Christine Saulnier

Feb 29, 2024 | monitormag.ca | Katherine Scott |Christine Saulnier |Randy Robinson

Today, the federal government announced new legislation that lays the groundwork for universal, single-payer pharmacare in Canada and guarantees access in phase one to free birth control and diabetes medications. This is a victory for reproductive rights in Canada. And long overdue. It’s been 55 years since the birth control pill was legalized in Canada.

Nov 28, 2023 | monitormag.ca | Bruce Campbell |Marc Lee |Christine Saulnier |Jon Milton

The UN climate summit—hosted this year by the United Arab Emirates, a major oil producer—begins Thursday in Dubai. It will review the progress on countries’ 2015 Paris Agreement commitments toward limiting rising global temperature to 2 C, preferably 1.5 C, above pre-industrial levels. It will also define what new commitments countries can agree on to avoid planetary catastrophe.