At a virtual press conference, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh reacts to the parliamentary budget officer’s report on an excess profits tax. This report estimates that $7.9 billion in federal corporate income tax revenue would be generated if an additional 15 percent tax rate was applied to excessive profits earned by big companies in 2020 during the pandemic. Singh is joined by Jay Aaron Roy, a small business owner from Halifax. The NDP leader also discusses his call for better paid sick leave and faces reporters’ questions on the strike at the Port of Montreal. The federal government has tabled back-to-work legislation to end the labour dispute. More than 1,000 dockworkers began their strike on April 26.   Read More >>>

Jay Aaron Roy doesn’t believe everyone who is trans should be expected to be an advocate. But the Sackville business owner does believe Elliot Page’s decision to come out as a trans man is helping us all have the conversation about gender and sexuality.   Read More >>>

One of Halifax’s favourite sons, Elliot Page, makes the cover of Time — we have local reaction   Read More >>>

Nova Scotia born actor and activist Elliot Page has become the first openly transgender man on the cover of Time Magazine. The province’s trans community is applauding a new article detailing the challenges he’s faced. Alexa MacLean has more.   Read More >>>

Owner Jay speaks to CTV’s Heidi Petracek about the recent post made by Elliot Page coming out as transgender.   Read More >>>

It’s scary to think that if you make a choice to make yourself happy it may make other people unhappy. Love is selfish. And love is selfless. This episode of the Canadian Love Map is about this balance. It’s about turning love inward and outward. You’ll meet Jay and Olivia, who will take you on a journey of discovery. About creating a unique space and helping others find their own way too.

Some say you have to learn how to love yourself before you can truly love someone else. But love is a journey. And the journey with gender isn’t about changing who you are, it’s about giving yourself space to bloom into the person you were meant to be.   Read More >>>

Welcome to Cape & Cowl! We got an upgrade. From Evenflow Media!   Read More >>>

Everyone can be themselves, the only pretending at Cape & Cowl is in the fantasy worlds of comic books.

“I like to wear my heart on my sleeve, I wear my activism on my sleeve, so my business is very much a social enterprise,” says owner Jay Roy.   Read More >>>

East Coast Comic Exposé continues to shine a light on our great community of creators, fans and retailers. Today we have a store tour of a fantastic comic shop with a community focus: Cape and Cowl in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.   Read More >>>

We’ve moved to 622 Sackville Drive, come visit and see our fabulous new location!   Read More >>>