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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/03/2026

What is Doug Ford trying to hide?

“The proposed changes follow the government's loss of a court battle, initially launched by Global News, over the call logs for Premier Doug Ford's personal cellphone, which he uses for government business.”

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

That is the distance between a government budget and a hospital bedside. I walk that distance every day. Eh Sue Kaw, RN Mental Health and Addictions Nurse Former refugee who arrived in Canada in 2015 with one rainbow sack and a borrowed future

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Today, I carry that investment forward every time I care for a patient. Fiscal policy is often measured in dollars. But its true value is measured in human lives, in restored hope, and in the quiet moments when someone who once wanted to die chooses to keep living.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I know what it means to live without systems. I know what it means to live without safety nets. I know what it means to live in a place where opportunity does not exist. Canada was different. Canada invested in its people. That investment transformed my life.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It is about ensuring the long-term strength of the systems that hold society together—education, healthcare, and opportunity. A balanced budget means little if the cost is a generation of students who cannot afford education, or a healthcare workforce stretched beyond its limits.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I am not only a nurse because of my personal effort. I am a nurse because Canada invested in me. That investment returns itself every day in the care I provide to others. Fiscal responsibility is not only about reducing deficits.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It determines whether patients receive timely care. It determines whether nurses can work safely. It determines whether future students—newcomers, refugees, and young people without family support—can afford to enter professions like mine.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

surpluses, spending restraint, fiscal responsibility. These concepts matter. Governments must manage public resources carefully. But fiscal policy is not abstract to those of us working in healthcare. It is deeply personal.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

everything I could, and still feel it was not enough—not because I lacked skill or compassion, but because the system lacked capacity. That capacity is not determined at the bedside. It is determined in government budgets. Fiscal policy is often discussed in abstract terms—deficits,

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

They adjust by leaving positions unfilled. They stretch existing staff further. They ask nurses to carry more. The result is not just physical exhaustion. It is moral distress. There are moments when I leave work knowing I gave

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My ability to remain calm, attentive, and compassionate matters. But fiscal policy determines how much time I am allowed to give. When budgets are constrained, hospitals cannot print money. They cannot raise prices. They cannot refuse patients.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Their conditions worsen. Nurses absorb the consequences. I have cared for patients who told me they did not want to live anymore. I have watched them struggle to hold onto hope. In those moments, my presence matters. My time matters.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

They become waiting lists. They become the difference between having time to sit with a suicidal patient and having to leave them alone because another patient is in crisis. When there are not enough nurses, patients wait longer. They become more distressed.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I understand it through human suffering. Every government budget is a document filled with numbers, projections, and forecasts. But inside the hospital, those numbers become something else. They become staffing ratios.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Today, I work in a Mental Health and Addictions unit in Ontario, caring for patients during the most vulnerable moments of their lives. I now understand fiscal policy in a way I never could through textbooks or political speeches.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Opportunity, I learned, is not built on personal effort alone—it is built on public investment. OSAP made my education possible. It allowed me to remain in school when I had no financial support. It allowed me to become a registered nurse.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I arrived as a refugee with no money, no family, and no clear path forward. I carried one Thai multi-purpose plastic colorful rainbow sack with only a few clothes inside, and a belief that education could change my life. But belief alone does not pay tuition.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Distance Between a Budget and a Bedside I did not really understand fiscal policy when I arrived in Canada in 2015. I understood hunger. I understood uncertainty. I understood what it meant to live without knowing whether tomorrow would be safer than today.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I came to Canada as a refugee, without family support. Without OSAP, I would never have become a nurse. OSAP was not a luxury. It was my only path forward. It changed my life—and it still changes thousands more.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Find peace in the wild. I am very lucky to be able to live in this beautiful and peaceful country, Canada 🇨🇦

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 28/03/2025

Our teams working in #Myanmar and #Thailand are safe and accounted for after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. Doctors Without Borders can support communities, once authorities grant unhindered access for teams to do assessments and provide medical care.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/03/2025

After the Canadian Association of Journalists issued a statement defending the Western Standard’s access to Liberal campaign events, the Western Standard turns around and goes after the employment status of other journalists This is real ”paradox of tolerance“ stuff here, @cajournalists.bsky.social

Western Standard: "CTV News called out for hiring ‘Fact Checker’ Rachel Gilmore, accused of spreading Freedom Convoy conspiracy theories"

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Beyond parody, honestly. Shameless.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.

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CaptainCoby @captaincoby.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Just to be clear, Canada and Mexico could have sat back and let the USA burn to the ground but choose to be what we are, caring, loving supportive people. PS....Fuck off Trump.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Well, that and the Conservatives falsely gave Jim Flaherty credit for the things that Paul Martin did to insulate the economy from the very shocks that created the crisis in the US, and too many people believed it.

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I went to a barbershop today. My barber asked me how I came to Canada. I told her through a refugee program. Then she asked, "You came here on a boat?" I told her I flew. What is odd to me is some people still think if you come to Canada through refugee program, you come here on a boat.

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Bruce Fanjoy @brucefanjoy.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Thank you Rupert. It was a pleasure meeting you and MJ too.

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JaroGiesbrecht @jarogiesbrecht.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The Bank of Canada lowered its interest rate by 50-basis points to 3.25%.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10/12/2024

Ontario ER closures due to staffing shortages worse in rural areas www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @dralandrummond.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Dr. Alan Drummond has practised emergency and family medicine in Perth, Ont., for decades. (Buntola Nou/CBC)

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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Is it just me, or are Canada’s disinformers and nut-jobs really coming unglued as the foreign interference stuff heats up?

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 08/12/2024

Personally I prefer "tetrademic"

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Patrick Gagnon @patgagnon75.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Perhaps someone could explain to Jamil what faith ignored the abuse within residential schools, conversion therapy, and all the sexual abuse that occurred within Christian churches, to mention a few. Perhaps Jamil should read a history book instead of trying to erase history.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“Tech billionaires don’t have a great track record when it comes to fixing our transportation system — but we keep giving them 2nd chances. Instead, tech companies have kept us trapped in our cars by distracting us from investments in improved transit & other transport options.” — @parismarx.com

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Big Tech Is Watching You as You Drive

After years of failed promises on transit, Silicon Valley is loading cars with new technologies to get a cut of the profits—and to collect data on us.

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Bruce Fanjoy @brucefanjoy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Solar is also unique among energy sources. It’s the only alternative that provides individual energy consumers with an option to generate their own supply of electricity.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 08/12/2024

"The history of major infectious disease outbreaks in Canada is one of missed opportunity after missed opportunity, betting against the house in nature’s casino." Great one from @drhanwell.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social et al #MedSky #IDSky #COVID #H5N1 canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/12/08/g...

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Gambling with bird flu is asking for trouble — and another pandemic

Canada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place. 🍁

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JaroGiesbrecht @jarogiesbrecht.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Pierre shifts closer in alliance with the IDU and away from the team Canada approach 💯 Clearly, Pierre Poilievre is plotting and scheming with the IDU to get their marching orders from Stephen Harper, who recently met in Washington from December 3rd to 5th.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

New weekend column from me at Loonie Politics: Getting to the Fall Economic Statement #cdnpoli

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Getting to the Fall Economic Statement

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

LISTEN: “We're afraid of walkable distances now? — conspiracies & the 15-minute city.” If you’ve heard the unhinged conspiracy theories about the concept, listen to my National Australian Radio interview with @greenj.bsky.social where I called out the lies and tactics. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC listen

The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by f...

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 03/12/2024

Wow. Snippet from the "productive meeting" between Trudeau and Trump: www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...

Snippet from article: "Trump suggested that Canada could possibly become two states: a conservative and a liberal one.

He told Trudeau that if he cannot handle his list of demands without ripping the U.S. off in trade, maybe Canada should really become a state or two and Trudeau could become a governor."

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The federal government really has to learn to communicate better. For several months now, persons with disabilities (and children and seniors) are eligible for free #dentalcare in Canada but they have to apply. I regularly meet #disability families who have no idea www.canada.ca/en/services/...

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Canadian Dental Care Plan - Canada.ca

The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) will help cover some of the cost of various oral health care services for eligible Canadian residents.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Liberal MP Arif Virani- The violence we saw in Montreal is unacceptable.The Online Harms Act will fight hate being fuelled by online radicalization. Let’s put aside partisanship and get it to committee so we can make real progress to stop hate & keep Canadians safe. #cdnpoli #peipoli

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you still have a Twitter or threads account, start encouraging more people to join Blue Sky, especially if you are European. Twitter (X) is being used to manipulate elections globally and suppress information. Post at least once a day, encouraging others to join. #bluesky

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Pascale St-Onge @pascalestonge.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

📣 Heads up for employers in Brome—Missisquoi! The Canada Summer Jobs 2025 application period is open. This is your chance to make a difference for youth and give them meaningful work opportunities next summer. Make sure to apply before 11:59 p.m. PST on December 19, 2024: tinyurl.com/2fw9krjn

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Patrick Gagnon @patgagnon75.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

How you treat others speaks volumes of who you are as a person. Remember you always have a choice to choose kindness over being cruel. During my time in the service I worked in many challenging situations to say the least. I can without a doubt tell you that when we focus on a common goal, our ..

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ekaw.bsky.social @ekaw.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Living and enjoying my best life... I don't think Canada is broken, as others said...

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