legaleaseatckut Podcast
1) Housing Crisis 101, and What Can Be Done About It
This episode’s talks center around the housing crisis. Brett jase avec Cecilia Marangon du très badass HOJO, which empowers people by communicating tenancy law in an accessible manner. Cecilia notes t...Show More
2) Policing the Pandemic? It's a NO.
This episode is a talk on the ways in which the pandemic --and related public policies-- most affects already marginalized people, particularly those without a house within the city. Legalease's Bret...Show More
3) Bill C-15 aka UNDRIP Act in Canada: Is it too little too late?
Policy analyst Russ Diabo speaks to Legalease's Michelle Pucci about Bill C-15, "An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples", and why the Indigenous Activists...Show More
4) La lutte contre le projet de LOI 21: Systemic racism & discrimination in present day Quebec
Bill 21 prohibits capable persons from working public sector jobs if they wear any visibly religious symbols. Since it became law, many people who want to serve the Quebec public have had their dreams...Show More
La lutte contre le projet de LOI 21: Systemic racism & discrimination in present day Quebec
1:00:19 | Nov 16th, 2020
5) Essential Workers Unprotected by their Governments
Frontline and essential workers are the people who keep us fed, and cared for everyday. The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought us to question whether the employment and labour laws in place do enough to pr...Show More
6) Defunding the Police for Safer Communities
“Defund the Police” - we’ve heard it on the news, we’ve seen posters at marches for Black Lives Matter around the United States, and Montreal is no different. Over 40 organizations in Montreal have un...Show More
7) We are all essential: full, permanent status for all migrants in Canada
Covid19 has shown us that we are all connected: if one person is at risk, we are all at risk. At the same time, it has heightened the realities of existing exploitation, racism, and injustice in the i...Show More
8) Advocating For Decarceration During a Pandemic
This episode looks at how people in Canada's prisons are affected by COVID-19, and the movement for decarceration. Lawyer Yavar Hameed talks about how COVID-19 put a spotlight on prison conditions. A...Show More
9) Over-represented, incarcerated, Indigenous
A recent report by the Correctional Investigator of Canada found that Indigenous over-incarceration in the federal system has hit a record high of 30 per cent. That number is expected to climb to 33 p...Show More
10) Abolishing Immigration Detention in Canada
In this episode, we discuss why a world without immigration detention -- that is, the incarceration of non-citizens for immigration purposes -- is possible. Julia Bugiel of the Policy Options podcast...Show More