A new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach

Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence

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This article from @breachmedia.ca has aged EXTREMELY well breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys...

Snap out of denial—Mark Carney’s rightward-rushing agenda is just getting started ⋆ The Breach

Mark Carney is slashing public service, supercharging military spending, and ramming through a right-wing agenda—while much of the country stays stuck in denial

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Watching CBC News, you might not even make the connection between this year's extreme wildfire season, and fossil fuel-induced climate change. Tara Mahoney sits down with @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss gaps in the public broadcaster’s climate coverage. breachmedia.ca/why-is-cbcs-...

Why is CBC’s reporting on wildfires ignoring the role of climate change? ⋆ The Breach

Tara Mahoney sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss the climate gaps in CBC’s wildfire coverage

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The @dulfbc.bsky.social is in court, arguing Canada’s laws violate the human rights of users who are dying from toxic drugs. If successful, their case could open a pathway for safe supply. But if they lose, two activists face life imprisonment, reports Stephanie Harrington.

In a bid to transform Canada’s drug laws, Vancouver activists risk life imprisonment ⋆ The Breach

Two activists who sourced, tested, and distributed drugs could face life in prison. Their Charter challenge argues drug users have a right to a safer supply

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Thanks to an AI program, Black prisoners in Ontario jails are being put in maximum security. @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals how the province is using an automated program that critics say is racially biased. youtu.be/s1HaG1p9p9g

AI is putting Black prisoners in maximum security

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Ontario jails are using an AI tool that claims to predict prisoners’ behaviour. And it’s disproportionately placing Black prisoners in maximum security. An investigation by @desmondcole.bsky.social reveals the province knew the tool would discriminate against Black people—and used it anyway.

Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI ⋆ The Breach

Ontario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilities

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Over 850 wildfires are burning across Canada, engulfing several First Nations in smoke. In 2023, @emmapaling.bsky.social spoke to Indigenous activists who had one piece of advice for governments on how to halt the now-annual fires: stop building pipelines. breachmedia.ca/first-nation...

Canada’s universities are broke—and easy prey for consulting firms peddling austerity. @jameshasaface.bsky.social & Kyla Perry investigate the Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm that has earned a name for “restructuring” that cuts jobs, services, and faculties at Canadian schools.

A notorious consulting firm is selling austerity. Canada’s universities are buying ⋆ The Breach

The Nous Group, an Australian consulting firm, has raked in millions for “fixing” universities in financial freefall. Their solution? Corporatization

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Mark Carney is overseeing a massive expansion of AI data centres in Canada, and it’s raising all kinds of concerns. Marcus Werner reports on the fast-growing movement that’s rising against the wave of planned data centre projects—and in some cases, already winning. breachmedia.ca/inside-the-r...

Inside the rising country-wide movement against AI data centres ⋆ The Breach

Canada is getting hit with an AI data centre boom. But resistance is emerging, getting coordinated, and already clocking wins

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In the face of manufactured controversy, Winnipeg’s Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough. El Jones speaks to the Palestinian advocates who helped make the exhibit happen and who finally see their history reflected in a major Canadian institution. breachmedia.ca/the-nakba-ex...

The Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough for a long-silenced Palestinian narrative ⋆ The Breach

Despite the manufactured controversy, the 12-metre exhibit is the first time the story of Palestinian dispossession is being told in a national institution

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Physician Anjali Menezes resigned from Hamilton’s police board, and she’s calling for it to be dismantled. As @desmondcole.bsky.social reports, Menezes says her colleagues acted as cheerleaders for police instead of holding them to account—a problem with police boards across Canada.

This doctor just exposed why police boards fail to keep cops in check

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The Liberal Party has a secret to ruling Canada: campaign on the left, then govern on the right. From Mackenzie King to the Trudeaus to Mark Carney, Martin Lukacs breaks down a century of Liberals posturing as progressives—only to serve as faithful servants of the corporate elite.

The secret to how Liberals con progressive voters

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The Liberal government is planning to strip workers of their most important power—the right to strike. @unifor.org's Graham Cox & @desmondcole.bsky.social discuss how the Carney government’s using Trump to tilt the playing field in favour of the corporate elite. breachmedia.ca/gutting-the-...

Gutting the right to strike: the latest item on Carney’s corporate checklist ⋆ The Breach

Unifor researcher Graham Cox joins Desmond Cole to discuss why Carney is putting the rights of federal-regulated workers in the crosshairs

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As Carney's Liberals adopt a raft of right-wing policies, the country’s largest Conservative gathering showed signs of confusion and reactionary disarray. Haniel Sorensen reports from within the Conservative Party’s identity crisis. breachmedia.ca/inside-canad...

Inside Canada's Conservative identity crisis ⋆ The Breach

As Carney's Liberals adopt a raft of right-wing policies, the country’s largest Conservative gathering shows the party’s activists are turning to more reactionary approaches on culture, identity, and ...

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Join The Breach in Toronto for the launch of our new book and to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! Hosted by @desmondcole.bsky.social ft. @judreb.bsky.social, Mathew Green & Martin Lukacs, w/ tunes by DJ Durga (aka @desaima.bsky.social ) & DJ Heebiejabi. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Ontario premier Doug Ford is destroying health care services for people who use illicit drugs. @desmondcole.bsky.social explains why closing safe injection sites contradicts all evidence—and is a death sentence. youtu.be/qFF9CpwCdDc

Doug Ford’s decision to close safe injection sites is a death sentence

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Quebec is the “eye of the storm” of Mark Carney’s deportation blitz. As @desaima.bsky.social & @desmondcole.bsky.social report, CBSA agents are increasingly confronting migrants in workplaces and schools and rushing deportations before legal options for asylum seekers have played out.

CBSA using ‘harsh, unprecedented’ tactics in Quebec for record-breaking deportations ⋆ The Breach

Border agents confronting migrants in workplaces and schools, detaining them without prior contact, and rushing deportations before legal options for asylum seekers have played out

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Canada’s police are becoming deadlier and less unaccountable, but are still getting more and more money. El Jones and @desmondcole.bsky.social explore why police violence, surveillance and budgets keep expanding, while basic services and supports are getting starved.

Canada’s police are deadlier and less accountable, but budgets keep growing ⋆ The Breach

Desmond Cole and El Jones discuss the expansion of policing in Canada by governments that refuse to better fund social services

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Canada's police are becoming more deadly and less accountable, but their budgets and powers keep expanding Professor and poet El Jones joins me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcastto discuss the possibility of defunding an institution that does so much harm breachmedia.ca/canada-polic...

Canada’s police are deadlier and less accountable, but budgets keep growing ⋆ The Breach

Desmond Cole and El Jones discuss the expansion of policing in Canada by governments that refuse to better fund social services

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The left is faltering in our response to antisemitism, argues Jordy Cummings. It must show up with principled, consistent solidarity. Anything else is a betrayal of the left’s historic responsibility—and a missed opportunity to win Jewish people to anti-Zionism. breachmedia.ca/the-lefts-op...

The left’s opposition to antisemitism must be unconditional ⋆ The Breach

Opposing antisemitism is not a distraction from Palestinian solidarity but a prerequisite of genuine internationalism

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Can the NDP become a transformative force in Canadian politics? We’re publishing a new book in which political figures debate the possibilities—and challenges—of charting a bold direction for the party. Pre-order it here: breachmedia.ca/a-new-democr...

It’s election year across Ontario’s municipalities, and news about cops doing harm could put policing on the ballot. @desmondcole.bsky.social argues that candidates should be presenting their visions to divest from harmful policing, and reinvest in desperately needed services.

Are Toronto police losing public support?

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Canadians are being told that we must accept runaway oil prices as the inevitable result of the war on Iran. It’s a lie that resigns us to paying oil companies far more than we should, argues @jimbostanford.bsky.social breachmedia.ca/an-oil-price...

An oil price shock isn’t inevitable. We can rein in and tax the oil industry ⋆ The Breach

Canadians are told skyrocketing oil prices are the inevitable result of a faraway war. It’s a lie that resigns us to being gouged by oil companies

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Far-right Alberta separatists hit a hitch when courts ruled their referendum petition was unconstitutional because they failed to consult First Nations. Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat speaks to @desmondcole.bsky.social about why First Nations oppose separation breachmedia.ca/alberta-sepa...

Alberta separatists are in denial about the treaty rights of First Nations ⋆ The Breach

First Nations were never consulted about Alberta's referendum process—and Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat says it's a missed opportunity to explore ‘mutual flourishing’

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The Pentagon is buying “unprecedented” ownership stakes in Canadian mining companies. Nessie Nankivell tracks how Canada’s critical minerals are being extracted to build weapons for the U.S. military—all while the Canadian government is helping fund these projects. breachmedia.ca/elbows-up-ca...

Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines  ⋆ The Breach

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

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Canada has won its bid to host a new NATO-aligned bank that will fuel a weapons-building frenzy. Rachel Small of @world-beyond-war.bsky.social explains to @desmondcole.bsky.social how the bank fits into Mark Carney’s militarization agenda and would further tie Canada’s economy to war profiteering.

By hosting a global weapons bank, Carney is setting up Canada for war profiteering ⋆ The Breach

Organizer Rachel Small explains how NATO-aligned bank will make Canada’s economy reliant on endless war

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Danielle Smith insists that she can privatize Alberta’s health care legally. But in a 2021 podcast, she discussed how it would require “throwing out” federal law. @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social & @desaima.bsky.social argue that with Bill 11, Smith is dismantling public medicare with her eyes wide open.

Danielle Smith admitted she wants to ‘throw out’ Canada’s public health care law ⋆ The Breach

On a 2021 podcast, the Alberta premier wondered aloud if privatizing health care would require breaking federal law. Despite learning the answer was ‘yes,’ she’s still going ahead with it

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The Liberal government is giving billions in public handouts to oil companies to build a techno-fix to the climate crisis. @desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down how the supposed solution is actually just cover for endless fossil fuel production. youtu.be/OlHT_ITCw9U?...

Mark Carney and Big Oil are distracting you with fake climate solutions

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