I know we're all tired,

And we all wish someone would come to save us (anytime now), and that we could just ignore everything and continue life as usual.

But nobody is coming to save us.
We have to save us.

We have to get together, organize, and take concrete actions to push back against authoritarianism and fascism. We have to fight for human rights, or we will lose them all.

It's exhausting, I know.
But the alternative is so much worse.

#HumanRights#DigitalRights#Privacy#MassSurveillance#USpol#UKpol#EUpol#CanPoli

I know we're all tired,

And we all wish someone would come to save us (anytime now), and that we could just ignore everything and continue life as usual.

But nobody is coming to save us.
We have to save us.

We have to get together, organize, and take concrete actions to push back against authoritarianism and fascism. We have to fight for human rights, or we will lose them all.

It's exhausting, I know.
But the alternative is so much worse.

#HumanRights#DigitalRights#Privacy#MassSurveillance#USpol#UKpol#EUpol#CanPoli

if Canada were smart -- which we are not -- we would go all in on recruiting massive numbers of international students once again and dump funding into higher education. how many countries are so similar to the US market which is being closed off? but instead we're drastically capping international student visas and sabotaging colleges and universities, which are currently laying off staff and closing programs across the country. 🤦‍♂️

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/04/How-Can-Canada-Better-Support-Working-Parents/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/04/How-Can-Canada-Better-Support-Working-Parents/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

🇨🇦 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

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"

https://lionpublishers.com/canadian-news-entrepreneurs-connect-with-other-independent-publishers-through-lions-peer-learning-groups/

#canpoli #cdnpoli #journalism #local#BC #news

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"

https://lionpublishers.com/canadian-news-entrepreneurs-connect-with-other-independent-publishers-through-lions-peer-learning-groups/

#canpoli #cdnpoli #journalism #local#BC #news

https://globalnews.ca/news/11293173/united-states-deportation-non-binary/

#CanPoli #trans

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/

#CanPoli #trans

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.

1/2

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