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@francestoronto.bsky.social
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Canadian, downtowner, senior, retired librarian, reader, community volunteer
About book banning by the granddaughter of Madeleine L'Engle.
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Madeleine L’Engle’s Books Were Never Meant to Be “Safe” - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The granddaughter of beloved writer Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of the most banned books of the last 60 years, advocates that books should build courage, not keep us “safe.”
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/madeleine-lengles-books-were-never-meant-to-be-safe/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMpbDRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFUTXZ4R1Q4QnVQZmM0WlZ6AR6P8808F9Z9G93ywp68z26gcl5Jb_kOrdUcoxeQA53dAGEdbsZ4l3rys4lGAw_aem_mIn9MdrGkXTlNzOX_EvHyA
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
about 2 months ago
The CFIA hasn’t fined a single grocer for selling US products as Canadian.
#cdnpoli
So I built a toolkit: a library of 101 of ready-to-use letters you can send to your MP. Copy one, add your name, hit send. (I'll make a video about this in the morning. I gotta get sleep now.) 👉
b.link/mpemails
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101 Email Templates to Send Your MP
by Tod Maffin If you like this, consider subscribing to my free weekly newsletter about Canada. Or Join our Discord and check out the #buy-canadian channel Got a suggestion or correction?Tell me at ...
https://b.link/mpemails
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www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Labour leaders demand Carney government change the law used to end Air Canada impasse
They argue that by forcing workers back to work the government threatens everyone's right to strike and sends a message to employers that they don't need to negotiate.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/labour-leaders-demand-carney-government-change-the-law-used-to-end-air-canada-impasse/article_d63e1319-d831-47c1-ae97-53eba4e42046.html
2 months ago
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Charlie Angus
3 months ago
A loser senator from Maine wrote to Canadian representatives asking them to commit treason, break up our country and join the United States of Trump. I had to school him in basic facts about Canadian values and our readiness to defend our nation from fascists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bpt...
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CHARLIE ANGUS: MESSAGE TO THE LOSER SENATOR FROM MAINE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BptD9K1Bu4&lc=UgzNICB6R1TnL1VKCCB4AaABAg
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John Bowker
3 months ago
Doug Ford personally intervened in the Highway 413 route selection process on behalf of developer Nick Cortellucci
globalnews.ca/news/1133023...
#onpoli
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Ford government considered ‘developer-proposed’ Hwy. 413 route alteration | Globalnews.ca
Ontario Premier Doug Ford was briefed on a proposed change to Highway 413 route could have helped unlock lands owned by a major developer.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11330234/doug-ford-highway-413-developer-proposed-route/
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The New York Times
5 months ago
Norma Swenson, who was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined a group that produced what would become the feminist health classic, “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” died last month. She was 93.
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Norma Swenson, ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ Co-Author, Dies at 93
She was a proponent of natural childbirth when she joined the group that produced the candid guide to women’s health. It became a cultural touchstone and a global best seller.
https://trib.al/bICOwfI
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Scary!
verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
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The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-authoritarian-regime-survival-guide/
5 months ago
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HuffPost
5 months ago
“She sat down and paused for a few seconds, and then looked at me earnestly and asked, ‘Will you be there to hold my hand?’”
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My Patient Invited Me To Her Home To Watch Her Die. What I Saw When I Arrived Gave Me Goosebumps.
“She sat down and paused for a few seconds, and then looked at me earnestly and asked, ‘Will you be there to hold my hand?’”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patient-death-with-dignity-canada_n_681b532be4b0529436a1c55e?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed
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Canadian Hammer 🍁🔨
6 months ago
@mark-carney.bsky.social
“rethinks” market capitalism. From 4 years ago on
@tvotoday.bsky.social
This is the man for the job, of that now I’m certain.
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Mark Carney Rethinks Capitalism | The Agenda
YouTube video by TVO Today
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1g0nLGZIzhc
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Daniel Loehr
6 months ago
I always thought that habitual offender laws and three strikes laws emerged in the 1990s as part of the tough-on-crime era. But then I was looking through old state codes and I saw a three strikes law from 1923. Then I found dozens from around this time, and wondered (naively) what was going on.
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Catherine McKenna
6 months ago
“I dream of a a safe, kind, and clean Canada. A Canada that is not the US.” This video is amazing. Canada will emerge stronger with a leader made for this moment -
@mark-carney.bsky.social
💪❤️🇨🇦
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Libro.fm
6 months ago
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
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Steve Paikin
7 months ago
Everything you didn’t see at the leaders’ debate
www.tvo.org/article/ever...
@liberalca.bsky.social
@ndp.ca
@blocquebecois.bsky.social
@pierrepoilievregp.bsky.social
@jagmeetsingh.ca
@yfblanchet.bsky.social
#LeadersDebate
@cbcnews.ca
@cbcnews-rss.bsky.social
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TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
https://www.tvo.org/article/everything-you-didnt-see-at-the-leaders-debate
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Hope Reborn
6 months ago
Please go sign this petition to protect human rights in Canada!
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Stephen Lautens
6 months ago
"Mr. Poilievre shares the aim of his provincial confreres: to legitimize the notwithstanding clause by repeated use, and so to neutralize the
#Charter
as a constraint on government."
#cdnpoli
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7 months ago
So good! Thanks
@forwardcanada.bsky.social
youtu.be/ihl0n2niBKo?...
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Pierre Poilievre: Trump's Man on the Inside
YouTube video by Forward Canada
https://youtu.be/ihl0n2niBKo?si=hIAow0CTddrgu9VX
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Charles O’Connor
7 months ago
This is about as good an orientation for where we are and what’s happening as you’re going to get…and it points to the most important thing we can do: build a vision of the world we want
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Another concern about Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook | The Tyee
Professors find this chilling and warn of the costs.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/10/Attacking-Science-Poilievre-Trump-Playbook/
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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Rachel Gilmore
7 months ago
I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom. If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?
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Charlie Angus
7 months ago
These are dark times but I have been inspired by the determination of people to come together and to stand strong. Please take the time to watch the speech I gave to the first meeting of the Toronto Elbows Up Chapter. The resistance is growing everywhere.
#elbowsup
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Ie...
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CHARLIE ANGUS - ELBOWS UP TORONTO RALLY
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Ie0PuQl_w
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
7 months ago
Forget slogans. Or expensive wraps on jets. THIS is what leadership sounds like.
#mbpoli
#manitoba
#cdnpoli
youtube.com/shorts/LVmdu...
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This is what leadership sounds like.
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
https://youtube.com/shorts/LVmdunjTusw
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Catherine McKenna
7 months ago
“CSIS did not share this information with Mr. Poilievre, the source said, because he does not have the necessary security clearance to access secret documents and receive classified briefings on foreign-interference activities in Canada.” Is this why Poilievre refused to get his security clearance…
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First meeting of Elbows Up Toronto at Metropolitan United Church. Watch the video -
www.youtube.com/live/dZ8sdMR...
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Elbows Up Toronto Public Meeting
YouTube video by Metropolitan United Church
https://www.youtube.com/live/dZ8sdMRAucA
7 months ago
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Mark Carney
7 months ago
Elbows up, Canada.
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How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada. The aim is to shift American public opinion.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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ANALYSIS | How Trump uses disinformation in his trade war with Canada | CBC News
The Trump administration has spread disinformation about the true terms of trade between the U.S. and Canada. While tariff rate quotas are rarely used, disinformation about them complicates negotiatio...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-trade-war-disinformation-1.7489805
7 months ago
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
7 months ago
Checking out my stuff? Watch my best video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58F...
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The Secret Code for Buying Canadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58FVRechuY
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The Walrus
8 months ago
Come together, online or in person in Toronto, for an evening that will reshape how you think about the value of service, both for yourself and for your communities. Join us for @sconnectedness.bsky.social presents The Walrus Talks Reimagining Volunteerism.
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Canuk22_Elbows_up!
8 months ago
What is wrong with this picture?
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In case you missed it -
www.fiftyfifty.one
. I assume non-partisan.
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50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement
Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.
https://www.fiftyfifty.one
8 months ago
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Stay silent and stay powerless?
nader.org/2025/03/14/s...
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Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny - Ralph Nader
By Ralph Nader March 14, 2025 There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenche...
https://nader.org/2025/03/14/stay-silent-and-stay-powerless-against-trumps-tyranny/
8 months ago
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I feel like the tone has changed here. Are Americans feeling defeated or are they getting ready to fight? I plan to attend a rally - Elbows Up Canada - next Saturday Mar 22 at Toronto City Hall. Non-partisan event. Nathan Phillips Square 2pm.
8 months ago
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Lisa
8 months ago
We are family - except creepy cousin
#carney
#poilievre
#federalelection
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Elbows up! Rally in Toronto March 22, 2025 at 2pm. Nathan Phillips Square.
www.elbowsup-canada.ca
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Elbows Up, Canada!
Elbows Up, Canada! Elbows Up, Canada! is a grassroots movement bringing people together to stand strong for the values that define us as Canadians. In a time of uncertainty, we are gathering in citie...
https://www.elbowsup-canada.ca
8 months ago
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Megann Willson
8 months ago
Sure has changed in my house. Now we shop CFABUS...Canadian first, anything but US second.
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Social Media Lab
8 months ago
$1,200 vs $9,300: On average, each American purchases about $1,200 worth of Canadian goods annually, while each Canadian spends approximately $9,300 on American goods. All of this is about to change.
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George Takei
8 months ago
Trump’s latest tariffs have sent the stock market tumbling and triggered warnings from economists about rising costs on everyday goods. So why is Trump willing to impose such chaos on both us and our allies? Is there a method to Trump's tariff madness? The Big Picture digs into the truth today.
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What’s Really Behind Trump’s Tariffs?
Three theories to explain the method to Trump's tariff madness
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada
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Can an American tell me why there aren't mass protests? I am in my late 70's but if it were happening here, I would be out there on the streets.
8 months ago
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Mark Carney
8 months ago
The land of innovation, optimism, and getting ‘er done.’ 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...
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We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OzbmriDgQc
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Vicki Delany 🇨🇦📚
8 months ago
Game on Canada. Elbows Up.
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Trump's threats against Canada aren't a joke. It makes me angry and mark my words, we'll do all we can so that we are not overrun or absorbed by the US. We want to stay Canadian.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/25/c...
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Canada Would Like a Word About Trump’s Threats
Americans should stop treating attacks on their neighbor as a joke.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/25/canada-americans-trump-threats/
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@bsky.app
I have been a
Kiva.org
member for years, an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Nua Ngam 110 Group in Dien Bien to pursue their dream?
www.kiva.org/invitedby/fr...
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https://Kiva.org’s
8 months ago
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A petition for Canadians to remove Musk’s Canadian citizenship- he has dual citizenship
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-5353 - Petitions
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5353
8 months ago
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John Michael McGrath
9 months ago
if for some reason you are not sick of my face, here's me doing tariffs 101
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzCT...
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NPR
9 months ago
In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisis" with the initiation of mass deportation.
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Pope rebukes Trump over migrant deportations and refutes VP Vance's theology
In a strongly-worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump Administration's stance on migrants, and that he's following what he calls a "major crisi...
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/g-s1-48194/pope-rebukes-trump-over-migrant-deportations-and-refutes-vp-vances-theology
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I hope that Americans are paying attention to the threats that Canada is facing.
9 months ago
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Cathy Crowe, C.M. 🍁
9 months ago
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NPR
9 months ago
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5290233/nfl-super-bowl-end-racism-end-zone
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@cardgames-io.bsky.social
I was wondering about your Bridge game. I was hoping that it was a basic game, without using many conventions. But just now my "partner" bid a 2 club suit! We lost of course.
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