Pretty sure when you win the election it's a big election night. Pretty sure when your party's leadership all endorses the loser, it means the leadership is out of touch with the electorate.

Politico@politico.com · 23h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Our schools get hot! Our kids deserve a safe place to learn or go to daycare. Our workers deserve protection from extreme heat when they're on the job. If you would like to support Bill 123: and cooler schools, please sign our petition: www.jamiewestmpp.ca/actnow_cool_...

99% of collective agreements are reached without a strike. Collective bargaining and job action are not only Constitutional rights, vital in a democracy - they work in practice. Congrats to CUPE members and Westjet on reaching a negotiated settlement.

When the House Hippo first appeared on Canadian televisions, it seemed that everyone wanted one to appear in their homes. This commercial became a part of the Canadian cultural landscape and even today, the House Hippo is beloved by Canadians. 🧵 1/10

Honestly, I would love to see the Library and Archives Canada fully funded to create a public publisher of some of Canada's greatest authors and timeless works. In the same vein of the LoA - it would be great for us to have inexpensive volumes of classic Canadian literature available for all.

Bring back the House Hippo PSA but modernize it to include warning against A.I slop.

As a Canadian, my view of USA Today is of a discarded paper, flying in the wind on a NYC street only to fall back to the ground, walked on by uncaring pedestrians.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Ah, the Pinkertons. Only good honest folk hire Pinkertons. That's what history tells us, right?

Spudly Do-Right@spudleydo-right.bsky.social · 3d ago

Carney approving the hiring of Pinkertons should show you who he really is. Mark Carney does not give a F about the Canadian working class or their labour rights.

America is fucked if this is a legitimately accepted narrative. "Fuck the poor and hungry. I got mine." Meanwhile, most people who *actually* run the country through their labour are probably one or two bad pay days away from precarious housing or food security.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

I despite the CPC's reactionary politics. Theresa Tam has testified and addressed committees in Parliament numerous times already. They know voters generally don't follow the minute details of committees and meetings - so now they want a bad faith committee for soundbites so PP can look strong.

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d ago

Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives want to launch a witch hunt against Canada's public health heroes - just like MAGA is doing with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Poilievre offers nothing to Canadians except warmed over crap from the American extreme right.

After years of hype, and trillions of dollars, the AI boom will leave us with a captured economy, a corrupted democracy, and a devastated environment. We can't let them get away with it. substack.com/home/post/p-...

'What options does the federal government have on the strike?' Nice neutral stance there. Fucking tell WestJet to pay their flight attendants for every second they spend working - not just in flight. But - lemme guess, we're gonna use Section 107 and tell workers to fuck off again. #cdnlabour

Doug Ford left First Nations in Ontario to burn ricochet.media/indigenous/d...

Doug Ford left First Nations in Ontario to burn

As wildfires spread across the north, First Nation communities say they were abandoned without warning, support or evacuation plans. The catastrophe was years in the making, driven by a government tha...

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May history judge us poorly on how we worshiped the capital gains of a few hundred over the wellbeing of our fellow human beings.

GodlessPrimate@godlessprimate.bsky.social · 4d ago

It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.

Please consider donating some legal funds to @thegrindto.bsky.social. They're a progressive indie mag operating out of Toronto and need help w their legal battle for rightfully reporting on an IDF speaking rally in Toronto. Protect Independent journalism! #cdnmedia #cdnpoli #canada

We just passed the halfway mark of $25,000! Thanks to the 271 people who've donated! We're going to take a break over the weekend. We'll be back posting on Tuesday with a fun announcement to push towards the ultimate $50,000 goal. Want to give? Go to: www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...

The Grind@thegrindto.bsky.social · 6d ago

We're now at $22,805 of the $50,000 goal for our legal defence. Thanks to the 238 people who have donated! Can we get past halfway before the weekend, to over $25,000? E-transfer info@thegrindmag.ca or pay by card at buy.stripe.com/6oE02D00TgZ4...

Did you know that a 25% of game devs have been laid off in the last two years? In the U.S., it's 1/3 of ALL devs. Donate to the Game Industry Hardship Fund. For $10 (or more!), get 127 indie games. Run by United Videogame Workers, UVW-CWA Local 9433 itch.io/b/3802/game-... #gamedev #unionize

I've been noticing that Ford's reaction was tepid and basically avoidant of the wildfires until the videos and pics of Northern Ontario and Indigenous communities burning went viral - then he put on his Captain Canuck cap and opened the pocket book. Ontario needs a government that cares for all.

Ricochet Media@ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 6d ago

NEW: Ford government won’t commit to forest fire inquiry, as chiefs demand change. ‘Ontario is burning and there’s no end in sight,’ say First Nation leaders. But ‘we have a treaty partner that refuses to listen’ Latest from Jon Thompson in Northern Ontario. ricochet.media/indigenous/f...

This goes hard as fuck. Currently reading about the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. Love reading about Helen 'Ma' Armstrong and how she organized the Women's Labour League to feed thousands. Got beaten and arrest at least twice by the police but kept going steady! We owe a lot to women in labour.

edith@edithcharles.bsky.social · 6d ago

Scab being beaten by a miner’s wife, 1984

Unprecedented number of program closures nationwide.

Alex Usher@alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 6d ago

Canadian higher ed folks! Give me your predictions: what's going to be the biggest story in our sector in this academic year?

I've said this once before today and I'll say it again. This is why we should not have billionaires, why countries need anti-SLAPP laws and why we need to make sure non-profits cannot be targetted by those with immense wealth when they say words that hurt billionaires and their egos.

Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5d ago

A dark day for human rights.

Canada needs more labour reporters to hold management accountable for their decisions Every layoff is a choice Good labour reporters should not simply tell you how many people were laid off, they should also question management's choices and ask what else is going on behind the scenes

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 7d ago

Rogers Layoffs Stemmed from ‘Corporate Decisions’ Taking Precedent Over Workers, Union Says “Workers are often the last to be considered when these decisions are made.” pressprogress.ca/rogers-layof...

This is deeply troubling. Canada is a signatory to the ICC and has just allowed a suspected war criminal to transit its airspace yet again. Remember when Carney teased the word genocide during the election campaign? We are a very long and disturbing way from there. 🧵 www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Ottawa supports ousting ICC prosecutor Karim Khan but won't say how it voted

Ottawa says it supports the decision by International Criminal Court members to oust prosecutor Karim Khan but won’t say whether Canada voted on his expulsion.

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The government gave public dollars to private companies to help with student mental health. Now the contracts are cancelled, and students still need help. We need more sustainable public funding to support students, not unreliable private actors.

TheTrillium.ca@thetrillium.bsky.social · last wk.

Bank seeks court order to remove company involved in Skills Development Fund scandal from executives' control

Zivo is an embarrassment, as are all the people gloating over the lawsuit against Press Progress

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 6d ago

Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct

Let me be clear. In Canada, you have one vote. That's it. Anything else disenfranchises the poor and working class, disabled, and seniors. To imply that others should have more - especially the wealthy - is deeply undemocratic and unconstitutional.

Excited to sit down and read Dennis Lewycky's Magificent Fight: The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. (Now updated my reading list on my website!) So far, a great resource for research for something I wanna write. Got a few other books marked for research too. #booksky #labourhistory

Big story out this morning by @lilypolenchuk.bsky.social and @readtheorchard.org 🔥 Coincidentally, David Slater and I will be citing this in a related scoop for @breachmedia.ca - watch for that soon! www.readtheorchard.org/p/alberta-mi...

Alberta ministry removed campus free speech from encampment talking points

FOIP records withheld for 2 years show that the government also omitted language describing encampments as “illegal tactics” from key messages on the 2024 pro-Palestine protests.

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Disgusting to see Cambrian College named here. To see a college so close to home partake in the surveillance of student protestors is vile. The destruction of these records is undemocratic as well. The right to protest must be protected in Canada. Students, Indigenous, etc. #cdnpoli

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 7d ago

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...