Matthew Brett
@mattbrett84.bsky.social
Political Communications Officer for national labour union. Posts on social, labour, and climate justice movements in Canada and Québec. (Français aussi. Based in Tiohtià:ke, Montréal.)
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Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink.
If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink.
If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
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Canada’s privacy commissioner says citizens have a right to have some information removed from search engines.
In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
Google refusing to comply with privacy commissioner's 'right to be forgotten' decision | CBC News
Canada's privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed from search engine results but Google is refusing to comply.
www.cbc.ca
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Canada’s privacy commissioner says citizens have a right to have some information removed from search engines.
In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
Quatre syndicats de l'Université McGill affirment que l'établissement porte atteinte à la liberté d'expression en menaçant de suspendre le financement d'une organisation étudiante en raison de son soutien à un groupe propalestinien. #manifencours #polqc #polmtl
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
McGill critiquée de réprimer les voix propalestiniennes sur le campus
Des syndicats de McGill affirment que l'Université recourt à l'intimidation et aux menaces pour limiter les activités propalestiniennes sur le campus.
ici.radio-canada.ca
August 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Quatre syndicats de l'Université McGill affirment que l'établissement porte atteinte à la liberté d'expression en menaçant de suspendre le financement d'une organisation étudiante en raison de son soutien à un groupe propalestinien. #manifencours #polqc #polmtl
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
@cupescfp.bsky.social "said that before, during and after flights, flight attendants are required to perform 'hours of unpaid mandatory' duties, including safety checks, boarding, deplaning and assisting passengers with special needs. #canlab #cdnpoli
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Air Canada flight attendants prepare for ‘day of action’ at major airports - National | Globalnews.ca
CUPE says it is looking to raise awareness about what it calls “poverty wages” and unpaid labour when working on a plane when it’s not in the air.
globalnews.ca
August 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@cupescfp.bsky.social "said that before, during and after flights, flight attendants are required to perform 'hours of unpaid mandatory' duties, including safety checks, boarding, deplaning and assisting passengers with special needs. #canlab #cdnpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1132949...
globalnews.ca/news/1132949...
Wild Pride describes itself online as “a radical, anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anticorporate, and uncompromising Pride.” #cdnpoli #mtlfierte #canlab
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Pride Parade takes place amid controversy in Montreal
Thousands of people are expected to gather in the streets of Montreal on Sunday afternoon for the traditional Montreal Pride Parade, which will bring more than a week of festivities to a close.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wild Pride describes itself online as “a radical, anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anticorporate, and uncompromising Pride.” #cdnpoli #mtlfierte #canlab
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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📣 Join us on August 14 to hear from union leaders, migrant justice organizers, and Indigenous land defenders on why we’re uniting on Sept 20th to Draw the Line: For People. For Peace. For the Planet. RSVP now: act.350.org/signup/dtl-c...
#DrawTheLine
@migrantrightsca.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
#DrawTheLine
@migrantrightsca.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
Draw the Line: Mass Organizing Call
Join us on August 14th to hear from a powerful cross-movement panel about the interconnectedness of our struggles and why we must unite on September 20th to Draw the Line.
act.350.org
August 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
📣 Join us on August 14 to hear from union leaders, migrant justice organizers, and Indigenous land defenders on why we’re uniting on Sept 20th to Draw the Line: For People. For Peace. For the Planet. RSVP now: act.350.org/signup/dtl-c...
#DrawTheLine
@migrantrightsca.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
#DrawTheLine
@migrantrightsca.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
Wow!
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Wow!
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Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵)
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Carney's Cuts with Angella MacEwen | Perspectives Journal
Angella MacEwen explains what is at stake with Carney’s chosen course of “cuts, cuts, and more cuts.”
perspectivesjournal.ca
July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵)
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
"Around 45 per cent, or the equivalent of 24, 421 full-time jobs could be lost from the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau."
News piece on research by @davidmaccdn.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.ca. #canlab #cdnpoli
News piece on research by @davidmaccdn.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.ca. #canlab #cdnpoli
Ottawa and Gatineau will 'bear the brunt' of public service cuts: report
A new analysis finds the government could cut the equivalent of more than 24,000 full-time jobs in the National Capital Region.
ca.news.yahoo.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Around 45 per cent, or the equivalent of 24, 421 full-time jobs could be lost from the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau."
News piece on research by @davidmaccdn.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.ca. #canlab #cdnpoli
News piece on research by @davidmaccdn.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.ca. #canlab #cdnpoli
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police in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, have been involved in the deaths of 17 people since 2017
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It's got to stop': Family of men killed by Nunavik police calling on Quebec for reforms | CBC News
The families of two men killed by Nunavik police are calling for Quebec's premier to meet with them and are demanding several changes to the police service, including disarming local officers.
www.cbc.ca
July 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
police in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, have been involved in the deaths of 17 people since 2017
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"Federal unions claim Prime Minister Mark Carney is breaking a campaign promise with proposed spending cuts." #canlab #cdnpoli
Unions prepare to fight spending cuts proposals
Federal unions claim Prime Minister Mark Carney is breaking a campaign promise with proposed spending cuts. CTV’s Austin Lee reports.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵)
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Carney's Cuts with Angella MacEwen | Perspectives Journal
Angella MacEwen explains what is at stake with Carney’s chosen course of “cuts, cuts, and more cuts.”
perspectivesjournal.ca
July 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵)
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
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L’humanité sur le point de dire adieu à un avenir climatique sécuritaire. Dans ce contexte, des scientifiques soulignent que l’ajout de projets pétroliers et gaziers (exploitation et/ou transport) ne fera qu’aggraver la situation. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...
L’humanité sur le point de dire adieu à un avenir climatique sécuritaire
L’ajout d’infrastructures d’énergies fossiles rendra impossible le respect de l’Accord de Paris, selon des experts.
www.ledevoir.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
L’humanité sur le point de dire adieu à un avenir climatique sécuritaire. Dans ce contexte, des scientifiques soulignent que l’ajout de projets pétroliers et gaziers (exploitation et/ou transport) ne fera qu’aggraver la situation. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...
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CJPME has written to Minister Fraser about reports that the RCMP has launched a war crimes investigation. We have been advocating for this and cautiously welcome it, but are concerned about the lack of details. Canada must hold perpetrators of genocide to account. www.cjpme.org/2025_06_04_m...
Letter to Minister Fraser Re: War Crimes Investigation
Montreal, June 4, 2025 – CJPME has sent a letter to Justice Minister Sean Fraser urging clarification about the RCMP’s possible war crimes investigation into Israeli military actions in Gaza.
www.cjpme.org
June 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CJPME has written to Minister Fraser about reports that the RCMP has launched a war crimes investigation. We have been advocating for this and cautiously welcome it, but are concerned about the lack of details. Canada must hold perpetrators of genocide to account. www.cjpme.org/2025_06_04_m...
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Once again this year I am going to maintain a thread – on Twitter and this year also on Bluesky – tracking victories won by social movements and other grassroots formations fighting for justice and liberation. This is the start of the thread for 2025.
#MovementWins2025
#MovementWins2025
January 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again this year I am going to maintain a thread – on Twitter and this year also on Bluesky – tracking victories won by social movements and other grassroots formations fighting for justice and liberation. This is the start of the thread for 2025.
#MovementWins2025
#MovementWins2025
“Statements and vague threats are not enough. Israel must be treated like apartheid South Africa,” writes @whosestreets.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
Joint letters won’t stop a genocide. An arms embargo and sanctions on Israel could. - CCPA
It seems like possibly, maybe, the countries of the world could be finally willing to consider putting some real pressure on Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza. In a joint statement with the United K...
www.policyalternatives.ca
May 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Statements and vague threats are not enough. Israel must be treated like apartheid South Africa,” writes @whosestreets.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
Dredging to maximize oil shipments, UBC ocean pollution researcher and Tsleil-Waututh Nation concerned about environmental impact. #cdnpoli #bcpoli
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to maximize oil shipments is underway | CBC News
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to increase oil tanker loading capacity from 80 per cent to 100 per cent is officially underway despite environmental and First Nation concerns.
www.cbc.ca
May 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Creating a Major Federal Project Office is one of the few concrete plans in the May 27 Throne Speech, alongside the pledge the office would reduce the time needed to approve projects from five years to two.” #cdnpoli
Nation-building or 'bulldozing' consent: pledge for Major Federal Project Office prompts questions
Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on 'nation-building' projects from five years to two, while still consulting with Indi...
www.hilltimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Creating a Major Federal Project Office is one of the few concrete plans in the May 27 Throne Speech, alongside the pledge the office would reduce the time needed to approve projects from five years to two.” #cdnpoli
Thrilled to have Shifting Gears recognized with the Leo Panitch Book Prize for 2025, honouring the best book in Canadian work and labour studies. A heartfelt thank you to CAWLS and to my co-author and longtime collaborator @stephross.bsky.social.
www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears
#canlab
www.ubcpress.ca/shifting-gears
#canlab
May 31, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles... « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par @alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
Le gouvernement Carney ouvert à une expansion de l’exploitation pétrolière en milieu marin
Ottawa appuie la décision d’offrir 85 000 km2 de nouveaux permis d’exploration au large de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
www.ledevoir.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles... « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par @alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles, M. Carney prend de l'ampleur. « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par
@alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
@alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
Le gouvernement Carney ouvert à une expansion de l’exploitation pétrolière en milieu marin
Ottawa appuie la décision d’offrir 85 000 km2 de nouveaux permis d’exploration au large de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
www.ledevoir.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles, M. Carney prend de l'ampleur. « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par
@alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
@alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
Good snapshot of things to come from the Carney Liberals. Spoiler: it's not good.
CCPA (@policyalternatives.ca) contributors: @whosestreets.bsky.social, @trishhennessy.ca, @davidmoscrop.com, @hadrianmk.bsky.social @kjscott.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
CCPA (@policyalternatives.ca) contributors: @whosestreets.bsky.social, @trishhennessy.ca, @davidmoscrop.com, @hadrianmk.bsky.social @kjscott.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
King Charles’ speech from the throne is a harbinger of a rightward shift - CCPA
For the first time since 1977, and the third time ever, the monarch of the British empire appeared before Canada’s parliament to read the speech from the throne to open a parliamentary session.
www.policyalternatives.ca
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good snapshot of things to come from the Carney Liberals. Spoiler: it's not good.
CCPA (@policyalternatives.ca) contributors: @whosestreets.bsky.social, @trishhennessy.ca, @davidmoscrop.com, @hadrianmk.bsky.social @kjscott.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
CCPA (@policyalternatives.ca) contributors: @whosestreets.bsky.social, @trishhennessy.ca, @davidmoscrop.com, @hadrianmk.bsky.social @kjscott.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
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The Ligue des Noirs du Québec, a civil liberties group, says the new policy lacks enforcement and does little to hold officers accountable without legislative backing. #polmtl
New Montreal police street check policy praised by city, panned by advocacy groups | CBC News
Montreal police unveiled a new street check policy Monday, and it’s already being praised as progress by the city but criticized by anti-racism advocates for its lack of clear consequences for officer...
www.cbc.ca
May 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Ligue des Noirs du Québec, a civil liberties group, says the new policy lacks enforcement and does little to hold officers accountable without legislative backing. #polmtl