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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 14

We belong to the world;the world belongs to us.
“Looking back over the early Holocene – beginning 11,700 years ago – researchers have found that human presence was about as likely to increase biodiversity as reduce it.”

The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?

The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria

www.theguardian.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 11

#Canada is #NotBroken.
Let’s keep it that way. Elbows up.

Canadian unemployment rate unexpectedly drops in June to 6.9%

Economy adds more than 83,000 jobs, beating estimates, driven mostly by growth in part-time work

www.theglobeandmail.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 8

Canada is not broken.
Please let’s keep it that way.

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

Opinion: America is sinking, and Canada cannot go down with the ship

Donald Trump is blaming other countries for his country’s large trade deficits when the U.S. should be looking at itself

www.theglobeandmail.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 7

Via @niemanlab.org

thelogic.co/comment/ai-j...

What happens to the news business when people stop clicking? - The Logic

AI has upended how the web works, and search traffic is plummeting. In a world of content scraping bots and ‘Google Zero,’ journalism needs a new plan.

thelogic.co

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 2

“10. The election may well affirm a passing of the identity-politics tide.”
please, yes. Please let this be so, so we can stop devouring each other, and converse.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
#identitypolitics

Opinion | 10 Ways of Making Sense of Zohran Mamdani’s Win

www.nytimes.com

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 1

First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities

Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.

www.nature.com

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jul 1

John Ralston Saul, in 2023 on “our experienced and stable democracy… the oldest continuous democratic federation in the world. “

Opinion: On this day, 175 years ago, Canada became a democracy. Why aren’t we celebrating?

On March 11, 1848, after years of efforts, ‘Responsible Government’ became a feature of Canadian politics, giving rise to one of the world’s oldest continuous democracies. Let’s make that more of a po...

www.theglobeandmail.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 29

This is as much about the fate of #Canada and ecological survival as it is about Europe, on which our own safety hinges.
A long but essential read.
We are on the hinge of great change and each of our decisions will matter.
Paywall

on.ft.com/4kjfQSC The fight for Europe’s future

The fight for Europe’s future

Timothy Garton Ash on the shocks that fuelled a populist challenge — and how the liberal centre could yet hold

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jun 26

“This should have been done a long time ago.”

On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports.

#cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists | The Tyee

At least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank in the last 20 months.

thetyee.ca

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 26

Katherine Graham, one of my heroes, has an eloquent heir.
“Real American patriotism does not force journalists to deliver government propaganda. My grandmother was a real patriot; she protected the rights of her journalists to deliver the facts and speak their minds—without fear…”
#speech #freedom

My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note

Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.

www.thenation.com

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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · Jun 19

REPORTER: I have a document showing some of the fiscal plans for this year.

PM CARNEY: Look at that. It looks like it's written on a napkin.

REPORTER: I don't know whose napkin it is.

PM CARNEY: Is that the opposition's fiscal plan?

#cdnpoli

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 19

Democracy: use it or lose it. Poilievre is misusing it, and Canadians, for his own quest to win power at all costs.
#cdnpoli #albertaborn

John Lefebvre

Well worth the time…

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 17

NOT broken.
“when polarisation is increasing in many nations, Canadians are doing the opposite, coalescing and seeking to unlock the country’s economic potential…working together to safeguard Canada’s long-term prosperity, so it never again feels cornered, economically or existentially.”
#cdnpoli

Canada is finally backing out of its corner

Government leaders from across the political spectrum are working together to safeguard the country’s long-term prosperity

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 14

Canada is NOT broken.
#cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

ANALYSIS | How Canada emerged as the safest port in a storm of global trade | CBC News

Canadians are rightly angry and scared about what the U.S. tariffs and threats will mean for the economy. When the trade war first began, the outlook was dire. But since then, Canada has swung from th...

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · Jun 2

Decades of environmental research, advocacy and action have been in vain. America’s death cult of a government has no use for the world that sustains our lives.
Nearly half of Americans support their government, brainwashed by toxic media run by special interests.
How is this possible?

Opinion: Canada’s air and water at risk as Trump administration guts environmental rules

Trump’s regulatory rollback is poised to unleash a wave of pollution North America hasn’t seen since the 1960s

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · May 29

Canada welcomes the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision on the United States’ tariffs.

It confirmed what we’ve always held: that the American tariffs against Canadian goods are unlawful and unjustified.

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 28

Hate speech is not free speech. Hate speech destroys freedom of its victims and also actual free speech.

US to ban foreign officials over 'flagrant censorship' on social media - www.reuters.com/business/med...

US visa policy targets foreign nationals who 'censor' Americans -State Dept.

The United States on Wednesday announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who "censor" Americans.

www.reuters.com

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 27

The “fiery pit” is not inevitable. We need not be so divided and combative. There are better ways but nothing will change unless we consider them.

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 27

The key to tackling many of the world problems, including environmental collapse, lies in Israel. The US has control of that key.

www.dw.com/en/amid-call...

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · May 24

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them

During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their

www.thestar.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 26

Even Germany - which treads most carefully in Israeli affairs- criticizes Netanyahu’s rogue government.
#bearingwitness

Merz says Israeli actions in Gaza 'no longer justified' – DW – 05/26/2025

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the fight against "Hamas terrorism" does not justify the suffering of civilians in Gaza. He no longer "understands what Israel is trying to achieve." DW has more.

www.dw.com

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 22

Great interviews with scientists about #misinformation, #disinformation, overwhelming information and snake oil.
Starts around 35

Why the Information Age seems so overwhelming, and more...

Podcast Episode · Quirks and Quarks · 2025-05-16 · 54m

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 19

#cdnpoli

Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank

The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable and risks breaching International Humanitarian Law.

www.pm.gc.ca

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DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 17

“we’ve fallen into this age of hyperindividualism. The social force that used to be central in liberal mass democracies, which is an agreed-upon version of the world, that is gone now. And Covid felt like the moment where that link was finally cut for good” - Ari Aster
#freedomofspeech

‘Fight back and don’t let them win’: actor Pedro Pascal decries Trump’s attacks on artists

Comments at Cannes come after US president’s social media posts against Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift

www.theguardian.com

DKJ🇨🇦 @deborahjonescanada.bsky.social · May 15

Kudos to CBC for this great reporting and interactive production.
cdnpoli #foreverchemicals #environment

Mapping Canada’s PFAS hotspots | CBC News

Invisible, toxic and slow to break down — forever chemicals are contaminating our water and food. Here’s what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.

newsinteractives.cbc.ca