“Did Danielle Smith really believe her re-election fairy tale in 2023, or was she deceiving us?” David J. Climenhaga writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care | The Tyee
‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.
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Saudi authorities have executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses this week without due process. At least 79 more remain at imminent risk of execution on similar charges.
Carney’s govt is again putting corporate profits ahead of human rights. Civil society groups are condemning the Canada-Ecuador trade deal. Canadians expect their govt to stand up for human rights, not turn a blind eye to repression and Indigenous rights violations. miningwatch.ca/news/2026/7/...
Canadian Organizations Condemn Signing of High-Risk Ecuador Free Trade Agreement | Mining Watch Canada
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Vic Sfriso: Learning from Trans Memories in Argentina diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/11/v... This is the fifth blog post in a series for the “Wiki and GLAM: Harnessing Knowledge to Foster Gender Equality” project.
Vic Sfriso: Learning from Trans Memories in Argentina
Vic Sfriso. Photo by Mauricio Genta, CC BY-SA 4.0 Last month, we had the opportunity to speak with Vic Sfriso (1989, Buenos Aires, they/them). Vic, who lives in Buenos Aires, is the Director of Pro…
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www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... House of Commons Data centre petition started by @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
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The Eurovision Song Contest just got a lot tougher. Because next year, Canada is in.
La compétition au Concours Eurovision de la chanson sera désormais bien plus féroce. En effet, dès l’année prochaine, le Canada sera de la partie.
1/ Major Canadian experts in internet security and privacy - like @rondeibert.bsky.social, @openmedia.org and @cancivlib.bsky.social - are absolutely freaking out about Bill C-22. They’re sounding massive alarms, warning that it could:
As Parliament ends, Mark Carney’s majority government is fast-tracking corporate wish lists while rushing through massive law changes without proper democratic debate. Canadians deserve accountability, not backroom corporate deals. www.facebook.com/share/v/18rk...
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Rather than addressing the privacy and security concerns with lawful access, the government rushed Bill C-22 through committee, cut off debate, avoided a recorded vote, and maligned critics. My post on the embarrassing final stage of a deeply troubling bill. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/midn...
Midnight Madness: The Government Rushes Lawful Access Bill Through the House Without Debate or a Recorded Vote - Michael Geist
Bill C-22, the lawful access bill, passed the House of Commons yesterday with the government invoking a single motion to approve several bills without further debate or individual votes as MPs raced f...
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Over the past few months the Canadian government has issued citizenship certificates to people around the world with Canadian ancestry. Now some are in shock after the government abruptly suspended their certificates Saturday. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Government abruptly suspends citizenship certificates issued under 'lost Canadians' law | CBC News
The federal government has suddenly suspended an unknown number of citizenship certificates issued to people around the world. Recipients of the notices, some of whom have already moved to Canada or w...
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✅ Yes, Sean Penn said, "President Donald Trump is an enemy of Americans, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and every new child born. An enemy of mankind. He is indeed an enemy of the state.” www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Sean Penn called Trump 'an enemy of mankind' and 'the state'
The actor has long been a critic of the president.
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Danielle Smith plaide pour une alliance «Alber-bec» ou «Qué-berta» — Noovo Info www.noovo.info/nouvelles/po...
Danielle Smith plaide pour une alliance «Alber-bec» ou «Qué-berta»
Selon le bureau de la première ministre albertaine, l’énergie, le commerce et l’autonomie provinciale devraient figurer en tête de l’ordre du jour.
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Ontario police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone. They're fighting to keep almost everything about it secret — @thestar.com www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Ontario police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone. They’re fighting to keep almost everything about it secret
The police use of ODITs is so secret that police forces have signed agreements to drop serious criminal investigations rather than reveal the name of their vendor.
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Michael Geist Weekly Digest, Issue #10: This week goes inside Bill C-22 committee hearings, the government's faltering defence of lawful access, tech exits and RCMP confirmations, and the massive trade liability buried in the CRTC's online streaming ruling www.linkedin.com/pulse/weekly...
Weekly Digest #10: The Bill C-22 Hearings, the Government's Collapsing Lawful Access Defence, and the Trade Risks for the CRTC's Streaming Ruling
Issue #10 | May 29, 2026 Lawful access dominated the week as Bill C-22 moved through committee, producing a steady stream of developments: a sharp warning from tech companies such as Apple, a governme...
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Google's Bill C-22 submission has now been posted online. Calls for the removal of metadata retention, the elimination of secret ministerial orders, narrowing the scope of service providers, and providing explicit protection for encryption. www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Comm...
Good day everyone! Applications are now open for self-funded delegates to Queering Wiki in Montreal. We are really looking forward to having you join us at this history-making event. Click the link in our bio for more info.
Bonne journée. Etienne Daho - Blitztour - Sortir ce soir - Live youtu.be/l6zZeKTbiCw?si… via @YouTube
« Tractations, copinages » : Macron nomme des proches « pour verrouiller l’appareil d’État » Par À l’air libre
« Tractations, copinages » : Macron nomme des proches « pour verrouiller l’appareil d’État »
À un an de la présidentielle, le chef de l’État nomme ses proches aux plus hautes fonctions. Une façon de « sécuriser les institutions », comme le dit l’Élysée ? Ou plutôt de « cadenasser » l’État ? Notre débat avec la rédaction de « Mediapart » et la professeure de droit Lauréline Fontaine.
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🇫🇷 Le ministre de l'Education Edouard Geffray a annoncé mardi vouloir un âge "plancher" pour pourvoir se présenter au baccalauréat, alors que le plus jeune candidat cette année a un peu moins de 10 ans, estimant que ce n'est pas "souhaitable" d'inscrire un enfant si jeune.
🇨🇦's #BillC22 is entering committee study this week - and we're hearing it may become law by end of the month. We never say this: but this is the worst, most privacy-breaking bill we've seen. It MUST be stopped. Speak up against it and read on to learn more: www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky 1/
Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...
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Public Safety urging Canadians to use a VPN to protect their privacy while simultaneously misleading Canadians about Bill C-22, a bill that would drive those same services out of Canada, is peak lawful access.
Christine Fréchette est venue à Paris accompagnée d'un maillot officiel des Canadiens, floqué Alexandre Texier, joueur français de l'équipe québécoise. → https://l.lefigaro.fr/UXzH
