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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The federal government should work with the TRCA and Toronto to takeover the existing OSC as a National Science Museum.
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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 07/09/2026
Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm. I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.
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Petition e-7712 - Petitions
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Protecting Canada isn’t just about trade with the US. Reverse the austerity measures that are gutting Canada’s federal agencies and programs right when we need them most.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Coyne really nails the big problem with the bike lane decision in this article. The challenge wasn’t about whether MPPs can repeal legislation (which didn’t happen here), but whether the government is responsible and can be enjoined for the foreseeable effects of tangible physical actions it takes.
Quote from article: “No one is saying "bicycle lanes exist in law now, therefore they must always exist." The law in question did not merely repeal a municipal power, or withdraw a benefit. It ordered specific alterations to specific streets. That is a new act of government, separate and explicit, and as such subject to Charter scrutiny. How the bike lanes got there - whether by a previous law, a benevolent private donor, or act of God - is irrelevant. All that matters in law is that they are the status quo, which the government proposes to change.”
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026
Fundamentally, Piketty argues that the cheapest way to stop people from building a guillotine on your lawn is to build hospitals and schools; this is cheaper than paying for guards and prisons to lock up would-be guillotine builders. 43/
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026
The market's most lavish rewards do not go to its most productive participants, but rather, to those participants who have the good fortune to emerge from the luckiest of orifices. 17/
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23/07/2026
MARK CARNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union
The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This Premier used midnight sittings to ram through legislation so he could shutter the Legislature for most of the year to avoid questioning by Opposition MPPs. Then he decided Ontarians should pay the hotel bills, because his government’s raison d’être is enriching his friends at public expense.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pedestrians & cyclists without auto insurance who are injured by hit & run or uninsured drivers used to be protected by the Motor Vehcile Accident Claims Fund. Thanks to Doug Ford's cuts to insurance, key coverages for hit & run victims are gone. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Some people injured in hit and runs have benefits slashed under new Ontario insurance regime
An Ontario provincial government fund that pays insurance claims to people including those who were injured and killed hit and runs has scaled back the compensation it pays out to be in line with rece...
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Some MPPs should be going to jail over this.
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Anna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Cyril Connolly (quintessential mid-century critic and editor): 'Fascism is the first process by which the cynical few exploit the idealism of the many, by violence and propaganda through the use of a dictator. Its aim is to maintain the status of the rich by using the poor to fight battles... ‪
Cyril Connolly
FASCISM IS THE FIRST PROCESS by which the cynical few exploit the idealism of the many, by violence and propaganda through the use of a dictator.
Its aim is to maintain the status of the rich by using the poor to fight battles. This cannot be done until the whole nation is rendered both warlike and servile. Those who will not make soldiers are not required; those who are not required are eliminated. What we can learn from Spain is the order and extent of that elimination before the stultifying of the human race can proceed. Intellectuals come first, almost before women and children. It is impossible therefore to remain an intellectual and admire Fascism, for that is to admire the intellect's destruction, nor can one remain careless and indifferent. To ignore the present is to condone the future.
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 15/07/2026
Billionaires are burning the forests Doug Ford turned the skies yellow Mark Carney is ensuring this continues Vote @ndp.ca if you hate this #cdnpoli #onpoli
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yipeng ge 葛义朋 @yipengge.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A dear medical colleague and friend working in Gaza currently sent this photo to me. Canada is sending fortified biscuits into Gaza, but also still sending weapons to Israel to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Don’t be fooled by Canada’s “humanitarian alibi”.
Package of fortified biscuits with World Food Programme and “in partnership with Canada” branding.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"Private-public" partnership. The public will pay the full load. The oil giants get all the profit. We paid $34 billion for TMX pipeline. The companies balked at having to pay their share through the toll rates so the public has been subsidizing 50 cents on the barrel. #astheplanetburns
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kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My neighbor told me a cat keeps eating his british prime minister so I asked how many PMs he has and he said he just goes to the commons and gets a new PM afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding PMs to a cat and then his daughter started crying.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is why Cdns will be late to understanding who Carney actually is based on the many downright harmful policy decisions he's made (see pesticides.) Carney is telegenic, charming, & likeable. Physical attractiveness stereotype, halo effect & positive affective presence paper over a lot. #CdnPoli
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TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
‘Protect Ontario’ ads cost one ministry nearly $10M last year: records
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‘Protect Ontario’ ads cost one ministry nearly $10M last year: records
Ontario taxpayers were on the hook for millions last year to watch the provincial government promote its own initiatives
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My wife said “I am so tired of this, it is so corrupt and wasteful and stupid.” Is there nothing that can be done to stop Doug Ford from wasting all our money on blatant political ads?
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Mark Carney’s austerity and anti-regulatory actions are both harming Canadians now, and teeing up future elections for far-right populists.
pluralistic.net
Pluralistic: Carneyism without Carney (30 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Is the Canadian PM threatening to assassinate the US President?
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
In which Wab Kinew sees right through Smith’s BS and provides real time fact-checking:
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is what runs through my head every time someone says to get rid of rent control so the market can be more efficient, or is quiet about the need for federal & provincial governments to directly build housing while they’re loud about the (real) need to revisit development regulations.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 15/05/2026
1/ This announcement marks the Carney government’s official surrender to the oil and gas lobby.
 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney, Smith reach energy agreement that could see pipeline construction start in 2027 | CBC News
The federal and Alberta governments have advanced a climate and energy agreement that could see construction on an oil pipeline to the West Coast start as early as September 2027.
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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.ca · 01/05/2026
Doug Ford: How do we make health care more inequitable and poorer people even sicker? OHIP: oh, oh, oh, I know! #OHIP #Ontario #HealthCare
As of April 1, 2026, Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) has clarified that prescription renewals completed without an appointment are considered an uninsured service and are not covered under OHIP.

Beginning June 1, 2026, a fee of $26 will apply to prescription renewal requests made without an appointment, including requests sent by your pharmacy.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
M’aidez! M’aidez!
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/04/2026
The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 27/04/2026
Canadas Strong Fund 🇨🇦
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I could have sworn we voted against a Conservative government, but somehow we’re stuck with Stephen Harper redux.
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Scar about to send Mufasa to his death says "And this is why we need a ballroom"
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I wonder what this circa-1980 Ontario Commission had to say about the public’s right to access information about government decision-making?
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PUBLIC GOVERNMENT FOR PRIVATE PEOPLE - THE REPORT OF THE ONTARIO COMMISSION ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY/1980: VOL.1, THE REPORT. : Ontario. Commission on Freedom of Information an...
D.C. Williams, chair.
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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Carney government (now a majority) cut $5 BILLION from public transit. From public transit! While expanding fossil fuels and militarism in a climate crisis! #cdnpoli
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Lisa Be Good 🇨🇦 @goodie246.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Write to your federal MP, especially if he or she is a Liberal. Write to steven.mackinnon@parl.gc.ca. Demand an environmental assessment and a case study for “whisper jets.”Most of all, stand up for the city of Toronto.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Drop something from the ‘80s.
A still from Die Hard, showing Hans Gruber dropping to his death from atop Nakatomi Plaza
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This message paid for by the residents of Ontario
youtu.be
The Gravy Plane — A Song for Doug Ford
YouTube video by Alex Huot AI
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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Doug Ford gov't has passed its 2026 budget bill, which officially removes Ontario's right to know. How he governs, why decisions get made—we'll never know. The same bill consolidates conservation authorities. That's your democracy & your drinking water being impacted #onpoli
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Why did Canadians say they want to join the EU? Because this is more in line with our values than Carney’s plans to build more pipelines, cut environmental protection laws and give tax breaks to oil & gas.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Local man tells post-secondary students money doesn't grow on trees and then picks private jet from private jet tree.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A lot of Canucks feel pride at a Canadian astronaut on a moon mission. The Carney government is milking this opportunity to associate itself with those good feelings while cutting nearly a third of all funding for Canada's space agency. www.canada.ca/en/treasury-...
Two identical pictures of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The first has text: "Shares feel good zoom call with Canadian astronaut as public relations exercise." The second has different text: "Cut's funding for Canadian Space Agency by 32.6%"
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Ford & Flack’s handpicked Chair for Niagara Region was forced to resign 3 weeks ago when it was revealed he’s a collector of nazi memorabilia. And now they want to appoint all regional chairs? No thank you.
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Amid fury over heavy-handed amalgamation demand, embattled Niagara Chair resigns over Hitler book
Amid fury over heavy-handed amalgamation demand, embattled Niagara Chair resigns over Hitler book.
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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Kathleen Wynne, a Premier who worked everyday to make this place better for everyone, has some thoughts about the guy who replaced her with his lies and bad faith. Great job Trillium for staying on the case and putting this where every one can see it. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/opin...
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OPINION: When you're premier, FOI requests are part of the job
If you put your name on a ballot, scrutiny by the public is fair game, writes former premier Kathleen Wynne
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Which party did Canadians vote for again?
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Yet another round of reducing HST and lowering DCs is not a transformational change. It’s a time-limited stacking up firewood with the expectation that a fire will light itself.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Avi Lewis is Jewish and was standing alongside MP Leah Gazan (daughter of a Dutch Holocaust survivor) yet because they're all anti-Zionist the pro Israel lobby attacks are coming in day 1
@CIJAinfo
In response to the election of Avi Lewis as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Rachel Chertkoff, Senior Vice President, Community Engagement, and Richard Marceau Senior Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives and General Counsel, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, issued the following statement:

“Today, the New Democratic Party elected Avi Lewis as its leader. We are left with a deep sense of sadness.

“Rachel’s uncle ran for a provincial arm of the NDP in 1963. He believed, as so many Canadian Jews of his generation did, that the democratic left was a natural home for a community that had faced persecution. It is hard to imagine that he would recognize the party today.

"The two of us, along with other concerned Jewish and allied activists, have spent years at the table with NDP leaders, staff, and members. We engaged in good faith and made the case that protecting Jewish Canadians from hatred is not partisan, but foundational. The hope we had that these leaders could bring themselves back from the brink is now exhausted.

“This weekend’s convention was a stark reminder of how far the party has drifted from its roots as the voice of Canada’s working class and trade union movement. Canadian Jews helped build that movement. Today, many are made to feel they no longer belong in it.
At a time when antisemitism has reached a crisis, the NDP has become a hostile place for the vast majority of Jewish Canadians who want to fight for progressive values. 94 per centof Jewish Canadians support the existence of the State of Israel yet have been pushed out.
“Avi Lewis is himself Jewish, and we respect his family’s history in this party. But Jewish identity is not a shield against accountability. When a leader declares that Zionism is inseparable from ethnic cleansing, he is not engaging in legitimate policy critique. He is telling Jewish Canadians that a core part of their identity is illegitimate. That is exclusion.
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OSSTF/FEESO @osstf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Real cuts to education. That’s what this budget delivers, with K-12 funding down 3.6% in real terms. And 1.9% in post-secondary. Our schools cannot keep doing more with less. Full analysis from @policyalternatives.ca : bit.ly/4rXq8vy #OSSTF #OntEd #OnPoli #ONBudget2026
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Imbroglior @dkfoster.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A confluence of events--stricter immigration, cuts to the civil service and the use of AI--that, fortunately, have no real world consequences. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Canada rejected her permanent residence application. Her job duties were made up — by Immigration’s AI reviewer
Immigration Department decision, which openly said it used Generative AI, cites job duties of applicant that bear no relation to her actual tasks.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
On one hand, this is a welcome change. On the other hand, Doug Ford is the man who repealed Ontario’s previous anti-scalping law right after he originally came into office, and then ignored complaints for a decade as Ticketmaster fleeced Ontarians.
toronto.citynews.ca
Ontario moves to ban above‑face‑value ticket resales
The government says the changes are designed to curb the influence of professional resellers who use bots and bulk‑buying tactics.
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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Is he a worse premier than Mike Harris?
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TheTrillium.ca @thetrillium.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
TDSB supervisor’s decision to enlarge some special ed classes causing ‘absolute chaos,’ teachers say
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TDSB supervisor’s decision to enlarge some special ed classes causing ‘absolute chaos,’ teachers say
A TDSB superintendent has said having larger diagnostic kindergarten classes increases access for students, but some teachers say it’s making classrooms less safe
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