Again: policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/carn... There are legitimate reasons to get off U.S. tech & shift Canadians' data to non-U.S. locations. But building out AI is largely just a scam - an environmentally costly bubble. Steel/concrete/code is not worth cutting services like pharmacare. #CDNpoli

Deeply integrating our economy with the United States is what made Canada so vulnerable to Trump’s bullying in the first place. This isn’t what Canadians voted for. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Imagine talking about any other public service this way. Does the government keep public hospitals “afloat”? What about when it gave Marine Atlantic $169 million to support its operations in 24/25? The media does the bidding of those who want to private Canada Post when they adopt this framing.

Google Chrome is now silently pushing a 4GB AI model (Gemini Nano) to your local disk without asking. No opt-in, no notice, and it re-downloads even if you delete it. Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.

Absolutely tragic that hacks are the ones with the big salaries. I dont know a good journalist out there who would rely on an AI summary for anything.

1/ Chiara Padovani is one of the most committed and effective organizers I’ve ever known. In 3 years (off the side of her desk) she’s done more for her working class community of York South-Weston than most politicians do in 30. www.chiarapadovani.ca

Oh my god. Oh my fucking god.

Google Chrome is malware.

Wait until you hear about how much money the police bleed

Not "protecting Ontario" from US banking interests.

Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!

1/ PM Carney seems ready to suspend environmental regulation in Canada under the illusion that he can buy political peace with Danielle Smith (ie the oil industry). www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Circuses like the #WorldCup create 'exceptional' conditions in which the commodification of housing, state repression and the assault on workers' rights are all given a green light. Once, the circus has left town, however, the damage it has done remains and workers and communities pay the price.

OpenAI was found to have violated Canadian privacy laws. But don’t worry: it won’t face any consequences because the commissioner says the company has changed its ways. 🫠

Amazing how many deals Carney is making with the US to ensure that Canada is reliant upon the US for decades to come. Publicly he speaks of a pivot away from the US, but his actions speak to a different course of action. www.state.gov/releases/bur...

This rationale is paper thin and frankly, embarrassing considering what a economics genius people say Carney is. The government can finance massive projects like a pipeline to Vancouver but it suddenly needs to sell airports? The capital tied up in the airport ALREADY serves Canadians where it is.

Not only privatised but foreign owned. Mark Carney suggests he’s open to foreign investment in Canadian airports www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

So it would appear that PP, Doug Ford and Carney are joined at the hip on jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto.

Great work by @readtheorchard.org. The separatists basically stole an elections list, breaching the personal information/data of Albertan voters. The only reason for this is to target them open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...

If Google gets their way, Android will become a locked down piece of shit just like Apple devices. keepandroidopen.org

The "neighbours" in Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood are disappearing and being replaced by AI chat bots.

OK, so this is not a sovereign wealth fund, it's just a variation on the failed Canada Infrastructure Bank model where public money 'de-risks' private capital in order to 'catalyze' investment - www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYa...

I supported Wab Kinew going after algorithmic pricing, but this is a really awful terrible bad move. It is IMPOSSIBLE to implement age verification in a privacy respecting way. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

These folks should have their pay doubled (at least).

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been officially LEGO videoed. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhr...

Cory Doctorow points out that Donald Trump has become a back handed "friend" of the global shift to solar power through his reign of error. pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/p...

"But Canadian media need you to think that this is a disaster. They need you to believe that Canada Post is not viable and therefore, they must make their services even worse, so that they can finally turn a profit again." Dismantling Canada Post for parts open.substack.com/pub/noralore...

NEW: The Consumer Federation of America sued Meta this morning over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram. @regret.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/meta-i...

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future. It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

Poor Doug, he's putting his gravy plane up for sale.

Today is the 42nd Anniversary of the Canada Health Act, the perfect time for the Liberals to enforce the act and protect public healthcare. But will they?

Just doing some grade school arithmetic, Doug Ford's jet would cover off the cost of give or take 300 full-time nursing positions in the healthcare system.

There's a lot of talk about age verification systems for online platforms these days. Cory Doctorow explains that doing this in a way that preserves privacy is bullshit and technically impossible. doctorow.medium.com/privacy-pres...

On majority government, cutting through the clutter, and sobbing on the radio (ouch). My conversation with the great Nil Köksal. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The carcinogenicity of the petrochemical chain is easier to observe at the points of its greatest concentration. Refinery towns like Sarnia, and Alberta bitumen mines, for example. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/15/n...

Disgusting from the Liberal party, tbh. #cdnpoli

Today, the Liberals rejected our NDP motion to ban surveillance pricing - a dystopian practice that will drive up costs for Canadians if we allow it to take root. The NDP is the only party fighting to protect you from getting ripped off at the checkout.

130+ Palestinian grad students admitted to 🇨🇦 universities are trapped in a 23-month limbo. IRCC is demanding biometrics from a war zone—a move that is both unrealistic and unjust. The precedent exists: we did this for Ukraine & Syria. We must do it now. #cdnpoli #Gaza www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

'About one-third of global seaborne trade in fertilizers passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Prices have already surged by more than 40%, just as the planting season has arrived in West and Central Africa.' #IranWar #Africa www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...

The @mark-carney.bsky.social government loves capitalists too much to reign them in. Prove me wrong Mr. Complicity.

Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection

Greta Thunberg is right.

On April 13th in Scarborough Southwest there is an alternative to corporate Carney and his new bigot buddy Marilyn Gladu. Join the campaign to stand up for working class folks by supporting NDP candidate Fatima Shaban.

Shove your AI where the sun don't shine.

Translation: The Government of Canada is morally bankrupt.

#SSW Scarborough Southwest byelection, 13 April 2026. #cdnpoli Message from Avi Lewis fatimashaban.ndp.ca

Thanks @avilewis.ca for your wonderful boost to our very grassroots campaign in Scarborough Southwest to elect working class mom and NDP candidate Fatima Shaban in the April 13th federal by-election!

1/ Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a ceasefire deal, Israel launched one of its most devastating attacks on Lebanon to date. Over a hundred strikes in ten minutes - carnage in Beirut, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...