Danielle Smith has a plan to destroy public health care in Alberta—and she’s not doing it alone.
Documents and lobbying records reveal the government is consulting directly with Canada’s private insurance giants on how to implement two-tier health care, reports @nikbarryshaw.bsky.social
Mark Carney is governing like a right winger — but Liberals are giving him a pass.
At this weekend’s Liberal convention, Martin Lukacs pressed delegates and MPs on the gulf between Liberal rhetoric and reality.
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There are now over 2,000 renewable energy projects by Indigenous nations in Canada.
Canada has a choice: to get behind Indigenous energy leadership, or to stand in the way by bankrolling a fossil-fuelled status quo, write Serena Mendizabal and Farron Rickerby-Nishi of @sacredearthorg.bsky.social.
The NDP has a democratic socialist at its helm. What should Canada’s left do next?
We asked five organizers—@wrongshon.bsky.social @emma-jackson.bsky.social, David Bush, Deena Newaz & Nathan Rao—to weigh in on how leftists should orient themselves to a Lewis-led NDP.
Years before Alberta even became a province, First Nations signed Treaties guaranteeing their rights to the land in perpetuity.
A century later, and First Nations are in court this week, using their Treaties to mount one of the strongest challenges to Alberta separatism, writes @readtheorchard.org
A Tamil refugee claimant is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka
The minister overseeing the deportation, himself a Tamil refugee and longtime advocate for Tamil asylum seekers, is silent
My latest for @breachmedia.ca
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Avi Lewis has won the leadership of Canada's NDP.
@desmondcole.bsky.social was live at the party’s convention, talking about what this left turn means for the NDP's future with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, Matthew Green, @leahgazan.bsky.social, and more. breachmedia.ca/the-breachs-...
A Tamil refugee is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka.
An error in his papers raises the stakes: his lawyer alleges border agents changed his arrival date to justify removing him from Canada, reports @desmondcole.bsky.social.
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Avi Lewis has just won the leadership of Canada's NDP.
@desmondcole.bsky.social is LIVE on the convention floor, hearing about what this left turn means for the NDP's future with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, Matthew Green, @leahgazan.bsky.social, & more.
Tune in now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=741B...
And we're LIVE!
Join @DesmondCole live on the NDP convention floor in Winnipeg as we find out who will be the party's next federal leader.
He'll be joined by guests @naomiaklein.bsky.social, El Jones, Martin Lukacs, and more.
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We're going LIVE from the NDP convention at 10:30am ET. ⏰ Tune in to see who will become the next leader of the federal NDP!
We'll have @desmondcole.bsky.social discussing the results with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, El Jones, Martin Lukacs, and more!
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The NDP is about to pick a new leader.
At the party’s convention, @desmondcole.bsky.social interviews most of the leadership candidates just before the voting closes. youtu.be/GVobtccIZls
NDP members have descended on Winnipeg to decide the fate of the party—will we see a bold shift to the left? Or a return to the status quo?
@desmondcole.bsky.social takes the temperature from the RBC convention centre, where a new leader will be elected.
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This weekend at the NDP convention, media headlines will focus on the leadership race—but another fight will play out on the floor.
@desaima.bsky.social reports on the battle over the party's governance and the policies that will set the stage for its future.
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Veteran activist @judreb.bsky.social has spent nearly half a century trying to transform the NDP into a left wing party working alongside social movements.
She discusses that history on The Breach Show, and why she’s betting on Avi Lewis’s campaign for NDP leader.
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Winnipeg!
Come and join us for a drink to unwind from the NDP convention.
📅 Saturday March 28 @ 8 PM
📍Yellow Dog Tavern, 386 Donald St Winnipeg, MB R3B 2J2
Feat. The Breach team including @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs
RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1984204910...
There’s $107 billion warehoused in the private foundations of Canada’s richest families. At least half of that should have been paid in taxes.
Instead, it’s funneled to billionaires’ vanity projects: well-endowed universities and Israeli institutions, write @lindamcquaig.bsky.social & Neil Brooks.
@leahgazan.bsky.social is one of the few federal NDP parliamentarians left standing. She believes the party needs to embrace "unapologetic socialism" in order to rebuild.
I spoke with Gazan for our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast
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we're going to Winnipeg!
The NDP got gutted last election—but Winnipeg MP @leahgazan.bsky.social says its crisis could catalyze a resurgence.
She joins @desmondcole.bsky.social on The Breach Show to discuss how reclaiming the NDP’s more radical roots can revive the party.
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The NDP is at a crossroads—what direction will the party take?
Join @desmondcole.bsky.social, Martin Lukacs, and other guests for a live broadcast and sharp analysis from the NDP convention in Winnipeg on Sunday March 29.
RSVP:
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A top-tier law firm in Toronto was secretly contracted by the Israeli Ministry of Justice to lobby the federal government—over wine labels.
In our latest investigation, Anas Ambri reveals how wines from illegal settlements in the West Bank became a flashpoint in a larger PR battle.
In his first year, Mark Carney unleashed a tsunami of pro-corporate policies and legislation.
At last week's Broadbent Institute summit, Syed Hussan, @atiyactions.bsky.social, @janellelapointe.bsky.social, Nathan Prier, & Rachel Small discussed how movements are fighting back.
Israel secretly hired a Toronto law firm to ensure wines from its illegal settlements would not be accurately labelled in Canada.
Anas Ambri reveals Israel’s efforts to lobby the federal government, over fears the labelling could set precedents elsewhere.
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My first article for @breachmedia.ca looks into how C-IRG, the RCMP paramilitary unit responsible for the violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek, played a role in shaping the response to Palestine encampments in BC.
Give it a read below ⬇️
The same police unit that arrested Wet'suwet'en land defenders and surveilled Fairy Creek demonstrators was monitoring the Palestine solidarity movement on BC campuses
A big investigation for @breachmedia.ca
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New piece with Tia Dafnos and Emma Bainbridge in @breachmedia.ca: The paramilitary pipeline police strike again. Now so clearly organized as a permanent counter-insurgency formation, here's what the Critical Response Unit (aka C-IRG) has been up to: breachmedia.ca/a-notorious-...
Mark Carney is renewing ties with Narendra Modi’s far-right Indian government, and ignoring Modi's alleged violent interference in Canada
I spoke with @desaima.bsky.social about Carney's business-first approach for our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast
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As Mark Carney courts new economic partners, he’s cozying up to Narendra Modi’s far-right Indian government.
@desaima.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss the costs of Canada’s growing alliance with India. breachmedia.ca/in-india-car...
At B.C.’s universities, a violent RCMP unit showed up to spy on student Palestine protests.
A Breach investigation reveals how the CRU was shaping the encampment response, as the militarized unit grows itself into Canada’s go-to force to repress dissent. breachmedia.ca/a-notorious-...