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Council of Canadians Chapter in London, Ontario
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A non-partisan citizens' advocacy group whose focus is on water, peace and social justice issues and a robust universal taxpayer-funded healthcare system. We advocate municipally for improved services and climate action over tax cuts.
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charlieangus104.bsky.social
One week to go. The @grievousangels104.bsky.social have added a second show to our Revolution 2025 stop over in Ottawa.
Rainbow Bistro (in the market)
Sunday Nov 30.
Doors open at 7pm.
Get your tickets here:
therainbow.ca/event/632867...
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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ppl4peacelndont.bsky.social
PROTEST FOR #GAZA in #LdnOnt
All out against the U.S.-Israeli occupation of Gaza!
Sunday, November 23, 2025, 12-3p.m.​
Intersection of Oxford and Wonderland
Bring your flags, signs, family, and friends.
@reimagineco.bsky.social @indjewishvoices.bsky.social
(logos for People for Peace London, Canadian Palestinian Social Association, Western Divestment Coalition, Independent Jewish Voices London). Protest for Gaza All out against the U.S.-Israeli occupation of Gaza! Sunday, November 23, 2025, 12-3p.m.​ Intersection of Oxford and Wonderland Bring your flags, signs, family, and friends. (Palestinian flag background)
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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davidheap.bsky.social
More FREE #LabourFilms screenings starting TONIGHT, sponsored by @uwofa1.bsky.social
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Package B (84m) – Thur Nov 20, 7pm ET

A tarea, 28m (Spain)
Working for Freedom, 10m (Can)
Ghost Workers, 26m (NL)
Limerent Pittsburgh, 3m (US)
COVID Sourdough, 16m (US)
A tarea | University of Western Ontario Faculty Association B | CLiFF 2025
Poachers and climate change are wiping out the fine clam and the slimy clam in the Galician estuaries in Spain. A group of shellfish gatherers fight to remedy this imbalance, whose hard work and tradi...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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davidheap.bsky.social
More from @antlerrivermedia.bsky.social by Qazi Mustabeen Noor, on 'food-chain labour' screenings curated by @j4mw.bsky.social as part of the Canadian Labour International Film Fest :
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“Food Chain Labour”: CLIFF and Justice for Migrant Workers joint film screening depicts worker struggles - Antler River Media Co-op
From November 5 to November 8, an audience passionate about great movies and workers’ rights had the chance to watch six curated short films based on the theme “food chain labour”. These selections we...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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policyalternatives.ca
Les pays qui accordent une plus grande place au privé dans leur système de santé affichent des taux de mortalité en moyenne plus élevés, révèle une nouvelle étude de @iris-recherche.bsky.social et @policyalternatives.ca. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...
Les pays donnant davantage de place au privé en santé ont une mortalité en moyenne plus élevée
Une étude de l’IRIS a comparé la situation qui a cours dans 25 pays de l’OCDE.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🎥 The first hour of debate on my Private Member’s Bill C-233 is now live.
This bill aims to close the arms-export loophole and ensure Canada is not complicit in grave human rights violations.
Watch here ⬇️
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#BillC233 #cdnpoli #HumanRights
Private Members Bill C-233 to close arm embargo loophole - 1st hour debate
YouTube video by Jenny Kwan, MP
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November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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davidheap.bsky.social
BIG THANKS to you MP Kwan for this important legislative initiative, & thanks to all the other MPs who supported the #nomoreloopholes Bill-233 at 2nd reading! @leahgazan.bsky.social @loriidlout.bsky.social @beynate.bsky.social & others!
For a full #ArmsEmbargoNOW!
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Arms Embargo Now!
Our new report has just exposed a massive pipeline of military aircraft parts and explosives flowing from Canada to Israel via the U.S., facilitated by a deadly loophole in Canadian law.
armsembargonow.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The latest CBC report shows why Canada urgently needs tighter oversight on military exports. When Canadian components can end up in airstrikes abroad, we have a responsibility to act.
That’s why I introduced Bill C-233 to strengthen export-control accountability.

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Canadian-made jet fighter maintenance parts, bombs shipped to Israel via U.S., report suggests | CBC News
Hundreds of shipments of explosives and fighter jet components have made their way from Canada to Israel by passing through the U.S. over the last two years, a new report by a group of four NGOs alleg...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Central Bankers Team up With Finance Ministers to Mitigate Climate Risk
A global network of central banks and a group of finance ministers concerned about the economic impact of climate change have teamed up to promote collaboration, in order to to manage the risks and to...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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davidheap.bsky.social
Le coût exorbitant de la militarisation, symptôme d’une inquiétante dérive canadienne : Opinion dans @ledevoir.com www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
Le coût exorbitant de la militarisation, symptôme d’une inquiétante dérive canadienne
Pendant qu’on fait rouler les tambours de la guerre, les marchands de la mort se réjouissent des profits à venir.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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emgeekay.bsky.social
With the USA abdicating their responsibilities, this is a time for Canada to step up, not back down.

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Budget's $2.7B cut to foreign aid leaves international development in limbo, say NGOs | CBC News
Canada is being accused of retreating from its role as an international development leader after the Liberal government’s budget announced it will cut $2.7 billion in foreign aid over the next four ye...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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davidheap.bsky.social
I just wrote a letter: @ndp.ca MPs must OPPOSE the Budget for War, with Austerity for the Rest... Write & send your own letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/budg...
Budget for War. Austerity for the Rest.
To placate Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney is driving an unprecedented expansion in military spending while cutting public services. This week’s budgets expected to solidify the government’s ...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Simulated reconstruction of November #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Watch for the last 10 years or so...

Information about this data set is available at psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro.... Note that it is only updated through 2010 due to ERA-20C forcing.
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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fairvote.ca
The turmoil on BC’s right shows how first past the post traps different voices in one party just to stay competitive.

Proportional representation would let every part of the political spectrum stand on its own and be represented fairly.
Blue graphic with white text reading: “Big-tent parties lead to big-tent infighting. That’s the reality of first-past-the-post, which forces the entire BC right into one party for maximum electoral advantage.” Below is an Angus Reid Institute headline: “Rustad's rocky road: Half of BC Conservative Party's 2024 voters say they want him to go.” The bottom text reads: “With proportional representation, the right in BC wouldn’t have to crowd under a single tent to avoid vote-splitting. Different parts of the right-wing spectrum could stand on their own and be represented fairly.”
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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rmtransit.bsky.social
I think I've been fully won over to the need for pro-rep in Canada
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Reform UK could win a majority government with only 30 percent of the vote.

That is how distorted UK democracy has become under first past the post. Canada should take note.

Proportional representation means real majority rule. It is time to demand change
Bar chart comparing vote percentage and seat percentage projections in the UK election. Reform UK’s seat share towers over its vote share, showing how first past the post gives majority power from only 30 percent of votes. Text calls for proportional representation and democratic reform.
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Doug Ford’s donors give millions. Doug Ford’s friends get millions. All while his party wins “majorities” with only 40% of the vote.

When power is handed to a minority, accountability disappears.

It is time for proportional representation in Ontario.
A blue background graphic reads: “Don’t agree with this? Well too bad. Doug Ford’s PCs have been elected to three majority governments even though almost 60% of voters chose another party. When one party can rule with only 40% support, corruption thrives.” Below is a tweet from Colin D’Mello describing executives and owners of organizations that received Ford government funding and then donated money back to the PC Party, followed by the caption: “With proportional representation, no party can win a majority unless they actually earn one. That means accountability and collaboration instead of corruption rubber stamped by a phony majority.”
October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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proportional representation NOW!!!
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Doug Ford’s donors give millions. Doug Ford’s friends get millions. All while his party wins “majorities” with only 40% of the vote.

When power is handed to a minority, accountability disappears.

It is time for proportional representation in Ontario.
A blue background graphic reads: “Don’t agree with this? Well too bad. Doug Ford’s PCs have been elected to three majority governments even though almost 60% of voters chose another party. When one party can rule with only 40% support, corruption thrives.” Below is a tweet from Colin D’Mello describing executives and owners of organizations that received Ford government funding and then donated money back to the PC Party, followed by the caption: “With proportional representation, no party can win a majority unless they actually earn one. That means accountability and collaboration instead of corruption rubber stamped by a phony majority.”
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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emgeekay.bsky.social
Instead of an austerity budget, we should be creating good jobs in science, research, green energy, and capitalizing on the areas the US is failing to invest in. And we should be putting tax dollars into public housing, education, and healthcare where it is desperately needed.
emmettmacfarlane.com Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23d
Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
lorak.bsky.social Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 27d
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn

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No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Thank you @leahgazan.bsky.social for your @winnipegfreepress.com op-ed in defence of the #RightToStrike in #CanPoli : Defending the right to strike is important for all Canadian worke!rs www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
Stop attacks on the right to strike
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October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Co-chair of #LdnOnt @londoncouncilcdns.bsky.social @davidheap.bsky.social on the @canadaboatgaza.bsky.social , part of the #FreedomFlotilla @freedomflotilla.bsky.social : Our Course is the Conscience of Humanity.
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Our Course is the Conscience of Humanity: The Council of Canadians’ support for the Freedom Flotilla
The Council of Canadians’ support for the Freedom Flotilla
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October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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UN warns Myanmar is at a breaking point: military airstrikes are escalating, civilians are being killed en masse, and evidence of war crimes is growing.

This is a crisis enabled by global silence. buff.ly/D6M7xaP
Myanmar at a crossroads: A choice between impunity and justice
Myanmar stands at a crossroads between impunity and humanitarian crisis, as escalating military airstrikes, widespread civilian casualties and mounting evidence of war crimes continue to devastate…
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November 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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David Heap co-chairs the London Chapter of the Council of Canadians and was a founder of the Canadian Boat to Gaza. Since sailing in 2011, he has been a part of Freedom Flotilla Coalition missions, supporting participants and the Coalition’s media work. canadians.org/analysis/our...
Our Course is the Conscience of Humanity: The Council of Canadians’ support for the Freedom Flotilla
The Council of Canadians’ support for the Freedom Flotilla
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October 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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There is no way to painlessly cut $25 billion per year from the federal budget.

Critical public services are at risk: from #pharmacare to #freshwater protection, from #climateaction to #genderequity programs.

Learn more, stand up to the austerity agenda:

canadians.org/stopthecuts/

#cdnpoli
Stop The Cuts: austerity threatens livelihoods and communities
STOP THE CUTS austerity threatens livelihoods and communities To the Minister of Finance: In a crisis, we must protect and invest in the essentials: healthcare, education and climate action. This g…
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October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM