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Retired professor of nursing & global health. Climate activist. No DM’s ♥️🇨🇦

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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 19m
ON is moving in the wrong direction. Here's the latest example. St. Joseph's Health Care lays off 85 registered mental health nurses at Parkwood Hospital | CBC News share.google/bwMQUX57ksUn...
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St. Joseph's Health Care lays off 85 registered mental health nurses at Parkwood Hospital | CBC News
St. Joseph's Health Care London has announced they are laying off 85 registered nurses who provide frontline care at Parkwood Institute and replacing them with other positions.
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/15/n...
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Ontario NDP target youth unemployment with climate jobs pitch
If the NDP motion passes, the program could provide up to 10,000 youth aged 18 to 25 with green jobs in municipalities, government agencies, not-for-profits and businesses in Ontario.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 14h
Watch Canadians talk to CPPIB. Will they listen? youtube.com/shorts/9O9w_...
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Atlantic Canada: It's your turn to speak up #climateaction #pensions #cpp
YouTube video by Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Canada
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/14/o...
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As Canada seeks closer economic ties with the EU, it must go bigger on clean tech
As Canada pursues economic opportunities to help the EU insulate itself against current and future oil crises, we must strengthen our own energy security.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Electrify the economy now. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/elec...
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Electrify the economy now
Seniors across Canada have a loud climate message for Members of Parliament: later is too late. The Carney government is falling short on meeting the needs of this moment, including electrification a...
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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 08/10/2026
Great CBC article on how first-past-the-post has distorted Quebec's democracy. The PQ, QS, and PCQ all committed to electoral reform during the election campaign. Now is the time to make that happen. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Parti Québécois win with record-low vote share revives calls for electoral reform | CBC News
A record-low vote share for Quebec's incoming PQ government has reignited a long-simmering debate over how the province elects its leaders.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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NDP MP Don Davies Speaks with Reporters Following Question Period
The NDP’s parliamentary leader Don Davies shares his party’s perspective on the committee studying Bill C-39, the government’s Building Canada Strong Act. (no interpretation) (October 9, 2026)
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🧡 Reconciliation can't end on Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, Canada designated a major oil pipeline a Project of National Interest. Keepers of the Water says Indigenous rights, lands + waters must be respected. Reconciliation can't be symbolic. shrlnk.ca/s/VMBdOhgT
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Where do Toronto's leading mayoral candidates stand on solar and wind energy? Which candidate will lead our city toward a bright renewable energy future? We asked them. www.cleanairalliance.org/to-candidates/ #topoli #onpoli
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Where do Toronto's leading mayoral candidates stand on renewable energy?
Where do Toronto's leading mayoral candidates stand on solar and wind energy? Which candidate will lead our city toward a bright renewable energy future?
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance @oncleanair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
☢️ Where will Canada’s nuclear waste go, and who gets a say? Join We the Nuclear Free North for a webinar on efforts to change how major nuclear projects are reviewed. 📅 Oct. 8 ⏰ 7 p.m. ET These decisions are moving fast. Get informed + involved. 🔗 shrlnk.ca/s/QZUjaoOG
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Nuclear Waste: the End of Independent Project Reviews?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join our online session to share analysis and action in response to the double header out of Ottawa (designating NWMO's nuclear waste scheme as a Project of National Interest and Bill C-39 , an Act to end independent impact assessments of nuclear projects) Hosted by We the Nuclear Free North. Learn more at https://wethenuclearfreenorth.ca/bypassing-public-review/ and https://nuclearwastewatch.weebly.com/assessing-nuclear-risk.html
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🦋🐕‍🦺🌺LadyWillow💚🐾🦋 @ladywillow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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The Energy Mix @theenergymix.com · 06/10/2026
The global EV market is growing. Light-duty EV sales in 2025 exceeded 20 million and made up about a quarter of all light-duty vehicle sales, up from 19% in 2024. Almost 90% of light-duty vehicle sales were in China, the United States, Europe, and India. Read the latest 👉
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Zero-Emission Trucks Gain Ground Worldwide, But Not in Canada
Medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle sales grew “considerably” from 2020 to 2025, with global trends favouring trucks, though in Canada buses and coaches dominated that vehicle category.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another reason Chow is the best choice for mayor. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I was Ontario’s housing minister. This is why I’m impressed with Olivia Chow
Landlords have too much power under our current system.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Write to your federal MP. Let them know that Canadian Medicare is threatened by physician dual practice. Our healthcare system may be broken, but two-tier healthcare will not fix it. 3/3
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Carney is planning to pay for the climate-wrecking West Coast Pipeline with tens of billions of our taxpayer dollars. We can’t let them get away with it. Tell federal leaders to prioritize our future over Big Oil's profits in Budget 2026. share.nwmd.social/s/3S1I01h7
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Tell Your MP: Don't Fund the West Coast Pipeline in Budget 2026
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us in calling on Minister of Public Safety Anandasangaree to affirm that anti-Zionism is a legitimate form of political expression. share.nwmd.social/s/Ab5VBqDd
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Tell the Minister of Public Safety: Anti-Zionism is Not Antisemitism
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Where do Toronto's leading mayoral candidates stand on solar and wind energy? Which candidate will lead our city toward a bright renewable energy future? Ask them here: #topoli #onpoli share.nwmd.social/s/kjneiMlq
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Where do Toronto's mayoral candidates stand on green energy?
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The act of hate and violence shown by white nationalist residential school denialists demonstrating on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation is abhorrent, dangerous and unacceptable. Read my full statement here:
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MP Leah Gazan Statement on the Denialist Attack at Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation
MP for Winnipeg Centre
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today I wrote to the Governor General, urging for the distribution of survivors' pins to residential school survivors. Survivors must be recognized for their courage.
Letter reads:
Excellency:
I write to you today with a profound urgency regarding the terrifying and escalating rise in residential school denialism and the dire risks this poses to survivors of residential schools, their families and Indigenous nations. With an increase in residential school denialism, survivors must be protected. Their gift of stories allowed Canadians to learn the true history of Canada.
Residential school survivors bravely gifted their truths, sharing experiences of violence, loss and resilience that Canada needed to hear. Their gift of stories allowed Canada to understand the truth of Canada’s history and provided a path toward reconciliation.
Survivors have made great sacrifices to share their stories that have come with great personal costs. The act of sharing their stories is truly heroic and deserving of formal recognition. We must ensure the sacrifices they have made are recognized. This is why I am writing to urge you to support an initiative to distribute survivors’ pins, like Order of Canada medals, to residential school survivors to ensure they are recognized and respected.
Survivors must always be treated with the utmost dignity. They are Canadian heroes whose adversity demands recognition. Survivors have courageously shared stories about the genocide they experienced at the hands of the Canadian state. Their stories have helped attempt to build a better country for all of us. They are living proof of the historical truth. There remain surviv...Letter reads: who fear speaking up. Denialism keeps them silent. The “Final Report of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission” stated that this truth is necessary for “awareness of the past, acknowledgement of the harm that has been inflicted, atonement for the causes, and action to change behaviour.”
We are seeing an ongoing and disturbing rise in residential school denialism across Canada that is not only violent towards survivors, families and communities, but is also jeopardizing the steps we have made towards reconciliation. As the Honourable Murray Sinclair stated, “The people who believe that they have the privilege of holding power and should continue to have that privilege, they’re going to push back… They’re going to fight against reconciliation. They’re the deniers of this story. They’re going to say it never happened. That the schools were all about education and the Indians should be thankful that they got an education.”
All possible means must be used to combat this hateful attempt to spread misinformation and subject survivors to further violence.
Survivors’ pins could help raise further awareness about the history of the Indian Residential School system and ensure survivors are treated with the utmost respect and dignity by the public. These pins would be a physical symbol to indicate the injustices survivors faced and the need to be compassionate and caring for what might be going on in their spirit. In addition to distributing these pins, a campaign is also necessary to educate the public on the significance of these pins and on how to ensure survivors are treated in a trauma-informed and kind manner.
I look forward to discussing this initiative with you. We must act urgently to protect the truth and stand against residential school denialism.
Sincerely,
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This sociopathic sicko has got to go 👇 www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Graeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’?
No one is expecting the premier to mash out the Bixby letter on his iPhone. Yet we might expect more than this.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We can make more jobs and drop the price of electricity while solving the climate crisis, too.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
sethdklein.substack.com/p/is-prime-m... Very useful to help shape your next letter to the PM and your PM
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Is Prime Minister Carney a climate denier?
Unpacking “the new climate denialism”
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I often think about the speed camera chopping vigilante who returned to the scene of their crime on Parkside Drive multiple times but Toronto police didn’t catch them & it led to Doug Ford banning speed cameras for 16 million people & now speeding is at epidemic levels & people will die.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh, great, just what we want in a mayor - NOT! rachelgilmore.substack.com/p/toronto-ma...
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Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford using Israeli app that feeds supporters AI-generated comments | National Observer
Watch now (9 mins) | That’s the incredible scoop from Canada’s National Observer’s Rory White – and today, I’m teaming up with them to tell you all about it.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Federal Court Rejects Ottawa’s Bid to Quash Climate Case 👏👏👏 www.theenergymix.com/federal-cour...
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Federal Court Rejects Ottawa's Bid to Quash Climate Case
The Federal Court of Canada has rejected the Carney government’s bid to block a climate accountability case arguing that Ottawa failed to bring Canada’s 2030 climate plan into line with its obligation...
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Statement: The Government of Canada’s Bulldoze Nature Bill Should Not Pass - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today’s
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Extinction is the price for Bill C-39’s need for speed
the Building Canada Strong Act will gut assessments for major projects, dismantle environmental safeguards and push ecosystems to the brink of collapse
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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Getting the media attention they have earned!
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Or, buy an EV, like me. I am laughing every time I pass a gas station.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/09/2026
The shooting outside a synagogue in Belleville is deeply upsetting, and has traumatized a community that gathered to pray.
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The Energy Mix @theenergymix.com · 21/09/2026
Polling has confirmed that Carney’s plan to subsidize the new West Coast Pipeline and roll back environmental protections is harming its standing with voters. In the dozen ridings surveyed, 50 to 59% said public funding for another oil #pipeline would make them less likely to support their local MP.
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Pipeline Subsidies Harming Carney's Standing in Ontario
The Carney government’s plan to subsidize the new West Coast Pipeline and roll back environmental protections is harming its standing with voters in a dozen key ridings in Ontario, according to pollin...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Parliament is BACK! This gov has a majority though, which means it can basically plow through whatever it wants, Parliament be damned. Here’s outgoing Green leader Elizabeth May on whether opposition can impact legislation: “It’s almost impossible. There’s a large bulldozer and it’s revving up.”
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Ottawa Seniors for Climate Action Now @scan-ottawa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Climate isn't factored into feds' airport privatization plans: experts www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/21/n... Last week Carney announced he will seek private operators for Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver airports, observers say the climate impact isn’t considered in the discussion.
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Climate isn't factored into feds' airport privatization plans: experts
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the federal government will seek private operators for Toronto Pearson, Montreal Trudeau, Calgary and Vancouver airports. But observers say the pot...
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NDP @ndp.ca · 20/09/2026
Parliament starts again on Monday, and your NDP team is ready to bring the voice of working people to the halls of power. While the Liberals are planning more privatization and attacks on workers' rights, Avi Lewis and your NDP MPs are fighting for the many, not the money.
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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
TWO DAYS until River Run. 💙 This Wednesday at noon, join Grassy Narrows at Grange Park, Toronto, for a powerful rally and march for mercury justice. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/river... #FreeGrassy #RiverRun2026
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Doug Ford Is Eroding Ontario’s Public Schools - on purpose. www.readthemaple.com/doug-ford-is...
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Doug Ford Is Eroding Ontario’s Public Schools
The deterioration of schools is the result of his government’s political choices
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Carney announced his plans to privatize Canada’s largest airports. So, I went to YVR to ask Canadians what they think (spoiler: they don’t share his enthusiasm). youtu.be/NTz8q0rKGdI
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NDP Leader Avi Lewis asks Canadians: Should our airports be privatized?
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Seniors for Climate Action Now @seniorsfcan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government is proposing to steamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect nature, not treat it as red tape. 🌿 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social act.gp/3UGBqcn
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Stop Federal Environmental Rollbacks in Canada
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government wants to streamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect the nature that sustains us, ...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026
New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance.
100% of Canadian governments and 87% of major Canadian companies depend on US companies for email services.
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Beryl Pilkington @berylpilk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hey Toronto, I just committed my support to re-elect Olivia Chow. I like that this campaign is focused on real things - making life more affordable and continuing work that’s already making a difference in the city. If you feel the same way, add your name too. share.oliviachow.ca/s/CEPER6il
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Help re-elect Mayor Olivia Chow
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Did you know, through Bill C-37 the Liberal government has refused to confirm the human right of all First Nations individuals to clean drinking water on reserve. Previous water legislation explicitly recognized this right, but the Liberals have deliberately removed it in Bill C-37. (1/2)
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