Daryl in The Six
@philognostic.bsky.social
Lover of knowledge, "Poetic Naturalist", liberal seeking hope. ☮️🌍 🌈Lapsed vegetarian.
Today on The House: Housing experts say the Liberals are not meeting their election promises after a new report says Carney’s housing initiative won’t amount to many new homes. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The House with Catherine Cullen | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Politics these days can seem like one big shouting match. Catherine Cullen cuts through the noise. Every Saturday she makes politics make sense, taking you to Parliament Hill and across Canada for in-...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Today on The House: Housing experts say the Liberals are not meeting their election promises after a new report says Carney’s housing initiative won’t amount to many new homes. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Lead poisoning. A tough but necessary issue as America outsources production to Africa.
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The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lead poisoning. A tough but necessary issue as America outsources production to Africa.
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Well well, Smith's gov't in a corruption scandal. Children and taxpayers suffered.
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Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
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December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well well, Smith's gov't in a corruption scandal. Children and taxpayers suffered.
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"efforts to speed up the approval process, as part of our country's new nation-building strategy, could significantly harm these fragile peatland ecosystems as well as our sustainability goals"
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Nov 29: The environmental costs of nation-building, and more... | CBC Radio
Also on this week's episode: a mini tyrannosaur is a new species, ants redesign their colonies to avoid illness, toxic lead gave humans an edge over Neanderthals and invasive fish are evolving to avoi...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"efforts to speed up the approval process, as part of our country's new nation-building strategy, could significantly harm these fragile peatland ecosystems as well as our sustainability goals"
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Some of these are like motorbikes, and report recommends users have a license.
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Research to track injuries stemming from e-scooter, e-bike use in Halifax | CBC News
A Halifax Regional Municipality pilot project that allows people to rent e-scooters and e-bikes saw 118,246 rides during its first six months, but data on injuries riders have sustained is far less sp...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Some of these are like motorbikes, and report recommends users have a license.
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They only act if there's a complaint, which seems unlikely. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings | CBC News
Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day — money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the auditor g...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
They only act if there's a complaint, which seems unlikely. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Drug dealing President: “We are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses".
Would love her response to Trump announcing a full pardon of former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in US of cocaine trafficking among other felonies
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Drug dealing President: “We are going to stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses".
Bravo those who contributed to pay $ to apply to the Ford government for freedom of information. Crazy tho'.
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: An update and special thank you from The Trillium
We've reached the first goal in our campaign to cover thousands of dollars in fees for a series of freedom of information requests related to the Ford government's Skills Development Fund
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November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bravo those who contributed to pay $ to apply to the Ford government for freedom of information. Crazy tho'.
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The same problem was in the last report. Time to act.
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Ombudsman says Ontario failing to provide proper housing, care for people with developmental disabilities
Ontario's watchdog says the province has fallen behind on creating a proper system of housing and care for people living with developmental disabilities.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The same problem was in the last report. Time to act.
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The TTC isn't quite as high, but Security needs more teeth to remove folks (nonviolently) I think.
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Transit violence rising across Canada — in some cities by nearly 300% | CBC News
A joint investigation by CBC News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that transit violence in some of Canada's biggest municipalities remains well above pre-pandemic levels, despite...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The TTC isn't quite as high, but Security needs more teeth to remove folks (nonviolently) I think.
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Minister Piccinni in Ford cabinet www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | A minister under fire, alleged lobbyist connections: What to know about the latest Queen's Park controversy | CBC News
The latest scandal at Queen’s Park revolves around the Skills Development Fund – a little known pocket of government funding for organizations to address challenges in hiring, training or retraining w...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Minister Piccinni in Ford cabinet www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Ford Government is haunted by the Greenbelt scandal and not doing the mandatory review.
a ghost with chains around his neck is standing in the dark
ALT: a ghost with chains around his neck is standing in the dark
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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Ford Government is haunted by the Greenbelt scandal and not doing the mandatory review.
But several countries (ours included) are blocking the phasing out of fossil fuel.
COP 30 venue catching fire and burning for hours seems a little on the nose for our current climate moment.
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People evacuated after fire breaks out at Cop30 venue – video
Social media footage shows people running away from smoke and flames after a fire broke out at a Cop30 venue in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
But several countries (ours included) are blocking the phasing out of fossil fuel.
When you think of the ignored plight of Haiti, this is remarkable.
Haiti qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 50 years!!! Today is the celebration of Vertières, a Haitian national holiday honoring the final major battle against Napoleon and France during the Haitian Revolution. Seems pretty poetic to me. 💙❤️🔥
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When you think of the ignored plight of Haiti, this is remarkable.
Pandering instead of good politics, which would involve addressing the court backlog.
Doug Ford says he's working to make parts of the sex offender registry public. He cites the SCC's decision to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for CSAEM as part of the reason.
He says he would use the notwithstanding clause "in a hearbeat" for this.
He says he would use the notwithstanding clause "in a hearbeat" for this.
Ontario eyeing changes to make parts of sex offender registry public
The Ontario government is eyeing changes that would make public some information from the province’s sex offender registry, CTV News Toronto has learned.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pandering instead of good politics, which would involve addressing the court backlog.
This is the Beeb's moment. Take on Trump and do not settle. Expose all his Jan 6th treason.
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
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November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the Beeb's moment. Take on Trump and do not settle. Expose all his Jan 6th treason.
Public health care beats private in natural experiment.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Public health care beats private in natural experiment.
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Didn't Sir Humphrey Appleby say, "To lose one MP is unfortunate. To lose more looks like carelessness."
🚨 CBC: Two Conservative MPs quit in one week — and Andrew Scheer’s blaming the Liberals for “undemocratic” tactics.
Is Scheer grasping at straws, or is there something to his claims?
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Is Scheer grasping at straws, or is there something to his claims?
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#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #Democracy
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Didn't Sir Humphrey Appleby say, "To lose one MP is unfortunate. To lose more looks like carelessness."