Erwin Dreessen
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Writes Erwin's Diary on Substack
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/
Support the Guerreras por la Amazonía, who despite winning a 2021 lawsuit to end harmful gas flaring in Ecuador, still face burning flares, violent threats, and government pressure to abandon their activism instead of receiving protection.
takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178168/...
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Write for Rights: Ensure the safety of Guerreras por la Amazonía!
Support the Guerreras por la Amazonía, who despite winning a 2021 lawsuit to end harmful gas flaring in Ecuador, still face burning flares, violent threats, and government pressure to abandon their ac...
https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/178168/petition/1?locale=en-CA&en_chan=bs_ty&en_ref=63932561
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🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make
#Privacy4Canadians
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openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
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Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
https://openmedia.org/Privacy4Canadians-bsky
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How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians
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How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians
Despite warnings from Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to exempt themselves from privacy law imposed on everyone else.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mgeist/p/how-the-liberal-and-conservative?r=cz2y1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 days ago
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Drax, the coal giant-turned-“sustainable energy” company, is purchasing old growth in B.C, Canada and turning trees into wood pellets to fuel power plants overseas. Will you join me and sign this petition to protect old growth?
act.stand.earth/page/90486/p...
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Stand.earth - For the people and places you love
For more than twenty years, we’ve been utilizing cutting-edge research, building equitable power with frontline communities, and leveraging mass movements to make a real impact on the health and wellb...
https://Stand.earth
9 days ago
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🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make
#Privacy4Canadians
a priority! 📨
openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
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Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
https://openmedia.org/Privacy4Canadians-bsky
16 days ago
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Join me in asking the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to protect our pensions and the climate and stop investing in oil, gas, coal and pipelines. A legal case is already underway. It’s time to stop investing in fossil fuels and recommit to net-zero.
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
https://win.newmode.net/shiftaction/cppib-challenge
17 days ago
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So pleased to hear that Kevin Chen has made it to the finals in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He's playing tonight!
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Erwin Dreessen (@erwindreessen)
https://open.substack.com/pub/erwindreessen/p/kevin-chen-rising-star So pleased to hear that Kevin Chen has made it to the finals in the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He’s playing tonight!
https://substack.com/profile/21792169-erwin-dreessen/note/c-168450570?r=cz2y1&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
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LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
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Stop Funding the Methane Menace: Tell Banks to End LNG Expansion!
LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
https://act.stand.earth/page/88515/petition/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky&en_ref=20901871
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Build Social Housing AND Protect Affordable Housing - ACORN Canada
Millions of Canadians are struggling with unaffordable housing. With over 61% of low-income renters facing financial hardship and social housing making up only 3.5% of total housing stock.
https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4A-CaUOLeuHIxrSInu0=/b
about 1 month ago
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Despite B.C.’s Peace River Region facing an ongoing severe drought, last year oil & gas companies set a new record high for freshwater extraction, with an alarming 50% increase. T
Stand.earth/FrackingWithFreshwater
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Fracking with Freshwater 2025 - Stand.earth
At a time where we should be making every effort to conserve water and phase out fossil fuels, oil and gas companies in B.C. withdrew and polluted enough freshwater for more than 110,000 households – ...
https://Stand.earth/FrackingWithFreshwater
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🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let
#BillC8
fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to
#FixBillC8
now! 📣
openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
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Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill
Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8
https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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Mercury Justice for Grassy Narrows
I just signed the Grassy Narrows petition calling on Justin Trudeau to honour his treaty obligations and commitment to reconciliation. Join me in signing here https://you.leadnow.ca/org/petitions/merc...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/mercury-justice-for-grassy-narrows?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=4b0b5bbb-9fca-4020-a782-b164fff9653f
about 2 months ago
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Bill C-2 is anti-privacy, anti-rights, and anti-Canadian! We need your voice to stop it. ✊ Tell our leaders to scrap this dangerous bill NOW!
#StopBillC2
@OpenMediaOrg
openmedia.org/Stop-BillC2-bsky
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Stop Carney’s Surveillance Plan: Stop Bill C–2!
Bill C-2 threatens our privacy, erodes our freedoms, and grants the government unchecked surveillance powers. Tell Mark Carney: surrendering to U.S. data demands isn’t leadership — it’s a betrayal of ...
https://openmedia.org/Stop-BillC2-bsky
about 2 months ago
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It’s time for a People’s Power Grid. Publicly-owned clean energy infrastructure that will bring clean, affordable, reliable energy to everyone. Sign the petition now:
act.350.org/sign/ppg
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Build a People’s Power Grid
We're calling on the Carney government to deliver a People’s Power Grid, an East-West Grid that provides affordable, reliable, renewable electricity to people from coast to coast to coast.
https://act.350.org/sign/ppg
2 months ago
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🇨🇦 Defend Canada’s digital sovereignty NOW! Millions of Canadians' data flow through the U.S. every day that could stay safely within our own borders. 🚨 Urge your MP to pass for strong data localization laws! @OpenMediaorg 📩
openmedia.org/KeepOurDataHome-bsky
#KeepOurDataHome
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Canadian Digital Sovereignty, NOW!
🇨🇦 Defend Canada’s digital sovereignty NOW! Millions of Canadians' data flow through the U.S. every day that could stay safely within our own borders. 🚨 Urge your MP to pass for strong data localizati...
https://openmedia.org/KeepOurDataHome-bsky
3 months ago
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My latest Diary compilation: 14 items including: What Kids really want — Defending Trump’s trade policy — Odyssey Theatre: The Girl with no Hands — What survived from Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — The Cowichan Tribes case —....
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Read, Seen or Heard -- August 2025 (p)
Fourteen items
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/p/read-seen-or-heard-august-2025-p
3 months ago
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We deserve breathable air — no more pipelines - Leadnow
https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/nopipelinesett/?source=direct_link&
3 months ago
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These caribou need urgent action to prevent extinction. To give them the best chance at survival, Minister Parmar must stop approving old growth logging in caribou habitat. Add your name now.
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Tell Minister Parmar to protect caribou by putting old growth forests immediately off limits to logging
These caribou need urgent action to prevent extinction. To give them the best chance at survival, Minister Parmar must stop approving old growth logging in caribou habitat. Add your name now.
https://act.stand.earth/page/84645/petition/1?locale=en-US&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=bluesky&en_ref=20901871
3 months ago
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Build Social Housing AND Protect Affordable Housing - ACORN Canada
Millions of Canadians are struggling with unaffordable housing. With over 61% of low-income renters facing financial hardship and social housing making up only 3.5% of total housing stock.
https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4A-CaUOLeuHIxrSInu0=/b
3 months ago
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😩 Fed up with news that’s all drama and no trust? You’re not alone. Canadians deserve journalism that informs, not divides! 🇨🇦 It’s time to bring back diverse independent news. 🗞️ Tell Canada’s leaders to
#FixCanadianMedia
! @OpenMediaOrg 👉
openmedia.org/FixCanadianMedia
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Fix Canadian Media, NOW!
😩 Fed up with news that’s all drama and no trust? You’re not alone. Canadians deserve journalism that informs, not divides! 🇨🇦✨ It’s time to break corporate control and bring back diverse independent...
https://openmedia.org/FixCanadianMedia
3 months ago
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openmedia.org/AI-survey-2025
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Help shape Canada’s AI future!
What does Responsible AI mean to you? 🗣️ @OpenMediaOrg is gathering public input to help shape Canada’s AI laws. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation. #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI! Share y...
https://openmedia.org/AI-survey-2025
3 months ago
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Help shape Canada’s AI future!
What does Responsible AI mean to you? 🗣️ @OpenMediaOrg is gathering public input to help shape Canada’s AI laws. Make sure your voice is part of the conversation. #AIRegulation #ResponsibleAI! Share y...
https://openmedia.org/AI-survey-2025
3 months ago
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Highlights of the 2015 Chamberfest Festival
Seven outstanding events, and more
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/p/highlights-of-the-2015-chamberfest
4 months ago
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system. After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/prime-minister-mark-carney-deliver-proportional-representation-for-canada?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=1659522c-65ae-451b-91b5-4608bf212914
5 months ago
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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4AmOYkWLeuDPxLSKm-o=/b
5 months ago
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leadnow.ca/campaigns/no...
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No Pipelines In Climate Emergency - Leadnow
https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/nopipelines/?source=direct_link&
5 months ago
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Protest the fast-tracking of Bill C-5.
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MPs: don’t ram through Carney’s “Polluters First” Bill
Right now, Carney’s Liberals are ramming through an omnibus bill — Bill C-5 — that would allow them to fast-track vaguely-defined “national interest” projects by giving them upfront approval and pushi...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/polluters-first-bill?source=direct_link&
5 months ago
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Canadians deserve a better Internet. Tell your MP: Demand rights-respecting laws that tackle the worst online content & protect our freedom of expression. Take action now!
openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-bsky
@OpenMediaOrg
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Pass sensible online harms legislation NOW!
Canadians deserve a better Internet. Tell your MP: Demand rights-respecting laws that tackle the worst online content & protect our freedom of expression. Take action now! openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-tw...
https://openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-bsky
6 months ago
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Please sign:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no...
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No Golden Dome for Canada
The Golden Dome purports to defend North America against incoming missiles by placing interceptors in space, but the technical challenges are enormous, the costs astronomical, and the strategic risks ...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/no-golden-dome-for-canada?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=59f34acd-f22d-442c-8795-c604da4eba61
6 months ago
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Canadians deserve a better Internet. Tell your MP: Demand rights-respecting laws that tackle the worst online content & protect our freedom of expression. Take action now!
openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-bsky
@OpenMediaOrg
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Pass sensible online harms legislation NOW!
Canadians deserve a better Internet. Tell your MP: Demand rights-respecting laws that tackle the worst online content & protect our freedom of expression. Take action now! openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-tw...
https://openmedia.org/FixHarmsNow-bsky
6 months ago
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Please sign:
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Don’t let the Canada Pension Plan abandon its net-zero commitment
The Canada Pension Plan safeguards the futures of 22 million hardworking Canadians – from teachers and nurses to tradespeople and tech workers – and retirees who’ve paid in over a lifetime. With over ...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/don-t-let-canada-pension-plan-abandon-its-net-zero-commitment?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=e1f1d0ed-574e-4d84-b25f-868936c9118a
6 months ago
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Also published today:
erwindreessen.substack.com/p/ben-hur-1925
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Ben-Hur (1925)
With Seventeen Voyces, augmented
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/p/ben-hur-1925
7 months ago
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Fisher - Prokofiev - Tchaikovsky
Montero and the National Arts Centre Orchestra
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/p/fisher-prokofiev-tchaikovsky
7 months ago
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My Diary compilation for April:
erwindreessen.substack.com/p/read-seen-...
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Read, Seen or Heard - April 2025 (p)
[in progress]
https://erwindreessen.substack.com/p/read-seen-or-heard-april-2025-p
7 months ago
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...
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Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!
Canadians are tired of our broken voting system. After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weath...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/prime-minister-mark-carney-deliver-proportional-representation-for-canada?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=435b93ef-a237-4823-a4f9-a63cbb31cf76
7 months ago
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Tell the NDP to prioritize proportional representation
In the weeks ahead, Prime Minister Mark Carney may reach out to the NDP to discuss their priorities in this minority Parliament.It's imperative that the NDP tell Mark Carney that progress on proportio...
https://fairvotecanada.good.do/proportionalrepresentation2025/
7 months ago
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openmedia.org/election-2025
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Strong, Sovereign, Free and Fair: A 2025 Digital Policy Platform for Canada
Canada’s Internet is in crisis. Weak privacy laws, Big Tech control, and crumbling digital infrastructure put our security and sovereignty at risk!⚠️ wWe can fix it - if leaders act. Ask election cand...
https://openmedia.org/election-2025
7 months ago
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My latest Substack post.
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Dance: Peeping Tom ; Two Bach Cantatas
A Diptych in Dance ; Thirteen Strings+
https://open.substack.com/pub/erwindreessen/p/dance-peeping-tom-two-bach-cantatas?r=cz2y1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
7 months ago
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OpenMedia formulated an excellent platform on digital policy. Follow this link to send a letter (which you can modify) to all the candidates in your riding.
openmedia.org/election-2025
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Strong, Sovereign, Free and Fair: A 2025 Digital Policy Platform for Canada
Canada’s Internet is in crisis. Weak privacy laws, Big Tech control, and crumbling digital infrastructure put our security and sovereignty at risk!⚠️ wWe can fix it - if leaders act. Ask election cand...
https://openmedia.org/election-2025
7 months ago
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I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...
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Remove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialism
I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pierre-poilievre-remove-aaron-gunn-as-the-candidate-for-north-island-powell-river
7 months ago
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I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...
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Remove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialism
I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow...
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pierre-poilievre-remove-aaron-gunn-as-the-candidate-for-north-island-powell-river
8 months ago
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My latest Substack post. Subscribe! It's free.
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Music for Lent: Bach, Buxtehude and Bach
L'Harmonie des Saisons
https://open.substack.com/pub/erwindreessen/p/music-for-lent-bach-buxtehude-and
8 months ago
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A very good letter from Ontario Clean Air Alliance to the Ford government, with constructive and wholly doable suggestions.
nwmd.social/s/email/6A6E...
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Time to ditch American energy and turn to green Canadian renewables
We urgently need to reduce our dependence on American gas and nuclear tech and ramp up green Canadian options.
https://nwmd.social/s/email/6A6EY1uWfuTNwrWNng==/r
8 months ago
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Join me at Raise the Bar - Kanata - Flyer Distribution Kanata Riding - round 2
you.leadnow.ca/events/raise...
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Raise the Bar - Kanata - Flyer Distribution Kanata Riding - round 2
An election is being/has been called! The momentum continues across Canada with Leadnow Election Squads organizing to take a stand against Pierre Poilievre’s divisive vision for Canada, and hold...
https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the-bar-kanata-flyer-distribution-kanata-riding-round-2?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=d7423996-c572-40f7-b2aa-3e2f07ee71cc
8 months ago
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Join me at Raise the Bar flyering event
you.leadnow.ca/events/raise...
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Raise the Bar flyering event
From now until Election Day, volunteer-led Election Squads are continuing to organize to take a stand against Pierre Poilievre’s toxic vision for Canada, and holding the line on the things we all dese...
https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the-bar-event-type-1?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=cd9cb08c-35f8-4dc9-a02d-a5832fb04324
8 months ago
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Join me at Raise the Bar: Election Stand - Ensuring our Future
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Raise the Bar: Election Stand - Ensuring our Future
We need you! Canada's next federal election is going to be a turning point, deciding, for better or worse, the course of our history. For this election, we need to demand more from our politici...
https://you.leadnow.ca/events/raise-the-bar-election-stand-on-guard-for-canada?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=57fbabda-bc89-413b-a8a4-9bfac83330d7
8 months ago
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I just signed a petition: Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference. Sign here:
leadnow.ca/campaigns/el...
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Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference - Leadnow
https://leadnow.ca/campaigns/elon-musk-election/
9 months ago
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'Just shedding my snake skin': Retiring MP Charlie Angus is Canada's brashest voice against Trump
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/n...
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'Just shedding my snake skin': Retiring MP Charlie Angus is Canada's brashest voice against Trump
Charlie Angus, a longtime NDP MP, is set to exit stage left after announcing he will not run in the next election. But in quintessential Angus style, he isn’t leaving without making noise.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/news/mp-charlie-angus-retiring-canada-trump
10 months ago
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Messiaen - Scriabin - Zorn
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Messiaen - Scriabin - Zorn
Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou in Recital
https://open.substack.com/pub/erwindreessen/p/messiaen-scriabin-zorn?r=cz2y1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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