It’s unconscionable to me that Canada won’t revoke the safe country status US has, and also that queer/trans people aren’t warmly welcomed as refugees these days (that I know of, but I don’t keep up with everything). macleans.ca/politics/ame...

PSA. The people asking for disabled poor people to "share" their experiences for their orgs to collect & use are not doing so out of the goodness of their hearts. Your experiences and insights have value - including monetary value. They get grants & build careers out of your suffering.

"Premier Susan Holt cited the platform’s “recent history, including reports of harmful content and inadequate safeguards,” saying they have “eroded trust that it can be used in a way that aligns with our values and obligations to New Brunswickers.”" NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? AS A TREAT?

So very necessary.

We would not be where we are today if the expertise of trans people, Black & Indigenous women, other BIPOC, intersectional feminists, people w/ disabilities, and so forth—who experience & observe from the bottom up & outside in—were not routinely dismissed in favour of overrated white/male opinions.

I know a lot of progressive/left people who dont think they are aiding and abetting the rise of fascism. But are you leaving disabled ppl behind? Are you making your events accessible by ensuring the cleanest air possible? Are you wearing masks and encouraging others to? rabble.ca/health/histo...

They sure as shit don’t want to think of covid non-response as Vichy, but it’s Vichy af.

COVID outbreak risk remains in #ONhealth hospitals without layers of protection. Universal masking in ALL areas of #Ontario hospitals is essential for safe healthcare access. Let regional decision-makers know this is a priority. @safecare.initiative.works Take action: safecare.initiative.works

This is definitely not going to cause problems /s

We've given billionaires way more than long enough to role play "effective altruism" or whatever, it's time for a tax structure that can actually pay for functioning social programs.

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

mine, pipeline, port, power generation, and a datacentre, 'cuz Canada exists to generate profit for big oil, big tech, big banks, and big assholes www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism. They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.

If only the NDP had run on this type of a platform like the Netherland's D66. Because PC lite sucks.

... Or little to no consultation with the Indigenous Peoples whose lands these steal from

So everybody knows the if one person has dinner with ten Nazis, there are eleven Nazis at the table parable, but a lesser known axiom: If you buy a car from a Nazi, you’re a fucking Nazi collaborator. You literally just gave that Nazi hundreds of thousands of dollars. That’s not neutral.

I am once again asking Canadian journalists to ask the most basic-ass question of "on whose land will these be built?" How is it that every other major industry must consider Indigenous rights but with tech it's like "meh". www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Wow, an article FINALLY mentions wearing masks! Respiratory virus season is here. Here's what experts say you should do www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec...

Seriously. Even if you occasionally unmask for family dinners and such (I hate social obligations), they make a HUGE difference. I've been masking fairly consistently and I get sick so rarely now. Plus, my allergies are better. They're not just good against COVID, but anything airborne.

@mark-carney.bsky.social, services are nation-building, services for disabled people are nation-building, women and gender services are nation-building, the PO is nation-building. My gawd, man, get your head out of gas, LNG, oil and fracking and into looking after your people.

meanwhile Canada is trying to push through age verification (again) through Bill S-209 and hardly anyone has reported on it

There's articles linked in the responses to this this post - a quote from the article is "According to activists working with the family of Trey Reed ... a second, independent autopsy revealed the DSU student had blunt force trauma to the back of the head ...." This was the "suicide" a few weeks ago

Canadian friends! This is a small thing we can do to keep reminding the federal government that we care about these issues. They can't claim it's not important if the petition gets a lot of signatures. They are OUR government and we need to hold them to account!

"Karrandjas said it feels like a "waste" not to use Canada Post's nationwide community network to expand its services, rather than reduce them, at a time when the country's population is aging." As @cataranea.bsky.social pointed out, the mail is a service that costs us each $25/year. That's cheap.

Canada, like all settler colonial projects, is very careful about who it "recognizes" and who it doesn't. Always read the fine print, the conditions mean everything. Remember, this is the country that still has an "Indian Act" which demonstrates how this process works in practice.

“They can’t trust the treaties they made with the United States, and they worry about their land and resources. That’s how we feel about Canada, because they want to take our land and natural resources.” - Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

This happened the same day Canada announces a new law, Bill C-9 "the Combatting Hate Act", so it's pretty obvious who they are threatening here. I wonder how long until we're all jailed for pointing out the basic fact that all settler colonial projects are genocidal www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

You may not have noticed but Canada is trying to increase its ability to criminalize any direct action that threatens capitalism. Fundraising, advocacy, organizing, etc. all under threat via these bills Canada is desperately trying to ram through. And for what? So Rich people can build more bunkers?

Let me report live from the ground that academia is also very much not a meritocracy.

“If we wanted to think about a digital sovereignty strategy, we should have thought about it decades ago when we started building out major infrastructure. It’s hard to play catch-up. Because building this is like building railroads— it can’t be done in a day.” ON WHOSE LAND EH

In 2025, Canada has reported over 4,200 cases of measles. We are 1/10 the US population so multiply our caseload by ten to see what our comparable rates are, so 42,000 if we had US population.

So the thing is that once they “roll back” rights in one area, it becomes a permission structure for more. This transcends countries, both in terms of things like infections and carelessness. It’s why we all have to insist on public health and human dignity.

Ditto for Canada, though we seem hell bent on appeasing them inside our own parties.

"Elbows Up" has very much turned into "Link Elbows with the Baddies" in so many ways, and the strong AI focus is just one way this is playing out in Carney's gov't. Palantir is very imbedded in ICE, which inevitably leads to making our immigration even more restrictive than it already is.

Another 🚨🧵 by @ZdenekVrozina on Twitter, this time about pediatric #LongCovid... Full thread: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19594... #Kids #Covid #LongCovid

3 months, ~20,000kms, thousands of doors, & I've finally rolled in off the Campaign trail. From First Nations & Métis, to Hutterites, to new Canadians, to 3rd & 4th generation farmers, to small business owners, I have spoken to as many of our neighbors as possible. So my platform came into being:

What in the world??

Trump went to Alaska threatening Putin with sanctions. Three hours later, he dropped the threats and started pressuring Ukraine to surrender cities Russia couldn't capture. Zelenskyy faces an impossible choice Monday. euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/17/a...

Remember : flight attendants only get paid from gate to gate, not during pre-boarding or boarding. And I've heard horror stories from CUPE colleagues about the sexual harassment problems. Air Canada needs to take this seriously.

Nearly every time the Liberals intervene in labour disputes, employers and conservatives rejoice. And labour protections weaken.

"I think that they want to keep it quiet, don't want the public and Indigenous communities to know that the working group has an interest in coming to Canada to investigate whether there is enforced disappearances," - Kimberly Murray www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

"The appeal board had ruled that Szezepaniak's refusal of the shot in 2021 amounted to neglect of her obligations as a hospitalist." B.C. doctor fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses appeal www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A huge part of the Republican playbook is to break otherwise beneficial social services and then point to their brokenness as evidence that those things are bad actually so they can justify privatizing or abolishing it. They are very good at doing this because they do it across all sectors.

Fascinating thread on some major breakthroughs towards an enduring HIV vaccine in our lifetimes.

1312. Including the POOs. Blaming "fare cheats" for a system chronically underfunded federally, provincially and municipally in search of low taxes got us here. Just give people access to the TTC. It gives access to food, shelter & education.

As someone who mostly does not love whatever movie/show etc is capturing public attention at the moment it’s so wild to be so enthusiastic about K-pop Demon Hunters. Every reel is playing the same songs we have on repeat in our house. Can we have more values-aligned mass media please?

A society that withholds treatment that could ease a child’s suffering & possibly prolong her life reflects & reinforces a cruelty that doesn’t so much creep as it does march. A big boot just breached the threshold in BC. NEW post by me about Charleigh Pollock. open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...