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A Nova Scotia man spent 18 months in prison over an online username that belonged to someone else The Crown prosecutor in his case has a history of convictions involving weak evidence and lying witnesses What are the consequences for prosecutors who pursue these cases? Our latest @breachmedia.ca
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 founders of the Drug User Liberation Front say Canadian drug laws that prevent safe supply are a violation of Charter rights Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are risking life in prison in the fight for people who use illicit drugs our latest @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-a-bid-to-...
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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Ontario is using AI in its jails, and assigning Black prisoners to maximum security more than others The government knew its AI program would likely produce biased results, and used it anyway Our latest @breachmedia.ca investigation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ha...
AI is putting Black prisoners in maximum security
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Ontario's jails are using an artificial intelligence tool that disproportionately places Black prisoners in maximum security The government anticipated its tool AI would produce biased outcomes, but used it anyway My latest @breachmedia.ca investigation breachmedia.ca/black-prison...
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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Ontario's jails are using an artificial intelligence tool that disproportionately places Black prisoners in maximum security The government anticipated its tool AI would produce biased outcomes, but used it anyway My latest @breachmedia.ca investigation breachmedia.ca/black-prison...
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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Vancouver police got caught using AI to alter an image from a drug bust In our latest for @breachmedia.ca I look beyond this cop slop to understand what the police are really up to
For our latest, El Jones attended the opening of the Nakba exhibit at the human rights museum in Winnipeg, and collected stories from Palestinians who were there to take it in. Please read and share this excellent piece 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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A cop who shares racist posts is kept on the force A police board member is allowed to serve even though her son is a senior officer Cops publish data on their harmful practices but nothing changes Our latest, on what pushed a Hamilton police board member to resign www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUl...
This doctor just exposed why police boards fail to keep cops in check
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NEWS: Hamilton police board member Anjali Menezes has just resigned at the board's ongoing meeting Menezes says her colleagues have failed to hold Hamilton Police accountable, and that her proposals for change have been silenced More to come at @breachmedia.ca
tonight's the night! we've gotten lots of RSVPs but there's still a little space to join us. come celebrate five years of The Breach and the launch our latest book
The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 2mo agoJoin 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...
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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Mark Carney's Liberals are suggesting workers' right to strike is a threat to Canada's economy For our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast I spoke with Graham Cox, who represents @cupescfp.bsky.social workers whose ability to strike and collectively bargain are at risk 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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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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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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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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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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let's talk about policing during Toronto's local elections the police have the biggest budget and the most power of any service in this city—we see how they're using both a plan to spend less on policing and more on people is long overdue
"To stop Canadian oil companies from overcharging Canadians, government could regulate the price of oil in Canada—and tax windfall oil profits to protect consumers and build home-grown renewable energy." Our latest from economist @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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Alberta's separatist movement wants control of the land, without engaging with First Nations and Treaty obligations Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat joined me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast to talk about law, land, and Treaty in Alberta politics 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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Canada plans to establish a new bank to finance the global arms trade In our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast, I speak with Rachel Small of @wbwcanada.bsky.social about the prospect of our economy being further tied to weapons and war breachmedia.ca/by-hosting-a...
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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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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Alberta premier Danielle Smith plans to let doctors give priority to higher-paying patients, while other Albertans wait. This seems to be a clear violation of law, and a threat to Canadian medicare, but Smith isn't stopping Our latest @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/danielle-smi...
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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B.C. Premier David Eby tried to roll back Indigenous rights—and he isn’t the only one. @pampalmater.com joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss the corporate resource rush and right wing backlash behind the surging attack on Indigenous peoples across Canada. breachmedia.ca/the-corporat...
The corporate resource rush fueling B.C.’s backlash against Indigenous rights ⋆ The Breach
Lawyer Pam Palmater discusses the surging attacks on Indigenous rights in British Columbia and across Canada
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Avi Lewis has won the leadership of Canada's NDP. @desmondcole.bsky.social was live at the party’s convention, talking about what this left turn means for the NDP's future with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, Matthew Green, @leahgazan.bsky.social, and more. breachmedia.ca/the-breachs-...
Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership: LIVE COVERAGE ⋆ The Breach
Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership: LIVE COVERAGE
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UPDATE: on the heels of our reporting, the public safety minister is asked about the deportation of Kumar Thuraisinkam Anandasangaree acknowledges the danger Thuraisinkam faces, but is not intervening, saying the courts are best placed to decide Our full story below
Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 4mo agoA Tamil refugee claimant is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka The minister overseeing the deportation, himself a Tamil refugee and longtime advocate for Tamil asylum seekers, is silent My latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/tamil-refuge...
My full interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social in the moments after her partner Avi Lewis became leader of the federal NDP www.youtube.com/watch?v=1btI...
Naomi Klein on the importance of Avi Lewis becoming NDP leader
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A Tamil refugee claimant is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka The minister overseeing the deportation, himself a Tamil refugee and longtime advocate for Tamil asylum seekers, is silent My latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/tamil-refuge...
He spent years defending Tamil refugees. As Minister, he’s refusing to stop a deportation back to danger in Sri Lanka ⋆ The Breach
Kumar Thuraisinkam is facing deportation—but the minister who once decried the treatment of his community isn’t stepping in to stop it
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Winnipeg! Come and join us for a drink to unwind from the NDP convention. 📅 Saturday March 28 @ 8 PM 📍Yellow Dog Tavern, 386 Donald St Winnipeg, MB R3B 2J2 Feat. The Breach team including @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1984204910...
Bevvies with The Breach
Come on down to the Yellow Dog Tavern to unwind from the NDP convention with The Breach!
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Here's another photo of the year candidate from Getty contributor Megan Varner:
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)@thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 5mo agopicture, thousan words, etc etc
