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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 20m

Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding in Paris after granting his clients millions in training funds
"Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show"

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Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 22h

We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.

It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation

Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15h

Tensions rise over potential golf course in #WestMabou

Anger with the #NovaScotia government is growing as Cabot Golf tees up another bid for a possible development. The land is protected by law and has previously been deemed out of bounds for such proposals.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Tensions rise over potential golf course in West Mabou

Anger with the Nova Scotia government is growing as Cabot Golf tees up another bid for a possible development at West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. The land is protected by law and has previously been ...

www.cbc.ca

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 15h

"Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds
Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found."

www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/c...

Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found

www.bradfordtoday.ca

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 17h

"B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson fined $600 over election signs"
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

B.C. billionaire Chip Wilson fined $600 over election signs

Billionaire Chip Wilson has been fined by B.C.’s elections watchdog over three signs he put up outside of his mansion last year, including one in which he called Premier David Eby and the NDP “communi...

www.ctvnews.ca

canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 23h

"Danielle Smith warns Mark Carney — a deal for Alberta or else | Edmonton Journal"
Or else I’m going to have another hissy fit , just like Doug Ford.
"Or else" the Danielle Smith specialty tantrum like Poilievre’s rantings.
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Bell: Danielle Smith warns Mark Carney — a deal for Alberta or else

Danielle Smith is back, meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney, warns of the consequences if Alberta gets shafted by Liberal Ottawa again

calgaryherald.com

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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 23h

Big step forward for our Armed Forces and Canadian industry. 🇨🇦 The new 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 will deliver equipment faster and create good jobs across Canada. 🇨🇦

👉 youtube.com/shorts/oOpRu...

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 23h

" 'I do not trust anything': Local senior takes stand against paperless future. 'The more you are online the less secure things end up being. I would never do my banking online,' warns Orillia senior who took her protest to busy downtown corner"

www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/i...

'I do not trust anything': Local senior takes stand against paperless future

'The more you are online the less secure things end up being. I would never do my banking online,' warns Orillia senior who took her protest to busy downtown corner

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FF-Suze @suze-bsky.bsky.social · 1d

No wonder his friends “love” him…

The lion’s share, of at least $82 million, was tracked to one company, Rubicon Strategy, which is led by Premier Doug Ford’s former campaign manager Kory Teneyke.

Where’s that #RCMP investigation at?

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

In the wake of a scathing audit of #Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF), #Canada’s federal government says it’s reviewing the troubled program to make sure the money it sends the province for jobs training is being well spent.

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Ottawa to review federal money committed to Skills Development Fund after damaging audit

In the wake of a scathing audit of Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF), Canada’s federal government says it’s reviewing the troubled program to make sure the money it sends the province for jobs t...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Spicy Scorpio(Karen) 🏳️‍🌈🪶🧡🇨🇦 @nish57.bsky.social · 1d

Leaders urge Ottawa to build the North with next major projects www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...

Leaders urge Ottawa to build the North with next major projects

A delegation of Indigenous leaders and politicians from the Northwest Territories are in Ottawa this week, lobbying the federal government for consideration in its next tranche of major projects — and...

www.nationalobserver.com

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 1d

"Locked-out Windsor Titan Tool workers reject '15 pages of concessions'
Greatly reduced in number after factory tools were shipped to Michigan, remaining Windsor Titan Tool employees reject latest contract offer."

windsorstar.com/news/local-n...

Locked-out Windsor Titan Tool workers reject '15 pages of concessions'

Locked-out Windsor Titan Tool workers reject company's latest contract offer, which the union dismisses as 'a long list of concessions.'

windsorstar.com

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 1d

"Morons and bots will tell you that our cultural stagnation is due to things going woke, but we all know better-as Mark Fisher wrote in Capitalist Realism, we're not living in a system that is planning anything for the future outside dystopia."

canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 1d

"Morons and bots will tell you that our cultural stagnation is due to things going woke, but we all know better-as Mark Fisher wrote in Capitalist Realism, we're not living in a system that is planning anything for the future outside dystopia."

canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 1d

"Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time
FOR DEVIN THOMAS O’SHEA, THIS IS PYNCHON’S USA AND WE’RE JUST LIVING IN IT"

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Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…

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DaveN 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's working on a trade deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney that he believes will be well-received by Canadians, telling reporters that the people of this country "will love us again."

No we won't, fascist #ElbowsUp

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Trump says 'Canada will love us again' — but there's still no deal on tariffs after Carney meeting | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's working on a trade deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney that he believes will be well-received by Canadians, telling reporters assembled for their bilater...

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canuk2006.bsky.social @canuk2006.bsky.social · 1d

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