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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 7m

The amount of flack trustee Dahab gets for being a Muslim woman will never stop astounding me. The manufactured outrage continues. Free Palestine.

#hamont #onpoli

Hamilton trustee faces backlash over Instagram post

Anti-Israel music prompts board and minister response

www.thespec.com

IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 22h

#HamOnt tech company helped illegal US strikes AKA helped perpetuate war crimes.

#cdnpoli

Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report | CBC News

Canadian technology was used by the U.S. military in operations that blew up at least two alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean in September, according to a report by Project Ploughshares.

www.cbc.ca

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 23h

ZERO acknowledgment or condemnation of the genocide. This country and government make me ashamed to be Canadian.

Looking forward to Carney (and Trudeau) rotting in The Hague one day, inshallah.

#cdnpoli

Statement by Prime Minister Carney marking two years since Hamas’ terror attacks against Israel

Jewish people everywhere, including in Canada, continue to live with a profound sense of grief and anxiety.

www.pm.gc.ca

IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Accidentally based

The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 4d

This week, FBI director Kash Patel cut the FBI’s ties with the ADL, calling them an “extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization.”

This is the authoritarian playbook: delegitimize watchdogs, invert reality, and cast those who fight hate as enemies of the state.

FBI Director Kash Patel on X: "James Comey wrote “love letters” to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans. That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs. https://t.co/R6IKpSTfuP" / X

James Comey wrote “love letters” to the ADL and embedded FBI agents with them - a group that ran disgraceful ops spying on Americans. That era is OVER. This FBI won’t partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs. https://t.co/R6IKpSTfuP

x.com

IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing like a 27° October day

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 6d

Jacques Ramsay's tie is all messed up! Look!

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great article from The Maple, check it out.

#cdnpoli

Exposing Jewish Exceptionalism In Canadian Media

The misguided belief in eternal Jewish victimhood is being weaponized to help allow Israel’s genocide to continue.

www.readthemaple.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 7d

The other two thirds were miseducated by state propaganda.

It will be the majority after another generation dies off.

UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 7d

About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

About one in three Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people: poll

As people across the country gather for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided about whether the country belongs primarily to Indigenous Peoples.

www.ctvnews.ca

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 7d

This Truth and Reconciliation Day, I'm reflecting on the Carney's governments cuts to programs that feed Indigenous children in the north.

#cdnpoli

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 7d

Postal bank now!

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 7d

Eglinton-Lawrence MPs are the worst

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🎃smell🎃patatas🎃 @its.small.patatas.ca · 8d

Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social shouldn't you be desperate to justify your proposed 3x military spending?

Dylan Williams @dylanwilliams.bsky.social · 8d

And now Turkey — three NATO forces so far.

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 8d

Are you guys ready to disavow your economist-king yet?

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 8d

Yukon-based First Nations education advocacy organization says it ended the rural nutrition program after its Jordan’s Principle funding was cut.

Jordan’s Principle cuts end Yukon food program for Indigenous kids

An advocacy organization in Yukon says it was forced to axe its rural nutrition program after its Jordan’s Principle funding was cut.

www.aptnnews.ca

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 13d

Canadian politics are so stupid

IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 13d

who the FUCK let Roman Baber into PARLIAMENT??????

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 14d

The world’s top 1 percent is responsible for double the emissions of the entire bottom half of the planet.

The message is clear: to fight climate change, we have to fight the ruling class.

Only Class War Can Stop Climate Change

A new report shows that the world’s top 1 percent is responsible for double the emissions of the entire bottom half of the planet. The message is clear: to fight climate change, we have to fight the ruling class.

jacobin.com

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 14d

Check out this weird-ass statement from MP Garnett Genuis... yuck!

#cdnpoli

Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)
2025-09-22 14:05 [p.1908]

Mr. Speaker, a couple of years ago, an Angus Reid survey for Cardus asked families about the number of children they wanted. The Canadian women surveyed wanted, on average, 2.2 children, coincidentally right around the replacement level. After that survey, the actual fertility rate in Canada hit an all-time low of 1.26 children, which means there is a gap between the desire and the outcome of almost one child per woman. For the first 15 years of this century, fertility rates in Canada held steady between about 1.5 and 1.6 births per woman but have dropped precipitously since 2015. The Angus Reid data confirms that people did not just become less interested in children after 2015. Financial concerns played a major role in their decision to have fewer children than desired.
It seems unsurprising that policies that put jobs and homes out of reach are forcing delayed family formation and leading to fewer kids. One of the many consequences of lower fertility rates is greater loneliness for seniors who do not have the same human contact with the shrinking next generation. A shifting population age distribution also makes social programs for the elderly harder to sustain.
All of us need to work together to rebuild an economy where it is easier for people to have kids.

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 15d

Netanyahu quoting Goebbels is a bit on the nose. Writers are getting lazy.

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 16d

Carney is so evil and so boring at the same time. Banality of evil or whatever

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 16d

STOP ARMING ISRAEL

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 16d

Absolutely meaningless.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17d

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.

My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

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October Man (seasonal) @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 17d

ONE STATE
FREE AND DEMOCRATIC

PALESTINE

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 16d

A very unbalanced onus placed on the Palestinians by Carney.

- Canada not demanding Israel to demilitarize.
- Canada not demanding Israel to exclude its genocidal leadership from future elections.
- Canada not demanding Israel to end occupation of illegal settlements in Palestinian territory.

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 17d

Canada’s recognition of the state of Palestine is meaningless if we will do nothing to swiftly end the genocide, hold those who perpetrated it responsible, and move towards building a democratic state for all.

#cdnpoli #palestine

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IF @mapleleafsfan.bsky.social · 18d

Kneecap’s response to Carney government banning rap group from entering Canada.

#cdnpoli #kneecap

A Message to Vince Gasparro
Your comments about us are wholly untrue and deeply malicious.
We will not accept it.
No member of Kneecap has been convicted of ANY crime in ANY country
EVER.
Whilst you outrageously try to claim we are antisemitic 'the Times' newspaper in England today wrote of our headline show in London last night as 'emphatically anti-sectarian.
We have today instructed our lawyers to initiate legal action against you.
We will be relentless in defending ourselves against baseless accusations to silence our opposition to a genocide being committed by Israel.
When we beat you in court, which we will, we will donate every cent to assist some of the thousands of child amputees in Gaza.

A message to Canadian Fans
Recently many efforts have been made by your government to remove our ability to travel to Canada despite having valid 'eTA's.
We are aware of significant Zionist lobby groups (Allied voices for Israel, The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs & Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem) attempting to influence your government and its representatives through serious misinformation which we are acting against legally.
Yesterday we responded with all information requested of us to the immigration/eTA authorities.
It is our view that when they realised there was no legal basis on which to stop us that they today, via Vince Gasparro, sought to maliciously misrepresent Kneecap.
We have played in Canada many times with zero issues and a message of solidarity and love.
We are sorry we cannot be with you next month but we will not be silenced and will always oppose genocide.
Use your voices in Canada - stand up and speak out.

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