Palantir wants health data. "According to its registration, Palantir’s Canadian subsidiary was interested in “areas where [the] company's capabilities & experience in improving patient care while optimizing limited health system resources match needs & objectives of the B.C. public health system.”

Investigative Journalism Foundation@theijf.org · 12h ago

The Canadian arm of controversial U.S. data mining company Palantir was until recently registered to lobby B.C. health authorities. Elsewhere in the world, Palantir’s health-care contracts are coming under fire. zurl.co/J0wmn

A company that would experiment on its own users like this, and obfuscated what it was doing, is not one that will abide by any "duty to act responsibly." @ntusikov.bsky.social and I lay out exactly why not in this Policy Options piece. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/07/bill...

Canada can’t regulate Big Tech by trusting Big Tech

Bill C-34 puts too much faith in Big Tech. Canada should regulate the algorithms, data practices and business models that drive online harm.

policyoptions.irpp.org

Jason Leopold@jasonleopold.bsky.social · yesterday

BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

More evidence that social media bans don't work: Australia's regulator finds 80% of teens still use social media. Canada's proposed ban won't work & neither will its duty to act responsibly (a juiced-up version of corporate social responsibility). What will work? theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

"....in Alberta, the secretly-coordinated effort, which would culminate in militarized raids at multiple universities, would involve not just police but also an official from Danielle Smith’s UCP government."

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 6d 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...

A short-sighted plan in which Agriculture Canada belatedly realizes the value of research, but not so much as to hire back fired scientists.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 5d ago

Officials at Canada's agriculture department are asking scientists who were abruptly fired earlier this year to help the agency decide its future research goals, Canada's National Observer has found.

How is offering a course by someone affiliated w institutions complicit with apartheid & war crimes, who frames the economy of an apartheid, war criminal state as a "fascinating economic laboratory", while said state escalates its genocides in Palestine & Lebanon, aligned with UofT's mission? 9/

Hey @caut.bsky.social - READ THIS.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d ago

New reporting from @breachmedia.ca shows that Canadian universities operated a secret national effort to coordinate surveillance and policing of anti-genocide activism and encampments. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

Weather forecasting is a good example of why @ntusikov.bsky.social argues that the US evisceration of its regulatory and scientific agencies means Canada needs more, not less, government to pick up the slack. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Whither the weather balloons? U.S. changes leave Canada with less notice of storms, experts say

American stations have strayed from regular launch times observed around the globe as part of co-ordinated scientific effort

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@ntusikov.bsky.social makes this argument here in relation to food and pharma safety, but given Canada’s reliance on US agencies, it’s applicable across all government scientific and regulatory functions. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/trum...

How Trump’s regulatory cuts threaten Canada’s safety

Trump’s dismantling of U.S. science agencies puts Canadians at risk. Canada must boost regulatory capacity to protect health and food safety.

policyoptions.irpp.org

A must-read article by @breachmedia.ca on Canadian universities sharing tips on suppressing speech about Israel’s genocide in Gaza & monitoring faculty & student protests. Not surprised to see YorkU listed.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d ago

New reporting from @breachmedia.ca shows that Canadian universities operated a secret national effort to coordinate surveillance and policing of anti-genocide activism and encampments. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

Hopefully that means an end to saying it's up to others whether they violate international law, opposing wars of aggression, not allowing #ICC suspects to fly through our airspace, & rallying around the Court - all of which happen to be in line with respecting our sovereignty.

We argue that social media firms are the wrong actors for the duty to act responsibly. Simply put, they're untrustworthy, bad actors that require direct govt regulation. Reforming their business models, data practices, & algorithms are needed instead.

Blayne Haggart@bhaggart.bsky.social · 6d ago

New from @ntusikov.bsky.social and me, in which we argue that Bill C-34 and its "duty to act responsibly" simply isn't capable of dealing with the bad actors that comprise Big Tech. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/07/bill...

Despite being wanted by the #ICC, Netanyahu has flown through Canadian airspace THREE times in the past seven months. Why is Canada flouting its obligations to the ICC & allowing Israel to violate its sovereignty, @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social?? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Israel says it asked Canada for permission for Netanyahu to use Canadian airspace | CBC News

The Israeli government has told CBC News that it requested permission for wanted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overfly Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Monday en route to a meeting with ...

cbc.ca

Today the Carney government announced a consultation on AI transparency. This decision makes a mockery of it, as Carney has signalled repeatedly (see: Palantir is a Canadian company) that his digital policy will basically be whatever makes the US tech giants happy.

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...

And yet universities and supposedly smart people see no problem in inserting this easily gamed, black-box, privately controlled tech into their research processes and our education systems.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last wk.

Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

The ICC is a canary in the coal mine, whose failing health embodies the Trumpian virus infecting the global rule of law and a wholesale attack on international law - all of it. To save the Court, then, is to save international law itself. justiceinconflict.org/2026/07/27/u... #ICC

Under pressure from Washington, states are withdrawing from the ICC: Time for a Membership Drive?

The International Criminal Court (Photo: Mark Kersten) It has been barely two weeks since U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Washington’s intention to “dismantle” the International…

justiceinconflict.org

Where was the government? "It was actually an employee of CN Rail who called her less than one hour before her community burned down she said, to warn her that they needed “to run.”" Paavola said that Namaygoosisagagun was left to evacuate without notice or support" #OnPoli

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

Collins chief says they were told 'not to worry' about fire

I also wrote on this subject, in case of interest: There must be consequences: Accountability for war crimes can help stop attacks on hospitals justiceinconflict.org/2025/07/02/t...

There must be consequences: Accountability for war crimes can help stop attacks on hospitals

Dr Suleiman Qaoud at the Rantisi Specialist Hospital after Israeli attacks on the facility on 6 November 2023 (Photo: Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera) The doctors assumed that a well-marked hospita…

justiceinconflict.org

We're financing the burning of gas... for a U.S. tech giant... to benefit U.S. owned/aligned oil and gas corporations... When we could be financing sovereign renewables. And the country is on fire. #CDNpoli #ABpoli #Wildfires #DataCentre #Carney

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 2w ago

NEW: Export Development Canada provided between $100 million and $200 million in project financing for the gas-fired plant that will power Meta's data centre in Sturgeon County, Alta., Canada's National Observer has discovered.

New from me, in which I invite the federal government and others to abandon the belief that the way to deal with a bad-faith partner who ripped up your trade agreement is another, better trade agreement. Canada needs a reality-based strategy. And a Royal Commission is the best way to develop it.

In order to face the reality of Trump, Mark Carney will have to abandon his magical thinking

Prime Minister Mark Carney has thus far behaved as if President Trump is a rational actor. He is not, and it is costing Canadians.

thestar.com

It's kind of amusing that apparently Canada has to give up supply management because it's not playing fair by the rules. At a time when the rules are being rewritten. And to satisfy someone who by definition can't be satisfied. This argument makes zero sense.

Opinion: Playing defence didn’t protect Canada from Trump’s latest tariffs. It’s time to move into the offensive zone

We need to be firm with the Americans that this is not a one-way negotiation where they make demands and we succumb

theglobeandmail.com

tl;dr: The United States has repeatedly violated the USMCA. In order to address this problem, Canada stands ready to renegotiate the USMCA, which the United States has repeatedly violated.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2w ago

My statement on the United States administration’s intention to impose new tariffs on Canadian goods:

We are being advised not to go out due to smoke, whole communities are being wiped out by fire, Republicans complain about 'Canadian' smoke while taking money from the oil & tech industries that backed a convicted felon. The AI industry & the oil industry are not the future.

The Breach@breachmedia.ca · 4w ago

Mark Carney is overseeing a massive expansion of AI data centres in Canada, and it’s raising all kinds of concerns. Marcus Werner reports on the fast-growing movement that’s rising against the wave of planned data centre projects—and in some cases, already winning. breachmedia.ca/inside-the-r...

"At the very least, we could express our support. That's the kind of thing - if we want to support the rule of law, & the ICC for that matter - that we should be engaged in more." @snolke.bsky.social Ottawa won’t say if it supports case against US sanction of 🇨🇦 ICC judge www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa tight-lipped on joining legal case against Trump sanction of Canadian ICC judge | CBC

Ottawa won't say whether it will intervene in support of a Winnipeg-born global judge who is asking a U.S. court to reverse sanctions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, which have left her unable...

cbc.ca

Politics is about hard trade-offs. But the PM uses his political credit to pretend he can magically turn them into win-wins, whether it's trade or climate policy. This is not going to work forever. The limits of this approach.... www.thestar.com/business/opi...

I've covered climate policy for years. The haze over Toronto finally shattered my optimism

The wildfire smoke has choked my faith in Canada's climate future, writes Adam Radwanski. We used to at least be trying. Now we're betting against energy transition.

thestar.com

Reminder that Carney has cut funding for Natural Resources Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Indigenous Services. And he has rolled back climate protections, abandoned emissions targets, and is building more pipelines.

830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.

Canada is standing aside as the US seeks to destroy the #ICC, a court 🇨🇦 helped create, & ruin the lives of those who have dedicated their life to combating the worst atrocities. Forget elbows up; where is our spine @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social? We must urgently defend the ICC.

They could be. They should be. But Carney is busy gutting federal science departments including Fisheries and Oceans, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Environment and Climate Change, Canadian Space Agency, Health Canada, Public Health Agency, and Natural Resources, and dumping research funds into AI.

Daniel Munro@dkmunro.bsky.social · 3w ago

Science and innovation could be central to building a strong Canada - Alan Bernstein, Eddie Goldenberg & David Johnston. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

New Statistics Canada report shows there's been an increase in gun-related femicides in Canada. This is a major reason why rural, remote and Northern women have such high rates of femicide, as I outlined to the Parliamentary committee in 2024 ⬇️ Report: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-00...

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · last yr.

When we talk about guns + violence against women in Canada, most people think Polytechnique. But most women shot to death in Canada live rurally & were killed by a legally owned hunting rifle. Testified to Parliament last fall outlining why rural women are at disproportionate risk of femicide.