"Ottawa has recently demonstrated a pattern of de-funding organizations and programs that collect valuable data for social justice work in Canada. Sisters in Spirit is only the latest group in what is quickly becoming a laundry list of information-collecting agencies that are losing government support. In 2010 alone, the Conservative government refused to release documents concerning allegations over the torture of Afghan detainees, scrapped the mandatory long-form census, and attempted to eliminate the long-gun registry. Each of these actions involves limiting and denying the public access to information on issues of significant social concern. "
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:07:35 +0000
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