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905 Voter @905voter.bsky.social · 1d

Completely disagree. We gotta stay strong!

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 5d

And now we know why Ford made speed cameras illegal.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 9d

The Ontario premier either doesn't understand that speed cameras save lives, or he doesn't care.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 16d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 16d

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

This is straight out of Harper's playbook in 2013.
He announced end door-to-door delivery (making Canada the only G7 country without door to door delivery) after strikes/lockouts/disputes with the union during negos from June 2011 to Dec 2012.
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Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country

Directive includes shutting down post offices in areas that were considered rural, but are now suburban

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18d

This is another Doug Ford political stunt & wedge issue, like removing safe & successful bike-infrastructure in Toronto, THAT WILL KILL PEOPLE. He and his Ministers and MPPs will be undeniably responsible for kids, families, people dying.

Doug Ford likes to talk tough about Trump, but he IS Trump.

Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: Sources

Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.

www.thestar.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19d

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22d

Canada’s government is focused on what matters: making sure an Irish rap group with a history of controversial commentary can’t play their music in Canada.

Meanwhile, our government still refuses to address the actual genocide that band Kneecap has been vocally opposing:

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 21d

Canada officially recognizes state of Palestine

Declaration marks a significant shift in the country’s foreign policy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 22d

I find it ironic that @vgasparro.bsky.social chose to announce this on the cesspool that is X - in a message that also said: "Our government will not tolerate the advocating of political violence, terrorism or Anti-Semitism and hate more broadly." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Irish rap group Kneecap banned from entering Canada for promoting political violence and terrorism

They had been scheduled to perform in Toronto and Vancouver next month

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22d

Hell yeah sue Canada and the pro-genocide government that's destroying the country!

Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 22d

A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 23d

There is some irony in this government directive, following their own attempts to limit or remove barrier-protected bike lanes in Toronto and the rest of the province.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 23d

Child-care centres in Waterloo region, Guelph move quickly to set up barriers, change parking rules #Ontario

Changes come after SUV crashed into Richmond Hill daycare last week

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Child-care centres in Waterloo region, Guelph move quickly to set up barriers, change parking rules | CBC News

After an SUV crashed into a Richmond Hill child-care centre last week killing a toddler and injuring nine others, a Waterloo child-care centre quickly moved to set up barriers at its facility.

www.cbc.ca

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Alex Cosh @alexcosh.bsky.social · 23d

Vince Gasparro, the Parliamentary Secretary for "Combatting Crime," just announced that the Irish band Kneecap are banned from entering Canada, 3 days after he met with Israel lobbyists.

Tweet by Gasparro reading: "On behalf of the Government of Canada I am announcing that on the advice of our officials, we have deemed the group Kneecap ineligible to enter our country.

Our government will not tolerate the advocating of political violence, terrorism or Anti-Semitism and hate more broadly."

Tweet by Gasparro reading: "I joined Prime Minister Mark Carney
& colleagues in a meeting with CIJA and Jewish community federations from across Canada.

The Prime Minister was clear in our key legislative initiatives that will help provide more security for Jewish Canadians."

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 23d

Canadians: Oh, these poor terrible Americans with their fascism and genocide denial and government censorship of artists! It’s just awful, isn't it!

Also Canadians:

Prominent Irish rap group Kneecap barred from entering Canada, MP says

Irish rap group Kneecap has been barred from entering Canada, according to a post from Toronto MP Vince Gasparro.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 23d

Right after applauding another Nazi in Parliament.

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23d

Kneecap banned in Canada as of today

Canada bans Irish band Kneecap over its alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah

Kneecap has attracted high-profile controversy in recent months and has been branded as antisemitic.

www.thestar.com

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 23d

The government of Canada has come down harder on these rappers than on a state committing genocide.

Israel still has an embassy in Canada despite Israel not only publicly endorsing violence and hate, but killing tens of thousands of people. Perhaps hundreds of thousands. We don't even know anymore.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 23d

And that's another genociding colonizing failson of England fallen

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905 Voter @905voter.bsky.social · 23d

Let's not forget, these are the same people who gave Charlie Kirk a standing ovation in Parliament this week. Progressives are certainly having buyer's remorse with this government!

905 Voter @905voter.bsky.social · 23d

"Canada's move follows a similar decision from *Hungary* earlier this summer". Orban is not someone we should emulating. Shame on Carney, Gasparro, and the Liberals. Utterly ridiculous! #cdnpoli www.cp24.com/news/enterta...

Prominent Irish rap group Kneecap barred from entering Canada, MP says

Irish rap group Kneecap has been barred from entering Canada, according to a post from Toronto MP Vince Gasparro.

www.cp24.com

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 23d

"I'm disappointed that I came to Canada — a Canada that it is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship," Hoekstra said.

Then fuck the hell off back to your miserable fascist hellhole, you shriveled dickhead. Beyond sick of his threats.

U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News

The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...

www.cbc.ca

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 24d

We have spent more than a decade uploading our politics and civil society to a cloud owned by oligopolistic tech firms. As the Trump administration moves to take over those companies, it is a direct threat to democracies everywhere. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: Charlie Kirk’s death is being used as an excuse by MAGA to grab power. This is how Canada can defend itself

The rage-filled cauldron that is online discourse is also a radicalization machine.

www.thestar.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 24d

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 24d

“It is certainly ‘dangerous rhetoric‘ to call people fascists who aren’t fascist. But to call out actual fascists is not rhetoric. It is a patriotic duty.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: The death of Charlie Kirk did not make him a moderate

He is well on his way to sainthood among MAGA Republicans

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24d

The United States of America is a fascist state, bending to the knee of a fucking lunatic dictator. No real Congress, no real Supreme Court, no real media.

Anyone pretending this is still just "democratic backsliding" or a "threat" to democracy is kidding themselves. It's over.

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 24d

Update: It's not just Nexstar

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely” - per an ABC spokesperson

TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 24d

This is...something

Nexstar, one of largest owners of TV stations in the country, is pre-empting JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE "for the foreseeable future":

"Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming."

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 24d

On the one side you have liars, bullies, thugs, kelptocrats, racists, hate-mongers and - if given half a chance - genocidaires.

On the other, you have some people who can be annoying in EDI sessions.

If you think those two sides are morally equivalent, you're not a serious person.

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