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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 19h

Arresting and intimidating free press is one of the clear signs your government has truly embraced fascism.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 20h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder how long they struggled to avoid saying "Something's fishy."

Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 1d

Organized criminals including drug traffickers may be laundering money through Canada’s fishing industry. Read about the findings in our latest story.

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International gangs launder money through Canada’s fishing industry, reports suggest

Criminals may be cleaning cash through government-issued licenses on the west coast

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 1d

Two years ago, the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Grab.

Two years later, it’s déjà vu — Labour Minister David Piccini admits he personally picked which of his friends got millions from the Skills Development Fund.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

He's concerned about $1.8 million for crisis workers, but wants to use police instead, who cost at least $200k each (and often well over $300k each)???

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 3d

When major renovations at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital were announced, it was supposed to turn the facility into “the premier critical care hospital in Canada.”

Instead, the project is now 7 years late and two key figures were convicted of fraud today. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

What to know about the hospital redevelopment at the centre of the Bondfield fraud case

A former executive at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital and the former president of Bondfield Construction were convicted of fraud related to the $300-million project

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 4d

Bay Street's enthusiasm for diversity has disappeared, and the findings here are depressing as hell. Only 16 per cent of companies even responded to questions about the pledges they made five years ago! www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e33036f...

Five years after vowing to hire more Black employees, Bay Street’s enthusiasm for DEI is waning

In The Globe and Mail’s latest survey of BlackNorth signatories, far fewer companies responded to questions about their diversity progress than in prior years

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

I dug deep down in my pocket to try and find some coin, but much to my chagrin...

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 10d

Private conservative club for the wealthy claims it can’t find any Canadian “servers”.

This means:

- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;

- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;

- the club is lying.

Which is it?

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Exclusive Tory club hires foreign workers under program Pierre Poilievre vows to kill

Toronto's Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.

www.thestar.com

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

If you want a good read on the subject and its history, here's a great article by the inestimable @thelawofwork.bsky.social

lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...

The All-Powerful Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code: A Liberal Love Story – The Law of Work

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

or differences and to those ends the Minister may refer any question to the Board or direct the Board to do such things as the Minister deems necessary.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

S.107 reads: The Minister, where the Minister deems it expedient, may do such things as to the Minister seem likely to maintain or secure industrial peace and to promote conditions favourable to the settlement of industrial disputes 1/2

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

I say "clearly," but I'm not a lawyer. I do know that case law makes it pretty clear that workers who are stripped of their right to strike (e.g. hospital workers) have to have access to a third-party dispute resolution mechanism like interest arbitration. S.107 has no such requirement.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

For those wanting to track which MPs truly care about workers and their rights, you can start following Bill C-247, which would remove s.107 of the Canada Labour Code, which the Liberals have been using repeatedly to strip the right to strike in a way that is pretty clearly unconstitutional.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

Wathing the HoC proceedings and remembering why I don't always (there's no real debate). But "Solutions Not Slogans" might be the best response I've heard to the Conservatives.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

But the University line will take you to hell.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 5d

Now we know why Ford's ministers and staff are opposed to speed cameras: They keep getting caught breaking the law themselves. Sometimes by a lot.

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

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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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 5d

More signs of Toronto's "war on cars."

Yellow sign at pedestrian crossing that says "PEDESTRIANS YIELD TO TRAFFIC."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

The deployment would mark the latest escalation of Donald Trump’s use of US federal intervention in Democrat-led cities.

Gov Newsom says Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon

The deployment would mark the latest escalation of Donald Trump’s use of US federal intervention in Democrat-led cities.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 5d

There's nothing more amazing and eye opening than being in a room full of library workers talking about their realities.

#cupe2025

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10d

What an absolute legend. An immeasurable loss. Thank you for everything, Jane. 🥹

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 11d

Today is difficult for so many survivors. If you need support today the 24 Hour Residential School Crisis Line is 1-866-925-4419

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 11d

It's also an opportunity for MPs to talk about what they're doing to further the 94 calls to action (of which only 14 have been realized) and how they're applying #57 to themselves and their staff.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 11d

After 10 years, only 14 calls to action have been realized. At this rate, APTN reports, it will be the 2080s before the list is completed. "At this rate, how many residential school survivors will be alive to see reconciliation?"

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 11d

With September 30 marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN News looks at how many of the 94 Calls to Action have been answered since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivered its final report in 2015.

How many of the TRC’s Calls to Action have been answered? | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 11d

The Runaways
Jim Logan ~ Métis
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