How to Pay for Basic Income — Cheaper Than Poverty We can fund basic income with just 3% of all government spending, with no new taxes on working Canadians. While there are many ways to finance it, we propose to do so with fewer tax breaks for large c...

Making the case for a Universal Basic Income in Canada #UBI
www.ubiworks.ca/howtopay

The government is sitting on $462 million in unspent education funds while teachers go without paper and pencils. They appointed insiders making $350k a year who watch in silence as teachers are fired and programs are slashed. This isn't a mistake. The cuts are the point, and it is unacceptable.

Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime” Lethbridge, AB - Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre, spoke to a mystified crowd of supporters as he promised to go to Ottawa and “Dink the Rink” while standing in front of a banner emblazoned with maple leaves that read “Slime the Grime”. The CPC later explained that their slogan generator may need to undergo some emergency maintenance.

Ok, ok... Back to business. 😁

Joint Submission to the People’s Consultation on AI On March 23, 2026, we submitted a report to the People’s Consultation on AI. We asked consultation participants to grapple with what their demands are, and for how the Government of Canada ca…

Joint Submission to the People's Consultation on AI techfordemocracy.ca/2026/03/23/j...

Cartoon by Bill Bramhall: Donald Trump is lying on a psychiatrist's couch. The Dr asks,"The Iranians you've been taking to for two days... are they in the room with us now?"

Bill Bramhall - NewYork Daily News

Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

Geez Louise!
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Premier and cabinet ministers will be exempt from FOI requests under new legislation The Ontario government says it will be introducing legislation to keep secret documents from the premier’s office as well as the offices of his cabinet ministers.

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

BREAKING: Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner weighs in on premier Doug Ford changes to the FOI:

“This amendment is about hiding government-related business to evade public accountability.”

x.com/colindmello/...

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

How to write less but say more As the saying goes, less is more. The same goes for words. Listen as Politico and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei shares what he's learned leading two media companies -- and how to radically rethink the...

Today's distracted readers are't getting past the first few lines of your email/newsletter. Here's how to fix that. www.ted.com/talks/jim_va...

Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought YouTube video by Energi Media

Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought

This started as a chat with economist @edhirs about why Canada is still buying US treasury bonds.

Leverage with Trump? Nope, said Ed.

Ok. What leverage does Trump have?
@cdnpoli
youtu.be/FV8aYIXX2YA

PSA for Discord's new age verification!

If you get hit by it and refuse to give them any ID or face scans as you should, here's a way to just... bypass it.

Go to Settings - Family Centre and then just enter a date of birth that's 18+

It's really that simple. Give them nothing.

Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling. YouTube video by Tod Maffin

It's been a long year for Canadians. Don't mess with #curling!! 😅
m.youtube.com/shorts/tuHNg...

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage “This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.

Well, good... but the skeptic in me expects this decision to be reversed quietly, when they think no one's looking.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy

windsorstar.com/opinion/colu...

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network | The Tyee The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Canadian researchers develop AI tool to fight online disinformation REGINA - Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them ramp up the fight against online disinformation meant to divide Canadians and distort perceptions of reality.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the… The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.

Interesting insights from a U.S. doctor who moved to practice in Canada.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Everyone needs to get the fuck off Meta, Google, etc.

For the love of humanity.

🍁🇨🇦🍁PLEASE REPOST🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦

Who benefits if Canada accepts more US dairy into the country?

LOBLAWS and its relationship with Dairy Farmers of America. PS The Weston’s sold one of their companies to DFA.

LOBLAWS could use threat of switching to US suppliers to negotiate better terms with Canadian dairy processors. #cdnpoli

I love a good cover.

From the onguardforthee community on Reddit: Burney on CUSMA and negotiating with the US: "No deal is better than a bad deal ...why would you negotiate a new agreement with a country that's already br... Explore this post and more from the onguardforthee community

I had to re-share this. I agree with this logic.
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Night Bench Stories (@nightbenchstories) on Threads I'm a librarian. We close at 9 PM. But I stay until midnight doing inventory. Alone in the building. Last month I found a library card on the floor. Expired. 1987. Name on it: "Michael Chen, Age 12." ...

This was a wonderful read.

www.threads.com/@nightbenchs...

At least this is a distraction from news that bleeds.... but only because I find it so distressing. 😰

At 13:15 this video recounts an (ai) agent asking itself the equivalent of the human question of existence: is this reality or are we living in a simulation?

#thesingularity

youtu.be/TibOeou4cIg

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End US/Foreign Interference in Canada
Keep 🇨🇦 Canadian
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