(March 17, 2022) The Vancouver Police Department latest recruitment video presented a shocking scene that showed officers (soldiers) in tactical gear with assault rifles rappel up and down fiery buildings and descend from helicopters, all to an intense, digitally boosted orchestral soundtrack music that sounds like it was lifted from the latest trailer for Call of … [Read more...] about Vancouver Police Department Call of Duty recruitment ad taken down while province increases its budget
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Health Care Workers and the Power Gap
(March 15, 2022) Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Canada’s attitude towards its health care workers has been under scrutiny. Most agree that Canada’s health care system, which is often favourably compared to the American health care system) was underfunded well before the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, we wrote about Robyn Doolittle and Chen … [Read more...] about Health Care Workers and the Power Gap
Public trust in government and institutions further deteriorating
(March 14, 2022) While public trust in Canada has been deteriorating since the first CanTrust study in 2016, between January 2021 and January 2022, there was a 10% drop in the number of Canadians who expressed positive trust in Canadian institutions and government. As of January 2022, only one third (34%) of Canadians expressed positive public trust, down from 45% in 2018. … [Read more...] about Public trust in government and institutions further deteriorating
Charity Report Top 10 Books of 2021
(December 20, 2021) The Charity Report Top 10 books of 2021 is drawn up with consideration to a number of factors: the unique page views it receives, the amount of interest generated on social media, and our own judgement about how a particular book may offer a new point of view or broken new ground, ground that we believe is important for the charity sector to understand it is … [Read more...] about Charity Report Top 10 Books of 2021
Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021
(December 20, 2021) When we look back on The Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021, we are like most people and view the year through the prism of the Covid pandemic … still the pandemic. The Charity Report will always remember how old we are because we are the same age as the pandemic—21 months—launching two days after the prime minister closed the country to outside … [Read more...] about Charity Report Top 10 Stories of 2021