John Campey
johncampey.bsky.social
John Campey
@johncampey.bsky.social
“I’m just a boy, standing in front of an oligarchy, asking it to restore democracy, promote equity, respect diversity, and stop killing the planet.” 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🦩Retired non-profit ED, lapsed runner, gay, socialist.
“Only in Canada, you say. Pity…”
If you wanted to see the Inside CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, it aired in Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you, Canada, for sharing! 💚
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Israeli soldiers accused of physically assaulting a female Canadian member of parliament:

“An Israeli officer came up to me and he was yelling at my face and said, ‘Go away,’ and he pushed me … I said ‘Don’t touch me, please.’ And he said, ‘I’ll touch you as much as I want,’ and he pushed me again”
Liberal MP says she was shoved by Israeli officials at West Bank border crossing
OTTAWA — A Liberal MP says she was shoved several times by Israeli border officials as her delegation was denied entry to the West Bank Tuesday. Ontario MP Iqra Khalid said she was pushed after trying...
cfjctoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Canadian regulation of the online sphere leaves victims of hate and gender-based violence with limited options. Fixing this problem will be no easy task. By Gabriel Rojas Hruška @policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Updating Canadian law to address online hate and gender-based violence - CCPA
Social media and online platforms are fueling a surge in hate speech, hate crimes, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV, in technical jargon) both in Canada and worldwide. Engagemen...
www.policyalternatives.ca
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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How can Danielle Smith claim to barely know the man at the center of the CorruptCare scandal when she's had dinner at his house, met with him multiple times, and her closest advisors include five members of his family?

youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
Danielle Smith claims she doesn't know the man at the centre of the CorruptCare scandal...
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So much for ‘the huddled masses, yearning to be free …’
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Debate confirming that there are only two credible candidates - Lewis and MacPherson. The “French language“ debate took me back to the Grade Nine core French class I substitute taught last May. Excruciating!
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”

Wanting to address this isn’t radical.

NOT wanting to is.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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guys...
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer - CCPA
On November 20, the government of Ontario announced  the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act—that favoured Ontarian suppliers within pu...
www.policyalternatives.ca
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The Globe and Mail
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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The world is amidst a misogynist, racist backlash and the violent results of rage-bait laden social media.
Of all the times to say Canada is "meh" about 1/2 the world and gender-based violence...
Then adding Canada seeks returns on investment Africa can't deliver...whilst being a guest.
Unbelievable
The women that brought him to power might be raising their collective eyebrows.

Canada's view on Africa also bears reporting.

Important coverage from the G20 @geoffreyyork.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Morning.
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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More and more people want encampments evicted. Neighbourhood groups are suing shelter providers. Now, they're attempting to stop supportive housing in Parkdale. You can't have all three!

Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Build Supportive Affordable Housing at 1499 and 1501 Queen West
The City of Toronto, and Canada as a whole, is in an unprecedented affordable housing crisis. Many struggle to find safe and stable housing in Toronto and Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) wa...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Here is Trump when he owned the Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA pageants bragging about how he “was able to get away with” going backstage when contestants were naked since he was the boss and he had to do “inspections.”
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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The extremist right turned online forums into toxic zones of hate. Bannon shifted the hate playbook to schools.
And now MAGA MAPLE is using the playbook.
This isn't free speech. It is causing real time harm in our schools.
Please watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Oxe...
MAPLE MAGA BRINGS THE HATE TO SCHOOLS HD 1080p
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM