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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸

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Settler | retired | against genocide, foreign or domestic | Independent candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot 2025 | she/her

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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Talk is cheap, though. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"“All the concerns we’ve had about the erosion of our environmental laws and the loss of habitat protection for threatened and endangered wildlife, it’s happening. It’s here.”" @maloneyj.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eyes on Bill S-205, Tona's Law, which addresses the use of "isolation" in prisons. The Bill is at second reading in the House of Commons. www.parl.ca/DocumentView...
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Tim Ellis (he/him), TDSB Candidate for Ward 2 @votetim.ca · 25/08/2026
Challenging times call for capable hands. I have a proven record of organizing communities just like ours to advocate & win, and years of governance experience on non-profit boards in South Etobicoke. My name is Tim Ellis, and I'm running to be our TDSB Ward 2 Trustee - for my kids, and yours.
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Tim Ellis (he/him), TDSB Candidate for Ward 2 @votetim.ca · 16/09/2026
Join me and my campaign team for an exciting and fun event on October 1st, featuring DJs and live performances, special guests, and more! Stay tuned for details, but you know it'll be fun. :) Event starts at 6 pm and is hosted at the iconic Great Lakes Brewery in Etobicoke. See you there!
A poster for an event. White and blue text on a dark blue background reads:

You're invited! Tim for Trustee Meet & Greet + Fundraiser.
Thursday, October 1st at 6pm

DJs, snacks, special guests, and more!

Hosted at Great Lakes Brewery
30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd in Toronto

Let us know you're coming: VoteTim.ca/RSVP
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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
During #GenderEqualityWeek, we celebrate the contributions of women and gender-diverse people and highlight inequities that persist. 1/5
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Dangerous people. I'm so relieved there were enough police to handle this explosive situation.
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More Transit Southern Ontario @moretransitso.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How much faster would GO trains be if they used electrical multiple unit (EMU) trains? Today, a 33.7km trip from Pickering to Union station makes 6 stops and takes 45 minutes Our proposed local EMU service would make 13 stops, and take only 36 minutes.
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Important 🧵
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...
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Zero Carbon newsletter | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Climate correspondent Chris Hatch sorts through the kaleidoscope of news, ideas, politics and culture on climate change solutions.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/08/2026
Seems bad for the leaders of an extremely powerful country to be convinced that absolutely every international interaction is a zero-sum game that they must win through superior strength and hostility.
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Dunno where this Carney has been but I'm glad he's back from Davos finally.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Universal basic income lifts everyone up. It does not "discourage ambition" as right wing politicians claim. Thank goodness for progressive leaders like @kpateonthehill.bsky.social who understand this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Top global basic income experts gathering in Toronto, with senate bill top of mind | CBC News
Academics, policymakers and researchers with expertise in basic income from over 30 countries will be in Toronto this week for the Basic Income Earth Network Congress. Part of the week, they will be e...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The shooting industry kills on an industrial scale to keep grouse numbers high enough for a day's "sport" to be worthwhile. Foxes, stoats, weasels and corvids are trapped and snared in their thousands. Birds of prey are illegally trapped, poisoned or shot to protect the “stock.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Very important and harrowing read about our world on fire.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What we should grasp is that this is what Trump is *for*. It's why fossil fuel companies and the ultra-rich backed him. The kleptocracy, the cruelty, the culture wars, all these, while real & grim enough, distract us from seeing the true purpose of his presidency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases
Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects
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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Buried in the bottom of this article is the fact that Canada is actively taking part in this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/08/2026
The cost of groceries has become one of the defining challenges of the affordability crisis. That's why our municipal grocery stores will offer a 30% discount on the grocery staples New Yorkers depend on — from meat to produce to dairy.
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Liberals made the decision, but it was regular people who compelled them to do so." Don't let your Liberal MP tell you otherwise. ✊
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Ditto Carney and his Canadian Liberal government.
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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our hearts are with the people of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins), Whitesand First Nation, Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (Lac La Croix First Nation), Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, Gull Bay First Nation (Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek), 1/6 www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A brilliant but depressing read. To paraphrase: The demand for moral stupidity comes from a Western ear that is desperate to avoid the truth. www.equator.org/articles/mor...
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Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity • EQUATOR
Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"More than 60 villages have been totally or partially destroyed.. this appears to be official policy.. Israel Katz just a few days ago said 'we promised to apply the Gaza model in southern Lebanon & we did. We destroyed everything'" Part of a report by Zeina Khodr
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Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I joined BC Physicians Against Genocide in calling on Canada to demand the release of 83 Palestinian health care workers who are imprisoned in Israel without trial, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who is gravely ill. @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Police and prosecutors do not always correctly identify the primary perpetrator of harm in cases of intimate partner violence, including coercive control. 1/6 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
❤️ www.ttownmedia.com/news/nationa...
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Bumblebees show emotions through facial expressions just like mammals
“Facial expressions are an important window into the internal states of animals."
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hind Khoudary reports that yesterday Israel murdered at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza. Among those killed was a truck driver delivering aid and a family who were sheltering in their tent.
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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social is right - our democracy is completely broken. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Funded by the federal government, researchers from various universities conducted medical experiments, including grafting skin from one Inuk to another. Story by Tom Fennario.
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Scar Tissue: The legacy of medical experiments on Inuit in the Arctic
APTN Investigates presents Scar Tissue: The legacy of medical experimentation on Inuit in the Arctic in the 1960s and '70s.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In this podcast I'm trying out some new thinking. I've come to believe that there are three entirely distinct and, in many cases, contradictory philosophies within modern environmentalism. It's a work in progress and I would very much value your feedback. Thanks. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/wepl...
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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
On January 27, 2023, shortly after sharing a video about the pain of being separated from her children, a 32-year-old Ojibway woman named Tara took her life. 1/13 globalnews.ca/news/9474610...
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An Indigenous mother took her life after child welfare took her kids. What can be done? | Globalnews.ca
A Manitoba mother of four posted a video online calling out the child welfare system for apprehending her children as she fled domestic abuse. Soon after, she took her own life.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Zeina Khodr reports on Hezbollahs reaction to the memorandum of understanding signed by the US & Iran.
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Today at LCJC currently reviewing bill C-25, Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne confirms MPs are in a conflict of interest when it comes to deciding the rules of their own election
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Food Empowerment Project @foodispower.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Slavery and child labor is prevalent within the chocolate industry. We seek to inform consumers about where their chocolate comes from. That is why F.E.P. updates our chocolate list every month to help keep you informed! ✨ Below are the new additions to our list:
Not all chocolate is equal. Our updated chocolate list helps you spot and skip child and human slavery. Our updated Chocolate List is here! Updated list in the caption or at foodispower.org
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Gabriel Elizondo: "For the first time in 30 years.. its now govt forces & not armed groups that are the leading cause of death & injury to children during armed conflict.. with Israel topping the list with their crimes against children in the occupied Palestinian territories"
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.
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Mayor Olivia Chow accuses federally mandated port authority of hiding early plans for Billy Bishop
The Toronto Port Authority has repeatedly promised that all of its stakeholders, including the city, will eventually be consulted before a final version of the Billy Bishop expansion plan is made publ...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Dan Hon @danhon.com · 12/06/2026
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Senate committee on human rights voted to add an amendment to Bill C-9, a proposed law that will add hate propaganda and crimes a criminal offence. Sen. Nancy Karetak-Lindell (Nunavut) proposed the amendment to add residential school denialism to the bill and explains why.
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Today at PROC MPs catch at the very last minute what would have been quite the embarrassing oversight in Bill C-25. Prior to today's amendment Official Agents were been tied to candidates for eternity (rather than per election cycle)
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
CoRhino calls on Senate to end an inappropriate conflict of interest
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"We're just doing a small protest and we follow every law this is the crazy part, we follow every law while a lot of protests don't follow all the laws and that's ok" - Sébastien CoRhino
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Deborah Chalmers 🇵🇸 @deborah6720.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
x.com/i/status/206...
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Savanna Craig on X: "Preliminary judgement provided at the Permanent People’s Tribunal on Residential Schools and Unmarked Burial Sites. The final judgement will be out on Sept. 30. #reconciliation #canpoli #montreal https://t.co/paFMDaFSGl" / X
Preliminary judgement provided at the Permanent People’s Tribunal on Residential Schools and Unmarked Burial Sites. The final judgement will be out on Sept. 30. #reconciliation #canpoli #montreal https://t.co/paFMDaFSGl
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 25/05/2026
BREAKING: Israel has explained it had no choice but to kill six paramedics in a double-tap in Lebanon after receiving intelligence that they were in fact paramedics
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Missing Indigenous Children and Unmarked Graves: Day 1 - Watch live:
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TPP enfants autochtones disparus et des tombes anonymes : Jour 1 | APTN Nouvelles nationales
YouTube video by APTN Nouvelles nationales
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Longest Ballot Committee @longestballot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I can't get over how nuts it is that the MPs reviewing bill C-25, a bill to stop long ballots and election misinformation, are themselves convinced by a (terribly) edited photo from a Youtuber that they need to ban blank nomination forms WE NEED A BETTER SYSTEM OF DECIDING ELECTION RULES LOL
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yipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I am a family doctor and public health researcher, and I oppose Carney’s cruel cuts to refugee healthcare. I join healthcare workers in 9 cities across the country today to demand access to publicly funded universal healthcare for ALL regardless of status. #NoCutsToCare
Yipeng holding a sign in clinic that reads “healthcare should never depend on status”.
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Al Jazeera English @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
youtu.be/igxhDWkVF5U?...
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Iran latest: Trump faces MAGA backlash | The Listening Post
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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