@sparkoflife.bsky.social
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Public services aren’t “bailouts”—they’re infrastructure. Rural mail and home delivery are services we depend on, not corporate handouts.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Public services aren’t “bailouts”—they’re infrastructure. Rural mail and home delivery are services we depend on, not corporate handouts.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order.
“This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.”
www.thestar.com/business/air...
#canlab
“This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.”
www.thestar.com/business/air...
#canlab
Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order. ‘If it means jail, so be it’
CUPE union president Mark Hancock is refusing to obey Ottawa's orders.
www.thestar.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Air Canada strike: Union defies back-to-work order.
“This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.”
www.thestar.com/business/air...
#canlab
“This is the natural result of the repeated use of Section 107,” said @stephross.bsky.social. “As soon as workers have some power to actually move their employers, the government steps in.”
www.thestar.com/business/air...
#canlab
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Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Stop asking billionaires questions, recording their answers and sharing their uninformed and/or racist and/or otherwise bigoted and nonsense ideas as journalism. It’s ridiculous. They are the most boring people. Oh wah I am a white man who has more money than I can spend and I’m so mad about it!
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Opinion: The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels
The federal Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.
www.hilltimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Opinion: The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
May 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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A huge honor to get to write something with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
April 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A huge honor to get to write something with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one.
We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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That’s odd. Didn’t we just have a $189M early election in Ontario to give Doug Ford a new mandate to protect Ontario workers?
Hundreds of workers laid off at Ingersoll, Ont., assembly plant as GM halts production | CBC News
The General Motors CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., will shut down next month with plans to reopen in the fall at half capacity.
www.cbc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That’s odd. Didn’t we just have a $189M early election in Ontario to give Doug Ford a new mandate to protect Ontario workers?
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The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
April 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%.
See the problem?
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This is not good
Soil moisture has declined in the 21 century — and the changes are likely to be permanent if global warming continues, new research shows.
Soil moisture is now failing to recover after dry years, as it has in the past.
@carbonbrief.org covers the paper in full:
www.carbonbrief.org/global-soil-...
Soil moisture is now failing to recover after dry years, as it has in the past.
@carbonbrief.org covers the paper in full:
www.carbonbrief.org/global-soil-...
Global soil moisture in 'permanent' decline due to climate change - Carbon Brief
A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture over the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s water cycle.
www.carbonbrief.org
April 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is not good
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I think the stock market has a better shot at bouncing back from this moment than the forests or the oceans or the kids who don't get their health care or their school lunches or the sea ice. At least the stock market seems to have some billionaires standing up for it, sort of.
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I think the stock market has a better shot at bouncing back from this moment than the forests or the oceans or the kids who don't get their health care or their school lunches or the sea ice. At least the stock market seems to have some billionaires standing up for it, sort of.
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The federal government actually has a lot of budget room for new spending. Politicians preaching austerity are being dishonest— Senior Economist @marclee.bsky.social crunches the numbers: #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
About that deficit: How much fiscal capacity does the federal government have? - CCPA
In the absence of costed election platforms, political promises need to be scrutinized carefully for an “impossible trinity.” That is, the federal government can only do two of the following three thi...
www.policyalternatives.ca
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The federal government actually has a lot of budget room for new spending. Politicians preaching austerity are being dishonest— Senior Economist @marclee.bsky.social crunches the numbers: #cdnecon www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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🚨 In 2024, Canada handed nearly $30B in subsidies to fossil fuel companies, fueling pipelines & an aging industry at the expense of health, the environment, & our future. 🌍 It's time for sustainable energy solutions. 🌱
Read the full analysis 👉 bit.ly/3RxJUhe
Read the full analysis 👉 bit.ly/3RxJUhe
April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🚨 In 2024, Canada handed nearly $30B in subsidies to fossil fuel companies, fueling pipelines & an aging industry at the expense of health, the environment, & our future. 🌍 It's time for sustainable energy solutions. 🌱
Read the full analysis 👉 bit.ly/3RxJUhe
Read the full analysis 👉 bit.ly/3RxJUhe
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Feds supported fossil fuel sector to the tune of nearly $30 billion last year www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/03/n...
Feds supported fossil fuel sector to the tune of nearly $30 billion last year
The nearly $30 billion in financial support could have been used to build much-needed interprovincial electricity grid connection infrastructure, said Julia Levin, associate director of national clima...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Feds supported fossil fuel sector to the tune of nearly $30 billion last year www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/03/n...
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"Pretty much everything that we might find redeemable about Canadian society has come as a result of community-based struggles and social movements. Yet... public memory practices rarely recollect, never mind detail, histories of activism."
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
Canadian popular history suppresses memory of activism
Pretty much everything that we might find redeemable about Canadian society has come as a result of community-based struggles and social movements. Yet, most people have little awareness of the histor...
canadiandimension.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Pretty much everything that we might find redeemable about Canadian society has come as a result of community-based struggles and social movements. Yet... public memory practices rarely recollect, never mind detail, histories of activism."
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
March 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The externalities of cars scale with weight, size and speed: space taken, gas burned, tire particulates, noise, pavement, cost to consumer and, above all, crash force, injuries and fatalities.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
Shrinking cars would accomplish most of the goals of EVs with many ancillary benefits, like fewer deaths.
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I really do feel that concern over #climate breakdown has peaked
Other stuff - wars, Trump, trying to make ends meet, have finally blocked it out
Hard to see where we go from here - except rapidly downhill into oblivion
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other stuff - wars, Trump, trying to make ends meet, have finally blocked it out
Hard to see where we go from here - except rapidly downhill into oblivion
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why aren’t we discussing the world’s hottest topic? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s only going to get hotter
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I really do feel that concern over #climate breakdown has peaked
Other stuff - wars, Trump, trying to make ends meet, have finally blocked it out
Hard to see where we go from here - except rapidly downhill into oblivion
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Other stuff - wars, Trump, trying to make ends meet, have finally blocked it out
Hard to see where we go from here - except rapidly downhill into oblivion
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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CANADA: Union Claims Win as Four-Year Delta Hotel Strike Ends thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Union Claims Win as Four-Year Delta Hotel Strike Ends | The Tyee
Workers at the Radisson Blu airport hotel get wage increases of about 31 per cent.
thetyee.ca
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
CANADA: Union Claims Win as Four-Year Delta Hotel Strike Ends thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
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Last post tonight just to say the red wing black birds are back and also that the world remains indivisible and interconnected and that we could have good lives in balance and peace if we empowered those who honor the interconnections instead of those who fight it with every breath.
March 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Last post tonight just to say the red wing black birds are back and also that the world remains indivisible and interconnected and that we could have good lives in balance and peace if we empowered those who honor the interconnections instead of those who fight it with every breath.
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If you're in the Kitchener area please come out and support the Tesla Takedown event on Saturday morning.
Send a message to the fascist DOGE dude.
Send a message to the fascist DOGE dude.
Hey @charlieangus104.bsky.social there’s going to be demonstration at the Tesla dealership in Kitchener on Saturday. You should come!
March 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you're in the Kitchener area please come out and support the Tesla Takedown event on Saturday morning.
Send a message to the fascist DOGE dude.
Send a message to the fascist DOGE dude.
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18 years ago, Canada’s oldest national newspaper, the Globe and Mail (which tends to be centre-right), published this issue on climate science, impacts, and solutions.
The editor-in-chief’s letter was titled “The environment will be the single most important issue of 2007.”
The editor-in-chief’s letter was titled “The environment will be the single most important issue of 2007.”
March 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
18 years ago, Canada’s oldest national newspaper, the Globe and Mail (which tends to be centre-right), published this issue on climate science, impacts, and solutions.
The editor-in-chief’s letter was titled “The environment will be the single most important issue of 2007.”
The editor-in-chief’s letter was titled “The environment will be the single most important issue of 2007.”