DT Cochrane
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Senior economist @canadianlabour.bsky.social supporting workers fighting for a fair, sustainable economy. Trans rights are human rights. No one earns a billion dollars. Views are my own. (he/him)
The federal government using scabs. The Carney government seems to be committed to undermining labour rights www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bank of Canada governor defends use of replacement workers during strike | CBC News
The head of the Bank of Canada is defending the central bank's use of replacement workers during a strike involving security officers.
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2/2 Everyone, including the federal government, has a part to play in building more inclusive and just communities. Join CBTU’s call for a federal government apology for Canada’s role in the trafficking of enslaved Africans ✊🏾 Send a letter to your MP now: actionnetwork.org/letters/fede...
Federal Apology for Canada's Role in the Trafficking of Enslaved
On March 25, 2026, Canada abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans a crime against humanity. 123 countries said yes and 3 against. Canada said…
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It’s August 1, Emancipation Day. A stark reminder that slavery happened in Canada too. Let's commemorate the abolition of slavery but also recognize that Black and Indigenous people continue to experience systemic discrimination because of this history. 1/2
Cleaning up AI slop will be a growth industry for the future.
Dr. Damien P. Williams has to go the way his blood beats@wolven.blacksky.app · 6d agoI warned you about using "AI" for the entire business of the administrative state up to and including international relations, bro!!!! I fucken told you dog!
I warned you about using "AI" for the entire business of the administrative state up to and including international relations, bro!!!! I fucken told you dog!
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d agoICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
another shameful reversal by mark carney that shows how much power the US tech companies have over our government. there’s no sovereignty when foreign companies wield this much influence over our domestic policy.
DT Cochrane@dtcochrane.bsky.social · last wk.A massive giveaway from Carney to Big Tech. Elbows up to punch yourself in the face, I guess. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/07/28/b...
A massive giveaway from Carney to Big Tech. Elbows up to punch yourself in the face, I guess. www.thewirereport.ca/2026/07/28/b...
BREAKING: Ottawa to scrap all contribution requirements for U.S. streamers - The Wire Report
In a recent letter to the Federal Court of Appeal, the government outlined its intention to “eliminate the base contribution requirement on streaming services and to provide government funding to repl...
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A lot of what Carney calls “spending” is actually investing. Child care investment is yielding economic benefits. But probably not the kind that investment bankers want. centreforfuturework.ca/2026/07/27/n...
New Research Shows National Cild Care Plan Already Driving Economic Benefits In Ontario - Centre for Future Work
The Centre for Future Work has co-published new research quantifying the economic and fiscal benefits being generated in Ontario from the new Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Cre program. The expa...
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Mark Carney laughed at the suffering of Grassy Narrows. All evidence points to him being deeply anti-Indigenous.
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 2w ago160. Do not appoint a Conservative who has said offensive things about Indigenous communities as a top advisor. www.aptnnews.ca/featured/car...
Canada’s economy doesn’t just need investment. It needs investment to build an equitable, sustainable post-carbon economy.
Means-testing is just a wasteful form of job creation. We can do better.
Make Calgary the cosplay capital of the World. It’s more of a growth industry than O&G.
Paul Fairie@paulisci.bsky.social · last mo.I wish Calgary would embrace other themed costume weeks like it does Stampede. There should be a week where we dress up like magicians. Another where everyone is now a zebra. It would be good.
Make Calgary the cosplay capital of the World. It’s more of a growth industry than O&G.
Paul Fairie@paulisci.bsky.social · last mo.I wish Calgary would embrace other themed costume weeks like it does Stampede. There should be a week where we dress up like magicians. Another where everyone is now a zebra. It would be good.
Reminder: we are war crime-ing Cuba right now because Trump and Rubio want to collapse their government. Not a major part of the media discourse but it should be.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.An island-wide blackout hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
Guess WHEN was Beijings "three red lines" policy of deflating housing and inflating manuf.... "This is probably one of the most important charts right now about the Chinese economy. To offset the collapse in the real estate sector, Beijing has managed to surge credit to the manufacturing sector"
The Ford government just deleted every long-term care inspection report from before 2023 from their website, obfuscating a vital public record, especially from the devastating pandemic era. But we have 10,000 of those reports, and we're making them publicly available. thelocal.to/long-term-ca...
The Ford Government Just Deleted Thousands of Long-Term Care Reports. Here They Are. | The Local
The provincial government has eliminated access to long-term care home inspection reports from before 2023. We have over 10,000 of those reports, and are restoring access to the public.
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People that want to shame those who defect from MAGA for their participation, how do you propose we build a mass social movement? This is a sincere question. I’m trying to understand your theory of change.
All political economy boils down to the questions, “Who gets what? Why?”
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
Wealth tax talk is back. For those, like self-dubbed "Mr. Wonderful"(Kevin O'Leary), who say if you try to tax us we'll leave: how can we miss you if you won't go? www.thestar.com/business/ont... Don't like taxes? Move to Chad.
Ontario has more than 40 per cent of Canada’s billionaire families, says a new report. Should it have a wealth tax?
An estimated 38 billionaire families live in Ontario, according to a new report by Canadians for Tax Fairness.
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Anyone who says “you know he doesn’t literally have a $1 trillion in a bank account” learned about paper gains less than a week ago.
New report: Extreme wealth inequality is soaring all across Canada — good thing we've got a wealth tax for that! 🎩🥂 See how your province stacks up here: bit.ly/C4TFProvWealth
Show me the money: A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada
A provincial overview of extreme wealth in Canada New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is part of a new wave of global political leaders at the subnational level advocating for and implementing measures...
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“That’s why over thousands of businesses have made the switch.” That quantity makes no sense at all. Over thousands? Like, a million?
I will not relinquish the em dash (the long one—) to AI.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2mo agoWait, em-dashes are now seen as an AI thing? I was using them before AI was a glimmer in Satan's eye and I'm not stopping now. I love them; they can represent a shift in tone, a raised eyebrow, a leaning-forward, a tiny jolt of midsentence caffeine. It was all I could do not to use one in this post.
Carney announces plan to privatize airports but still give them half a billion dollars once in a while
Carney announces plan to privatize airports but still give them half a billion dollars once in a while
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a funding model which would see Canada’s federally-owned and operated airports become 100% privately owned, but still get half a billion dollars of ta...
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