It really needs to be said - if a number of labour groups are striking, putting their livelihoods on the line, perhaps it's not the government in the right here.

Perhaps these folks don't deserve to be ignored.Just a thought.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli

It really needs to be said - if a number of labour groups are striking, putting their livelihoods on the line, perhaps it's not the government in the right here.

Perhaps these folks don't deserve to be ignored.Just a thought.

#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli

nice to see EPL taking an unambiguous stance against censorship here

https://www.intellectualfreedom.ca

#canpoli #yeg #libraries #alberta

nice to see EPL taking an unambiguous stance against censorship here

https://www.intellectualfreedom.ca

#canpoli #yeg #libraries #alberta

“To justify its accelerated de facto privatization program, the government is fond of saying that Canada Post is “losing $10 million per day.” This claim is dubious on its face, based on a year defined by unresolved labour disputes and large one-time costs. More telling is the double standard: no other public service is evaluated this way. How much, for example, does the Canadian military “lose” per day? The answer: $169 million.”
— Dru Oja Jay, in The Breach

#CanPoli #CanadaPost

https://breachmedia.ca/canada-post-faces-two-futures-a-revitalized-public-service-or-a-billionaire-cash-machine/

“To justify its accelerated de facto privatization program, the government is fond of saying that Canada Post is “losing $10 million per day.” This claim is dubious on its face, based on a year defined by unresolved labour disputes and large one-time costs. More telling is the double standard: no other public service is evaluated this way. How much, for example, does the Canadian military “lose” per day? The answer: $169 million.”
— Dru Oja Jay, in The Breach

#CanPoli #CanadaPost

https://breachmedia.ca/canada-post-faces-two-futures-a-revitalized-public-service-or-a-billionaire-cash-machine/

Chat Control is one of the most important issue for human rights and democracy in the West right now.

There is little time left to fight back!🚨

❓If you don't know what it is: read this article

🇪🇺 If you are in the EU: Contact your MEPs NOW

🇪🇺 If you already contacted your MEPs: Contact your local media TODAY to ask them to report and inform on the dangers of Chat Control.

🌎 If you are not European: Spread the word! Talk about it on social media. Contact your local media. Contact your representatives to share your concerns about similar proposals and the loss of privacy rights. This would affect you too!

This is an urgent matter. We cannot let the West slip in this authoritarian dystopia.
We must stop Chat Control ✊🛑

#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #DigitalRights #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

Chat Control is one of the most important issue for human rights and democracy in the West right now.

There is little time left to fight back!🚨

❓If you don't know what it is: read this article

🇪🇺 If you are in the EU: Contact your MEPs NOW

🇪🇺 If you already contacted your MEPs: Contact your local media TODAY to ask them to report and inform on the dangers of Chat Control.

🌎 If you are not European: Spread the word! Talk about it on social media. Contact your local media. Contact your representatives to share your concerns about similar proposals and the loss of privacy rights. This would affect you too!

This is an urgent matter. We cannot let the West slip in this authoritarian dystopia.
We must stop Chat Control ✊🛑

#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #DigitalRights #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.

But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.

Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.

This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.

It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊

There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.

Democracy dies in silence.

• Everyone: Learn more here
• Everyone: Spread the word on social media
• Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your local media NOW
• Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your MEPs NOW

The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.

#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

Canada Post, hospitals, and schools aren't (or shouldn't be) private businesses, they are public services. They don't need to make profits or break even, and they should be supported by public funding.

However, oil, gas, and AI companies are private for-profit businesses. They shouldn't receive any public funding.

Stop this madness.

#CanPoli #CanadaPost

🌱 Congratulations to Emily Lowan, newly elected leader of the BC Green Party!

She is now the first political party leader in Canada on Mastodon — a milestone for healthier, community-driven digital spaces.

I look forward to seeing Emily share more here about expanding Mastodon adoption and supporting her MLAs as they join the Fediverse. Perhaps also a friendly challenge to other party leaders.

@emilylowan @mlabotterell #yyj #Cdnpoli #Canpoli #GreenParty #BCPoli @Paulatics

Canada Post, hospitals, and schools aren't (or shouldn't be) private businesses, they are public services. They don't need to make profits or break even, and they should be supported by public funding.

However, oil, gas, and AI companies are private for-profit businesses. They shouldn't receive any public funding.

Stop this madness.

#CanPoli #CanadaPost