Getting into Fights with Data Centres As a wave of new data centres threatens to reshape the Canadian landscape, join us for a timely conversation with Anne Pasek. The Trent University professor’s work challenges common assumptions abo…

As our energy systems struggle to transition away from fossil fuels, data centres are multiplying demands for electricity and water. This discussion, hosted by the Council of Canadians’ Dru Jay, will offer new ways to think about digital systems and their environmental impact.

#skpoli #yqr #NoAI

It's International Transgender Day of Visibility. I can't imagine what it's like for you living through these times, but please know that many of us see you and value you for who you are.

In Canada's far north, some fret Carney's military plan overlooks everyday needs In a snow-covered Canadian hamlet on the tip of the Arctic Ocean, there are two grocery stores, one sports arena and no doctors - a visit to one usually involves at least a two-hour plane ride south.

In Canada's far north, some fret Carney's military plan overlooks everyday needs reut.rs/4tewG9X

Avi Lewis: "We have shoved Canada Post so far into the market mindset that every few months we have a national conversation about why isn't Canada Post making money. Does the ambulance service make money? Do the police services make money? We're talking about a fundamental public service."

Ms. Rachel is helping kids get out of ICE detention—one video at a time The wildly popular children's educator is taking on ICE's notorious family detention center.

Two young boys were locked up inside ICE's notorious detention center in Texas. Then Ms. Rachel shared their stories.

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Ok… thing bugging me… the Sask NDPers around me who call Lewis' climate politics "ideological", who must, by extension, think that MY climate politics (which are very close to Lewis') are also "ideological".
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This kind of collaboration?

Opinion: Spying on Indigenous peoples fuels mistrust, threatens Canada’s economy and society The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association published thousands of pages in 2019 that it had fought for years to be released by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The heavily redacted do...

Spying on Indigenous peoples fuels mistrust, threatens Canada’s economy and society
www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation.

But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times.

Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.”

Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

Hey, so if Avi Lewis is already generating obvious concern among media pundits, old guard former NDP leaders, and provincial NDP who embrace Lib/Con lite policies, he's probably onto something very important.

@carlabecksk.bsky.social

You can safely ignore all pundits and pollsters who are already saying that Avi Lewis needs to run to the centre and be pro-oil, anti-immigration, etc. -- basically, Liberal/Conservative Lite -- or else he can't win. No, he needs to live up to being a real progressive and you'll see what happens.

CDC Report Calls BA.3.2 COVID-19 Variant Dubbed ‘Cicada’ A New Lineage A recent CDC MMWR report described the BA.3.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant, nicknamed "cicada," as a new lineage of COVD-19 virus. The WHO considers it a variant under monitoring.

"What will protect you best against COVID-19 is consistency—consistently maintaining the recommended precautions whether there is a buzz about COVID or not."

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In shock at the grocery store? In tears looking at your bills?

“It’s because the wealth of this country is being hoovered up by a corporate elite who are extracting it from you every single day,” Avi Lewis says.

“It’s immoral. It’s unreasonable. It’s un-Canadian. And we cannot let it stand.”

Getting COVID Again Is More Dangerous Than Most People Realize—Here’s What To Know Doctors share why it’s still important to take the virus seriously.

Covid can still kill you.
Covid can make it easier for other things to kill you.
Just because it doesn’t kill you right away doesn’t mean it won’t kill you or contribute to killing you.
Covid kills.
Long covid kills.
Immune damage kills.
Chronic inflammation kills.
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Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22! 🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

“This will force some people with diagnoses of dementia to make the decision to die of suicide if they want to avoid the course they explicitly sought to avoid – one without capacity or autonomy.”

MAID clinicians are speaking out against the UCP’s attacks on medical choice.

"unprovoked"

he hasn't said anything about all those schoolgirls the US murdered unprovoked.

A step by step guide on how to destroy public services Reduce the budget of public services Elimination of positions in public services because the budget has been reduced Complain about the decline in quality and efficiency of public services Claim that the degradation of public services is proof of gov inefficiency and so privatization is needed Privatize

Ah yes, the tale as old as time.

#skpoli

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We’ve been running into people who had no idea what’s happening this Saturday which, honestly, caught us off guard. So please tell everyone you know.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ✊

Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies!
Incredible! Truly shocking!
It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶

This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪

Science: 2,978,547
🧠🪱: -785

Health Canada projecting $3-billion spending drop as multiple programs hang in limbo - The Hill Times Reduced spending is attributed to the federal government’s spending review and expiring funding for the national strategy for rare disease drugs, Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy, and for home c...

All to help fund increased military spending; Health Canada projecting $3-billion spending drop as multiple programs hang in limbo
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Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22! 🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

🇨🇦 looked at 🇺🇸's surveillance problems and said: hold our beer.

#BillC22 is proposing far greater surveillance, and a permanent treasure of private Canadian data no other democracy demands.

It's wildly dangerous, and we need to shut it down, NOW!
openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky.

The Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22's Expansive Metadata Retention Requirements - Michael Geist Much of the discussion around the new lawful access bill (Bill C-22) has focused on provisions that improved upon Bill C-2, notably the decision to scrap the warrantless information demand power by re...

And here's the worst part: #BillC22 requires keeping 1 year of your metadata. Who you called. Where you were. Which protest you attended. A comprehensive record of the life of every Canadian, ready for a warrant request from law enforcement, or a clever hacker:
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-...

Ottawa Reboots Its Lawful Access Bill: What C-22 Fixes and What It Doesn’t Some concerns have been addressed, but many remain — along with some new ones.

🇨🇦 goes further than US ever did. US law only covers telcos. #BillC22 covers messaging apps, cloud storage, online platforms. It may even cover phone and laptop hardware too.
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Salt Typhoon Hack Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only For The "Good Guys" At EFF we’ve long noted that you cannot build a backdoor that only lets in good guys and not bad guys. Over the weekend, we saw another example of this.

That's not just more 🇨🇦 state surveillance.

In 2024, Chinese state hackers broke AT&T+Verizon through a similar backdoor. 1 mil+ people's data was compromised.

Coming soon to 🇨🇦 through #BillC22.

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