Author Archives: Imtiaz Popat

Parents across Canada are rallying for their right to control their children’s choices around sexual orientation and gender identity. They will be rallying at City Halls and Legislatures across the country next Wednesday September 20th. A counter protest will also be held at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 12 noon on Wednesday September 20th. TheyContinue reading “Parents Across Canada rally to control their children’s choices around sexual orientation and gender identity “

UN Photo/Mark Garten Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, joins the 9th International Day of Yoga celebrated at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Indian Prime Minster’s warm welcome during his US and Egyptian recent visits has got mixed reviews and has bolstered his popularity in India, ahead of elections next year. Egyptian President AbdelContinue reading “Modi’s tour gets mixed reviews”

It’s good to know that the City of Surrey has been prompt in responding to calls by Ukrainian groups for pulling out the Russian pavilion from this year’s Surrey Fusion Festival. After all, the Canadian government is sympathetic to Ukraine, which is under constant attack from Moscow.  It makes sense that the City of SurreyContinue reading “Open letter to City of Surrey: Who will bell the cat when it comes to question Modi’s India?”

After winning over 50 film festival awards, Imtiaz Popat’s documentary Hate Can Kill about the murder of Guru Nanak Sikh gurdwara caretaker Nirmal Singh Gill 25 Years ago in Surrey British Columbia at the hands of white supremacist skinheads who was beaten to death in its parking lot during his late-night watch on Jan. 4,Continue reading “Award winning documentary Hate Can Kill comes to Vancouver area festivals”

Review by Imtiaz Popat The Wrong Bashir is a funny satirical play by Zahida Rahemtulla about a young Ismali Muslim philosophy student who is trying to understand the mind. He has been chosen to lead the Ismaili student community but doesn’t understand why he merits that position. He doesn’t see himself as a leader. WhatContinue reading “The Wrong Bashir Challenges the Mind”

Vancouver City Council will vote on a motion on Tuesday to hire a 100 new cops to deal with the problems in the DTES says new mayor Ken Sim. The biggest problem in the DTES is police brutality and abuse and hiring 100 cops will not solve the problem. The motion call for more fundingContinue reading “100 new cops will cause more problems than solve”

The Vancouver Police raided Hastings Street arresting the homeless and activists. Where these folks live in the tent cities go when they are constantly displaced. Former mayor Gregory Roberts promised to end homelessness. Well he no longer mayor and homelessness has not gone away. Moving another tent city will not make them go away, theyContinue reading “Where will Vancouver’s homeless go?”

Justin Trudeau recently met Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the G7 summit. While Prime Minister Justice Trudeau met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G7 Summit, he talk about human rights violations in the Ukraine, but did not talk about human rights violations in India. Human Rights activists were also the G7Continue reading “Trudeau talks to Modi about Human rights in Ukraine but not India”

Health Canada’s recent announcement to end the ban on blood donations from men and transgender women who have had sex with men in the last three months will still discriminate because it will continue to bar individuals from donating if they’ve had sex with a person who is HIV-positive in the last 12 months despiteContinue reading “New Blood Donation policy will still discriminate against some people”

The recent federal budget placed an emphasis on transitioning to the green economy, which included expanding electrification programs to increase availability of zero-emission vehicles and charging stations including the possibility of increased nuclear power. However, is expanding the electrification infrastructure a sustainable solution to address climate change? It depends on what forms of electrification isContinue reading “Is Electrification in the Federal Budget a Green Solution to Climate Change?”