I know I rabbit on about the Doug Ford: Doing Stuff™ brand but this is more of that. This is that comms strategy at play. His handlers lean hard into a feeling of momentum instead of his actual record, which isn't great on many fronts. #OnPoli bsky.app/profile/chri...

Such an effort would be meaningful "nation-building" - for all the reasons mentioned in the article: "In fact, there should be a co-ordinated national program to maintain, and ideally increase, Canada’s postsecondary rate." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

The weird global backlash against not spreading disease in the workplace continues. Look for the return of policies we knew were harmful *long before* COVID: Like the requirement for doctors to be truancy deterrents with no thought to the public health impact of resp viruses in waiting rooms.

There's really nothing that proves fossil fuels will result into global stability and national unity, this ignores the facts wars have been started over fossil fuels and that Canada is more united then ever because of Trump, you can use that capital for national renewable energy projects instead.

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Governments are chasing AI investment, even as their publics turn against the technology and the data centers that power it. Canada’s Mark Carney has chosen a shameless approach: to cast the opposition as a lack of “literacy” as he sets out to (re)educate Canadians about the benefits of AI.

Celebrate Pride with The Sick Times! Many in-person events aren’t accessible to people with Long COVID and related diseases and disabilities, so we're hosting our own virtual variety show! Register now: luma.com/ih0oq3yw?mc_... 🏳️‍🌈 😷 We're excited to see you there!

RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments. The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli openmedia.org/press/item/g...

Its almost as if the problem is vehicles and more importantly the people who drive them. Too bad we don't believe in holding driver accountable while operating danger machinery. I'm sure we will just put concrete bollards everywhere, that will fix the problem👌 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Ontario government approved a medical transcription tool from a company listing testimonials from two doctors who don't seem to exist. That company is also linked to what we think is an AI-generated news site A collab with the great team at TVO theijf.org/article/adgs...

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s the same with Carney’s “AI for All” strategy that is not really a strategy: it didn’t identify any real problems to solve. The only “problem” is that Canadians aren’t using “AI” enough. That’s why the National AI Literacy Initiative was proposed: to educate or cure Canadians of that problem.

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

Imagine your government having a Minister of Artificial Intelligence and this kind of thing not being part of their mandate.

I spoke to CBC NL about the federal government’s plan to introduce a higher social media age limit, and why we should be looking at the harms that affect people of all ages using these platforms instead of just young people.

Why is a kids’ social media ban bad policy? Does the ban actually work? Doesn’t polling show overwhelming public support for a ban? Why is mandated age verification a privacy risk? If the ban is “temporary,” why does it matter? If not a ban, then what?

Good overview for anyone following expected proposed ban on social media for Canadians under 16. “Rejecting a ban does not mean rejecting regulation. Rather, it places the emphasis on the need to regulate the platforms, not the user.” The ban frames the wrong problem, creating a harmful solution.

"Staff have worked diligently to plan a fair, accessible, and secure election, and are committed to improving the voter experience for the 2026 Vancouver election.” Well then the staff have failed. Own up to your failure to make the election actually accessible and listen to the community!

I fear we’re only beginning to see the dangers of Carney & Solomon’s adoption-first approach to AI. And I sadly increasingly lack confidence that the Canadian digital policymaking apparatus is capable of resisting the Liberals & acting wisely. I wish the NDP had a credible opposition tech policy.

“Optimizing airport infrastructure” and “generating economic development and job creation.” These questions are clearly biased.

Liberal MP are continuing to bullshit the city they represent. You’ll have to write and call again.

These social media age limit policies are almost a gift to the major tech companies. They’re simplistic and largely ineffective measures that distract from the more difficult policy work of regulating platform design and function that would yield much better outcomes — for youth and adults alike.

Analysis by @royinori.bsky.social reveals that 30% of long-term care companies approved for redevelopment and expansion by the province have also been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for failures in care by the very same ministry. Wrapping up our latest issue: thelocal.to/long-term-ca...

A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any new actions to curtail this.

One of the three guiding principles of Carney's new AI strategy is literally "building trust". No new regulations from the government but we're supposed to increase our trust in AI?

"One man killed himself after being given incorrect information by staff saying he was ineligible for assistance – a mistake exacerbated without a human agent who knew the context of the man’s file". Latest, by @ntusikov.bsky.social and @bhaggart.bsky.social. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/carn...

As others have noted, no new regulations are being proposed, and the yet-to-be tabled online harms and privacy legislation is doing a lot of hard lifting. Conclusion: the 11,000-plus people (including me) who submitted to the consultation and called for regulation were wasting our time.

If it's happening with lawyers, it's happening with engineers and medical doctors. Are the regulators paying attention?

If this government were actually serious about promoting AI literacy (they're not), they would've used this document as a chance to educate Canadians about the basics of what AI is. Instead, it reads like a sales pitch designed to promote a company's newest toys.

I'm still looking for anything about job loss in the just announced AI strategy but is this the closest we'll get to an acknowledgment that women are going to be hit particularly hard? "[S]oftening transition shocks"?

Also demonstrates once again that one of the few things keeping the internet at large from fully becoming an AI-generated hellscape are Reddit's unpaid moderators / Wikipedia's volunteer editors working tirelessly to fight against AI slop and highly motivated, well-funded manipulation campaigns

For an assignment, I spent 1.5 hours at a stop sign by U of T. Out of 228 vehicles, 208 did not stop. 59 when pedestrians were waiting or actively crossing. I saw 20/228 (9%) lawful interactions w/ that stop sign. If police showed any force to even one of those 208 drivers, there would be riots.

Ontario's long-term care homes can ban families from visiting their loved ones. Families say they’re using that power to silence complaints, including in the face of serious negligence by the home. New investigation by @royinori.bsky.social in our long-term care issue. thelocal.to/ontario-long...

It's hard for a country to claim to be independent while running on MMAGA (Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon). cybernews.com/tech/microso...

No matter where you stand on Billy Bishop airport expansion, the apparent fact that lobbyists for secretive private capital have been granted far more influence over local decision-making than the voters of Toronto should scare the bejeezus out of you. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Filtering the air may help prevent your own infection from becoming more severe If everyone in a household becomes infected with the same virus, does it help to isolate from each other and can you be a danger to yourself? Read on to find out... 🧪🧵1/ #AirQuality #IAQ #Ventilation #Infection #COVID

The Ford govt thinks it can get away with a lot in all of the news cycles chaos. "Ontario’s transparency watchdog is urgently asking the government to explain an apparent freeze on all freedom of information work, after senior civil servants were told to pause all transparency requests." #OnPoli

Low probability but high severity does not equal low risk. At best it’s medium risk. share.google/3bG47y9kbIl7...

From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.

Opposition parties (and unions/other organizations that can and should fund broadcast ads) need to pound, "What is Doug Ford trying to hide from Ontarians?" over and over again. The opposition parties also must make a clear commitment to roll all of this back. #OnPoli

The Ford government allowed public employees to upload people’s personal data, including credit cards and driver’s licences, to unsecured AI sites and used medical software that recorded wrong medications and missed mental health details, says Ontario's auditor general.

reskeet if you’re radically pro-transgender

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

🇨🇦's #BillC22 is entering committee study this week - and we're hearing it may become law by end of the month. We never say this: but this is the worst, most privacy-breaking bill we've seen. It MUST be stopped. Speak up against it and read on to learn more: www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky 1/

Today NoJetsTO is launching a Federal E-Petition! Sponsored by @elizabethemay.bsky.social, it calls for the government of Canada to say no to jets at the island airport and save our waterfront! Sign now: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli

Disinhibited. "Privately, senior Tories, speaking confidentially to discuss internal deliberations, admit both the jet & the FOI changes were personally driven by Ford, who wanted more convenient transportation & less scrutiny on his cellphone records." #OnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

This is not justice. You never have to listen to an Ontario Progressive Conservative talk about law & order again. Put this back in their face. Every minister, every back bencher. They all voted for secret govt.

The Ford govt slow-walked this & now the door is shut. Outrageous. "On Monday, the ministry informed The Trillium that all 219 records “fall within the exclusion under the (new law) relating to records held by ministers, parliamentary assistants & their offices,” & would not be released." #OnPoli

The Dangerously Stupid War on Speed Cameras