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Suzanne MacNeil

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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The general strike in Italy is one of the most hopeful things in the world right now. It shows the way for both solidarity with Palestine and a critical lesson in how to oppose a far-right government.
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 05/10/2025
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Against Erasure
Jewish life must be protected. Palestinian life must be defended.
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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 05/10/2025
That’s not how it works. A dangerous law from a government dancing to the Reform drum.
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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
“The media and gov’t want us to believe that Canada Post is both an inefficient waste of money that we can do without and also a vital part of our country’s infrastructure that must not shut down for a labour disruption.” Read @springmagca.bsky.social on CUPW strike: springmag.ca/postal-worke...
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Postal workers are striking to save public services (again) - Spring
This past Thursday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) resumed their strike in response to the proposal announced by Joël Lightbound (Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and P...
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
There’s no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players’ fee-fees Morning File by me
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There's no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players' fee-fees - Halifax Examiner
There's a broad cowardice in our society, a refusal to use plain language to decry horrific crimes.
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Erica Fischer @ericafd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Postering and summer social with @cupe3912.bsky.social and @j4wns.bsky.social #NovaScotia, it’s time to #MakeItFair #cdnpse #HigherEd #canlab #CollectiveBargaining @csaulnier.bsky.social @esooze.bsky.social
CUPE staff and members of Local 3912 holding their fist up and posters. One of then reads: Nova Scotia, is time for higher wages for precarious workers in higher education at Dalhousie, SMU, MSVU and NSCAD. The other one has a graph showing their salaries are and have been for 10 below the rate of inflation 2 cupe 3912 members putting up posters on Quinpool RoadUsing wheatpaste to put up posters along Quinpool RoadAt the Taproom
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
There’s a huge culture of entitlement and lack of accountability in boys and men’s hockey in Canada. That culture doesn’t exist for girls and women who play. They don’t even get the same kind of money! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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After 5 ex-Hockey Canada players not guilty of sexual assault, talk of 'vindication' but also devastation | CBC News
Five former world junior hockey players on Thursday were found not guilty of sexual assault, prompting a wave of reaction — including from the NHL and NHLPA — and a scathing rebuke from defence lawyer...
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“I think it’s a serious breach of professional ethics for any professor to be involved with an organization whose explicit aim is to deport our students.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/documentin...
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The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy
GoFundMe donations, social media posts, and board memberships reveal how a handful of faculty members are backing Zionist doxxing outfits.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Anyone else getting ads for paid plasma? With the guy on disability who donates twice a week. It is bleak as hell.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
We've taken the first part of my multi-part series, "Nova Scotia's Policing Panic," out from behind the paywall for everyone to read for free. This is the wildest story you'll read all week: Nova Scotia's Police Panic, Part 1: ‘A coupla suckers’ www.halifaxexaminer.ca/investigatio...
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Part 1: 'A coupla suckers' - Halifax Examiner
Sidney Rafuse and Gerald Freckleton had a plan: they were going to rob a bank. As they say, that’s where the money is.
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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Over 200 organizations - and growing - have signed the statement by Canadian feminist organizations expressing concern at the elimination of a standalone minister for women and gender equality in Carney’s cabinet. Including one former Status of Women minister. www.criaw-icref.ca/statements/j...
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Joint News Release on Minister of WAGE - CRIAW
Canadian Government Eliminates Minister for Women and Gender Equality Amid United Nations Women’s Rights Summit For Immediate Release New York UNHQ – It is unacceptable that the new Canadian Prime Min...
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Hey Halifax, today is my last day with The Coast. The changes made at TC last week were the impetus I needed to start making planning a reality. It'll take a few weeks to finish getting everything set up, but you can continue to find me on the Grand Parade pod in the interim; maybe in a new ep today
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Custodian union suing Halifax, cleaning company over contract for Alderney Gate Story by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/labour/custo...
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Custodian union suing Halifax, cleaning company over contract for Alderney Gate - Halifax Examiner
SEIU Local 2 alleges new contractor for Alderney Gate is not complying with municipality's living wage policy.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Premier Tim Houston is withdrawing his proposed legislative changes affecting the office of the Attorney General
PREMIER’S OFFICE--Premier Agrees with Auditor General, Will Amend Legislation
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NOTE: The following is a statement from Premier Tim Houston.
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I understand that the original proposed changes to the Auditor General Act came out of a scan that looked to modernize the office by looking at best practices around Canada. This scan identified a variety of practices used across the country. There was never any intention on my part to change the existing Auditor General.

After discussions with the Nova Scotia Auditor General and her team, I am no longer supporting the proposed amendments. This afternoon, I asked the legislature to withdraw them.

Sometimes things become something that they weren’t intended to be, and I believe this is the case with the Auditor General-related amendments.

I have nothing but respect for the Auditor General and look forward to continuing our working relationship. This is why we’ve increased funding for that office in this year’s budget. As always, we remain focused on what is in the best interests of Nova Scotians and believe an open and accountable government is part of that.

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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Attn folks in #hrm #halifax #novascotia ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Contacy Mayor Fillmore, CAO O’Toole & your city councillor to demand that the new janitorial contractor hire the current Alderney Gate janitors at a liveable wage, adopt the existing union contract & delay the new contract at least 1 month for review.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
12 Janitors at Alderney Gate are about to lose their jobs because the #HRM decided to go with a cheaper non-union contractor. Emergency rally taking place at Halifax city hall, tomorrow at 6:00pm. HRM needs to do the right thing and make sure these workers’ jobs and contract are upheld! #halifax
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Dismantling democracy: this is not business as usual www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
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Dismantling democracy: this is not business as usual - Halifax Examiner
Taking the approach that this is business as usual makes it much easier to eventually accept full-blown authoritarianism as inevitable
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I and my NDP colleagues wrote an urgent letter to Prime Minister Trudeau urging him to urgently respond to the threats made by Donald Trump against the people of Gaza. Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their cohort represent the greatest threat to Canada and to humanity that we have seen in decades.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
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Power Grab: Tim Houston is dismantling democracy in the birthplace of responsible government - Halifax Examiner
This is not about one election or another. Governments come and go, left, right, and centre. But never before have previous governments, even super-majority governments, made such radical changes in t...
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Stoo Metz 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @stoometz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The Bloomfield Site is now sadly a burnt out husk. Developer Alex Halef, president of the BANC Group of Companies bought the site in 2020 and is now less than a year from meeting the conditions included in that purchase. #Halifax #HaliSky
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This was predicted. It could be terrible. www.reddit.com/r/halifax/co...
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From the halifax community on Reddit: Abandoned building on fire, Agricola St
Explore this post and more from the halifax community
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
so here we are. I wrote this when RFK Jr's presidential campaign was being laughed off by the self-styled serious people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Beware: we ignore Robert F Kennedy Jr’s candidacy at our peril | Naomi Klein
Given the strengths that Kennedy possesses as a candidate, we should expect him to continue to build momentum. Ignoring him is not an option
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
"Cease and desist letter says shelters violate municipal code" Sounds familiar, remember Mutual Aid Halifax www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Toronto orders creator of tiny mobile homes for unhoused people to stop | CBC News
The City of Toronto has sent a cease and desist letter to a man who’s built several tiny mobile homes to give temporary shelter to those experiencing homelessness, ordering him to have them removed fr...
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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Is the #NovaScotia government really not going to invite @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social to the stakeholder lock-up? Is our analysis really that threatening? Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.
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a black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' .
Alt: a black and white photo of a woman Lucille Ball standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' .
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 15/02/2025
Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now
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Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre, who has famously spent his 21-year political career vociferously attacking any person or political entity which opposed him, has vowed to "any day now" begin training that s...
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Cleary: “if anyone believes that we’re actually prioritizing people who walk, bicycle or take transit, just cast your mind back a couple weeks ago to the Windsor Street Exchange.” www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
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Councillor Purdy asks city about integrating the Integrated Mobility Plan
Everything you need to know about Halifax Regional Council’s Feb 11 meeting.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Flag day is REALLY a thing in 2025!
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The uptick of people interested in buying (exclusively, even!) Canadian products is fascinating to me. Ever since hearing about Nike & sweatshops in the 90s I’ve cared about the ethics of our purchases, the workers who make them, and how resistant some folks were/are to facing those realities.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Saint Valentine’s patronages include (but are not limited to): engaged couples happy marriages love beekeepers against fainting epilepsy plague So if you’re “not a fan” of celebrating the day, maybe reconsider the full range of possibilities available to you!
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Jews say NO to ethnic cleansing. I'm one of 350 rabbis who signed a full-page ad in today's NYT. Palestinians have been expelled from their homes and their land for nearly 80 years. Time to make it stop. #Gaza Join us at saynotoethniccleansing.org www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Théo @amloiandy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"Likewise Poilievere is also using this moment to advocate for the removal of 'interprovincial trade barriers,' this is simply code for deregulating trucking – which would simply accelerate the race to the bottom for workers. Nationalism is being used as a cover to attack workplace standards."
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Meanwhile at the Quinpool superstore
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/02/2025
I suppose it sorta makes sense that early humans traded off fur coats and physical strength for big brains that allowed us to create clothes and tools and now we’re apparently trading off those big brains for the ability to use hallucinatory auto-complete to write reports for us.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour @nlfl.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
NLFL President Jessica McCormick is taking part in the Canada-US Economic Summit today. Jessica is advocating for workers in NL, emphasizing the need for a strong, coordinated approach to the tariff threat and future economic development—one that puts workers at the center.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Oh yes I am indeed ugly crying while reading this and happy to be doing so. @sarahljaffe.bsky.social
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Tony Tracy @tonytracy.ca · 01/02/2025
Such a great couple of nights of Spring Magazine (@SpringMagCA.bsky.social) meetings and talks in Halifax / Kjipuktuk this week! Thanks to all for coming out and joining us for excellent political discussion and debate. For more on the Spring Socialist Network: SpringMag.ca #canlab #1u #NSpoli
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Almost forgot about that guy!
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Tessa Pekeles @tpekeles.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I am deeply saddened by all the pedestrians killed or injured by cars in Halifax lately. We need to continue to move away from being such a car-centric city.
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is a direct result of city staff inaction on road safety.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 01/02/2025
For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
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40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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CUPE 3912 @cupe3912.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Spring’s Halifax chapter meeting – Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the age of Trump. - January 31 at 7:00 pm @springmagca.bsky.social springmag.ca/event/halifa...
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Halifax Spring meeting – Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the age of Trump
Join Spring's Halifax chapter on Friday, January 31 at 7pm for our talk and discussion, "Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the age of Trump." Trump’s re-election represents a huge challenge for ...
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Poilievre while speaking at an Auschwitz memorial went on an anti immigrant rant calling for mass deportations.
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If you’re in Halifax, come to this meeting on Friday where we’ll be discussing the challenge of Trump’s re-election, implications for us locally, and what we can do to organize to stop Poilievre ahead of our next federal election! Details here: springmag.ca/event/halifa...
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Halifax Spring meeting – Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the age of Trump
Join Spring's Halifax chapter on Friday, January 31 at 7pm for our talk and discussion, "Global Crisis, Global Rage: Politics in the age of Trump." Trump’s re-election represents a huge challenge for ...
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Good read, and a welcome bit of clarity for how we should think about and act in this political moment: springmag.ca/lessons-from... @springmagca.bsky.social
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Lessons from Trump’s win that could help us stop Poilievre
It’s already two weeks since Trump’s decisive election win, but the battle of interpretation is still raging. Why did more than 76 million people vote for Trump, who won both the popular vote and the ...
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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Good to see more wind, because the trendline on Nova Scotia greening the grid is not fast enough
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Disaster Capitalism 101 comes to Nova Scotia www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
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Disaster Capitalism 101 comes to Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner
Donald Trump is Disaster Capitalism personified. He is a chaos agent, creating so much confusion and disorder that the powerful can bulldoze through an exploitive agenda for their own profit. And here...
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Suzanne MacNeil @esooze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I went to my first in-person choir practice yesterday after dealing with COVID. I could only do about an hour or so, as a reminder to myself that singing is a highly physical activity and it’ll take some time and work to re-condition the muscles involved.
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Jesús Matsuki ✍️🎤🎭🎧 @matsuki.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Make (being an) Antifascist Great Again
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Ruairi Dubh @ruairidubh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
✨Courage : is made in Palestine ✨🇯🇴
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