Toronto - May 29, 2013 – UFCW Canada members, friends and allies are invited to join the celebration of National Aboriginal History Month by displaying UFCW Canada's newest poster to honour and raise awareness of Canada's Aboriginal peoples and history.
Toronto – February 21, 2013 – Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne survived her first major test in the Ontario Legislature when Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath offered her party’s support for the recent Throne Speech.
Calgary – February 14, 2013 – UFCW Canada members and activists joined more than 200 community members in Calgary for the Fifth Annual Memorial March for Murdered and Missing Women. The Calgary march is one of many memorials held across the country every February 14, to honour and remember the more than 700 Indigenous women across Canada who have died over the last two decades as a result of violence, or whose disappearance remains unsolved.
Ottawa – January 8, 2013 – The meeting this week in Ottawa between the Prime Minister, and Idle No More advocates and First Nations leaders must result in more than just a photo opportunity, but Government Boss Stephen Harper's history is not encouraging. One of the first actions Harper took when he first became Prime Minister was to discard the Kelowna Accord — a comprehensive agreement between the federal and provincial governments, and the leaders of five national Aboriginal organizations in Canada to bring equitable education, employment and living conditions to Aboriginal Peoples.
Ottawa – January 3, 2013 – In an open letter to the Prime Minister, UFCW Canada National President Wayne Hanley has called on Stephen Harper to meet with Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation, who has been on a hunger strike since December 11.
November 16 is the most important day on the calendar for the Métis Nation – one of three distinct Aboriginal peoples of Canada.
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