Unpacking the News

After more than a decade in the political wilderness, the Liberal government of Newfoundland and Labrador came to power last November with nearly 60% of the vote. But a controversial austerity budget, a document that depends on dramatic cuts to health, education and social services, has provoked protest and widespread condemnation from across the province just seven months into the government's ma...

Indigenous community organizations in Quebec are joining forces to create the First Peoples Justice Centre of Montreal. In this conversation, journalist Tina Tenneriello discusses how the Centre aims to address Aboriginal over-representation in Canadian jails by helping them to navigate the justice system- or avoid it all together.

The Energy East pipeline has dominated the national conversation for years, but in recent months an overlapping series of legal developments have led to some confusion outside Quebec. In this conversation, Karine Péloffy , General Director of the Quebec Center for Environmental Law, gives us a summary of Energy East`s legal issues in the province.