Janet Maher
@janetemaher.bsky.social
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Advocate, women’s rights, health and social policy, Toronto, Canada
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Mark Carney’s new housing agency announces the Toronto site for its first project
Mark Carney’s new housing agency announces the Toronto site for its first project
Build Canada Homes will oversee a project to use modern construction techniques to build 540 new units in Toronto.
www.thestar.com
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Pushing for a cease fire so you can look good in a genocide you specifically enabled, at the same time as you’re assaulting your own democracy & waging war on your own cities, is never going to get you a prize for peace. If there’s a prize for hypocrisy and narcissism though, you’ve got a real shot.
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I don’t even think of it as a boycott anymore. Just an active choice to grow my country and not the country that we cannot trust or respect.
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What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.
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Amy K
@amyklassen.bsky.social
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For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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Unbelievable!
This is a US Border Agent chasing a Canadian couple heading towards the border back to Canada.
He yells at them:
“Never come to the US again”
🚨 DO NOT GO TO THE US
IT IS NOT SAFE.
#Canada
#FascistUSA
#BoycottUSA
This is a US Border Agent chasing a Canadian couple heading towards the border back to Canada.
He yells at them:
“Never come to the US again”
🚨 DO NOT GO TO THE US
IT IS NOT SAFE.
#Canada
#FascistUSA
#BoycottUSA
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I admire all of @thelocal.to reporting, and this piece on Woodbine racetrack is a banger. I love horse racing, even though it's a pretty dark sport. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social confronts the darkness, the economics, and the doomy shadow over the backstretch. Great writing too!
A quick 🧵 on my @thelocal.to feature on Woodbine Racetrack, the economics of horse racing, and how to think about racehorses as ideas about animal-human relations shift. #longreads 1/ thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
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As the family doctor and nursing shortage gets worse, here is an innovative solution that will help www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
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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.
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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