Joan Cavanagh
@jpcav.bsky.social
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They died because they were women.
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 1989.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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I certainly look intrigued in the photo in this article, eh.
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Are American tourists easily distinguishable from Canadians? Let the debate begin | CNN
Travel pros weigh in on the differences between travelers from the United States and Canada. There are definitely distinctions, they say.
edition.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I certainly look intrigued in the photo in this article, eh.
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
Great article by Vivian Song
✌️❤️🇨🇦
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/t...
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My comments on Lansdowne 2.0
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
More Information
Ottawa Residents Deserve Better
www.betterlansdowne.ca
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My comments on Lansdowne 2.0
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
The total cost, the so called ‘cost of doing nothing’, the engineer reports on building conditions, and the alternative are all discussed. www.betterlansdowne.ca/more_info?ac...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Though Mike Harris claimed it was done in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency, amalgamation has effectively gerrymandered municipal politics in Ottawa and Toronto and diluted the power of local residents over their cities and communities
It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next.
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Though Mike Harris claimed it was done in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency, amalgamation has effectively gerrymandered municipal politics in Ottawa and Toronto and diluted the power of local residents over their cities and communities
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
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Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data?
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
@strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p...
@strongtowns.org #dothemath
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Atwood, Laurence, Munro and Angelou are all on this list.
Well, the list of books being banned from EPSB is appalling. And it's very likely that an author on this list will get their other works pulled too, especially in the absence of teacher librarians.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
There are books on this list that changed my life. This is what the UCP is taking away from kids.
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Atwood, Laurence, Munro and Angelou are all on this list.
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If the Carney government really does just grandfather provinces that signed agreements with the Trudeau government, this could blow up quite spectacularly in its face.
Women in Manitoba will have access to free contraceptives but women in Ontario won't?
This...is not gonna work for the government.
Women in Manitoba will have access to free contraceptives but women in Ontario won't?
This...is not gonna work for the government.
July 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If the Carney government really does just grandfather provinces that signed agreements with the Trudeau government, this could blow up quite spectacularly in its face.
Women in Manitoba will have access to free contraceptives but women in Ontario won't?
This...is not gonna work for the government.
Women in Manitoba will have access to free contraceptives but women in Ontario won't?
This...is not gonna work for the government.
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Someone who wants to be PM is currently running in a by election. Maybe the media want to ask him if this is still his position.
July 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Someone who wants to be PM is currently running in a by election. Maybe the media want to ask him if this is still his position.
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The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The president of the United States is threatening to strip the citizenship away from an American who says things he does not like.
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
And our media will invariably present this not as a major crisis, an impeachable offense that must lead to his immediate removal, but as “a spat” between Don & Rosie
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Cremieux’s real name is Jordan Lasker. I put his name in the newspaper. He’s a scientific racist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
July 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Cremieux’s real name is Jordan Lasker. I put his name in the newspaper. He’s a scientific racist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It's almost as if Alberta is billions in debt because its government refuses to use basic economic levers (like a sales tax, which every other province has) to actually fund the money it spends.
June 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's almost as if Alberta is billions in debt because its government refuses to use basic economic levers (like a sales tax, which every other province has) to actually fund the money it spends.
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"The hostility toward 2SLGBTQ+ materials and programs in libraries in schools is explicit in Take Back Alberta events and rallies. There are similar efforts in other provinces...from groups such as 'Vote Against The Woke' and 'ParentsVoice B.C'."
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"The hostility toward 2SLGBTQ+ materials and programs in libraries in schools is explicit in Take Back Alberta events and rallies. There are similar efforts in other provinces...from groups such as 'Vote Against The Woke' and 'ParentsVoice B.C'."
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
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I’m getting more and more emails from residents complaining about @oc-transpo.bsky.social New Ways to Bus. I got a new category of concern today: the impact these changes are having on health care system. 1/
May 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’m getting more and more emails from residents complaining about @oc-transpo.bsky.social New Ways to Bus. I got a new category of concern today: the impact these changes are having on health care system. 1/
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NEW POST: It's time for a centralization movement in Canada emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/opinion-it...
Opinion: It's time for a centralization movement in Canada
Canada is the most decentralized federation in the world.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW POST: It's time for a centralization movement in Canada emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/opinion-it...
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Trump needs to insert himself into everything. It’s the narcissism. But is he endorsing himself? Poilievre? Or just doing his chaos thing?
April 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Trump needs to insert himself into everything. It’s the narcissism. But is he endorsing himself? Poilievre? Or just doing his chaos thing?