Gawd that game was depressing. Toronto looks like they’re barely trying.

Is it possible for the child of a prime minister to have thoughts of their own and be a good journalist? Maybe! One potential problem is when they also work for several lobbyists / businesses at the same time as they are hosting news programs and repeatedly have their business partners on as guests

What's changed, of course, is that the country has stopped talking about, let alone actually trying to address climate change. That explains the spring in Moe's step.

"But it seems as though the fix is in and the travelling road show will come up with the answers the premier wants. Whether it can persuade the rest of the province to jump on her bandwagon is still up for discussion."

Freedom of expression in the workplace is certainly something that we've been interested in for quite some time. If you are curious about this issue, we've developed this database hosted by TMU's Centre for Free Expression.

Unproven, conspiracy laden, nonsense.

Acetaminophen sure as hell doesn’t cause autism, but RFK definitely wants to blame women for something.

"Tylenol is dangerous for women and children," say men who have spent the last eight years making life more dangerous for women and children

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

That's very cool. Be like Alberto.

This story could easily have just said: "no, no there is not."

Ahhh....and there it is👇👇👇, blatantly out in the open for all to see.

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members

This is what class struggle looks like. "Mamdani has terrified some traditional big-money Democratic donors and powerful real-estate tycoons by promising to freeze rent prices and raise taxes – slightly – on the wealthiest 1% of New Yorkers."

So make inequality worse... "...Canada has chosen to heavily tax success, in the form of higher incomes and corporate profits. Any strategy aimed at improving Canada’s long-term economic prospects will have to deal with this issue, by shifting the taxation burden toward consumption."

Conferences in the Rockies attract the strangest visitors.

Absolutely

We have to protect the children by suspending their constitutional rights

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Oh good, that’ll solve it.

That’s a heck of a quote: “Heros are fabricated in the national dream factory. Heros are not people.”

Respect picket lines. Respect workers on strike. Respect their rights. Be brave like the woman in this story who tried to de escalate the situation and protect picketers from harassment.

IMPORTANT: Use of section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms, AKA the “Notwithstanding Clause“, was supposed to be rare, a kind of “nuclear option.” But bad faith politicians have been using it so much recently, it’s fair to ask if we even have a Charter anymore. That needs to change.

Un. Believe. Able.

Well there you have it. Democracy dies in darkness, unless your billionaire owner has already bent the knee to this blatant assault on democratic freedoms.

Listen, this is great. Workers deserve a union. But at the moment when your democracy is hanging by a thread, maybe it is time to start thinking about what worker militancy can do to protect your democratic traditions, including the right of workers to organize and speak out.

This is a really good take on freedom of expression in the current moment. Thank @davidmoscrop.com for sharing your thoughts.

So much free speech.

I just finished the Last Ballad, a historical novel about the life of real labour activist Ella May Wiggins. Wiggins was an organizer for the communist party in the US South and helped organize a strike against textile employers, organizing white and black workers. She was killed for it.

The authoritarian feudalism seems so obviously on display. And from a labour government.

This is so messed up.

Honestly folks. The bluster & bullying & “how dare they say that?,” & silencing, & censoring? It’s weakness x 10. If you’re really strong, jokes don’t matter. Only if you’re banking on fear to give you power do jokes matter. That’s why authoritarians HATE being poked fun at. No fear=no power.

Did not enjoy that game! But always tomorrow.

If free speech is just supporting speech you agree with, it isn't free. We accept limitations on speech in a democratic society. But we don't suppress speech because we don't like its political message. That is the bargain made in democratic society.

Complete lack of political courage. On Wednesday, in a written brief to Canada’s top court, the office of Attorney General of Canada Sean Fraser said it “takes no position, on any basis whatsoever, on the constitutional validity of the provisions” of Bill 21.

First Stephen Colbert and now Jimmy Kimmel. It is clear that the first amendment does not apply to late night comedians making fun of the US President and his allies.

Thanks @cathmckenna.bsky.social for sharing these horrible stories. It demonstrates what women of all political stripes have been saying: that they are treated differently in positions of power than their male counterparts. If we want equality in politics, we need to hear what women are saying.

Ha!

Trans rights are human rights.

In a world that is confusing, full of shouting and noise, I'm sure glad that @jamellebouie.net is out there writing columns like these. Excellent piece about the Trump double standard and why the emperor has no clothes (except for those that he's acquiring through graft).

Sen. Bill Cassidy: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expected you to change the childhood vaccine schedule, despite a lack of science or data to support that move? Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."

Unreal that this man is in government.

Listening to this discussion on CBC about condo investors losing money when they were trying to flip condos to earn quick cash is hardly leading to public sympathy. Like isn't this one of the reasons why housing is so non-affordable? Isn't this part of the problem?

"The intent is clear. It is not only to intimidate Mr. Trump’s opponents from criticizing his administration – there you go again with that dangerous rhetoric – but to lay the foundation for a sweeping crackdown on dissent."

Among so many other things, Robert Redford’s sad passing manages to remind us that there was a time when the Washington Post was respected and credible.

A day of reading, 5 articles in total, is just a satisfying day.

A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. 🧪 (by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)

This says a lot:

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga