Rita Simone

@ritasimone.bsky.social

Disinfo & malinfo are threats to democracy! We need to teach our children social emotional skills to ensure they become empathetic adults capable of critical thinking! Believe in science & learn from history! Very sad to see what's happening in the USA

Housing costs are crushing Canadians, yet our cities remain trapped in market-first thinking. Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan in New York takes a different approach: build public housing, strengthen tenant power, and confront real estate speculation head-on. It's time Canadian cities caught up.

What Canadian cities can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s housing plan

New York’s democratic socialist mayor is putting public housing, tenant power, and decommodification at the centre of housing policy, and offering a model for Canadian cities struggling with affordabi...

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This is the least surprising thing. David Parker has been directly fined by Elections Alberta at least three times, and organizations he's been involved in or associated with have been fined over $120,000 in the last year. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Separatist leader accused of misusing Alberta electors list refuses to co-operate with investigators

David Parker is accused of providing hundreds of supporters with access to private information belonging to 2.9 million residents

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This seems...unlikely, especially in light of reporting a few days ago that another Sikh activist had been warned of a credible threat to life. Either the government is naively believing India, or it is misleading Canadians with this statement. globalnews.ca/news/1170676...

Indian government no longer targeting Canadians, senior official says on eve of PM’s visit - National | Globalnews.ca

The comments were the first to suggest India had halted the clandestine operation that Canada has linked to a murder and other crimes.

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There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions

‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees

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