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Bringing people together to challenge corporate power and organize for: 💧Clean water 🌍Fair trade ☀️Climate justice 🏥Public healthcare 🖐🏽A vibrant democracy

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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Right now, only 1-in-5 Canadians is benefitting from pharmacare as it currently stands. Yvonne Earle of our Avalon Chapter was interviewed by CBC News to talk about the stalled rollout and why it's crucial it be rolled out across the entire country. See more: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Council's own Nikolas Barry-Shaw bringing the 🔥 to the billionaire class at The Many vs. The Money protest in Toronto
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nik Barry-Shaw, trade and privatization campaigner for the Council: "I've been looking around the table that Carney has set for this summer and I don't see any of us at the table," he said. "Does that mean we're on the menu?" Incredible turnout in the streets of Toronto www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Portage students protested unfair work-permit denials. Calgary Police called CBSA. Ten now face removal orders. Migrants have the right to protest without fear. Today we are joining 250+ orgs to defend it. Join us: MigrantRights.ca/RighttoProtest #DefendRightToProtest @MarkJCarney
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Migrant Have The Right To Protest - Migrant Rights Network
250+ organizations across Canada are standing with Portage students and defending migrants’ right to speak out, organize and protest. Migrants are part of our movements. We will not allow immigration…
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BlackRock? Blackstone? JP Morgan? They'll all be in TO this September, as Carney and Ford look to auction off what's left of our public infrastructure.   We’re organizing the response. Join us Sept 12-14 for a counter-summit (feat. Naomi Klein) and protest: manyvsmoneysummit.ca
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
From our friends at the Breach
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink will be attending the federal government's privatization summit. The government is planning to auction off what remains of our public infrastructure(airports, water systems, etc.) to the global 1%. We’re organizing the response. canwcc.fillout.com/t/uj7XU5BWQ8us
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Convened by the the Council of Canadians, 8th Fire Rising and World BEYOND War, the “Many vs. the Money” counter-summit at OCAD University will feature journalist/author Naomi Klein, U.S. academic and socialist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and many more Learn more: canwcc.fillout.com/t/uj7XU5BWQ8us
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Join Isaac Murdoch and friends for a day in community: songs, stories, silk-screening and feast! Water is Love — A Community Gathering with Isaac Murdoch & Friends August Sept 23, 10-4 pm in Georgetown, ON GET DETAILS: www.facebook.com/events/86495... We are here to LOVE WATER. 💙
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Job Opportunity: Director of Membership & Development Strategy Working closely with campaign and organizational leadership, the Director is responsible for growing revenue, strengthening supporter relationships & building fundraising capacity Apply: canadians.org/job/job-post...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Carney Liberals have increasingly aligned their messaging, rhetoric and policy vision with Build Canada, an AI-hyping, austerity-loving advocacy group created by tech executives previously linked to Pierre Poilievre, reports Chris Holcroft in The Tyee. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Climate and Water Campaigner, Jessica Cheung, speaks with Jenny Yeremiy about the importance of municipalities in the battle against AI Data Centres. www.thegravitywell.net/p/civil-soci...
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Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry
with Jessica Cheung of the Council of Canadians
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Coming this Tuesday at 1 pm (EST), join Council with special guest Janine MacLeod for an hour of grounding, learning, and conversation with water — its struggles, its stories, and its power to call us toward something different. Join us! canadians.org/event/join-t...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The first round of Take Back the Power community meetings has wrapped, with 7 events held across Nova Scotia. From Lower Sackville and Wolfville to Halifax, people came together to discuss the future of our electricity system and build momentum for change. Read more: canadians.org/update/take-...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Council's own Nikolas Barry-Shaw recently joined the CanCon podcast to discuss how Canada's promising pharmacare program became at risk of vanishing as quickly as it became reality. Listen now elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/wha...
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What happened to Canada's Pharmacare plan? | CanCon
It was long overdue, and began with a promise: It might start small, covering just a few common drugs, and expand until Canadians without benefits were no longer struggling to afford medication…
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Carney's Pipeline MOU with Alberta is the final nail in the coffin for Canada’s climate policy. It’s time to rise up and stop Big Oil from winning everything on their wishlist. That's why people are rising up in 35+ communities for the #PeoplesMOU Day of Action on June 25th. Join us: 350.org/mou/
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney made history last week with a surprise appearance at the CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa. With his radical shift towards arms investments and continuing cuts to pharmacare and other public services, it's not hard to see why. canadians.org/analysis/mr-...
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Mr. Carney Goes to CANSEC
The costs and consequences of this radical shift to a military-first economic strategy were the focus of a recent Ottawa-area bus tour that the Council of Canadians organized with Peace Brigades In…
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Althia Raj: "Grit MPs report Carney lashing out... [including] Winnipeg MP Doug Eyolfson, a physician, being told not to come to the prime minister with his concerns over the lack of federal response to Alberta’s two-tiered health care Bill 11" www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
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Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling
A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
To learn more about how you can join the movement towards ethical AI, visit canadians.org/ai-alliance-...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Across Canada, people are protesting planned AI data centres. In Canada, many proposed data centres will be fueled by fracked gas. Local citizens are also concerned about the downstream effects of AI on mental health, work, learning, and water consumption.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Last week in Montreal, organizers, researchers, labour leaders, environmental advocates, community groups gathered for the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry. How is artificial intelligence shaping civil society in Canada? Read the recap: canadians.org/analysis/civ...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"The banality of killer robots: How can disarmament and arms control efforts counter autonomous weapons systems?" Now has additional speakers. Charlotte Akin(SKR), Fanny Dagenais-Dion(Red Cross IHL), and Azeezah Kanji(legal academic), moderated by Kristen Thomasen(UWindsor).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Join our “Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare” Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. Together, we’ll travel to Ottawa and learn more about how the fight for public healthcare and against militarism are intertwined. www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
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"Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare" Ottawa Bus Tour
Join our “Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare” Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. Together, we’ll travel to Ottawa and learn more about the fight for public…
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Special guests include Paris Marx author of Road to Nowhere, and his next book, Hyperscale, comes out later this year. Chief Sheldon Sunshine of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, and Cynthia Khoo, founder of Tekhnos Law.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The banality of killer robots: how can disarmament and arms control efforts counter autonomous weapons systems? The panellists will be Charlotte Akin (Stop Killer Robots) and Fanny Dagenais-Dion (Canadian Red Cross).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Breaking the hold of Big Tech: corporate power and accountability in Canada The panellists will be Bianca Wylie (T&S Advisory), Georgina Alonso (Above Ground), Curtis McCord (CAMP), and Alejandro Mayoral Baños (AN), who will be moderated by Jim Thomas.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Resistance or stewardship: How unions and worker co-ops are responding to AI The panellists include Sarah Ryan (CUPE), Lucie Enel (FTQ), and Vincent Charlebois (HWC), who will be moderated by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (CCPA).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Digital razorwire: AI systems' impact on migrants and the immigration process The panellists include Gabriel Bergevin-Estable (ULaval), Mostafa Henaway (IWC), and Abdulla Daoud (NF, TRC), who will be moderated by Sophie Toupin.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Algorithms that harm: addressing sexual and gender-based digital violence The panellists include Natasha Dixon (DSVSC), Nasreen Rajani, and Rosel Kim (LEAF), who will be moderated by Mylène de Repentigny-Corbeil (Les 3 Sex).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Environmental and climate justice in the age of ‘AI’ The panellists include Jamie Kneen (MWC), Sasha Luccioni (SAIG), Chief Sheldon Sunshine (SLCN), and Naolo Charles (BEI), who will be moderated by Dr. Anne Pasek.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Whose digital sovereignty? Intersections of Canadian and Indigenous data sovereignty and cooperative approaches to AI The panellists include Skylee-Storm Hogan Stacey (FNIGC), Danica Pawlick-Potts (York U), Matthew da Mota (Canadian SHIELD Institute), who will be moderated by Jeff Doctor (Animikii).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Let them eat data: what ‘AI’ means for food systems and agriculture The panellists include Taarini Chopra (ETC Group), Sarah Marquis (NFU), and Kelly Bronson (UOttawa), who will be moderated by Lucy Sharratt (CBAN).
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Is the future sloppy? AI's role in media and the arts The panellists include Laurent Dubois (SARTEC), Jenna Fung (Open Media), Edu Meneses (SAT), Leah Temper (CAPE), and are moderated by Marie LeBlanc Flanagan.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The AI Civil Society Summit, in Montreal on May 22nd, is fast approaching! We have some excellent panels lined up for the event! A 🧵 thread 🧵
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
A few days after officially cutting Pharmacare, our Prime Minister is being very direct about aligning his government with Big Tech. How do you think this will play out?
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Council of Canadians says it won't allow the Liberal government’s promise to build a national pharmacare program die a slow, quiet death. "These are programs that are set to end in the coming years," said Health Minister Marjorie Michel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Advocates fighting to save National pharmacare program the health minister says will expire | CBC News
The Council of Canadians says it won't allow the Liberal government’s promise to build a national pharmacare program die a slow, quiet death.
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Nikolas Barry-Shaw spoke with The Rational National's David Doel about what is happening, what it means for the rest of Canada, and how the Carney government is (or isn’t) handling it. canadians.org/analysis/ame...
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American-Style Health Care Comes To Canada | Discussion w/ Nikolas Barry-Shaw
American-style for-profit health care is coming to Canada in a real way through Alberta’s Bill 11. I talk with Nikolas Barry-Shaw about what is happening, what it means for the rest of Canada…
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The goal is not to debate abstract futures — but to assess what is already happening upstream and downstream, and to develop shared strategies for confronting the AI industry. Learn more and register: www.aicivilsociety.ca 11/11
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Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry
May 22, 2026 — Montréal
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
That question is the starting point for the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry, which brings together Indigenous leaders, educators, labour organizers, environmental and water‑justice advocates, researchers, journalists, cultural workers, and community groups. 10/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If AI is reshaping energy systems, labour markets, and public services, why are affected communities not central to deciding how—or whether—it expands? 9/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Despite the scale of these effects, most decisions about AI development are being made by corporations, investors, and governments with limited involvement from workers, communities, or rights‑holders. 8/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
At the same time, downstream impacts are already visible where AI systems are deployed — including intensified workplace surveillance, mental‑health harms, automated decision‑making in public services, and new forms of gender‑based digital violence. 7/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
These are often called the upstream impacts of AI: increased emissions, water strain, treaty and rights violations, land use conflicts, and deeper fossil‑fuel dependence locked in by infrastructure decisions. 6/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In Canada, dozens of new data centres are being proposed or developed. Many are powered by fracked gas. They tend to gather in regions with limited public oversight of environmental and community impacts. 5/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
And while we wait to find out what happens, those trillions are reshaping our world. Data centres that use rivers of water and cities of electricity are being proposed, planned and built at breakneck speed. 4/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
But hype is the key to the AI industry’s power. It’s the sense of inevitability and eventuality that is attracting trillions of dollars of investments. 3/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The dominant claim behind that investment is that AI will displace vast amounts of human labour, taking millions of jobs. So far, it’s mostly hype. 2/11
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Artificial intelligence is attracting unprecedented piles of money. Trillions of dollars are flowing into AI companies and data centres, driven by visions of economic transformation. We’re gathering to talk about it. www.aicivilsociety.ca 🧵1/ 11
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Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry
May 22, 2026 — Montréal
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
While you’re paying more at the pump, Big Oil is exploiting the US and Israel’s illegal assault on Iran to rake in record profits with no remorse. Tell the Carney government to tax the billions Big Oil is taking from our pockets & stop war profiteering canadians.org/action/tax-b...
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The Council of Canadians @canadiansorg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"We demand that the federal government invest a total of $30 billion, over 5 years, to fund critical transmission linkages between the provinces and territories…" 350 Canada's petition will be delivered to policymakers on Monday. Add your name today: 350.org/canada/peopl...
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Build a People's Power Grid
Canadian politicians are pushing for new pipelines, but we need a People's Power Grid that connects communities from coast to coast for affordable, reliable, and renewable electricity.
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