LeftyLabourTech Toronto
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Mostly retired Toronto-based union activist & GNU/Linux Free/Libre software nerd.
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Conor Curtis
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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
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Avi Lewis
2 days ago
Deeply integrating our economy with the United States is what made Canada so vulnerable to Trumpās bullying in the first place. This isnāt what Canadians voted for.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Carney says Canada open to deeper integration with U.S. ahead of CUSMA review
Speaking to a room of progressive policy experts in Toronto Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney offered some insight into what Canada has offered up ahead of an official review of the Canada-U.S.-Mex...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-open-to-deeper-integration-with-us-in-some-sectors-carney-says/
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Paris Marx
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Imagine talking about any other public service this way. Does the government keep public hospitals āafloatā? 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.
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Feds greenlight $673M to keep Canada Post afloat this year | CBC News
The federal government is handing hundreds of millions of dollars to Canada Post to keep the money-bleeding mail service afloat for the current fiscal year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-post-funding-afloat-9.7193383
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Dare Obasanjo
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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.
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. ā That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install
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Nora Loreto
3 days ago
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.
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Avi Lewis
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1/ Chiara Padovani is one of the most committed and effective organizers Iāve ever known. In 3 years (off the side of her desk) sheās done more for her working class community of York South-Weston than most politicians do in 30.
www.chiarapadovani.ca
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Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston
https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/
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Rachel Gilmore
4 days ago
Oh my god. Oh my fucking god.
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Google Chrome is malware.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
3 days ago
Wait until you hear about how much money the police bleed
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Not "protecting Ontario" from US banking interests.
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Rachel Gilmore
3 days ago
Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canadaās progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment⦠Please, pay attention. Heās eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!
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Avi Lewis
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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...
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Althia Raj: Mark Carney runs roughshod over the environment: āItās worse than what Harper didā
The prime minister plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species and pollute waterways in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects, Althia Raj writes.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/mark-carney-runs-roughshod-over-the-environment-its-worse-than-what-harper-did/article_1fa59928-a8d5-481a-896b-405c86a466d1.html
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John Clarke
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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.
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Paris Marx
4 days ago
OpenAI was found to have violated Canadian privacy laws. But donāt worry: it wonāt face any consequences because the commissioner says the company has changed its ways. š«
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OpenAI violated Canadian privacy laws in developing first ChatGPT model, probe finds
Company collected personal information without adequate safeguards and valid consent, but has since addressed major concerns, watchdogs say
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-openai-chatgpt-violated-canadian-privacy-laws-watchdogs-report/
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Stuart Bratton šŖšŗšØš¦š©šŖš¬š§
6 days ago
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...
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Canada ā C-17 Sustainment - United States Department of State
Transmittal # 26-44 The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada for its purchase of C-17 sustainment services and relat...
https://www.state.gov/releases/bureau-of-political-military-affairs/2026/05/canada-c-17-sustainment/
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Michael Coyle
6 days ago
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.
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Trapdinawrpool
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Not only privatised but foreign owned. Mark Carney suggests heās open to foreign investment in Canadian airports
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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Gift-redeem
https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=029d51ba-d624-45fa-8c6a-a4d23a8077f8
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So it would appear that PP, Doug Ford and Carney are joined at the hip on jets at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto.
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Erica Ifill
11 days ago
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...
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SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list
An elections watchdog investigator showed up with police to the April 29 launch of David Parker's Centurion Project to follow up on a cease-and-desist letter.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theorchard/p/scoop-elections-alberta-investigating?r=se7hm&utm_medium=ios
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If Google gets their way, Android will become a locked down piece of shit just like Apple devices.
keepandroidopen.org
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Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
https://keepandroidopen.org/
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The "neighbours" in Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood are disappearing and being replaced by AI chat bots.
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Angella MacEwen
15 days ago
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...
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Introducing the Canada Strong fund
YouTube video by Mark Carney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYaelwZj9Y
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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/...
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Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth ā a first in Canada | CBC News
Manitoba will ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew announced on Saturday. The proposed law protecting youth from the harmful effects of social media will be the first o...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-social-media-age-restrictions-9.7177470
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been officially LEGO videoed. :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhr...
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The Gravy Plane ā A Song for Doug Ford
YouTube video by Alex Huot AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhr62Kp8dA
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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...
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Pluralistic: Comrade Trump (20 Apr 2026) ā Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/#acceleration
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Robert MJ Thompson
21 days ago
"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...
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Dismantling Canada Post for parts
Canadaās mainstream mediaās convergence was on full display today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/noraloreto/p/dismantling-canada-post-for-parts?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Andrew Couts
21 days ago
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...
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Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-sued-over-scam-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram/
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Paris Marx
21 days ago
Perplexityās CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future. Itās 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
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Sacrifice your job for the glorious AI future
How tech CEOs use the threat of job loss to distract from how AI is really used against workers
https://disconnect.blog/sacrifice-your-job-for-the-glorious-ai-future/
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Poor Doug, he's putting his gravy plane up for sale.
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Heather McPherson MP
25 days ago
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?
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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.
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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.
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āPrivacy preserving age verificationā is bullshit
Take it from the guy who invented it.
https://doctorow.medium.com/privacy-preserving-age-verification-is-bullshit-0aefd53019e0
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Avi Lewis
27 days ago
On majority government, cutting through the clutter, and sobbing on the radio (ouch). My conversation with the great Nil Kƶksal.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Rogerman
26 days ago
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...
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First Nation accuses Alberta of withholding cancer data
At a press conference in Ottawa this week, Chief BillyāJoe Tuccaro said the Mikisew Cree First Nation is still waiting for Alberta Health Services (AHS) to release more recent data, which he believes ...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/15/news/alberta-first-nation-cancer-study
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elcanaco.bsky.social
26 days ago
Disgusting from the Liberal party, tbh.
#cdnpoli
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Avi Lewis
26 days ago
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.
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Jenny Kwan
28 days ago
130+ Palestinian grad students admitted to šØš¦ universities are trapped in a 23-month limbo. IRCC is demanding biometrics from a war zoneāa 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...
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NDP Leader Urges Action on Study Permits for Gazan Students ā April 14, 2026
At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, NDP Leader Avi Lewis and NDP MP Jenny Kwan are joined by representatives from a number of groups to discuss the filing of mandamus applications by Ga...
https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/ndp-leader-urges-action-on-study-permits-for-gazan-students--april-14-2026?id=523cdc69-199f-45a0-aa5f-359b491f2945
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John Clarke
28 days ago
'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...
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Africa Is Losing the Iran War
Yemi Osinbajo argues that the pain the continent is suffering confirms that the global financial architecture is broken.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/iran-war-costs-for-africa-confirms-global-financial-architecture-is-broken-by-yemi-osinbajo-2026-04
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28 days ago
The
@mark-carney.bsky.social
government loves capitalists too much to reign them in. Prove me wrong Mr. Complicity.
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Phil Lewis
28 days ago
Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city councilās approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection
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Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal
Residents of a St. Louis suburb turned out in droves to unseat four incumbents just days after the council approved a development agreement for a $6 billion data center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-council-data-center-00867259
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BladeoftheSun
30 days ago
Greta Thunberg is right.
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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.
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Shove your AI where the sun don't shine.
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Sean Tucker
about 1 month ago
Translation: The Government of Canada is morally bankrupt.
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SayBlade
about 1 month ago
#SSW
Scarborough Southwest byelection, 13 April 2026.
#cdnpoli
Message from Avi Lewis
fatimashaban.ndp.ca
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Thanks
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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!
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Avi Lewis
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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...
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Lebanon death toll surpasses 200 after Israel launches assault despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire | CBC News
A wave of Israeli airstrikes swept across Lebanon on Wednesday, leaving at least 112 dead and hundreds wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-lebanon-military-campaign-ceasefire-9.7156168
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