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Former minister Catherine McKenna blasts the heads of Canadian oil companies MONTRÉAL – Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada’s oil industry are figures close to American President Donald Trump who are “taking us for fools” and putting both the economy and environment at risk.

MONTRÉAL – Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada’s oil industry are figures close to American President Donald Trump who are “taking us for fools” and putting both the economy and environment at risk.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage

“Canada is seen as the No. 1 world influencer for the 10th year in a row.”

"Ms. Ross-Mahé, age 86, was greeted at the airport by her three adult children. She was still dressed in her prison wear — orange shoes, sweatpants and a gray sweater — covered in stains and holes...

"She was in a state of physical shock...

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HE WILL DESTROY THE WORLD TO PREVENT THE REAL EPSTEIN FILES FROM BEING RELEASED. BUT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE HE IS “INNOCENT?!”

Easy solution: Ban these gluttonous resource hogs.

If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

Fact for today: There are still almost 200 coal power plants still operating in the US. There are less than 8 in Canada and none in the most industrial and populous province, Ontario. If companies really believe in reducing climate impacts, they can choose countries that produce cleaner energy.

What the actual fuck….

Why do they not acknowledge how incredibly ill and demented he is? He is not fit to govern.

Absolutely no defence. What they propose to do is despicable and definitively not democratic.
Unfit to govern!

Ford skirts public consultation on freedom of information bill On Thursday, government House leader Steve Clark revealed that Bill 97, the Plan to Protect Ontario Act, would bypass the traditional public consultation process and go straight to third reading and f...

The current FOI act allows the public to request government records — and has compelled the province to disclose documents revealing the Greenbelt land scandal, the Skills Development Fund controversy and others.

The changes would restrict access to those kinds of records.

‘This Is Just a Plan to Cheat, Pure and Simple’ | The Tyee The UCP is spiking an independent Electoral Boundaries Commission report and rigging the next vote.

Alberta’s #UCP government served notice in the legislature Thursday it intends to toss out the entire report of the 2025-26 Electoral Boundaries Commission.

This is unprecedented as far as electoral boundary commissions go, but not a complete surprise, writes @djclimenhaga.bsky.social. #abpoli

Open letter: 20+ organizations urge Ottawa to act on Alberta’s two-tier law Read the full letter sent to Prime Minister Carney and Health Minister Michel

Alberta’s law abandons the foundational principles on which Canada’s health care system has been built, as enshrined in the Canada Health Act.

Mission Memorial Hospital's emergency department will operate with reduced hours until May 4, according to Fraser Health.

Concerns grow as ER in Mission faces its longest stretch of overnight closures yet www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-colu... @cbcnews.ca
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Trump ally John Eastman is disbarred over bid to overturn 2020 election The California Supreme Court stripped conservative attorney John Eastman of his law license on Wednesday over his efforts to overturn U.S. President Donald Trump's 2020 ​election loss to Democrat Joe ...

Trump ally John Eastman is disbarred over bid to overturn 2020 election - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Israeli settlers block Palestinian kids’ path to school with tear gas and barbed wire Israeli settlers installed a coiled barbed wire fence overnight, according to video that Palestinian residents provided to The Associated Press.

Israeli settlers block Palestinian kids’ path to school with tear gas and barbed wire

Finland's president says Canada is on a pragmatic path amid geopolitical tumult OTTAWA – Finland’s President Alexander Stubb says Canada is doing the right thing by diversifying its trade beyond the U.S. and is in a position to contribute to building a more stable world.

OTTAWA – Finland’s President Alexander Stubb says Canada is doing the right thing by diversifying its trade beyond the U.S. and is in a position to contribute to building a more stable world.

Alberta’s government asked media to edit or delete our story on Edmonton EMS overtime. We filed access to information requests and fact-checked them instead.

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Violence and harassment at work has become a universal experience for nurses, new national survey finds Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions nursesunions.ca/violence-and-harassment-... @cfnu.bsky.social

Flight Attendants Renew Call For Unpaid Work Legislation | The Tyee CUPE’s Wesley Lesosky said he’s worried the next part of the investigation will skew in employers’ favour.

Eight months into Ottawa’s investigation into flight attendants’ allegations that they’re forced to do unpaid work, the union is raising concerns that it won’t result in any change. @isaacphannay.bsky.social updates. #canlab

The NDP’s Broken Promise to Close a Big Real Estate Tax Loophole | The Tyee Powerful interests are exempt from the property transfer tax that homebuyers must pay.

When Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega bought the Post office development in Vancouver, a loophole allowed him to avoid paying property transfer tax on the $1.2-billion purchase.

Robert Renger writes. #vanpoli

It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger:

"You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself."

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