"All the while, a report last week suggested that arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite the government being adamant that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/palestinian-canadians-feel-betrayed-by-canada-demand-end-to-violence-starvation-in-gaza-1.7598968
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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New research is calling for the federal government to implement policies that already exist in the U.K. and New Zealand, including a national sick leave policy and the right for all working parents to request flexible work arrangements. #canpoli
New research is calling for the federal government to implement policies that already exist in the U.K. and New Zealand, including a national sick leave policy and the right for all working parents to request flexible work arrangements. #canpoli
Tim Chambers
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Shout out to Sen. @Paulatics at #Fedicon2025 , as example of #CanPoli elected who is active on #Fediverse . #Fedicon#Mastodon#CdnPoli
Shout out to Sen. @Paulatics at #Fedicon2025 , as example of #CanPoli elected who is active on #Fediverse . #Fedicon#Mastodon#CdnPoli
🇨🇦 I am more than annoyed that our government is consistently reckless and irresponsible with our data!
Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to U.S. authorities, experts warn
Canadian health data stored on servers owned by U.S. companies
#USA#Canpoli#Canada#Tech#CyberSecurity#Privacy#Health
#Internet
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-data-cloud-servers-canada-us-1.7597441
Dan Gillmor
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Hey all! This is short notice so please boost! Calling all local Canadian Journalists!
Sign ups are open until Friday at 5PM PDT!
"Independent publishing can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. LION Publishers wants to help news entrepreneurs across Canada connect and build new relationships.
Each group will be led by a LION community ambassador and will meet monthly from August to October to discuss the highs and lows of local publishing"
Hey all! This is short notice so please boost! Calling all local Canadian Journalists!
Sign ups are open until Friday at 5PM PDT!
"Independent publishing can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be. LION Publishers wants to help news entrepreneurs across Canada connect and build new relationships.
Each group will be led by a LION community ambassador and will meet monthly from August to October to discuss the highs and lows of local publishing"
Alex Akselrod
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Jamey Sharp
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11293173/united-states-deportation-non-binary/
So this story. My take.
2 years ago, I lodged petition e-4268, to the federal government, requesting that they suspend the Safe Third Country agreement for the US and UK, because it was clear that trans and nonbinary people were under oppressive attack by both countries.
We gathered 167k signatures, the third highest number in Canadian Parliamentary history (at the time). The government responded that "Look, we have a Safe Third Country Agreement, we can't violate it, they're designated, and besides, we already do this."
I checked. They do it, alright. 640 applicants in eight years. TWO granted.
So...petition failed.
And here we are, two years and a couple of months later, and now a federal court Judge (and bless her, she's Indigenous, Canada's (shamefully) first Indigenous judge on the federal court) has said, "Yes, you were right, this immigration officer who decided to deport this person had clearly failed to take into account the current status of anti-LGBTQ repression in the US. And the government needs to quickly revisit the Safe Third Country Agreement, to see whether it should be given an exemption for trans and nonbinary people."
So. If the government appeals, it will take months for this to be resolved. Probably, if usual timelines hold, into next year. That's important to note.
And then the government will, almost certainly, have to decide what to do. Publicly. They will either have to produce evidence that trans and nonbinary people are safe in the US (which is like saying "prove that the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny aren't having an affair", and equally as likely), or accept the court's recommendation and carve out an exemption for trans and nonbinary people in the S3CA.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11293173/united-states-deportation-non-binary/
So this story. My take.
2 years ago, I lodged petition e-4268, to the federal government, requesting that they suspend the Safe Third Country agreement for the US and UK, because it was clear that trans and nonbinary people were under oppressive attack by both countries.
We gathered 167k signatures, the third highest number in Canadian Parliamentary history (at the time). The government responded that "Look, we have a Safe Third Country Agreement, we can't violate it, they're designated, and besides, we already do this."
I checked. They do it, alright. 640 applicants in eight years. TWO granted.
So...petition failed.
And here we are, two years and a couple of months later, and now a federal court Judge (and bless her, she's Indigenous, Canada's (shamefully) first Indigenous judge on the federal court) has said, "Yes, you were right, this immigration officer who decided to deport this person had clearly failed to take into account the current status of anti-LGBTQ repression in the US. And the government needs to quickly revisit the Safe Third Country Agreement, to see whether it should be given an exemption for trans and nonbinary people."
So. If the government appeals, it will take months for this to be resolved. Probably, if usual timelines hold, into next year. That's important to note.
And then the government will, almost certainly, have to decide what to do. Publicly. They will either have to produce evidence that trans and nonbinary people are safe in the US (which is like saying "prove that the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny aren't having an affair", and equally as likely), or accept the court's recommendation and carve out an exemption for trans and nonbinary people in the S3CA.
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The research fairy
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Support Jeronimo Kataquapit and his fight to protect the Hudson Bay lowlands. This is not just a fight against Bill 5, Bill C5, it's a fight to save a natural carbon sink that protects us from climate change.
#onpoli #canpoli #bill5 #indigenous #firstnations
https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-first-nations-rights-and-the-peatlands
Support Jeronimo Kataquapit and his fight to protect the Hudson Bay lowlands. This is not just a fight against Bill 5, Bill C5, it's a fight to save a natural carbon sink that protects us from climate change.
#onpoli #canpoli #bill5 #indigenous #firstnations
https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-first-nations-rights-and-the-peatlands
Canada can become a leader in AI, says a panel of experts. All the country has to do is get rid of privacy regulations around health data, eliminate a bunch of entry-level jobs, and shift cultural production to just-in-time, personalized media (which itself requires less privacy regulation):
maco
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Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli#CdnPoli#EV#Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456
Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli#CdnPoli#EV#Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456
Make no mistake. This is a USA automaker and oil company hit job on the independence and sovereignty of the Canadian economy.
They are trying to reverse the inevitable so they can continue their own businesses as usual for as long as possible.
It can't be allowed to happen. Canada is already lagging far behind other nations. Our Economy and our Society and our burning forests, will suffer if our government gives in to this pressure.
#CanPoli#CdnPoli#EV#Cars
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/zev-mandate-climate-1.7576456
I had high hopes for Canada not caving to Trump but it seems to be happening again and again.