Catherine McNair
@cathylenair.bsky.social
Writer, reader, cat person, clean air fan, LGBTQ ally, music lover, lowkey getting radicalized. Waterloo, ON, Canada resident.
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Two problems:
1) They should have *prevented* the problem in the first place by having permanent mandatory masking.
2) The requirement now is for surgical masks, which aren't sufficient protection. Surgical masks are not #PPE.
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1) They should have *prevented* the problem in the first place by having permanent mandatory masking.
2) The requirement now is for surgical masks, which aren't sufficient protection. Surgical masks are not #PPE.
barrie360.com/mandatory-ma... 1/2
Mandatory masking at MAHC as Bracebridge hospital deals with COVID outbreak
Mandatory masking requirements are back at hospitals in Bracebridge and Huntsville
barrie360.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two problems:
1) They should have *prevented* the problem in the first place by having permanent mandatory masking.
2) The requirement now is for surgical masks, which aren't sufficient protection. Surgical masks are not #PPE.
barrie360.com/mandatory-ma... 1/2
1) They should have *prevented* the problem in the first place by having permanent mandatory masking.
2) The requirement now is for surgical masks, which aren't sufficient protection. Surgical masks are not #PPE.
barrie360.com/mandatory-ma... 1/2
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Canada has had record breaking forest fires that show no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping, and Carney decides we can all stomach it so oil magnates can get more billions.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Canada has had record breaking forest fires that show no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping, and Carney decides we can all stomach it so oil magnates can get more billions.
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Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hockey isn’t our national culture. Cars are.
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NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
Ontario watchdog ‘intervening’ after solicitor general ignores transparency orders | Globalnews.ca
There have been several instances in recent years where the IPC has told the solicitor general's office to release information, only for the government to ignore the decree.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Ontario’s transparency watchdog has been forced to “intervene” after the solicitor general’s office repeatedly ignored orders to release information.
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
It’s part of a trend which has also raised questions about political interference. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154356...
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NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
The first photo is what Doug Ford has made illegal in all of Ontario with Bill 60. #OnPoli
Cities like Paris are showing that urban greening thru street & place transformation is just COMMON SENSE, for cooling cities that are getting hotter due to the #ClimateCrisis, and for reducing emissions, cleaning the air, and improving quality-of-life!
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The first photo is what Doug Ford has made illegal in all of Ontario with Bill 60. #OnPoli
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Carney has been so much worse than expected. It's like watching The Matrix sequels of governance or something.
Every 19th/20th century industry you can think of is getting subsidies.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Carney has been so much worse than expected. It's like watching The Matrix sequels of governance or something.
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It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
More planned assaults on democracy by the Ford government. Gift 🎁 article. #WatRegion #OnPoli
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
www.therecord.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More planned assaults on democracy by the Ford government. Gift 🎁 article. #WatRegion #OnPoli
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
apuffofabsurdity.blogspot.com/2025/11/not-... Some hopeful signs regarding #Covid management.
Not Just a Health Issue
Philosophy applied to life. Book synopses/criticisms. Montaigne Freud Plato Nietzsche Hume, on art parenting education sex religion human nature.
apuffofabsurdity.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
apuffofabsurdity.blogspot.com/2025/11/not-... Some hopeful signs regarding #Covid management.
Trans and non-binary workers face worse socioeconomic outcomes, including higher poverty rates and lower wages, than their cisgender peers.
www.readthemaple.com/trans-and-no...
www.readthemaple.com/trans-and-no...
Trans And Non-Binary Workers Are Worse Off Than Cis Peers
They face inferior socioeconomic outcomes, including higher poverty rates and lower wages
www.readthemaple.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trans and non-binary workers face worse socioeconomic outcomes, including higher poverty rates and lower wages, than their cisgender peers.
www.readthemaple.com/trans-and-no...
www.readthemaple.com/trans-and-no...
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Links can't hurt you here.
Save your out of context screenshots for the garbage platforms.
LINK! TO! THE! STORY!
Save your out of context screenshots for the garbage platforms.
LINK! TO! THE! STORY!
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Links can't hurt you here.
Save your out of context screenshots for the garbage platforms.
LINK! TO! THE! STORY!
Save your out of context screenshots for the garbage platforms.
LINK! TO! THE! STORY!
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What would a 100% Canadian social media platform look like?
The team at @gandersocial.bsky.social is about to find out. By giving Canadians control over their data, their feeds, and more, they’re hoping to offer a viable alternative for American social media.
The team at @gandersocial.bsky.social is about to find out. By giving Canadians control over their data, their feeds, and more, they’re hoping to offer a viable alternative for American social media.
🇨🇦 How Canadians are fighting for digital independence
Gander's CEO on decentralization, crowdsourcing, and annexation fears
newpublic.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What would a 100% Canadian social media platform look like?
The team at @gandersocial.bsky.social is about to find out. By giving Canadians control over their data, their feeds, and more, they’re hoping to offer a viable alternative for American social media.
The team at @gandersocial.bsky.social is about to find out. By giving Canadians control over their data, their feeds, and more, they’re hoping to offer a viable alternative for American social media.
BREAKING: Doug Ford is rushing through his attack on renters, Bill 60.
Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
It also makes it impossible for cities to get rid of road lanes for bikes or anything else (parks, housing, sidewalks). StopBill60.ca
Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
It also makes it impossible for cities to get rid of road lanes for bikes or anything else (parks, housing, sidewalks). StopBill60.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BREAKING: Doug Ford is rushing through his attack on renters, Bill 60.
Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
It also makes it impossible for cities to get rid of road lanes for bikes or anything else (parks, housing, sidewalks). StopBill60.ca
Bill 60 will make it easier for corporate landlords to raise rents and evict you.
It also makes it impossible for cities to get rid of road lanes for bikes or anything else (parks, housing, sidewalks). StopBill60.ca
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Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause is out of control. It’s up to voters to stop it
The architects of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms thought the Notwithstanding Clause would only be used in exceptional circumstances. Conservative premiers seem determined to prove them wrong.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Alberta is moving to a "dual practice" model.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
Public or Private? A conversation with your future doctor canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/19/p...
Public or Private? A conversation with your future doctor
Two-tier healthcare has officially arrived.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Alberta is moving to a "dual practice" model.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
A pediatrician in the province sent me this scenario. It's a look at what healthcare becomes when physicians can work in two systems.
Hypothetical, but not speculative.
New on CHW.
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This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
State-level anti-transgender laws increased incidents of past-year suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary young people by 7–72%
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
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Reposted by Catherine McNair
Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Let’s be clear on this: Danielle Smith is ripping up the Charter of Rights & Freedoms to take away rights from the most vulnerable people in Alberta. And she’s doing it to protect herself from the militant wing of her own party, nothing more. Hope it’s all she’s ever remembered for in the long run
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1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
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1/ Inspired by @1goodtern.bsky.social, I've been checking Canadian data. @cihica.bsky.social publicly available is useless. Stats Can is better, but only goes to 2023, because we suck at data in Canada. Nonetheless 👀
Did something hit in 2020 that affected our hearts?!
Did something hit in 2020 that affected our hearts?!
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
1/ Inspired by @1goodtern.bsky.social, I've been checking Canadian data. @cihica.bsky.social publicly available is useless. Stats Can is better, but only goes to 2023, because we suck at data in Canada. Nonetheless 👀
Did something hit in 2020 that affected our hearts?!
Did something hit in 2020 that affected our hearts?!
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This is one of the most sweeping attacks on 2SLGBTQI rights in Canadian history - and it’s happening during Trans Awareness Week.
Egale Canada will not back down. We’re already preparing our next phase of legal action and need your support.
Egale Canada will not back down. We’re already preparing our next phase of legal action and need your support.
Alberta Relaunches Unprecedented Attack on Trans Rights - Now Using the Notwithstanding Clause - Egale Canada
Statement from Egale Canada and Skipping Stone For Immediate Release November 18, 2025 Today, the Government of Alberta has introduced Bill 9 which uses the notwithstanding clause to restrict the…
egale.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is one of the most sweeping attacks on 2SLGBTQI rights in Canadian history - and it’s happening during Trans Awareness Week.
Egale Canada will not back down. We’re already preparing our next phase of legal action and need your support.
Egale Canada will not back down. We’re already preparing our next phase of legal action and need your support.
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Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
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Canada's budget 2025: It’s hard to call $1.6 billion a “generational investment” when the same budget plans to boost spending on retirees by $28 billion in 2029 alone. That gap speaks volumes about federal priorities! #cdnpoli www.gensqueeze.ca/did_budget_2...
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Canada's budget 2025: It’s hard to call $1.6 billion a “generational investment” when the same budget plans to boost spending on retirees by $28 billion in 2029 alone. That gap speaks volumes about federal priorities! #cdnpoli www.gensqueeze.ca/did_budget_2...