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Jen Hassum

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Executive Director @broadbent.bsky.social Former publisher @pressprogress.ca Fait du bien jour après jour. she/elle 🍞🌹

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Rumneek Johal @rumneeek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Contrary to popular belief, though we may be going through a tough time, a restructuring, and a little bit of a financial ~storm~ @pressprogress.ca is not dying. We have a lot of fight left in us, and a desire to keep building something good.
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is my last working week as the labour reporter at PressProgress. I received notice a little over a week ago that the labour reporter position is being terminated and I’m being laid off.
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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In recent years, a growing number of journalists and media organizations in Alberta, as well as digital media creators, civil society groups, academics, activists and political actors, have been subjected to legal threats and lawsuits over their reporting and commentary on issues of public interest.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 27/07/2026
Federal Government Steps in to Stop Controversial Billy Bishop Expansion After Overwhelming Opposition from Toronto Residents The province’s plans were one of many unilateral changes made by the Ford government within the city. pressprogress.ca/federal-gove...
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Federal Government Steps in to Stop Controversial Billy Bishop Expansion After Overwhelming Opposition from Toronto Residents
The province’s plans were one of many unilateral changes made by the Ford government within the city.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 24/02/2026
Some Grocery Items Have Increased Dramatically In Price Since Last Year. “This is Unprecedented Inflation,” Experts Say. Rising costs are contributing to food insecurity and tougher choices for Canadians. pressprogress.ca/some-grocery...
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Some Grocery Items Have Increased Dramatically In Price Since Last Year. “This is Unprecedented Inflation,” Experts Say.
Rising costs are contributing to food insecurity and tougher choices for Canadians.
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The @broadbent.bsky.social Progress Summit is one week away. The theme of 'Defending Democracy Across Borders' is so important to us as Canadians, and we will hear from speakers who are leading the fight for freedom and equality around the world and right here at home.
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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 04/12/2025
Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...
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Liberals Fear Closing Arms Export Loophole Would Anger U.S.
A leaked briefing document gives the full picture behind the government’s talking points.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
While campaigning on progressive values, Mark Carney's early policy choices—like ordering striking unions back to work and conceding to the US Trump administration—contradict this image. Read more from @hassum.bsky.social and @lukelebrun.ca : broadbentinstitute.ca/defend-services-hassum-lebrun/
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Defending Workers Rights, Public Services, and Canadian Democracy - Broadbent Institute
Jen Hassum and Luke LeBrun call to defend workers rights and defend Canadian democracy against Trump’s aggression.
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
What can Canadian politicians learn from Zohran Mamdani’s successful New York City mayoral campaign, which energized progressives and young people? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asked @broadbent.bsky.social executive director @hassum.bsky.social youtu.be/PgmF-tta5tk?...
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Is Zohran Mamdani's Campaign a Blueprint for Success? | The Runsown
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"Instead of implementing the biggest service reductions in recent Canadian history, this budget should seek to implement measures that raise revenue." Read @hassum.bsky.social's official submission to the dept. of finance: broadbentinstitute.ca/research/202...
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Top section on a light blue background features a quote in black text with bolded phrases:
“Instead of implementing the biggest service reductions in recent Canadian history, this budget should seek to implement measures that raise revenue […] tax measures that would help to maintain public services, increase Canada’s economic productivity, aid in creating good-paying union jobs, and fight this economic war against the US Trump administration.”

Bottom section shows a photo of Canadian flags in front of a glass office building. White bold text reads:
“Submission to the Department of Finance on Fair Tax Measures and Proposed Public Service Workforce Adjustments.”
Additional text: “August 28, 2025” and a button-style label: “Empowering Workers.”
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Cheryl Armistead 🇨🇦 @cherylarmistead.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian: ricochet.media/labour/the-a...
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22/08/2025
the CBC was founded as a bulwark against US cultural imperialism, to ensure we had canadian news and canadian culture. there should be a renewed emphasis on that mandate, particularly to stop reporting so much on what happens in the US for eyeballs and ad dollars.
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I'm on today's The Big Story podcast @thebigstory.bsky.social talking about what went down in the Air Canada flight attendant's strike and how the events of this week could change the landscape for labour in the years to come ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/l...
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Labour disruptions and defiant unions: breaking down the impacts of the Air Canada strike
Podcast Episode · The Big Story · 2025-08-22 · 23m
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ANZAC @anzac69.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
ricochet.media/labour/the-a... What an excellent article! "...how could our government claim to be fighting for democracy abroad while denying it to us at home?" That's a question we should be asking in the UK in my opinion. Erosion of our freedom to assemble etc Palestine action for instance.
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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ecowen @ecowen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Canada will need powerful trade unions if we are to have any hope of staying strong & free as we face threats to truth, to peace & to equality for all, from both allies & enemies. The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian: ricochet.media/labour/the-a...
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 22/08/2025
If Mark Carney had told voters he planned to drop retaliatory tariffs in order to stay in Trump’s good books (as he just did today), Carney simply would not be prime minister right now This is another incredible flip-flop from a guy who appropriated “Elbows Up” as his campaign slogan
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"If our leaders will not remember that history, workers will. The flight attendants have reminded us of a truth as old as Canada’s wartime strikes: when the system refuses fairness, defiance is democracy."
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Rosella Melanson @rosellam.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
«The true lesson of our history is that Canada thrived when we extended democracy beyond Parliament and into the workplace, when we treated unions not as threats but as essential partners, and when we recognized working-class Canadians as builders of national prosperity»
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Chris Tihor @ironiciconic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
'The larger irony is that Carney campaigned on being the steady hand. His “Elbows Up” slogan promised Canadians agency, unity, and stability. He cast the present as a “generational challenge” on par with the fall of the Berlin Wall.' I'm disappointed in Mark Carney & the Liberals, but not surprised
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Roberta Lexier @robertalexier.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Yes!
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cageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
the Air Canada flight attendants' strike is a perfect example of "Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's right" Section 107 is a *bad* law. It's bad & wrong & the federal Liberals cannot call themselves "pro-worker" as long as it stays on the books
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
peep my photo from the flight attendants' YVR picket line in this op ed by @hassum.bsky.social 📣
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian. Great history lesson here from @hassum.bsky.social: ricochet.media/labour/the-a...
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"The flight attendants have reminded us of a truth as old as Canada’s wartime strikes: when the system refuses fairness, defiance is democracy." Read the latest from @hassum.bsky.social in @ricochetmedia.bsky.social : ricochet.media/labour/the-a...
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“The consequences of Carney’s choice are far-reaching. Despite the Prime Minister’s public statement, we are not returning to a familiar balance. We may be entering a new and unstable era. 

If our government reverts to the era of Mitchell Hepburn or William Lyon Mackenzie King, when our governments stood with employers, Canadian workers will also return to that era. Strikes will become more chaotic, less predictable, and increasingly extra-legal. The 1940s are not as distant as we like to think.”

Photo of striking workers on the picket line, overlaid with the Ricochet logo.
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Ethan Cox @ethancox.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Excellent piece on why the Air Canada strike took Carney by surprise, and why labour dissent is in our DNA by Jen Hassum from @broadbent.bsky.social. Really worth reading to understand the significance of this week’s labour victory.
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Just Ms.Rawr @justmzrawr.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Necessary reading, and good reminder of the power of people. More, please - inconvenience is the point. #cdnpoli
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Canadian history is ever more important, it shows us how defiance protected democracy and why Section 107 needs to go. My op-ed: t.co/k98YurLv0D
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https://ricochet.media/labour/the-air-canada-flight-attendant-strike-was-illegal-it-was-also-profoundly-canadian/
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
By ordering Air Canada workers back on the job, Ottawa is borrowing from Doug Ford’s playbook. Back-to-work laws violate Charter rights & undermine collective bargaining, @hassum.bsky.social writes. 🔗 perspectivesjournal.ca/undermining-collective-bargaining-rights-hurts-ontarios-economy/
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian. As Jen ‪Hassum explains in a new column, Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience. Read it here: ricochet.media/labour/the-a... #AirCanada #cdnpoli @hassum.bsky.social
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"If our leaders will not remember that history, workers will. The flight attendants have reminded us of a truth as old as Canada’s wartime strikes: when the system refuses fairness, defiance is democracy," writes @hassum.bsky.social ricochet.media/labour/the-a... #cdnpoli #canlab
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The Air Canada flight attendant strike was illegal. It was also profoundly Canadian
Canada’s democracy depends on defiance, not obedience
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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
So far, Canada has refused to join with other G20 countries and crack down on tax havens. Listen to Jared Walker (from @c4tf.bsky.social) on how Canadian corporations have been abusing these havens for decades, and how it's hurting every day Canadians. perspectivesjournal.ca/canadas-tax-...
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Canada's Tax Haven Dilemma with Jared Walker | Perspectives Journal
Jared Walker argues that the revenues generated from tackling Canada's tax haven problem means Carney's Cuts to public services are an unnecessary choice.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Broadbent Institute's @hassum.bsky.social during the first working session of the 2025 Panamerican Congress on strategies for equality among people's with progressive legislators from across the Americas.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Calls for public grocers are gaining traction in North America—but where did the idea come from? Nick Pearce makes the case for social democratic "zones" in Issue no. 3 of Perspectives Journal: perspectivesjournal.ca/zoning-out-f...
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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I had a good chat with Clem from @broadbent.bsky.social about the ideology behind Carney’s approach to public sector cuts (Reaganomics remixed) and what we should do about it: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/
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Carney's Cuts with Angella MacEwen | Perspectives Journal
Angella MacEwen explains what is at stake with Carney’s chosen course of “cuts, cuts, and more cuts.”
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
To any leftist reading this from the silent generation, or mentored by them: thank you. The lessons you are passing along are essential. And if you aren't passing along lessons, find a young organizer, talk to them.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 11/07/2025
Amazon workers in Delta have won the battle to unionize after the BC Labour Relations Board found the company committed “serious” offences to try and block an organizing drive. #bclab
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Amazon Workers Win a Union as Company’s Tactics Slammed | The Tyee
BC’s labour board grants automatic certification because of an unfair anti-union campaign. Amazon plans to fight.
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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Mark Carney's government is cutting taxes, public services, and regulations quickly and quietly. You should be concerned. socialeconomics.substack.com/p/cuts-cuts-...
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Cuts, Cuts, and more cuts
Carney is taking the opportunity of Trump to cut taxes, the federal public service, and "red tape".
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 11/07/2025
UPDATE: This morning, Bauder's lawyers were called to court after the Crown expressed "concerns" that Bauder may not attend his trial "There have been a number of posts by this individual on social media that he is seeking asylum in the USA," the Crown said The Judge adjourned the matter to Aug. 8
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 04/07/2025
When Metrolinx hooked up with European rail experts, the result was a "slow-motion train wreck." The Trillium's @jackhauen.bsky.social breaks down why we (well, Ontario) can't have nice things.
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When Metrolinx Hooked Up with European Rail Experts, the Result Was a “Slow-motion Train Wreck”
The Trillium's Jack Hauen explains how Metrolinx gave up its dream of a world-class rail network, opting instead to build the
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Caroline Brouillette @carobrouillette.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
what @toddntucker.com said.
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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What if your grocery store prioritized 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 over 💰? @vassb.bsky.social explains how municipally owned grocery stores could offer real choice—not just between 12 brands of cereal, but between profit and public good. Read more in Perspectives Journal: perspectivesjournal.ca/municipal-grocery-stores/
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A New Kind of Corner Store | Perspectives Journal
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Honest question... are the people who sacrificed their vote and voted strategically happy with their choice?
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me @camoflage.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Fell Four It Again Awourd
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
What an indictment of the Ford government that schools don't have air conditioning, full-time guidance councillors or nurses, but he wants to spend untold millions on cops with guns. Ya. Okay.👌
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Jen Hassum @hassum.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Canadian liberalism at peak co-optation and conformity. The elite ‘resistance’ folded the day after the election. I do see regular Canadians continuing to mount a resistance against war, against charter rights being taken away and against foreign corporate or political power.
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Last week, DHL Express Canada locked out workers and started bringing in scabs, just days before federal anti-scab legislation comes into effect. Now, DHL is asking the government for an exemption from the law. I spoke to workers on the picket line in Richmond, BC for @pressprogress.ca
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 18/06/2025
ICYMI - @katearonoff.bsky.social on the tools that the federal government has its disposal to align private and public interests. Cites some of my earlier work on the Defense Production Act. "It Would Be So Funny If Trump Nationalized ​Elon Musk’s Companies." newrepublic.com/article/1962...
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It Would Be So Funny If Trump Nationalized ​Elon Musk’s Companies
The president has​ a powerful wild card for sticking it to Musk​. Wouldn’t it be great if he used it?
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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 18/06/2025
Press progress is great! I happily support them and highly recommend you do too.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 18/06/2025
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