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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈

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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 17h
Adding insult to injury. The Liberals have a majority on all Committees, already allowing them to ram bills through Committee stage. Setting up a special Committee for an omnibus bill to fast track it is contempt of Parliament. Shameful and dangerous.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 20h
Corrupt to the core.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 21h
It keeps growing bigger. Govts are falling all over themselves to push this through in Saskatchewan without any environmental assessments or guardrails www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Bell Canada plans to purchase 895 acres to expand AI data centre outside Regina | CBC News
Land owners who stand to profit from the sale include former reeve and current deputy reeve of the RM of Sherwood.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 20h
Goldy Hyder??!
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bill C-12 is being challenged in the courts. Lawyers allege it violates Canada's legal obligations under both domestic and international law. .. Crépeau disagrees: "Removing a full hearing … is a violation of the conditions set by the Singh decision."' www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Immigration minister appears unaware of court ruling that guarantees Charter rights for refugees | CBC News
Refugee rights advocates say they are shocked to hear that the federal immigration minister appeared in an interview with Radio-Canada to be unfamiliar with the landmark Supreme Court decision widely ...
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On the Nobel Peace Prize 🏆
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wouldn't want democratic accountability to get in the way of spending public money on weapons, would we?
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who made money off this destruction?
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
The National Post has suggested violence is the way “to deal” with the NDP leader for his outspoken criticism of Israel
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Deliberately destroying the land endangered species need to survive AND virtually guaranteeing a massive oil spill when the next earthquake liquefies the ground beneath the terminal is premeditated ecocide.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great initiative! What would a Canadian version of this type of model law look like?
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Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The mock law calls for govs. to give greater protection, such as a police escort, to whistleblowers, witnesses and experts in criminal cases of ecocide. It also proposes harsher penalties for crimes committed against them." 👏
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He is a strongman, daddy version.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Wisconsin Farmers Union is organizing dairy farmers in support of getting Supply Management for American farmers. www.dairytogether.com
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Dairy Together
Dairy Together is a movement to rebuild a viable dairy economy for family farmers and rural communities. All are welcome.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Insanity. When the SaskParty was trying to get support for SMRs they touted all the spin-off contracts that would be available. Blatant appeal to corruption. The high $$ cost is a plus: more public money to reward friends. Yet we who pay get no say. Future generations get only the mess and harms.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nationalize Stelco before they move out the equipment.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What happened in 1990? Sharp uptick happened, why?
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Steep Hill Food Co-op in Saskatoon is very similar and has been going since 1978! steephillfood.ca
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Steep Hill, Saskatoon’s non-profit co-operative local and organic food store.
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The "Clean Prosperity Institute" supports big nuclear for SK even though it would be used to power more heavy oil extraction. Huh?
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
cleangreensask.ca/2024/06/26/n... SaskPower says it will put SMRs near Estevan but the long term availability of cooling water there is questionable. There are so many downsides to SMRs it would be foolish to sink $billions into building any in SK.
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Nuclear Reactors in Saskatchewan? – Clean Green Saskatchewan
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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 · 24/09/2026
www.nfu.ca/government-t...
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Government Turns its Back on Committee Report to Save Agricultural Research Centres | National Farmers Union
Sept. 22nd, 2026, Ottawa – The Agriculture Union and the National Farmers Union are deeply dismayed by the federal government’s lack of action on a unanimous committee report…
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Defunding education is working for the right-wingers.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Privatize airports which are federally regulated workplaces then gut the applicable labour laws. Coincidence? I don't think so!
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Of course they do! Let's see the technical report.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You're right - aluminum is the most abundant metal. The deposit is alumina, which is not bauxite, and it can be refined into aluminum, however with a huge an open pit mine (on current farmland) and the low ore concentration means a lot of tailings and energy to mine and process it. Not a slam dunk.
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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Unclear whether this is an economically viable deposit for a mine. Aluminum is the most abundant element on Earth, and the alumina in this find is spread over 600 km2. It implies open pit mining over a huge area, massive tailings and enormous energy requirements. I think it is hype.
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The big private investors will be in charge of airlines' access to the airports, employ airport workers, etc. This isn't about Tim Hortons franchises. They are interested in investing to make money - by cutting costs (labour and safety) and raising prices (fees, rent, tolls). Not pretty.
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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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We the actual human beings who live and work in Canada are paying for this with the taxes we pay and the higher costs and fees these investors will charge us to use public infrastructure. Carney just gave the "investors" a mega tax break so they don't have to pay their fair share.
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @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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Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The accompanying "mega" tax write-off for investors in our public assets means we who must pay our taxes are further subsidizing the wealthiest companies in the world and their shareholders. Adding insult to injury.
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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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