Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Erika Shaker
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Director, CCPA National Office https://bsky.app/profile/policyalternatives.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... ‘Even before the withdrawal, Canada’s troop contribution ranked only 65th in UN peacekeeping missions, with fewer than 30 personnel deployed − the smallest number it has ever contributed.’
Canada cuts its UN peacekeeping forces as it tilts to Europe and Indo-Pacific
Withdrawal of troops from numerous missions jeopardizes ‘a long and proud’ Canadian tradition, expert warns
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LIVE: El-Sayed holds a briefing after Michigan US Senate primary win youtube.com/live/cp1evFQ...
LIVE: El-Sayed holds a briefing after Michigan Senate primary
YouTube video by Reuters
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www.thestar.com/politics/pol... @hadrianmk.bsky.social ‘has co-authored 2 reports since the launch of the Carney government’s AI strategy; one, a series of quick takes on what was announced, & the second, released in late July, doing a more full examination of what’s in the strategy and what’s not’
Susan Delacourt: Friend, enemy or useful tool, AI will reflect the values of politicians who use it
Mark Carney is going to have to offer more reassurance about AI to the left than to the right, Susan Delacourt writes.
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breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni... “I have never seen universities respond to any issue the way they respond to Palestinian activism.”
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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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Within a couple weeks, fire season erupted across the country, with wildfire smoke smothering eastern North America. In full climate change denial, President Trump and other U.S. politicians blamed Canada and threatened tariffs in retaliation.’
Fuel for the fires: Western Canada as an “energy superpower” | CCPA
The federal government is walking back climate action and fast-tracking fossil fuels in the West. It’s a strategy that won’t age well.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Is Canada truly acting in defence of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, or is it prioritizing short-term profit and geopolitical advantage? If the latter, how can the government possibly say its foreign policy is principled or “values-based?”’
Diversification against democracy in Canada’s latest global agreements | CCPA
New trade deals with Ecuador and the UAE raise hard questions about the government’s international priorities
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www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bra... ‘according to disinformation experts who reviewed a Drop Site analysis of chatbot queries and training data…tens of millions of Americans who use chatbots are increasingly likely to receive answers manipulated by Parscale on behalf of the Israeli government’
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Canada ranks 28 out of 35 OECD countries for its lower share of public spending on health care, behind 27 other countries with universal health care systems’ @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
Public versus private health care spending in Canada | CCPA
Canada already sees a higher portion of private health care spending than a lot of countries, and it needs to change
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Marc Miller’s comments are not equivalent in scale to the Trump administration’s systematic intervention. However, the lesson of the Smithsonian case is about what happens when policymakers weaken institutional independence’
Museum independence cannot be conditional in Canada | CCPA
The campaign against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ Nakba exhibition shows why arm’s-length cultural institutions must be protected.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘These legislative amendments are part and parcel of establishing AB’s two-tier health care system with a private health insurance market for medically necessary health care services that are already covered under the public plan.’ @policyalternatives.ca
Alberta ends equal access to medical testing and treatment | CCPA
New legislative changes are formalizing Alberta's private-pay testing scheme that allows the wealthy to jump the line
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NEW: The Ontario NDP and several First Nations are calling for a public inquiry into the Ford government’s handling of the wild land fires #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1198676...
NDP calls for public inquiry into Ford government’s wildfire preparedness, response | Globalnews.ca
First Nations leaders have said the Ontario government left communities to fend for themselves without timely support for evacuations.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘It’s tempting to try and parse the language of trade law and the specific details by sector, but the new tariffs are just Trump being Trump, using existing law in novel ways to expand the executive powers of the president.‘ @policyalternatives.ca
Canada getting the “art of the deal” treatment with new U.S. tariffs | CCPA
Understanding the latest Trump trade war play
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ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... “The government operations centre is responsible for coordinating our national emergency response. Gutting it by almost half puts people across the country at risk, including frontline workers who are battling wildfires, supporting evacuations & risking their lives”
Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union
The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘It is not too late to put the public interest first in the AI era, but it will require a different approach….this report presents six principles for forward-looking, public interest AI advocacy in Canada’ @policyalternatives.ca @hadrianmk.bsky.social
Think twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada | CCPA
Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry
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www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/21/a... ‘the initiative had originally been scheduled to run until March 2027, but ended about a year early as part of its expenditure review reductions.’
‘A disaster’ for access, expert says as cuts push Library and Archives to end proactive declassification work - The Hill Times
'It's just another tragedy in the access story,' says historian Timothy Sayle of the decision to axe the three-year-old program, and part of a 'broader pattern of underfunding access to information an...
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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘The oil and gas industry really has no peer in the field of corporate propaganda and political influence.’ @policyalternatives.ca @simonenoch.bsky.social
Strange bedfellows: How the tech industry learned to love fossil fuels | CCPA
Tech companies used to present themselves as the green vanguard. Now they’re a key driver of gas expansion. What happened?
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 'Carney had suggested...the US portion of the proceeds would kick in only after payments on that debt....'
Carney Defends Deal With Trump to Split Bridge Toll Profits
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his decision to give the US a share of the profit from a new bridge between Ontario and Michigan, saying there will be little to no proceeds to split at fi...
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'All G7 countries are represented at the meeting, according to a list of attendees shared by a State Department spokesperson. Canadian officials had previously declined to confirm their attendance or answer questions about the US shift in counterterrorism strategy' www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Canada attends Trump summit targeting left-wing extremism
Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending the high-level counterterrorism meeting.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Federal & BC officials should have known better than to drop this half-baked trial balloon.’ @policyalternatives.ca @marclee.bsky.social
The Vancouver condo bailout props up a failed housing model | CCPA
How much should the government pay for an unsold, empty condo for it to be “affordable”?
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Oh. Must be part of the ‘unlocking billions in investments strategy.’
Michael Nabert@sustainablesong.bsky.social · 3w agoMark Carney's made deep cuts to Natural Resources Canada that strip away science-based expertise on forest fires, "decimating capacity" to track wildfire activity. Only one forest pathologist now monitors the entire forestry system east of the Rockies. 5/ www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...
Must be nice. (Electric taxis in China now cheaper than taking a gasoline powered car)
Reuters@reuters.com · 3w agoChina turns to electric taxis to soften Hormuz oil shock reut.rs/4hej0sN
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'What appears to be a single engineering decision may ultimately become the default model for disposing of orbital megastructures throughout the 21st century' @policyalternatives.ca
The short-sighted deorbiting of the International Space Station | CCPA
The planned “spacecraft cemetery” reveals much about humanity's approach to managing technological waste
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... a reminder of why @opseusefpo.bsky.social workers are on strike and why they deserve our support
Why are Ontario social and community service workers striking? | CCPA
OPSEU workers are dealing with more work, less funding, and lower wages. So they're fighting back
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go.bsky.app/en/news/weat... so much prosperity and unlocking billions in investments. And how ‘bout those elbows?
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If you think Canada Post managers were supposed to be making CP profitable, then yeah, these bonuses make no sense. But if you assume these managers were supposed to destroy CP because the conservative Liberal government wants to privatize delivery in Canada, they've 100% earned these bonuses.
Canada Post management given $30.8 million in performance pay despite record losses
Despite record losses, Canada Post handed its executives and managers $30.8 million in performance-based payments in 2025.
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'For the majority of the working class which has no collective agreement coverage, and hence is protected only by employment standards legislation, there are no laws on technological change & only the beginnings of recognizing a new world of AI-driven work'
Is Canadian labour ready for the AI invasion? | CCPA
AI is coming to Canadian workplaces and management is going to use it as a tool to weaken worker power. Workers and their unions need to get ready.
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www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... ‘The title of “chief operating officer” is unusual for the PMO. Ms. Johnson’s role, the sources said, will mirror the corporate sector’s approach of having a person – the COO – in charge of ensuring the day-to-day work of an organization happens as desired’
Carney appoints chief operating officer in PMO
Maia Johnson, whose relationship with the Prime Minister dates back to his work for the UN, will also continue to advise him on Canada-U.S. relations
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