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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈

@holtscat.bsky.social
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Tom Kitten's mom, policy analyst and researcher at National Farmers Union, organic farmer, birdwatcher, fiddle player...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Canada strong", "national interest", "sovereignty", "Orange Scary Bad Man" -- all propaganda to get Canadians to accept the erosion of climate protections, food security, labour rights, Indigenous rights, the public sector, and public ownership. And all working very well indeed.
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everything Carney says he needs private equity to build and finance has been done in the past by government. Instead of taxing wealth to finance these projects he is instead selling our infrastructure to the wealthy. In the end we own nothing while paying more for it.
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The donation will establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology, a new research position at the London, Ont., school focused on understanding how birds move, behave and adapt to changing environmental conditions www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
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Margaret Atwood donates $1M to Western University for avian research chair
The legacy of celebrated Canadian author and bird conservation advocate Graeme Gibson will continue through a $1-million gift to Western University from his longtime partner, acclaimed author Margaret...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 24/09/2026
What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom. By @marclee.bsky.social #cdnpoli #cdnecon @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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The Canadian government's new “mega” corporate tax cut  | CCPA
What you need to know about the Productivity Mega Deduction, the latest measure purportedly designed to induce an investment boom.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
centreforlocalprosperity.ca/canada-cant-... Excellent analysis of the problems with Carney’s national food strategy and a better alternative. #canagri
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Canada Can’t Rebuild the Missing Middle by Funding More of the Same - Centre For Local Prosperity
September 23, 2026: Justin Cantafio, Director of Policy My colleague Andy Horsnell recently argued that urgency isn’t a strategy. He was writing about Canada’s current push to attract investment durin...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No one could have foreseen this.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Liberal plan for regions of na... www.cbc.ca/player/play/... Avi is correct. Carney’s power grab is extremely dangerous. He is creating democracy-free zones under corporate control as described by Quinn Slobodian in Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy.
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Liberal plan for regions of national interest would create 'sacrifice zones': NDP leader
NDP Leader Avi Lewis said the latest Liberal major projects bill would mean that an entire region's environmental and labour regulations could be suspended through 'the opinion of a minister.' He said...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/09/2026
This crisis moment is a chance to reimagine what kind of Canada we want to build – and Canadians are ready to build big things together.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NDP Leader Avi Lewis says Carney’s government is “flooding the zone.” “We are in a crisis moment. We’re under economic attack from the United States and we need a crisis response,” Lewis said. 1/2
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"We reject the idea that workers’ bargaining power is somehow contrary to the national interest. The national interest is good jobs. It is jobs that are safe, secure and well paid... Collective bargaining is what delivers those things." Here here. #BillC39 canadianlabour.ca/government-l...
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Government legislation undermines the right to strike | Canadian Labour Congress
Labour welcomes progress on some issues, seeks amendment to the bill OTTAWA – Bea Bruske, the President of the Canadian Labour Congress, has issued the following statement: “We’ve had a first look at ...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026
The profit-taking for Wall St and Bay St begins immediately! Billable hours already piling up as big banks will skim millions off the sale itself. The rich making bank off the public: welcome to privatization, folks. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Morgan Stanley, CIBC Win Mandate for Sale of Canada Airport Concessions
The Canadian government has hired Morgan Stanley and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to advise on selling the operating rights to the country’s four largest airports, according to people with knowl...
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... How to create a viable, just and sustainable agriculture sector that builds food sovereignty
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Alternative federal budget 2026-27: Agriculture | CCPA
A budget that makes Canada stronger by committing to solidarity and dignity for all
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gotta say, I couldn't agree more with Lewis on this. This message is needed now more than ever.
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NDP's Avi Lewis says Carney is selling Canadian assets to 'the captains of Wall Street' | CBC Radio
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his Investment Summit in Toronto will help diversify the economy, but NDP Leader Avi Lewis says it will only make Canada more beholden to wealthy American corporations.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Carney is engaged in distaster capitalism. He is selling Canada off and gutting the public sector. He is far, far worse than Harper. His MPs are complicit. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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NDP's Avi Lewis says Carney is selling Canadian assets to 'the captains of Wall Street' | CBC Radio
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his Investment Summit in Toronto will help diversify the economy, but NDP Leader Avi Lewis says it will only make Canada more beholden to wealthy American corporations.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well look at that. Brookfield and our pensions. www.cppinvestments.com/newsroom/cpp...
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🔫Scott Martin🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 15/09/2026
When Australia privatized their airports, their Competition Bureau found that consumers paid $1.6 billion in extra fees.
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Lack of airport regulation costs consumers up to $1.6b in fees: ACCC
Airlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 15/09/2026
Airport privatization is coming to Canada. Senior Economist @davidmaccdn.bsky.social shows why it's a bad deal for Canadians. @policyalternatives.ca #cdnecon #canlab www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Air travel in Canada is about to get more expensive | CCPA
The impacts of airport privatization on travellers and workers
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Asset recycling is just another scheme driven by bankers and governments desperate to hide past failures of neoliberal privatization policy. There are cheaper and better alternatives and it is time we started using them." cpress.org/post/asset-r...
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Asset Recycling: privatization by complex means | Graham Cox
History Asset Recycling is a new phrase describing corporatization, marketization and privatization of government assets. Asset Recycling includes or is known as: Partial privatization Monetizing publ...
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Privatizing airports is one of the stupidest moves ever.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today, expect our banker-in-chief to put Canadian public goods on the auction block for privatization by foreign capital behind closed doors away from public view. shrlnk.ca/s/2nA0eXco
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Mark Carney’s investment summit could pave the way to a corporate carve-up of Canada ⋆ The Breach
Bay Street has been on a full court press for the government to privatize Canada’s public infrastructure. The Prime Minister might be ready to do it
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pay attention #Alberta!
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Birds Alan H says today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ABCD, any bird name beginning with any of these letters. Here is an Avocet at an alkalai slough in Saskatchewan
Black and white shorebird wading with reflection in still blue water.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Yet another horrible tragedy caused by US white supremacists and the ICE paramilitary force. Canada must end the "safe 3rd country" rule and allow refugees from the USA in, and all other countries need to stop pretending USA has a legitimate government.
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Haitian student dies by suicide after ICE issued him an ankle monitor
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, of Springfield, Ohio, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#bloomscrolling
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No comment...
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Canadians see this horrible destruction of meaningful public places (+ Kennedy Centre, East Wing, National Parks) along with ICE abuses, etc. Resisting US takeover is about much more than tariffs. Trump destroys to dishonor what is good and beautiful, as a sick display of power. Nothing is sacred.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Kawacatoose First Nation celeb... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Powerful and beautiful
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Kawacatoose First Nation celebrates return of teepee cover stolen over a century ago in emotional ceremony | CBC News
It was an emotional afternoon at Kawacatoose First Nation Friday. After a century-long absence, a stolen teepee cover has now been returned to its rightful owners.
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Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 28/08/2026
The same Mark Carney bragging about recruiting a few dozen academics from abroad is "hollowing out public science" at a scale not seen since the Harper administration. See @e4dca.bsky.social evidencefordemocracy.ca/canada-is-cu...
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Canada is cutting public science. The risks will not be invisible forever. - Evidence For Democracy
Since Prime Minister Mark Carney was sworn in on March 14, 2025, the federal government has launched a major spending […]
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Solution would be to take more in potash royalties but the Sask Party govt won't be doing that: BHP’s Jansen mine could cost Saskatchewan $84 million in potash royalties, economist says financialpost.com/business/bhp...
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BHP’s Jansen mine could cost Saskatchewan $84 million in potash royalties, economist says
The massive new mine could add such volume to global supply as to ‘drag down prices,’ report says
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 24/08/2026
Canada was right to walk about from a bogus deal; it’s time to build more internal economic strength. By @marclee.bsky.social and Stuart Trew. @policyalternatives.ca @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #CanadaUSTradeWar #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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After the failed trade deal with the U.S., what comes next? | CCPA
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For goodness' sake, please please please read this great piece by Cory Doctorow that explains better than I do the best way to fight back against Trump. pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/e...
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Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“it is a mistake to believe that the economy depends on the #USMCA. It is best described as [an] intra-company trade agreement for about 500 companies—many of them US subsidiaries—making up 80% Mexico’s commerce.” www.mxpe.org/p/against-us...
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Against the USMCA
Is Mexico begging to sign up to a bad trade agreement?
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
John Kerry's reasons for rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline proposal in 2015. Still true in 2026.
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Same attitudes as a year ago. The public wanted elbows up, the government went passive. A year later we’re in the same position. leger360.com/in-the-news-...
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No More Concessions: Canadians Want a Tougher Approach to U.S. Trade Talks
Learn about the key issues in Canada-U.S. trade negotiations and their significance for future economic relations.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Where do Canada-U.S. trade neg... www.cbc.ca/news/politic... All USA has to do is threaten and Canada (Carney) gives up significant, strategic real-world control over our economy. Even dog trainers know giving in to bad behavior signals that it works. Export tariff what US wants THEN negotiate.
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Where do Canada-U.S. trade negotiations stand? Here's a sector-by-sector breakdown | CBC News
Canada is continuing to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S. that will allow it to both avoid U.S. President Donald Trump's crippling tariff threat — set to come into effect on Wednesday — and get som...
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Sunset on the Prairies about a week ago. This is near Goose Lake. You can see the silver sliver right below the horizon.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Tiny, beautiful species are go... www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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When we bring back forests and wetlands, some tinier species may be missing | CBC News
A regrown forest can look tall, lush and green. Restored wetlands can buzz with insects and flutter with birds. But scientists looking more closely are finding that some of their smallest inhabitants ...
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What are we doing? "In an urgent and unprecedented plea, five former chairs of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are sounding the alarm about a Carney government proposal that would allow the “wilful extinction” of species across the country." thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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Scientists Warn Carney’s Changes Will Bring ‘Wilful Extinction’ | The Tyee
Proposed amendments to make building ports and pipelines easier could destroy entire species.
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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Just checked, there are 36,203 signatures. Dump this American jerk eh. Probably more by the time you read this. Petition is open until 28.Nov 2026. It's here: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC News
A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You aren’t immune to propaganda. None of us are. That reality is clearer than ever when you look at how Canadians are responding to Carney’s fossil fuel agenda. Based on my analysis of the news releases his office has released since Canada Day, fear and urgency seems to be the goal:
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sask. horse gets 2nd chance at... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Here’s a nice story about a horse, good people, community, kindness and strength.
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This horse got a second chance at life after he was trapped in a frozen creek near Cochin, Sask. | CBC News
Frosty the horse was rescued from a frozen Lehman Creek, near the resort village of Cochin. He came out alive, but with major injuries. Now, after long months of treatments and recovery, Frosty is thr...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
OMFG
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Billions in taxpayers’ dollars are available to backstop a new bitumen pipeline to the west coast or dubious carbon capture technologies The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) reported that about half of their members working at a national centre for disaster response were fired in January."
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Canada built its nuclear indus... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Why build a renewable energy system when you can waste billions on the most expensive nuclear system while compromising sovereignty and creating dangerous, unmanageable waste that could be made into bombs?
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Canada built its nuclear industry on self-reliance. Its new reactors will depend on foreign fuel | CBC News
Canada built its nuclear industry around Candu reactors supplied by a made-in-Canada supply chain. Ontario is building, and other provinces are considering, SMRs that require foreign uranium enrichmen...
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Canada has posted the text of the Ecuador FTA. #ISDS watchers will want to see the sleight of hand efforts to try and get around a Constitutional Court veto in Ecuador. www.international.gc.ca/trade-commer...
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Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
Eliminating trade barriers and creating new opportunities for businesses in Canada and Ecuador.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 23/07/2026
Understanding the latest Trump trade war play by @marclee.bsky.social: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Canada getting the “art of the deal” treatment with new U.S. tariffs | CCPA
Understanding the latest Trump trade war play
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Oliver Jones, Montreal-born ja... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Oliver Jones, Montreal-born jazz pianist, Canadian music icon, has died | CBC News
Oliver Jones, the Montreal-born legendary jazz musician who performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival every year from 1981 to 1999, has died at the age of 91.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23/07/2026
“AI is, above all else, a weapon of class war from above. Whether it’s the state that wields it or corporations does little to change that fact.” — @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer
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The Socialist Case Against Nationalizing AI
AI is not a neutral technology whose benefits need to be redistributed. It is a weapon of class war from above, designed to cheapen labor and concentrate power. Nationalizing it does nothing to change...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/07/2026
Major and concerning development from the chaos of the AI arms race. 🧵 Last week, an AI company called Hugging Face was subject to a completely new kind of cyberattack. For the first time, an AI agent has executed an autonomous attack on another system. www.axios.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Hugging Face breach: OpenAI claims its models were responsible
OpenAI says its agents acted autonomously to exploit vulnerabilities.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Premier Wab Kinew after meeting with the other Canadian Premiers on Prince Edward Island today #Canada
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