Maria Victor, President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean Policy Centre, explains how Venezuela has protected its citizens against COVID-19 despite crushing US sanctions. Her presentation was part of a larger webinar hosted by the Winnipeg Venezuela Peace Committee on May 1, 2020. The entire webinar is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLKCr10rV0. The Panel Radhika Desai, Director Geopolitical Economy Research Group Maria Victor, President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean Policy Centre Dimitry Lascaris, lawyer, activist, journalist and candidate for leadership of the Green Party of Canada Nigaan Sinclair, Professor of Native Studies, University of Manitoba; columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press and commentator for APTN, CBC, CTV Ajit Singh, lawyer, independent journalist and contributor to The Grayzone Host: Alan Freeman, research affiliate of the University of Manitoba’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group Moderator: Glenn Michalchuk, Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, labour and social justice activist/Winnipeg May Day organizer Video Editor: Paul S. Graham, https://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DeLrULoeHc

More than 600 indigenous women in Canada have gone missing or been murdered in recent years. The slowness of governments to act and the lack of progress has spurred Manitoba's aboriginal organizations to demand full-scale provincial and national inquiries. So far, Manitoba's and Canada's governments have shown no interest in public inquiries, but that may change if efforts to have the United Nations become involved bear fruit. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Southern Chiefs Organization held a rally in Winnipeg on July 11, 2012, to call for public inquiries on missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada. Featured in this video clip are Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak, respected community elder Mae Louise Campbell and David Harper, Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWj0AHuJyEs

Conservative MP Joyce Bateman (Winnipeg South Centre) has a choice: stand up for the democratic rights of her constituents - and all Canadians - or vote for Bill C-38 - a draconian bill that includes a budget which cuts a wide range of necessary services with amendments to over 70 existing laws. By cramming all of these changes into an omnibus bill and rushing it through Parliament's Finance Committee, Harper is preventing MPs from examining and debating these measures in detail. Once again Harper is doing an end-run around Parliament and showing his contempt for democracy. If you live in Winnipeg South Centre, you may wish to remind Joyce Bateman that her job is to stand up for her constituent's democratic rights. Contact her at Hill Office House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Telephone: 613-992-9475 Fax: 613-992-9586 EMail: Joyce.Bateman@parl.gc.ca Constituency Office(s) 102-611 Corydon Avenue (Main Office) Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 0P3 Telephone: 204-983-1355 Fax: 204-984-3979 Video Production: Paul S. Graham, http://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrthYk-d6Gc

Oct. 2, 2020: Winnipeg was one of 25 Canadian communities where peace activists spoke out against the decision of the Canadian Government to waste $19 billion on new war planes at a time when that money could be better spent on meeting the social, health and economic needs of Canadians. More information: https://peacealliancewinnipeg.ca https://vowpeace.org/nofighterjets/ Video Production: Paul S. Graham https://paulsgraham.ca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0WOADqRepw