Inconsistencies at Ottawa District Labour Council Elections Keep Status Quo - The Leveller By James Adair Editor’s Note: There are a lot of union acronyms in this article. We’ve provided references at the bottom. U nion locals with membership in the Ottawa District Labour Council (ODLC) cla...

In February the Ottawa District Labour Council held their executive elections, reelecting a majority incumbent executive. But some are asking questions about how the election was run, and how it may have impacted results

You can read my coverage here

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Avi Lewis could nationalize the atom In one move, Avi Lewis could bridge a divide in his party, right a historic wrong, and create by nationalizing nuclear power.

Avi Lewis could nationalize the atom #canpoli

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Paralysis, fear and faith under Cuba’s blockade | Broadview Magazine Canadian Christians respond to the energy shortage with solidarity and prayers

In my first piece for @broadviewmedia.bsky.social I had the chance to speak with Jorge González Nuñez, president of the Student Christian Movement of Cuba

You can read about how Cubans, and Canadian Christian are responding to the ongoing blockade here:

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The hidden side of student politics - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent leaders across Canada discuss the hidden side of student politics.

Student politics has a dark side. I spoke to student leaders across the country about the toll student politics took on their mental health:

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Accreditation threatened: University of Ottawa’s Ophthalmology department under review since 2024 - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 3 minutesA notice of intent to withdraw accreditation is serious, serving as a final warning before a program loses its right to train residents.

The Unicersity of Ottawa’s Ophthalmology department is facing a notice of intent to withdraw accreditation. But the problem may go deeper than that. You can read my reporting here:

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I had the privilege of addressing over 300 students in Ottawa about Doug Fords cuts to OSAP, and the fight we have to win. I ended with a pretty simple message:

Fuck Doug Ford

The future of the NDP might be a mass party Choosing between electoralism and movements is a false dichotomy. There is a future for the NDP as a mass party.

I wrote for @rabble.ca, that it’s time the NDP reject the false option of movementism or electoralism. The future of the NDP might actually be a mass party.

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City of Ottawa to buy downtown hotel for $45 million A report for the finance and corporate services committee recommends council approve the deal to purchase the eight-storey former long-term stay hotel at 377 O’Connor Street at Gladstone Avenue for $4...

It is great news that the city is buying the hotel at Gladstone + O’Connor to use as transitional housing for families — many of whom are currently holed up in awful motel rooms. These suites have full kitchens and the building is close to schools, the Y and transit.

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The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Carney government's 1st budget sees no new sports funding in announcement | CBC Sports Canada’s summer and winter Olympians, along with other athletes, were left on the outside during Tuesday’s budget announcement by the federal government, despite a push in recent months by the Canadia...

Want to talk about a nation building project?

Federal investment in sports hasn’t increased since 2005, its at an actually ridiculously low level

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The fundamental problem for the left is that the right is hyperstitious, and the left believes in the certainty of its own failure

NHL Star Jake Sanderson Believes Players Would Be Accepting of Openly Gay Teammates: ‘We Love Them No Matter What’ Ottawa Senators player Jake Sanderson opened up about the possibility of having openly gay players on NHL teams. The 23-year-old, who is playing on Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics, believed that ...

Jake Sanderson says in a People's magazine article that he'd be accepting of a Gay teammate.

"I don’t think we would treat them any differently. They’re our teammate, we love them no matter what, and obviously embrace them, absolutely.”
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The NDP and the parliamentary illusion Parties are a necessary tool for connecting individuals and transforming shared interests into collective power. The left will not win by simply electing better politicians, but by forging a political...

The left doesn’t have a policy problem—it has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes @aliterrenoire.bsky.social.

University of Ottawa, it’s time to quit X - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 3 minutesWith allegations, investigations, and a general bad vibe piling up around X, it begs the question; why are reputable institutions of higher education like uOttawa are still act...

Writing for the Fulcrum, Curtis Metcalf argues that considering the rise in hate speech, digital sexual violence, and pathetically low engagement rates, it is time @uottawa.ca leave X.

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Dude

Wit respect to Neil, and I have quite a bit, I don’t fully understand this decision.

We already have a principled, experienced, and progressive challenger to Sutcliffe in @jleiper.bsky.social

Risking splitting the vote, especially in an election this important is bizarre

“The sens lose!” You foolish lackeys! Your “loses” are built on sand. Tomorrow the sens will “rise up again, clashing their sticks,” and to your horror they will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!

Loved being in person for the Charge, crazy atmosphere

Ottawa hockey rocked tonight

Labor vs. Fascism. Oakland dockworkers of ILWU Local 34 honor Renee Good by spelling her name on a cargo ship.

How can we bear it? - The Fulcrum Reading Time: 2 minutesMy friend is having a 2016 party, how can I bear it? Because when I think of 2016 I think of that election.  Because a woman in Minneapolis had her head blown off, with stuffed...

Ive been asking myself lately how we’re meant to bear everything going on, especially as a student. I had the privilege of publishing some of my thoughts in the Fulcrum.

I would be honoured if you gave it a read.

Ultimately, I conclude, it comes down to conviction.

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canadian political media is so useless. after manufacturing a news cycle about whether there would be an election over christmas, they took the holidays off and now they’re back to manufacturing a news cycle about whether there will be an election in the next couple months.

Trump could be impeached and the democrats could be elected tomorrow, it shouldn’t matter.

The Canadian-american relationship is over.

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

Heated Rivalry has mostly made me realize CanCon is a great system, finding out songs I love are Canadian is huge

Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light”

This is a good read.

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Becoming the main character of my class by accident is a nightmare

Sens fans trying to survive the 2025-26 season

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city.

But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.