@uptownone.bsky.social see you this AM?

But did you know that the equality rights section became law three years after the rest of the Charter, so that provincial & municipal governments had time to revise their laws & policies so they respected everyone’s equality rights.
•1982: Charter signed🇨🇦
•1985: Equality rights came into force

Graphic image outlining five facts about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

🇨🇦Charter anniversary day🇨🇦! April 17 1982, Canada's Charter of Rights & Freedoms came into law.

Canadians rank the Charter of Rights & Freedoms as our most important national symbol, beating hockey, caribou, the beaver as national icon (according to Stats Canada).
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We have a tool we built to post to Hey.Café, Mastodon, Blueksy, and even Pixelfed all at the same time, and you can schedule stuff to post. https://laterbear.com

This little 'crisis' was an opportunity, a lever to lift us closer towards shifting away from #motornormativity, and our PM (or his cabinet) failed to see it.

@mark_carney.bsky.social

What is my PM thinking?? A gas tax holiday? Stupid plan! If @mark-carney.bsky.social had announced the excise tax $ was going to be specifically diverted to #municipalities to allow commuters to bus for free, for eg, that would have been a message that showed 🇨🇦 #values affordability + environment.

Brent Toderian on sustainable mobility YouTube video by opascaud

WATCH THIS: This is still possibly the most comprehensive interview I’ve done on smart urban transportation for better cities. Filmed in Vienna for a planned Paris-based documentary that never got finished, but he put it on-line for me. Watch it, quote it, and please help spread it around. Thanks!

How can we do this in Canada?

Saab dangles sovereign data centre in Montreal to undercut F-35 fighter contract | CBC News Saab is pitching a Montreal-based, sovereign data hub to secure Canada's fighter jet contract, arguing it would keep mission-critical data out of U.S. hands. The move challenges Lockheed Martin's F-35...

A sovereign data center is a plus. BUT does it make sense to put a hot bomb-&-spy-magnet in a highly populated, southern city? Better= remote from US & Russian borders & big populace. Gimli or Cold Lake = beautiful places to live, 2 hrs frm research unis & intrnl airports. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

A old tweet from a magnificent human taken from us way too soon.

I sure miss the good doctor. Here’s an excellent tweet from almost 4 1/2 years ago.

What Ontario can learn from Amsterdam’s cycling culture In Amsterdam, a bicycle is not a quirky accessory. It is standard urban infrastructure. That sight left me curious about its implications for mobility and emissions in Ontario.

“If people worldwide biked at rates of Dutch, avg 2.6 km per person per day, global emissions could fall by 686 million tonnes of CO2 annually, comparable to Canada’s total annual emissions … For short trips, cycling is often faster, cheaper, and healthier” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/07/o...

Constitutional Convention 2026  | Canadian Labour Congress The CLC’s 31st Constitutional Convention will be held from Monday, May 11 to Friday, May 15, 2026, in Winnipeg.  REGISTRATION AND CREDENTIALS  All organizations are encouraged to consider equity repre...

Maybe they all can strategize about those issues at convention in May: canadianlabour.ca/convention20...
In the meantime, I hope @canadianlabour.bsky.social has already invited @avilewis.ca to speak?
(Being in Winnipeg, it'll mean he & #WabKinew can hang out again, too).
#solidarity #NDP
#CDNpoli

HOWEVER: it is time for 🇨🇦 unions to face some member issues they dodged in 2015: the climate change deniers, the Poilievre-bros who vote CPC, the anti-taxers, the "♂️ unions" (trades/transport) who've been letting the "♀️unions" (RNs, teachers & public servants) take the strike risks, etc.

But any speculation that not electing Ashton = today's @ndp.ca going soft on labour is no more true than eschewing @tonymcquailndp.bsky.social = anti-environment, or not electing #TanilleJohnston (yet!)= anti-Indigenous or anti-women. (I do 🧡 Ashton for re-inserting *Class War* into our lexicon🙏🏼)

Labour looks to the future with the NDP post convention Labour talks about what they want to see from the NDP, the party traditionally seen as the party of the working class.

It's a no-brainer that the new 🇨🇦 #NDP leadership team under @avilewis.ca will be working closely w/ Canada's unions -as always & as it should be: workers are the heart of any community, & social democracy movement too.

rabble.ca/labour/labou...
#NDP #Solidarity

Free masterclass- Jennifer van Alstyne "I focus and write" brings you a new guest interview with Jennifer van Alstyne.

Did you miss our session with @higheredpr on owning your scientific online presence? Catch the replay! 🎊 It was great, and Jennifer left us thinking! For those who like to watch the replay, here it is 📸 buff.ly/xDjXgw2 #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI

Christina Koch - Wikipedia

Christina Koch is the only member of the Artemis II crew that does not come from a military background.
🧪 #WomenInSTEM

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. One of the things I mention as a secondary issue in this week’s column is a lie so deeply embedded in official narratives that we seldom even notice it: capitalism = “free markets”. In reality, capitalism is *the opposite* of the free market.
A short 🧵. 1/8 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Funding for populist-right ‘media-political complex’ exceeded £170m in five years, research finds Handful of billionaires gave huge sums in particular to media organisations that boosted rightwing politicians, says Liam Byrne MP

Governments sit and watch while oligarchs purchase our politics, as if it were just another asset to be monopolised. For the sake of democracy and our own survival, we need to get the money out. Our political systems must belong to us and us alone.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

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I think you will enjoy this new series from CBC Radio's _Ideas with Nahlah Ayed_ The Billionaire Age:

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

#publicradio

White House tweet stating "America will never give up the moon again."

The Moonroe Doctrine.

Trump is threatening further and greater war crimes in Iran: "completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants... and possibly all desalinization plants!".
This directly contravenes the laws of war.
One day he and his enablers must face justice.
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Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”

What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.

I had a similar experience;

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Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician, diplomat and journalist, dead at 88 | CBC News Former politician, diplomat and activist Stephen Lewis has died at age 88.

Heartbreaking news. Stephen Lewis, a committed socialist, set up the Stephen Lewis Foundation to fight AIDS in Africa. I was part of his Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign.

My deepest sympathy for Avi Lewis and his family. 💔💔💔💔

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

A Humanitarian Giant Has Passed Stephen Lewis has gone to the angels.

Stephen Lewis has gone to the angels. He was a relentless fighter for justice. When I was 9 my Granny (an immigrant mining widow) made me sit in front of the TV and listen to him speak about compensation for mining victims.
His passion and commitment stayed with me.
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CBC News honours the life and legacy of Stephen Lewis.

Your life was a blessing Stephen Lewis.
Rest now. 🥲

Stephen Lewis was an incredible Canadian and an amazing person. Rest in peace.

Off my bookshelf. RIP Stephen Lewis.