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Software Developer and Blogger at Virtual City. Musician and an eternel Montrealer

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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Bill C-22 effect: "Toronto-based Psiphon, which has millions of users worldwide including in Iran, Russia and China, told The Globe and Mail on Friday it has started drawing up plans to move its operations out of Canada." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Toronto-based VPN provider plans to quit Canada over lawful-access bill
Psiphon, which helps people living in oppressive regimes evade online censorship, says Bill C-22 would compel it to help build a surveillance system in this country
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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 29/09/2026
I gave a talk last week about tech billionaires (we really don't like them) and how to fight them (labour organizing, it's always labour organizing). Come take a 9-minute break from producing shareholder value and watch! Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for inviting me for #WalrusTalks 🍁
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Jenny Zhang: Workers Can Take Back Tech
YouTube video by The Walrus
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
youtu.be/EMYKsUXdMk8?... Waymo recall on June 18th affected 3,900 vehicles after they drove to construction zones. Watch our short video on it! Sign the petition to Say No to Waymo in Ontario: techfordemocracy.ca/2026/04/29/s...
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Waymo wants YOU to take up construction
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Join us for a webinar on our Say No to Waymo campaign on August 26th at 6:30pm! Come hear from Earla Phillips, a rideshare driver and advocate, and Camila Justino, a data annotator. Driverless tech is built on the back of workers: what is their say in this? Register here: luma.com/7viunmc7
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Say No to Waymo Labour Webinar · Luma
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday August 26th to learn more about the jobs Waymo's driverless taxis seek to automate and the work they need to stay afloat.…
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The safety of AVs is not an agreed upon fact. Cities should be prioritising public transit that incorporates multiple modes of transport (cycling, rail, etc.) instead of boosting car culture above all. Most importantly we don't have to delegate transportation policy to a singular private company.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
IIHS—the closest thing in the US to a neutral arbiter on AV safety— has found that Waymos are involved in ~68% fewer crashes than human drivers. That's a big deal, although the safety benefits appear to be lower than what Waymo has publicly claimed. A few thoughts 🧵
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Waymo’s driverless cars crash less often than people
Waymo’s driverless vehicles have crash rates that are 68% lower than human drivers, new IIHS research shows. But as the technology is deployed more widely, a better system for tracking safety is ...
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We've reached 100 signatures so far on our open letter to Ministry of Transportation in Ontario to Say No to Waymo. We're not stopping yet, we need more names to make sure our voices matter. Read the open letter and sign the petition techfordemocracy.ca/2026/04/29/s...
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Tell the MTO: Say NO to Waymo
Waymo is coming to Canada, and we believe they will cause issues around digital sovereignty, job loss, and accountability.
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
...having cities pick up the slack when Waymo fails. We need meaningful consent with these technologies and we believe Waymo has not shown sufficient willingness to address the issues with its service. Read the letter in full and add your name to our petition. techfordemocracy.ca/2026/04/29/s...
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Tell the MTO: Say NO to Waymo
Waymo is coming to Canada, and we believe they will cause issues around digital sovereignty, job loss, and accountability.
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Our letter raises concerns informed by common practices in the autonomous taxi industry and Waymo's operations in the US. Issues include the mass collection of Ontarians' data by an American company, elimination of driving jobs, accessibility gaps, diverting resources from public transit, and...
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Technologists for Democracy is calling on the Minister of Transportation in Ontario (MTO) to reject Waymo's planned entry into our province. Read our open letter to the MTO for more details. Sign the petition to Say No to Waymo techfordemocracy.ca/2026/04/29/s...
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Tell the MTO: Say NO to Waymo
Waymo is coming to Canada, and we believe they will cause issues around digital sovereignty, job loss, and accountability.
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Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My latest: Capital Power's CEO Dey spoke to investors about affordability concerns in the US ahead of the midterm elections. "I would say there's more interest in Alberta today than there ever has been," he said. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...
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Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres
In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It's becoming the case that it costs more for a business to deploy AI and fire human workers than it does to keep the human workers around. That could be an economic death knell for the whole technology. From me. prospect.org/2026/07/08/g...
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The Great AI Repricing Isn’t Going Well - The American Prospect
Companies are backing off on their AI spending. Because investors have made such big bets on AI coming to fruition, that’s a big problem.
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Adam @amodal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Why do they pay the refs??? DO YOUR JOB BEFORE VAR FFS
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/07/2026
BREAKING: The White House called FIFA’s Gianni Infantino to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s red card, AP source says.
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White House called FIFA’s Infantino to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s red card, AP source says
The White House made a call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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Adam @amodal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Deschamps did well to keep the team calm. The officiating was horrific, Paraguay should've been given numerous cards.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NEW: It's official. The Ford government has now applied it's restrictive new freedom of information law to our request for Premier Doug Ford's cellphone. NDP says that shows hiding phone records was the purpose of the changes. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1194357...
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Ontario applies new transparency law to Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone, denies access | Globalnews.ca
The government announced this spring it would tighten Ontario's transparency laws to offer near-blanket exemptions for the premier, ministers and all of their political staff.
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We are joining the global #StopKillingInternet movement to keep the internet private, free, democratic, and accessible. In Canada, parliament is passing bills that threaten our digital rights. The same trend is gaining steam around the world. www.stopkillingtheinternet.com
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Stop Killing the Internet
Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Does the government want Online Streaming Act to support news? Minister Miller says it will be a beneficiary of the $600 million handout, but his spokesperson says it will direct CRTC to stop those payments. Improv policy as government doesn’t know what to do.
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Improv Policy: The Government Doesn't Know What To Do About Its Online Streaming Act Mess - Michael Geist
Earlier this month, the government shocked the culture sector by announcing it was effectively reversing the CRTC decision that implemented the Online Streaming Act. Culture Minister Marc Miller…
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 21/06/2026
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen said senior Biden admin. officials responsible for U.S. policy on Gaza should not serve in a future Dem. admin. unless they acknowledge they were wrong. “What I’ve said, and I’ll say it again, is that any senior official who was responsible for those decisions who doesn’t...
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen said senior Biden administration officials responsible for U.S. policy on Gaza should not serve in a future Democratic administration unless they acknowledge they were wrong.

“What I’ve said, and I’ll say it again, is that any senior official who was responsible for those decisions who doesn’t very openly and plainly acknowledge how wrong they were and make it clear that lessons have been learned and that they would follow a very different approach… should not have a role in any future Democratic administration.”

The Senator added that Washington has a culture of “no accountability,” where officials behind indefensible decisions receive a “blank check.”

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What does an unlikely Ontario Liberal Party leadership hopeful — who is beloved by right wingers — have to do with a billionaire-backed push to influence Canadian policies? Buckle up because I’d LOVE to tell you!
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 16/06/2026
RELEASE: We strongly condemn the government's decision to block further debate of #BillC22 amendments. The bill is not ready to go, gov knows it, and every person in 🇨🇦's privacy will pay the cost if the House passes it and Senate does not intervene. #cdnpoli openmedia.org/press/item/g...
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Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers
OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises
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blair @blairaf.com · 16/06/2026
Ok so they are shifting enforcement power away from our independent privacy regulator and into a new super-commission filled with political appointees - this will surely not prove to be a controversial decision in any way!
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In the last 24 hours, the government has announced plans to eviscerate the Privacy Commissioner’s office in C-36, cut off debate on a lawful access bill that includes metadata retention, and reversed age verification privacy safeguards just five days after introducing them. bsky.app/profile/mgei...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/06/2026
Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...
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Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
Soundtrack: In Flames - Colony To further support my independent journalism, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $7 a month or $70 a year. If you’re subscribed to the free newsletter and ...
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Adam @amodal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Soooo Carney's deciding to absolutely nuke Canada's standing on privacy matters, right??
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The government is building a full super-digital regulator in Canada. On top of the online harms and social media powers in Bill C-34, Bill C-36 hands the same Commission responsibility for private sector privacy. The power vested in this single body is unprecedented in Canada.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15/06/2026
🔴 An estimated 100-200 Stanford students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement address Sunday, chanting “Free, free Palestine,” as boos and cries of “shame on you” were directed at Pichai from parts of the crowd. The protest targeted Google’s Project Nimbus cloud contract with the...
🔴 An estimated 100 to 200 Stanford students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement address Sunday, chanting “Free, free Palestine,” as boos and cries of “shame on you” were directed at Pichai from parts of the crowd. The protest targeted Google’s Project Nimbus cloud contract with the Israeli government, which includes services for the Defense Ministry and other state agencies as the country commits genocide in Gaza and ethnically cleanses Lebanon.

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Well over 100 Stanford students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech at Stanford just now, chanting “Free, free Palestine.” Google has a cloud contract with the Israeli government. Lots of boos and cries of “shame on you” as well
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Shopify CEO is an all time loser, up there with Elon. Just a mortifying dude
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke writes: You have absolutely disgraced yourself publishing this, globe.
We all clearly don't hate the media enough.

He’s responding to a Globe and Mail headline that reads:

Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here's how to properly hate him
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
At Liberty Street and Pardee Avenue (Liberty Village) in Toronto, we saw that camera installation. Does anyone know anything about those surveillance cameras? Is that related to FIFA?
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Lots more in this episode. This should really be a major scandal. And it shows that blue California is actually a little more green if you include the corporate cash driving policy. Listen, it's worth it! www.organizedmoney.fm/p/california...
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California Dreamin'...Of A Slush Fund For Uber
Regulatory capture could be the grandest scam ever and California is the wild west.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
DHS just confirmed the plan to roll out a facial recognition app for local cops to scan peoples' faces to verify their immigration status. Agency said this is related to the 287(g) program; more than a thousand local and regional police departments are part of that www.404media.co/ices-plan-to...
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ICE’s Plan to Let Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify Immigration Status
ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand agencies access to a facial recognition app that verifies a person's immigration status.
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blair @blairaf.com · 05/06/2026
I wrote this piece on the future of AI regulation in Canada when a Conservative election win still seemed likely - the regulatory approach in Canada's new AI strategy is even more conservative than what I anticipated the Conservative approach would be montrealethics.ai/the-death-of...
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The Death of Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act: What Happened, and What’s Next for AI Regulation in Canada? | Montreal AI Ethics Institute
✍️ Op-Ed by Blair Attard-Frost, a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto. She researches and teaches about the governance of AI systems in Canada and globally. Canada is currently experiencing a…
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Cloe Logan @cloelogan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The federal government’s long-awaited AI strategy does not tackle the environmental and climate impacts of rapidly building AI infrastructure like data centres New from @rorywh.bsky.social + @natashabulowski.bsky.social
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Canada’s AI strategy includes no new protections for water or climate
A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any ne...
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Adam @amodal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I think this will be a stimulus package to the software sector. Canada is in a recession and thinks LLMs and AI can save our economy. It won't, and we'll need more than LLM deployment and development to make up for it.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/06/2026
1/ The Liberal government might as well have called its AI strategy “All in for AI”. This is a document that's heavy on hype, but light on the right guardrails that we need to protect people – and to ensure that the benefits of the technology don’t just flow to a handful of tech giants & investors.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I'll say it a gain: A city full of robotaxis will be a city full of congestion.
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Here Comes the Self-Driving Traffic Surge
Autonomous vehicles from companies like Waymo and Zoox are set to trigger an increase in car usage that clogs urban streets. Cities should prepare now.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is patently false. A large # of human-driven cars (or any cars) absolutely creates congestion. Also, it’s too early to know whether AVs are safer or more dangerous. It amazes me when people think they’re transportation experts simply because they drive a car and have opinions about it.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026
Going on Bloomberg between 4:07 to 4:18pm ET to talk about how AI has no ROI and the greater AI bubble www.youtube.com/live/f39oHo6...
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Bloomberg Live: Business, Finance, Earnings & Investment News | Watch 7AM - 6PM ET Weekdays
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026
Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...
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Anthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Sneak (leaked?) preview of the federal AI strategy. Not sure when it goes officially public. Lots of details here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Draft federal AI strategy aims to scale up adoption, offer literacy training by 2031 | CBC News
A draft version of Canada's national AI strategy outlines a drive to scale up business adoption and provide all Canadians access to free AI literacy training, but is short on specifics regarding how t...
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: We just learned we WILL get a chance to testify to #BillC22's many problems; tune in June 2 at 3:30 EST to SECU committee. The *only* reason this is happening is because so many of you have written your MP about #BillC22's problems; if you haven't sent a message yet, please do! #cdnpoli
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"California’s Democratic field us monotonous and complacent. If this is the best the party can muster, perhaps it deserves a shock." My Swamp Notes with Richard Waters. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/f8f9f8d0-4...
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California’s zombie Democrats
The primary field is so uninspiring it could clear the way for the English-born Republican Steve Hilton
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026
5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7416 - Petitions
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026
4/ Protecting kids online is real work, and it is underfunded. Cases of online exploitation are climbing while most go uncharged. The answer is investigators and prosecutors who chase predators, not a year of metadata on 40 million innocent people. We learned that the last time Ottawa tried this.
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Hadrian @hadrianmk.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Is it "sovereignty" if AI infrastructure is built in Canada but it's still owned by U.S. tech companies? Is it "sovereignty" if it's owned by Canadian companies but not the public? What is the threshold for true sovereignty? Me in @nationalobserver.com: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/25/n...
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Ottawa wants CPP investments in 'sovereign' AI, but some wonder if it's even safe
Since taking office last year, the Carney government has made building "sovereign" AI central to its efforts to boost the economy and reduce Canada's dependence on the US. But some observers question ...
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Technologists for Democracy @techfordemocracy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
TfD is urging the federal government to reject Bill C-22, which requires the retention of user metadata and forces platforms to provide information to authorized persons, thereby opening up our digital space to malicious actors. Read our full statement: techfordemocracy.ca/2026/05/22/c...
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Comment to SECU on Bill C-22
Bill C-22 would introduce major threats to Canadians’ privacy, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 22/05/2026
The Church Street pedestrianization project is APPROVED 20-4. Church between Wellesley Street East and Alexander Street will be made car-free between June 19 and August 21.
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