[Wamvan] Fwd: February in Review: Refugee health, RCMP abuse, liquid uranium and the zombie apocalypse

Fri Mar 1 13:34:48 PST 2013

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Dear readers,

It may have been a couple days shorter than the others, but last month had
just as much going on as any other. We've got the February 2013
Month-in-Review you've all been waiting for, but first a few updates.

There is some great content in the latest issue of *The Dominion*.
Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Simpson takes on Blatchford, Simpson, Sun News and
others, and takes note of the creative outpouring of self-representation,
in the cover story, Idle No More: Where the Mainstream Media Went
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In War on Weeds<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-3dbf2829f17e644a32a01b6f03ed2425-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>,
Larry Powell takes a good long look at the defoliant Agent White—not its
use in Vietnam, but the impact on farmers of its present-day use in rural
Manitoba. And Vancouver writer Phoebe Yu finds out what approaches are
being taken by local groups working with HIV-positive Aboriginal women
towards prevention and treatment, in her article, Positive Approaches to
Stigma<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-f6e1d5b82fdfb1435958a390a874ab5a-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>
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We leave you with February in Review. As you'll find out, the zombie attack
was called off, so you can read in peace.

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>From Quebec's intention to hold consultations, to a day of action against
the processing plant in Toronto (pictured), to revelations of bomb-grade
liquid cross-border transport plans, uranium was in the news last month.
PHOTO: Kevin Konnyu
Refugee health, RCMP abuse, liquid uranium and the zombie apocalypse

*By Media Co-op Contributors*

The movement for *sanctuary cities*
experienced<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-b98201060fbcb517beb5ed0358e23224-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>a
historic win in Toronto, where City Council strengthened its
commitment
to providing services to all residents regardless of immigration status,
without fear of detention or deportation. Hamilton city Councillor Brian
McHattie said<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-ead4b0dbd1fa9f21d7bbcc65d040e005-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>he
will pursue a similar policy in Hamilton.

A few dozen people
occupied<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-8f5f3b6e47c15dd12384823e4318f009-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>the
Citizenship and Immigration buildings in Vancouver to honour
Kurdish-Iranian refugee *Hossein Blujani* and demand a public investigation
into the cause of his death.

Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care and the Canadian Association of Refugee
Lawyers launched<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-c949dccc7db0c83b199264ccab634f9d-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>a
federal court case against the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
in
an attempt to prove that last year's changes to *refugee health care* under
the Interim Federal Health Program are unconstitutional.

Longtime Toronto resident Israel Sánchez was
deported<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-1b2fe5898f3aca11c1882bd0b40da09b-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>to
Panama. He fled the country in 1988 due to state repression and became
active in the city's queer and HIV communities. Sanchez was unaware of an
outstanding *deportation* order until border agents showed up on his
doorstep earlier this year.

LGBT groups expressed<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-23f1be2ffdcc62223a4e957c04ffe10d-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>concern
over the creation of a federal
*Office of Religious Freedom* to promote religious freedom as part of
Canadian foreign policy. Others
noted<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-0e0ccd888a5ef7c9896b4c419a76c329-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>that
Harper's inaugural remarks focused on persecution in Muslim-majority
countries.

The Supreme Court
ruled<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-7e5b8337356a35d1941ad5b8ed6bcde7-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>that
Canada's
*hate speech* laws are a constitutionally valid limit on freedom of
expression.

A new professional national basketball team
announced<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-256df0e14797fecefbf2eb44de604291-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>that
its name would be the
*Ottawa Tomahawks*. Hours later, after swift public reactions denouncing
the choice as racist, the name was
dropped<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-7e8fb70eaec9a087e1eaf2fe576e3ba8-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>
.

>From forums<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-e95be4a79ae45f023a796ae0b8528ec7-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>out
west to
rallies<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-040808970d748049cf8006dce1e0aa21-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>out
east,
*Idle No More* events and actions continued across the country. In
Saskatoon, demonstrators
disrupted<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-af29870ec39c08dfe8ccc5068a6f595f-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>a
meeting between First Nations chiefs and federal officials about
education to protest a lack of consultation. More than 50 youth
walked<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-eb1714448a626a0d0b0012856ab2a34d-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>from
Jackhead First Nation and other Manitoba First Nations to Winnipeg to
protest Bill C-45. Cree youth
continued<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-0e8ae2d1af3971671ac512edd20dfb9a-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>the
Journey
of Nishiyuu<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-8e126d14e573e3bf4536bbcd8a060922-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>from
Whapmagoostui in northern Quebec to Ottawa.
Click to read<https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1362148748-9fba03346407047a012f4a757bfca10a-c1bdfd6?pa=367801359431322520>the
rest of February in Review.
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