative Party goes full MAGA, we all lose

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Conservatives have removed their patina of integrity and propriety to go full MAGA. Finally. They’ve been swirling around this bowl for a while.
Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis, left, former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, and former Conservative MP Derek Sloan. Face it, the Conservative Party is turning into a party of grifters, and these political pranks are all game, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Legacy media players shouldn’t expect smooth switch to digital

  • OTTAWA—This week marks my three-year anniversary writing for the Hill Times and five years of writing in general, in addition to five years of
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 20, 2022
Welcome to Thunderdome: Maclean’s veteran Paul Wells has a name and connections, which will give him a leg up with his new newsletter, but he still must hustle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legacy media players shouldn’t expect smooth switch to digital

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—This week marks my three-year anniversary writing for the Hill Times and five years of writing in general, in addition to five years of

Legacy media players shouldn’t expect smooth switch to digital

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—This week marks my three-year anniversary writing for the Hill Times and five years of writing in general, in addition to five years of
Welcome to Thunderdome: Maclean’s veteran Paul Wells has a name and connections, which will give him a leg up with his new newsletter, but he still must hustle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ budget doesn’t crack through favoured performative veneer

  • OTTAWA—What a patriarchal budget from a so-called “feminist.” It just goes to show you can’t girl-boss your way out of neoliberalism. On Thursday, April
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 13, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and the Liberals have apparently single-handedly fixed patriarchy—and its concomitant structures of discrimination—with childcare, since ‘feminist’ is only mentioned twice in the budget tabled on April 7, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberals’ budget doesn’t crack through favoured performative veneer

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 13, 2022
  • OTTAWA—What a patriarchal budget from a so-called “feminist.” It just goes to show you can’t girl-boss your way out of neoliberalism. On Thursday, April

Liberals’ budget doesn’t crack through favoured performative veneer

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 13, 2022
  • OTTAWA—What a patriarchal budget from a so-called “feminist.” It just goes to show you can’t girl-boss your way out of neoliberalism. On Thursday, April
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and the Liberals have apparently single-handedly fixed patriarchy—and its concomitant structures of discrimination—with childcare, since ‘feminist’ is only mentioned twice in the budget tabled on April 7, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canadian media industrial complex a prime platform for misinformation

  • OTTAWA—Let’s continue in our next chapter of Nazi Acceptability Politics (I need to trademark this), or what I like to call taking a NAP
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 30, 2022
Some headlines following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s March 23 address to the European Parliament focused on remarks from far-right detractors. The heightened attention given to otherwise fringe actors allows for far-right groups to convert the attention and funnel the public into their media ecosystem, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Canadian media industrial complex a prime platform for misinformation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 30, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Let’s continue in our next chapter of Nazi Acceptability Politics (I need to trademark this), or what I like to call taking a NAP

Canadian media industrial complex a prime platform for misinformation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 30, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Let’s continue in our next chapter of Nazi Acceptability Politics (I need to trademark this), or what I like to call taking a NAP
Some headlines following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s March 23 address to the European Parliament focused on remarks from far-right detractors. The heightened attention given to otherwise fringe actors allows for far-right groups to convert the attention and funnel the public into their media ecosystem, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

In ‘backdoor socialism’ we trust?

  • OTTAWA—Seems like I just dislodged myself enough from Candice Bergen’s socialist backdoor to realize that something just shifted in Canadian politics—and not soon enough.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 23, 2022
In addition to avoiding snap elections, the agreement also allows two leaders—NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who are looking a little long in the tooth to gracefully exit politics, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In ‘backdoor socialism’ we trust?

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Seems like I just dislodged myself enough from Candice Bergen’s socialist backdoor to realize that something just shifted in Canadian politics—and not soon enough.

In ‘backdoor socialism’ we trust?

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Seems like I just dislodged myself enough from Candice Bergen’s socialist backdoor to realize that something just shifted in Canadian politics—and not soon enough.
In addition to avoiding snap elections, the agreement also allows two leaders—NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who are looking a little long in the tooth to gracefully exit politics, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

When keeping it (performatively) real goes wrong

  • OTTAWA—As I sit here writing this column on the third anniversary of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand—driven by Islamophobic, white supremacist ideology—it’s come
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 16, 2022
Following criticism for posting a photo from a Feb. 27 Stand with Ukraine rally in Toronto where she was holding a black and red scarf (colours which have historical ties to radical right-wing ideology in Ukraine), Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted out a replacement where the item didn’t appear. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/cafreeland

When keeping it (performatively) real goes wrong

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 16, 2022
  • OTTAWA—As I sit here writing this column on the third anniversary of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand—driven by Islamophobic, white supremacist ideology—it’s come

When keeping it (performatively) real goes wrong

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 16, 2022
  • OTTAWA—As I sit here writing this column on the third anniversary of the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand—driven by Islamophobic, white supremacist ideology—it’s come
Following criticism for posting a photo from a Feb. 27 Stand with Ukraine rally in Toronto where she was holding a black and red scarf (colours which have historical ties to radical right-wing ideology in Ukraine), Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted out a replacement where the item didn’t appear. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/cafreeland

Corporate ‘feminism’ as flaccid as the patriarchy it espouses

  • OTTAWA—It is International Women’s Day as I write this and I’m already tired. So far, in 2022, we have lived through more COVID, an
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 9, 2022
Corporate 'feminism' is a women’s rights Birkin bag knock-off to real intersectional feminism that challenges the patriarchy and its squad of oppressions, writes Erica Ifill. Pexels photograph by Anastasia Shuraeva

Corporate ‘feminism’ as flaccid as the patriarchy it espouses

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It is International Women’s Day as I write this and I’m already tired. So far, in 2022, we have lived through more COVID, an

Corporate ‘feminism’ as flaccid as the patriarchy it espouses

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It is International Women’s Day as I write this and I’m already tired. So far, in 2022, we have lived through more COVID, an
Corporate 'feminism' is a women’s rights Birkin bag knock-off to real intersectional feminism that challenges the patriarchy and its squad of oppressions, writes Erica Ifill. Pexels photograph by Anastasia Shuraeva

We need to talk about Azov

  • OTTAWA—I didn’t want to write about this topic, but every time I try to get out, white supremacy just pulls me back in.  There
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 2, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with Defence Minister Anita Anand, left, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly at a press conference on Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. It's hypocritical that the Trudeau government lambasts the Conservative Party (rightly so) for supporting the convoy that included Nazi and Confederate flag-bearers and occupied Ottawa for three weeks, yet uses public funds to support a government whose defence forces have knowingly incorporated them into their institutional defence structure, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We need to talk about Azov

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 2, 2022
  • OTTAWA—I didn’t want to write about this topic, but every time I try to get out, white supremacy just pulls me back in.  There

We need to talk about Azov

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | March 2, 2022
  • OTTAWA—I didn’t want to write about this topic, but every time I try to get out, white supremacy just pulls me back in.  There
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with Defence Minister Anita Anand, left, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly at a press conference on Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. It's hypocritical that the Trudeau government lambasts the Conservative Party (rightly so) for supporting the convoy that included Nazi and Confederate flag-bearers and occupied Ottawa for three weeks, yet uses public funds to support a government whose defence forces have knowingly incorporated them into their institutional defence structure, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Amid the tide of whitelash, we remain unmoored

  • OTTAWA—#MakeOttawaBoringAgain is closer to a reality after a weekend of arrests and removals of convoy occupiers. Only, we didn’t win anything. In fact, we
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 23, 2022
Canada First supporter Tyler Russell is pictured recording police on Metcalfe Street shortly after a 'Freedom Convoy' participant was arrested on Feb. 17. The mental health of a city has been irreparably changed, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Amid the tide of whitelash, we remain unmoored

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—#MakeOttawaBoringAgain is closer to a reality after a weekend of arrests and removals of convoy occupiers. Only, we didn’t win anything. In fact, we

Amid the tide of whitelash, we remain unmoored

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—#MakeOttawaBoringAgain is closer to a reality after a weekend of arrests and removals of convoy occupiers. Only, we didn’t win anything. In fact, we
Canada First supporter Tyler Russell is pictured recording police on Metcalfe Street shortly after a 'Freedom Convoy' participant was arrested on Feb. 17. The mental health of a city has been irreparably changed, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Emergencies Act invocation sets a dangerous precedent

  • OTTAWA—I listened to Ram Ranch by Grant MacDonald, so you don’t have to. When our leaders tapped out of this occupation, it became the
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
Ottawa residents part of a counter-protest that blocked a group of 'Freedom Convoy' supporters heading downtown at Bank Street and Riverside Drive are pictured on Feb. 13. The community has not yet been given enough time for their organizing to make inroads before the government invoked the Emergencies Act, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Emergencies Act invocation sets a dangerous precedent

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
  • OTTAWA—I listened to Ram Ranch by Grant MacDonald, so you don’t have to. When our leaders tapped out of this occupation, it became the

Emergencies Act invocation sets a dangerous precedent

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
  • OTTAWA—I listened to Ram Ranch by Grant MacDonald, so you don’t have to. When our leaders tapped out of this occupation, it became the
Ottawa residents part of a counter-protest that blocked a group of 'Freedom Convoy' supporters heading downtown at Bank Street and Riverside Drive are pictured on Feb. 13. The community has not yet been given enough time for their organizing to make inroads before the government invoked the Emergencies Act, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Those who can’t hear must feel

  • OTTAWA—It’s so rare for political pundits to be right—just look at Stephen Maher. Or John Ibbitson. Or Jesse Brown. Or Jen Gerson. But I
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 9, 2022
'Freedom Convoy' supporters gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 28. We did this to ourselves because y’all weren’t vigilant about the dangers of white supremacy, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Those who can’t hear must feel

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s so rare for political pundits to be right—just look at Stephen Maher. Or John Ibbitson. Or Jesse Brown. Or Jen Gerson. But I

Those who can’t hear must feel

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s so rare for political pundits to be right—just look at Stephen Maher. Or John Ibbitson. Or Jesse Brown. Or Jen Gerson. But I
'Freedom Convoy' supporters gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 28. We did this to ourselves because y’all weren’t vigilant about the dangers of white supremacy, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Right-wing Conservatives have incredible knack for being on the wrong side of history

  • OTTAWA—Imagine descending on the nation’s capital to protest being alive. In that respect, this Darwin Awards of a protest is one I can stand
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 2, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter holding a Confederate flag walks past Centre Block on Jan. 29. This country is tearing at the seams and it’s the threat of right-wing violence that’s dividing us, not people bringing up the racism/misogyny/discrimination they experience, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Right-wing Conservatives have incredible knack for being on the wrong side of history

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 2, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Imagine descending on the nation’s capital to protest being alive. In that respect, this Darwin Awards of a protest is one I can stand

Right-wing Conservatives have incredible knack for being on the wrong side of history

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 2, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Imagine descending on the nation’s capital to protest being alive. In that respect, this Darwin Awards of a protest is one I can stand
A Freedom Convoy supporter holding a Confederate flag walks past Centre Block on Jan. 29. This country is tearing at the seams and it’s the threat of right-wing violence that’s dividing us, not people bringing up the racism/misogyny/discrimination they experience, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Turning a blind eye to economic violence

  • OTTAWA—The Republicans of the North have never met a point they didn’t bludgeon, nor a fact they didn’t massage into terror. It’s understandable that
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 26, 2022
It’s understandable that the Conservatives, like finance critic Pierre Poilievre, want to jump on the inflation bandwagon, but the stage where we are now was a long time coming. We are still using the economic policies of the 1980s, née supply-side economics as delivered by Reagan and Thatcher, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Turning a blind eye to economic violence

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 26, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Republicans of the North have never met a point they didn’t bludgeon, nor a fact they didn’t massage into terror. It’s understandable that

Turning a blind eye to economic violence

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 26, 2022
  • OTTAWA—The Republicans of the North have never met a point they didn’t bludgeon, nor a fact they didn’t massage into terror. It’s understandable that
It’s understandable that the Conservatives, like finance critic Pierre Poilievre, want to jump on the inflation bandwagon, but the stage where we are now was a long time coming. We are still using the economic policies of the 1980s, née supply-side economics as delivered by Reagan and Thatcher, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Cowardly Canadian leaders point fingers at the unvaccinated

  • CALGARY—Imagine a Black woman who writes about, and advocates against, inequities, who rails against injustice, with an emphasis on the Black experience siding with
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 19, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault announced a tax on the unvaccinated last week, while counterparts Doug Ford and Jason Kenney have made their provincial health-care systems more brittle since taking office, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Cowardly Canadian leaders point fingers at the unvaccinated

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 19, 2022
  • CALGARY—Imagine a Black woman who writes about, and advocates against, inequities, who rails against injustice, with an emphasis on the Black experience siding with

Cowardly Canadian leaders point fingers at the unvaccinated

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 19, 2022
  • CALGARY—Imagine a Black woman who writes about, and advocates against, inequities, who rails against injustice, with an emphasis on the Black experience siding with
Quebec Premier François Legault announced a tax on the unvaccinated last week, while counterparts Doug Ford and Jason Kenney have made their provincial health-care systems more brittle since taking office, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau, not Anand, should have delivered military misconduct apology

  • OTTAWA—Is there a rule that I don’t know about where women of colour are required to clean up messes that white men make? Is
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 15, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a press conference on Dec. 13. The prime minister trotted out National Defence Minister Anita Anand like a show pony to give an apology for something in which he is implicated, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau, not Anand, should have delivered military misconduct apology

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 15, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Is there a rule that I don’t know about where women of colour are required to clean up messes that white men make? Is

Trudeau, not Anand, should have delivered military misconduct apology

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 15, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Is there a rule that I don’t know about where women of colour are required to clean up messes that white men make? Is
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a press conference on Dec. 13. The prime minister trotted out National Defence Minister Anita Anand like a show pony to give an apology for something in which he is implicated, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A daily war is carried out on women in the name of prosperity

  • OTTAWA—Monday was Dec. 6, when we remember the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique 32 years ago. We are also well into the 16
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 8, 2021
A closing ceremony marks the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. The final report has a whole section on the effects of resource extraction projects and their connection to violence against women, had anyone read past the word ‘genocide,’ writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A daily war is carried out on women in the name of prosperity

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Monday was Dec. 6, when we remember the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique 32 years ago. We are also well into the 16

A daily war is carried out on women in the name of prosperity

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Monday was Dec. 6, when we remember the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique 32 years ago. We are also well into the 16
A closing ceremony marks the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019. The final report has a whole section on the effects of resource extraction projects and their connection to violence against women, had anyone read past the word ‘genocide,’ writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vaccine apartheid spreading the same strain of racism

  • OTTAWA—Tell me anti-blackness is global without telling me anti-blackness is global. On Nov. 26, researchers in South Africa detected a new addition to the
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 1, 2021
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is pictured during a Nov. 26 press conference to announce new measures in the wake of the discovery of the omicron variant. The political response to the detection of omicron was as expected from the Liberal government: swift and anti-Black. By imposing a travel ban on African countries that will do little to stop the spread of the variant, it left out the rich countries (read: white) that have also detected the variant, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vaccine apartheid spreading the same strain of racism

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 1, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Tell me anti-blackness is global without telling me anti-blackness is global. On Nov. 26, researchers in South Africa detected a new addition to the

Vaccine apartheid spreading the same strain of racism

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 1, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Tell me anti-blackness is global without telling me anti-blackness is global. On Nov. 26, researchers in South Africa detected a new addition to the
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is pictured during a Nov. 26 press conference to announce new measures in the wake of the discovery of the omicron variant. The political response to the detection of omicron was as expected from the Liberal government: swift and anti-Black. By imposing a travel ban on African countries that will do little to stop the spread of the variant, it left out the rich countries (read: white) that have also detected the variant, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The continued mystery of the NDP’s existence

  • OTTAWA—During the post-election lull between choosing cabinet and the Speech from the Throne, I ruminated on the political issues that have shaped the year.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 24, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has led the party through two elections and hasn’t delivered, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The continued mystery of the NDP’s existence

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 24, 2021
  • OTTAWA—During the post-election lull between choosing cabinet and the Speech from the Throne, I ruminated on the political issues that have shaped the year.

The continued mystery of the NDP’s existence

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 24, 2021
  • OTTAWA—During the post-election lull between choosing cabinet and the Speech from the Throne, I ruminated on the political issues that have shaped the year.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has led the party through two elections and hasn’t delivered, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Cop out: climate pact a dereliction of global duty

  • OTTAWA—“In a way, Boris Johnson was the perfect host for COP26. The British prime minister specializes in groundless optimism and empty pledges. The Glasgow
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 17, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured arriving at the COP26 World Leaders Summit on Nov. 1. The climate emergency is an economic and security threat that requires immediate and decisive systemic and structural action; it is existential. But that change takes a decisive government that doesn’t just close their eyes and rely on ‘the market’ solution in the form of a carbon tax, writes Erica Ifill. U.K. Government photograph by Doug Peters

Cop out: climate pact a dereliction of global duty

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 17, 2021
  • OTTAWA—“In a way, Boris Johnson was the perfect host for COP26. The British prime minister specializes in groundless optimism and empty pledges. The Glasgow

Cop out: climate pact a dereliction of global duty

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 17, 2021
  • OTTAWA—“In a way, Boris Johnson was the perfect host for COP26. The British prime minister specializes in groundless optimism and empty pledges. The Glasgow
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured arriving at the COP26 World Leaders Summit on Nov. 1. The climate emergency is an economic and security threat that requires immediate and decisive systemic and structural action; it is existential. But that change takes a decisive government that doesn’t just close their eyes and rely on ‘the market’ solution in the form of a carbon tax, writes Erica Ifill. U.K. Government photograph by Doug Peters

The online harms call is coming from inside the House

  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals actually care about people who aren’t white and wealthy, or are they just performatively jumping through the hoops of social justice
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 10, 2021
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez will be shepherding the Liberals’ online harms bill, first introduced at the end of the previous Parliament. In its first form, the bill offered a Canadian-style paternalistic approach to harm reduction that doesn’t increase online safety for marginalized communities. Instead, it does the opposite, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The online harms call is coming from inside the House

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 10, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals actually care about people who aren’t white and wealthy, or are they just performatively jumping through the hoops of social justice

The online harms call is coming from inside the House

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 10, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Do the Liberals actually care about people who aren’t white and wealthy, or are they just performatively jumping through the hoops of social justice
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez will be shepherding the Liberals’ online harms bill, first introduced at the end of the previous Parliament. In its first form, the bill offered a Canadian-style paternalistic approach to harm reduction that doesn’t increase online safety for marginalized communities. Instead, it does the opposite, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fergus’ snub shows that for Black faces, the work is never enough

  • OTTAWA—Imagine being in the Liberal Party and thinking you’re absolved of white supremacy because you have a Black friend (or you adopted an Indigenous
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 27, 2021
Liberal Greg Fergus works hard, keeps his head down and delivers without complaint—and for many racialized Canadians, we are told that this is the way to success. Fergus’ exclusion from cabinet, however, tells a different story: it doesn’t matter how hard you work or consistently you deliver, as Black labour, your contributions will never be valued, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Fergus’ snub shows that for Black faces, the work is never enough

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 27, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Imagine being in the Liberal Party and thinking you’re absolved of white supremacy because you have a Black friend (or you adopted an Indigenous

Fergus’ snub shows that for Black faces, the work is never enough

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 27, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Imagine being in the Liberal Party and thinking you’re absolved of white supremacy because you have a Black friend (or you adopted an Indigenous
Liberal Greg Fergus works hard, keeps his head down and delivers without complaint—and for many racialized Canadians, we are told that this is the way to success. Fergus’ exclusion from cabinet, however, tells a different story: it doesn’t matter how hard you work or consistently you deliver, as Black labour, your contributions will never be valued, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

For someone who was ‘silenced,’ May is speaking loud and clear

  • OTTAWA—Someone should come and collect Elizabeth May before she opens her mouth. Again. A week after Annamie Paul’s resignation, Elizabeth May penned an op-ed
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 6, 2021
Can anyone really silence Elizabeth May? Is that even possible when her husband was vice-president of the federal council until a couple of months ago, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For someone who was ‘silenced,’ May is speaking loud and clear

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 6, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Someone should come and collect Elizabeth May before she opens her mouth. Again. A week after Annamie Paul’s resignation, Elizabeth May penned an op-ed

For someone who was ‘silenced,’ May is speaking loud and clear

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 6, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Someone should come and collect Elizabeth May before she opens her mouth. Again. A week after Annamie Paul’s resignation, Elizabeth May penned an op-ed
Can anyone really silence Elizabeth May? Is that even possible when her husband was vice-president of the federal council until a couple of months ago, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada isn’t ready for what comes next

  • OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 15, 2021
We are in a 2016 U.S. election loop and that’s why I hate Election 44 so much. Justin Trudeau is Hillary Clinton, Maxime Bernier is Trump, and Jody Wilson-Raybould is Clinton’s emails, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Canada isn’t ready for what comes next

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 15, 2021
  • OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and

Canada isn’t ready for what comes next

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 15, 2021
  • OTTAWA—We’re coming down the homestretch of this god-awful election and evidently the PPC aren’t the only ones with white male rage; Erin O’Toole and
We are in a 2016 U.S. election loop and that’s why I hate Election 44 so much. Justin Trudeau is Hillary Clinton, Maxime Bernier is Trump, and Jody Wilson-Raybould is Clinton’s emails, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Never overestimate a politician’s ability to read the room

  • OTTAWA—Are we there yet? We are into the fourth week of an election no one asked for, that has no logical reason for occurring,
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 8, 2021
Herein lies the problem for the Liberals: even if they promise us exactly what we want, can we trust them to deliver? The greatest predicter of future behaviour is past behaviour and the Liberals’ past behaviour indicates that we can’t, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/JustinTrudeau

Never overestimate a politician’s ability to read the room

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Are we there yet? We are into the fourth week of an election no one asked for, that has no logical reason for occurring,

Never overestimate a politician’s ability to read the room

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Are we there yet? We are into the fourth week of an election no one asked for, that has no logical reason for occurring,
Herein lies the problem for the Liberals: even if they promise us exactly what we want, can we trust them to deliver? The greatest predicter of future behaviour is past behaviour and the Liberals’ past behaviour indicates that we can’t, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/JustinTrudeau

White male rage always gets a pass

  • OTTAWA—White men have a collective problem of violence and they need to take some personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 1, 2021
Because white men are so focused on retaining their white, male supremacy and Justin Trudeau is undermining the natural order of things, they get violent, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of Global News

White male rage always gets a pass

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 1, 2021
  • OTTAWA—White men have a collective problem of violence and they need to take some personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On

White male rage always gets a pass

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 1, 2021
  • OTTAWA—White men have a collective problem of violence and they need to take some personal responsibility and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. On
Because white men are so focused on retaining their white, male supremacy and Justin Trudeau is undermining the natural order of things, they get violent, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of Global News

Liberal sick days promise still a day late and a dollar short

  • OTTAWA—Is this election over yet? This is not the start the Liberals had been hoping for and it behooves one to consider the possibility
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 25, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Liberals’ paid sick days pledge in Winnipeg on Aug. 20. While the feds can mandate paid sick days only for federally regulated workplaces, the leadership of the federal government in terms of labour rights cannot be underestimated, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Liberal sick days promise still a day late and a dollar short

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 25, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Is this election over yet? This is not the start the Liberals had been hoping for and it behooves one to consider the possibility

Liberal sick days promise still a day late and a dollar short

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 25, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Is this election over yet? This is not the start the Liberals had been hoping for and it behooves one to consider the possibility
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Liberals’ paid sick days pledge in Winnipeg on Aug. 20. While the feds can mandate paid sick days only for federally regulated workplaces, the leadership of the federal government in terms of labour rights cannot be underestimated, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Incremental Tory tweaks won’t make for a better Canada

  • OTTAWA—This election season is as uninspiring as Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2016 U.S. election, yet it’s probably one of the most
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 18, 2021
Despite making some sound strides with its recently released election platform, Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party is still Grandpa Simpson in its ways of thinking, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Incremental Tory tweaks won’t make for a better Canada

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 18, 2021
  • OTTAWA—This election season is as uninspiring as Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2016 U.S. election, yet it’s probably one of the most

Incremental Tory tweaks won’t make for a better Canada

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | August 18, 2021
  • OTTAWA—This election season is as uninspiring as Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2016 U.S. election, yet it’s probably one of the most
Despite making some sound strides with its recently released election platform, Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party is still Grandpa Simpson in its ways of thinking, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Racism with a side of brie: the Green Party’s continued self-combustion

  • OTTAWA—The Green Party is internally combusting like the engines its worked so hard to rid Canada of. For the last six weeks, the Conservatives-in-tree-pose
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 21, 2021
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul is the first Black and first Jewish woman to lead a political party in Canada, and her treatment in the role follows a trajectory of misogynoir that Black women are subjected to when they earn leadership positions, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Racism with a side of brie: the Green Party’s continued self-combustion

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 21, 2021
  • OTTAWA—The Green Party is internally combusting like the engines its worked so hard to rid Canada of. For the last six weeks, the Conservatives-in-tree-pose

Racism with a side of brie: the Green Party’s continued self-combustion

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 21, 2021
  • OTTAWA—The Green Party is internally combusting like the engines its worked so hard to rid Canada of. For the last six weeks, the Conservatives-in-tree-pose
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul is the first Black and first Jewish woman to lead a political party in Canada, and her treatment in the role follows a trajectory of misogynoir that Black women are subjected to when they earn leadership positions, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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