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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 14h

He's concerned about $1.8 million for crisis workers, but wants to use police instead, who cost at least $200k each (and often well over $300k each)???

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Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 2d

When major renovations at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital were announced, it was supposed to turn the facility into “the premier critical care hospital in Canada.”

Instead, the project is now 7 years late and two key figures were convicted of fraud today. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

What to know about the hospital redevelopment at the centre of the Bondfield fraud case

A former executive at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital and the former president of Bondfield Construction were convicted of fraud related to the $300-million project

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Bay Street's enthusiasm for diversity has disappeared, and the findings here are depressing as hell. Only 16 per cent of companies even responded to questions about the pledges they made five years ago! www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e33036f...

Five years after vowing to hire more Black employees, Bay Street’s enthusiasm for DEI is waning

In The Globe and Mail’s latest survey of BlackNorth signatories, far fewer companies responded to questions about their diversity progress than in prior years

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

I dug deep down in my pocket to try and find some coin, but much to my chagrin...

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David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · 9d

Private conservative club for the wealthy claims it can’t find any Canadian “servers”.

This means:

- the wages are crap and below comparable server jobs;

- the servers are treated like crap by the “members”;

- the club is lying.

Which is it?

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Exclusive Tory club hires foreign workers under program Pierre Poilievre vows to kill

Toronto's Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.

www.thestar.com

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

If you want a good read on the subject and its history, here's a great article by the inestimable @thelawofwork.bsky.social

lawofwork.ca/the-mysterio...

The All-Powerful Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code: A Liberal Love Story – The Law of Work

lawofwork.ca

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

or differences and to those ends the Minister may refer any question to the Board or direct the Board to do such things as the Minister deems necessary.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

S.107 reads: The Minister, where the Minister deems it expedient, may do such things as to the Minister seem likely to maintain or secure industrial peace and to promote conditions favourable to the settlement of industrial disputes 1/2

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

I say "clearly," but I'm not a lawyer. I do know that case law makes it pretty clear that workers who are stripped of their right to strike (e.g. hospital workers) have to have access to a third-party dispute resolution mechanism like interest arbitration. S.107 has no such requirement.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

For those wanting to track which MPs truly care about workers and their rights, you can start following Bill C-247, which would remove s.107 of the Canada Labour Code, which the Liberals have been using repeatedly to strip the right to strike in a way that is pretty clearly unconstitutional.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

Wathing the HoC proceedings and remembering why I don't always (there's no real debate). But "Solutions Not Slogans" might be the best response I've heard to the Conservatives.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

But the University line will take you to hell.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

Now we know why Ford's ministers and staff are opposed to speed cameras: They keep getting caught breaking the law themselves. Sometimes by a lot.

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

More signs of Toronto's "war on cars."

Yellow sign at pedestrian crossing that says "PEDESTRIANS YIELD TO TRAFFIC."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d

The deployment would mark the latest escalation of Donald Trump’s use of US federal intervention in Democrat-led cities.

Gov Newsom says Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon

The deployment would mark the latest escalation of Donald Trump’s use of US federal intervention in Democrat-led cities.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

There's nothing more amazing and eye opening than being in a room full of library workers talking about their realities.

#cupe2025

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8d

What an absolute legend. An immeasurable loss. Thank you for everything, Jane. 🥹

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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NPR @npr.org · 9d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 9d

Today is difficult for so many survivors. If you need support today the 24 Hour Residential School Crisis Line is 1-866-925-4419

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 9d

It's also an opportunity for MPs to talk about what they're doing to further the 94 calls to action (of which only 14 have been realized) and how they're applying #57 to themselves and their staff.

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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 9d

After 10 years, only 14 calls to action have been realized. At this rate, APTN reports, it will be the 2080s before the list is completed. "At this rate, how many residential school survivors will be alive to see reconciliation?"

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 10d

With September 30 marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, APTN News looks at how many of the 94 Calls to Action have been answered since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission delivered its final report in 2015.

How many of the TRC’s Calls to Action have been answered? | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 9d

The Runaways
Jim Logan ~ Métis
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Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 9d

To be clear, I'm not looking to call out people who aren't, but to learn from those who are and maybe stimulate discussions in the workplaces of those who are not yet. Looking for educational and active rather than performative, though.

Craig Saunders @craigsaunders.bsky.social · 9d

Today I'd like to hear from #Canadian #politicians and their staff about whether they see Call to Action #57 to include political staff and some of the things they are doing in their workplaces to further it.

#cdnpoli #TruthandReconciliation @beynate.bsky.social @marymargaretbey.bsky.social

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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 10d

"It took less than a minute for a city prosecutor to toss out nearly 3,000 charges in a Toronto courtroom." Charges related to careless driving, running red lights - and a driver knocking a cyclist underneath a streetcar. A deeply disturbing story about system failure www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

She was thrown under a streetcar when a car driver knocked her off her bike. Her case was withdrawn — one of thousands tossed each year by a ‘system in shambles’

The mass withdrawal of road safety-related charges has become routine, the result of an overwhelmed court system that is leaving millions in fines on the table and letting dangerous drivers off the ho...

www.thestar.com

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