This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

An awful lot of these departments claiming AI will reduce their costs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Following Mandryk’s departure, the newspapers have published just four columns focused directly on Saskatchewan government policies as of Nov. 1. One was penned by a University of Saskatchewan finance student and three by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.” j-source.ca/no-room-for-...

I believe this what Lenin meant by “dual power.”

“Applauding the prime minister too much would diminish his utility as a catch-all villain that can be blamed for every misfortune that befalls Alberta and Saskatchewan.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“This budget contains a poison pill of deep funding cuts, the extent of which hasn’t been witnessed since the Harper cuts of 2011 to 2014.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com. It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South. www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...

“The problem is Alberta and Saskatchewan have adopted a worldview that says that's simply not necessary, which forces the feds to bring out the stick … which sets us up for a constitutional showdown,”

A beautiful, moving essay on resistance from Joan Scott www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing. Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

The feds will likely quietly “sunset” programs as part of their cost-cutting in the Nov 4 budget. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social examines 84 federal departments that may rely on saving money by letting hundreds of programs disappear when their funding runs out www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

WATCH: Sask. physician blasts province’s plans for involuntary addictions treatment www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Flores said that “questions remain about the wider effects of criminalizing harm reduction supplies.” She expressed concern about whether the act serves as a stepping stone to a “forced treatment” approach to addictions care from the province. leaderpost.com/news/local-n...

In the newest edition of the Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca "Western Canadian politicians have not been mere spectators as the flames of western discontent have gathered strength... No, they are the arsonists." By @simonenoch.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

With SK being lobbied to build these here, we are expecting volatile fresh water supplies on SK to provide more irrigation, cool reactors, expand mining & fracking, satiate growing populations and slake AI thirst? www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...

The very strange history of "parental rights" and child labour. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives estimated that 59 per cent of the employees whose jobs will be cut will be women, 5.5 per cent will be Indigenous people, 26 per cent will likely be racialized and 8.3 per cent will have a disability.” ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

“If roughly one in three flights is delayed,” she said, “that means thousands of flight attendants are losing hours of pay every month through no fault of their own.”

Wanted to respond to some of the arguments put forward against the idea postal banking.

Fascinating discussion, highly recommend

“As we would expect any other business to expand to improve its revenue, I don’t see why Canada Post shouldn’t be allowed to explore those options [including postal banking] as well.” @simonenoch.bsky.social, senior researcher with @policyalternatives.ca www.thestar.com/business/wou...

“It’s pretty clear that’s because they don’t want to be told that they’re violating the rights of minorities, and vulnerable youth most especially when it comes to trans and gender-diverse youth in the case of Saskatchewan…”

For a place like Canada that has a banking oligopoly and a telecom oligopoly, maybe a public option provided by the post office would be a welcome addition,” said Enoch. www.thestar.com/business/wou...

In the modern university, you have more professional administrators filling these roles, and faculty are less consulted. You also lose focus on the teaching and research mission. Professional administrators will have their own interests that might not be the same thesheaf.com/2025/10/07/w...

icymi - “Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Welter said there is often no incentive for large grain companies to offer a better price for a famers “because in many cases they become the only game in town, or one of only two or three available options.” leaderpost.com/business/wes...

Manitoba’s increase to $16.00 per hour and Saskatchewan’s to $15.35 per hour are still far from living wage benchmarks, which @policyalternatives.ca calculate range from $18-$22 per hour in urban areas of these provinces. #canlab www.mbcradio.com/2025/10/sask...

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The Monitor from @policyalternatives.ca is now live! A prickly period of separatist sentiments in Alberta’s Wild Rose Country: Alberta is giving rise to a separatist movement. Why? And what lies ahead? This October 2025 Monitor looks into it.

“Premiers Moe and Smith’s incendiary rhetoric and blatant misrepresentations have allowed these sentiments to burn hotter and longer than they ever would have without them.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The federal government’s plan to gut the post office would wreck Canada Post's greatest strengths. By @simonenoch.bsky.social and @whosestreets.bsky.social #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“Too often when public services are cut, the burden is shifted onto the individual or the community. Cuts to Canada Post will be borne by those least able to carry them and by rural communities that have been all but abandoned.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

City of Regina’s Encampment Response Strategy Survey: beheard.regina.ca/encampment-r...

You guys they're just really concerned about women's sports

"Maybe it is time for our government to think about how our province can be a bit more attractive to workers and whether the second lowest minimum wage in Canada is helping or hurting our appeal." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘Indeed, the federal government looks set to revive the deep cuts of the 1990s—cuts that gutted public services, widened inequality and left lasting damage still felt today.’ @policyalternatives.ca

Is the intention here to sop up extra supply that would have gone to China? www.producer.com/daily/govern...

To afford a 1 bdrm apt in Saskatoon requires a rental wage of $22.72. Under the current minimum wage, a worker would have to work 1.5 jobs to afford a 1 bdrm apt in Saskatoon. 1/4 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Since June 2024, the federal government has used Section 107 eight times to end strikes and lockouts...It has become the go-to tool in the federal government’s toolbox to put an end to worker action. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

New from @policyalternatives.ca: Saskatchewan is lagging behind when it comes to childcare availability. By @simonenoch.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

"If Saskatchewan wishes to attract young working families with children to the province it cannot pretend to provide affordable child care without commensurate access." www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Prime Minister Carney just announced he was removing some Canadian counter-tariffs against the U.S. What’s happening in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, and what comes next? By @marclee.bsky.social and @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social director Stuart Trew #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“In Regina, certain RCANN endorsed candidates were still able to pull close to 40 percent of the vote. While in mostly two-way races this level of support was insufficient, we only need to imagine a more crowded field where this could deliver victory..” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

All historians should read this jaw dropping interview as a case study in moral and political decrepitude. Evidence if any more were needed that the accrual of massive amounts of evidence about the past does not automatically engender a critical reflection on the present.

Use our @policyalternatives.ca handy-dandy childcare space tracker to see what childcare access looks like in your city or town. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

SK Highlights from @policyalternatives.ca new report on child care access: Saskatchewan still has the largest proportion of its child population living in child care deserts, at 51 per cent, improved from 2022, at 70 per cent. 1/6 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“An Air Canada executive shrugged this off saying that as women we were just working for ‘pin money’. It seems their views of women have not advanced in over 40 years.” www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

New from @policyalternatives.ca: #Saskatchewan politicians cling to a false narrative about rent control—and it's hurting tenants across the province. By @simonenoch.bsky.social, CCPA senior researcher based in the province. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Understanding the parental rights movement and conservative education activism in Canada (and SK) www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...