Canada cancelled its northern food program over the summer and is refusing to answer APTN’s requests for why. Canada continues to Canada…

A live streamed genocide wasn't enough to resign over. A pipeline, that probably won't even be built, was.

The Canadian government is happy to talk about sovereignty for itself (the embodiment of corporate and private interests which dominate the political system), but fails to realize it in Northern communities.

Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video] Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students from Gaza following their admission to universities across Canada Report by @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social

“I would rather take their ideas than dream them up on our own. People closer to the businesses would be better at that than us […]." Canada's financial regulator openly states that they will take direction from private interests.

First-ever amputee football league kicks off in Gaza Strip 'Championship of Hope' meant to revive sports activity and boost morale Photo essay by Rizek Abdel Jawad

Brilliant interview with Rashid Khalidi clarifying many facets of Hamas' historical position and governance within Palestine.

It is not enough to set tasks; we must also solve the problem of the methods for carrying them out. If our task is to cross a river, we cannot cross it without a bridge or a boat. Unless the bridge or boat problem is solved, it is idle to speak of crossing the river.

In thinking about the concept of compulsory military service in Canada, it occurs that the country does not actually have a cohesive national army so much as a mercenary army. Sure, some enlist out of patriotic feeling. But attaining financial security is also a big (maybe bigger) factor.

Along with the usual misinformation regarding the legally recognized status of Taiwan as a province of China, this piece glosses over what is overt interference in Canadian politics by Taiwanese officials.

NEW: Defence Minister David McGuinty said he could not confirm if Canadian officers attended an Israeli military seminar this week. The seminar was held to “strengthen cooperation ... between the participating militaries.” www.readthemaple.com/minister-can...

"If the U.S. is able to impose this plan […] ‍it would ⁠amount to a de facto victory for Russia, driving European defence spending even higher than planned and at ⁠a much faster pace […]."

Very cool story from West Africa.

I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery? Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!! Here are 5 other things to know:

What is Freeland's compensation scheme right now? An MP salary, a ministerial salary for the made-up position leveraging private capital for Ukraine, now CEO salary for the Rhodes Trust? Pretty sweet grift.

"OSFI is calling on the banks to come to the regulator with ideas on how this will be accomplished without adding too much risk to the system."

NEW: I explain how Canada’s ongoing purchases of Israeli weapons and military technology fuel genocide against Palestinians. This is a transcript of my testimony at the people’s tribunal on Canadian responsibility. www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...

Canada is named as an attendee at an "international seminar" hosted by the Israeli military to discuss the lessons learned from Israel's two-year campaign of genocide against Palestinians. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

The body count of MBS pales in comparison to a US President like Donald Trump, and yet across the political spectrum of North America people are expressing disgust at the Saudi leader visiting the White House. That's the power of a white supremacist media framework.

Hurwitz might as well have said that defeating Nazi Germany was a mistake because that is the terminus of her logic here.

new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

NEW: Canadian authorities detained Richard Falk while he and his wife, Hilal Elver, were en route to a Palestine conference in Ottawa last week. I sat down with professor Falk to discuss what happened and Canada's complicity in the genocide in Gaza. www.readthemaple.com/canada-detai...

What is it called when all of the functions of the public service are co-opted by the military without explanation

Juvenile and pathetic response.

"Fire Point is a significant beneficiary of the so-called Danish model, a financing mechanism spearheaded by Denmark, in which foreign governments directly fund Ukrainian defense companies, rather than procuring weapons from their own industries to send as aid."

One would never guess, looking at Carney government's tabled budget, that an area of Canada larger than New Brunswick went up in flames in 2025, as environmental lawyer Anna Johnston commented. 1/ #cdnpoli @ndp.ca @blocquebecois.bsky.social @canadiangreens.bsky.social www.wcel.org/media-releas...

We never acknowledge how masterfully white supremacist billionaires managed to destroy social media as an organizer tool and completely atomized us. Twitter & tiktok had to be sold. Meta already belonged to them and this app here is a poor man's Twitter but coded to prevent educating and organizing

“Most countries that have expressed interest in participating in the ISF have said they would not be willing to enforce the disarmament … and would only act as a peacekeeping force […]."

"Why is the Leftist Alliance likely to lose? The main reason is that the Boric presidency failed to change the economic structure and the social inequalities in Chile."

Despite interference from Canadian Border agents and foreign officials, the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility is going ahead in Ottawa today and tomorrow, featuring witnesses from Palestine and international advocates Watch the Tribunal live: www.youtube.com/live/NvYkXaq...

I wrote this analysis of the goals behind Donald Trump's attacks on Venezuela and the economic impact of US sanctions. I also explained that, while there are some similarities to the Western regime-change war on Syria, there are also many differences: www.geopoliticaleconomy.report/p/analysis-v...

Morbidly amusing that the government can simultaneously admit this mine is specifically for military purposes, funded by the US Department of War, and also claim that it is a Canadian "nation-building project."

Tyson Foods leveraged predictive data analytics from Palantir during the outbreak of Covid-19 - not to protect workers, but to anticipate production shortages and shift workload to other facilities.

petro is so beast

Intriguing use of the word "conservation" with regard to a massive resource extraction project

"AI will only become infused across the capitalist economy if it can help the owners of the means of production to replace, or supervise and control human labour to increase profitability."

AP article illustrates that no matter how corrupt the Ukrainian authorities are, billions more will be poured into the country. The article also correctly describes the situation on the front line as a war of attrition.

NEW: The Canadian military is getting the biggest injection of cash since the Korean War. Meanwhile, the Defence Department continues to fail on its transparency obligations, according to a report submitted to Parliament. www.readthemaple.com/as-military-...

New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.

Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.

14% - 20% of Gaza's pre-October 7, 2023 population of 2.4 million may ultimately be killed as a result of Israel's military operations and the resulting health conditions without urgent intervention from Canada and its allies www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent via @cjpme.org

we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"

"It also means third-party security services like Forsythe, which employs ex-paramilitary soldiers and former RCMP officers, could be passing on information to CSIS and police about Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders and activists." thenarwhal.ca/csis-resourc...

The military is not and cannot be a panacea for the climate crisis. This thinking is akin to municipalities trying to police their way out of the opioid epidemic. In order to create the basis for national service, public services must be restored, communities rebuilt, the constitution reformed.

Freeland's (unelected) job to is create economic and cultural incentives for Canada to enter into a state of war. Simple as.

"[There is] no empirical evidence of major transfers of value from the likes of Zambia to South Africa; or from Paraguay to Brazil; or from poorer Asia countries to China that in any way matches the size of transfers of value through trade and financial flows from the BRICS to the G7+ economies."

"Beck and Carignan pointed out that the plan would require a Whole of Society (or WoS) effort, meaning that all Canadians would have to contribute to the initiative."

Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation. But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.

CBC has all of a sudden gained the ability to recognize Nazi tattoos, after years of ignoring Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries sporting them.

"Yedioth Ahronoth warned that the growing suicide crisis, especially among reservists, poses 'a major threat to Israel', despite the army’s efforts to downplay its gravity."