BC legislators passed the law UNANIMOUSLY in 2019, when EVERY MLA from EVERY party voted for it as a route to reconciliation. Eby's plan to rewrite DRIPA and have the Supreme Court put limits on it is a shameful betrayal of First Nations and an unacceptable return to the colonial status quo.

DeSmog obtained audio of Mark Carney's former chief of staff describing key goals for the PM and it's a lot less radical-sounding than Carney's recent speech at Davos Grow oil production, sell LNG, revive NAFTA 🙄 Read more from @marylouisestuart.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/01/27/m...

In Québec immigration news, the pressure to resume the PEQ (PR route for QC migrants in-province for work/study) has increased, with a statement Monday from MTL, a newscast yesterday that 6,300 healthcare workers would have to leave, and a mayoral media tour. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...

Even the rich agree: extreme wealth inequality is a threat to democracy. New on the Perspectives Journal Podcast: Extreme Wealth’s Threat to Democracy with @dylandusseault.bsky.social of @patmillscanada.bsky.social 🎙️🔗⬇️

My gosh. Alex Pretti was notifying neighbors that Trump and Vance's agents were chasing a family. A mob of agents then tackled him and broke his rib. He thought he was going to die. Then the very next week, he came back out to support his neighbors. And a mob of agents killed him.

"In its new quest for hemispheric dominance, the Trump administration has reached back to the Monroe Doctrine in its most belligerent version—a warrant for the complete repudiation of international law, in a world with no allies or equals, only vassals & foes." @alfatau.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com

I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

CJPME is alarmed that Carney has accepted in principle an invitation to join Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” which aims to oversee the governance of occupied Gaza. CJPME urges Carney to decline any role for Canada in the colonial outsourcing of Israeli occupation. www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_01_1...

I've got a new piece for @canadiandimension.bsky.social about residential school denialism, the Making a Killing documentary, and the politics of Canada's anti-Indigenous industry: canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

In NB, the Liberals have been ambivalent about pharmacare. Their reasons? @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social of the Council of Canadians (who identified lobbyist activity in Ottawa and Fredericton) notes industry talking points in remarks by Health Minister Dornan. nbmediacoop.org/2026/01/14/i...

Quisling chart

Wow. Nice continuity across multiple seasons. The scriptwriters are clearly paying attention, even if their scenarios seem a little implausible.

“If Canada was trying to chart across the future, we could go with the stuff that makes money, instead of losing money, stuff that makes us more independent, instead of dependent, stuff that would create jobs, instead of destroying millions of jobs.” -Cory Doctorow www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Canadian Net-Favourable Opinion Of: 🇫🇷 France: +50% 🇬🇧 UK: +50% 🇲🇽 Mexico: +37% 🇺🇦 Ukraine: +35% 🇮🇳 India: -34% 🇨🇳 China: -49% 🇺🇸 USA: -50% 🇷🇺 Russia: -86% EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR

"Do you support or oppose the actions taken by the United States in Venezuela?" Oppose: 64% Support: 22% Neutral: 10% EKOS / Jan 14, 2026 / n=1012 / MOE 3.1% / IVR

Can you be elbows up on bended knee?

🎯 I still have my "I like it long!" protest sticker from when Harper tried to eliminate the long form census. People galvanized very quickly, and the government did not anticipate the level of pushback they got. Governments who want less data want to make policy based on vibes and not facts.

"Mikaelsen, the student, said Greenlanders benefit from being part of Denmark, which provides free health care, education and payments during study, and 'I don’t want the U.S. to take that away from us.'” The people of Greenland absolutely get it. apnews.com/article/gree...

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/ newrepublic.com/article/2049...

Mark Carney did not join NATO allies in signing this joint statement reaffirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Denmark and Greenland:

No time like the present for not being implicated in war crimes, PM Carney.

Resist regime change in Venezuela! The Latin America Solidarity Network and other groups are organizing a protest TODAY at 3pm at the U.S. Consulate (1134 St. Catherine St O.) in response to the abduction of President Maduro last night and the Trump's stated goal of taking over the country.

I should write an essay about organizing titled "All Those Boring Meetings Paid Off."

The Alberta pipeline deal will bring us closer to climate Armageddon, writes @lindamcquaig.bsky.social rabble.ca/columnists/t...

Ford and Downey are at it again. Another “tough on crime” bail bill that won’t reduce crime, won’t improve safety, and will violate the Constitution while punishing poverty. Their Cash bail grift is bad law and worse policy. www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...

« L’ingérence du SPAL dans l’enquête du BEI s’ajoute à une montagne de violations commises par des corps de police au Québec relativement à leurs obligations légales et réglementaires depuis l’entrée en activité du BEI en 2016, en toute impunité. »

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Obama, Trump and Biden all stood by for the eight vicious, destructive years Hernández was in power: "Many are the crimes of Juan Orlando Hernández, and ruinous...[he] was only able to rise to power, and stay there, because of the United States government." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'd take it up with the disability minister, but carney got rid of that too

I will be presenting new research on 'hegemonic defeatism' soon as part of the DemLab seminar series 📄Title: Hegemonic defeatism: How the liberal elite paved the way for the reactionary resurgence 🕛When: 18/12/2025 💻Where: Zoom More info and registration: www.polsci.auth.gr/en/polsci_ne...

« Car la véritable menace qui pèse sur nous n’est pas la présence de femmes voilées dans les écoles, mais l’appauvrissement démocratique qui survient lorsqu’une majorité s’autorise à décider qui mérite d’appartenir à la communauté politique. »

STM could save $3,500 a day with an all-electric bus fleet, study finds montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Every time I read Robyn Urback, I feel like I get a bit dumber. Which is why I usually avoid it. This column about pharmacare, tho, is just next level dumb. 1. Ugh, drug coverage in Canada is so complicated 2. Other countries do it, but universal pharmacare here? Too complicated. 3. Yay Alberta!

Trans rights activists have joined forces with labour unions in Saskatchewan to fight anti-trans legislation It's a model that should be employed nationwide to combat laws against vulnerable groups, writes @desaima.bsky.social in our latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/trans-albert...

J'adore! ❤️❤️❤️

I keep seeing frustration (this is just the latest) over media only covering the horrors, not what to do about them—but they seem to miss stories about what people *are* doing. I report on that expressly because I want people to know there are people fighting back, and learn how they could, too.

#Montreal was rated #1 bicycle city in North America this year. But the party that won the municipal election campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes. They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont. So we made our own bike lane this morning. We need to keep our kids active—and safe.

The Toronto Public Library has purchased the old WE Charity headquarters at Queen & Parliament to convert into a new branch: blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...

Fire has not ceased

Recommended weekend listening - IQ is back with a vengeance. In the latest @haveyouheard.bsky.social, starring the brilliant Quinn Slobodian, we lift up the 'race science' rock to see what's squirming underneath soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

This is how a health system burns to the ground. How Alberta's dual practice plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care, by Dr. Paul Parks canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... via @canadahealthwatch.ca @nicktsergas.ca

* 🏴🏴 Working Class History podcast E103-4: Pirates (this has really good descriptions of Pirates’ social structures) part 1: youtu.be/QOkCyAuqm2I?... part 2: youtu.be/7kMcTwJqa0A?... *

Hyperscale data-centre expansion is outpacing the capacity of the local systems that support it. The public health costs are falling to small municipalities with limited leverage and no oversight mechanisms. This week we map out an emerging pattern:

NEW TWIST: data centers in farm country may accelerate nitrate contamination from agricultural sources with big implications for public health. Studies are needed to confirm or refute this finding. Lack of transparency, monitoring, regulations makes it tough. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The far right loves to pretend it's an alternative, it speaks truth to power and cares about the "left behind" It doesn't take much though to realise that their ideology is innately elitist and tied to wealth Here exemplified by the French Rassemblement National: www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

The federal-AB agreement is a love letter to fossil fuels -cancelation of critical policies (OG emissions cap & clean electricity rules) -public $$ for a pipeline (via Indigenous loan program) -more $$ for CCS, incl. enhanced oil production - only mention of electricity is for fossil fuels

Carney to reporters: there won’t be a pipeline without a private investor. Carney to the chamber of commerce: here are all the ways we’re bending over backwards to attract a private investor:

The Pathways project is a major part of the new pipeline deal between Carney and Smith, appearing 17 times in the memo's text. But much like the pipeline itself, First Nations in its path don't want the megaproject.