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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 05/10/2026
“These for-profit facilities offering MRI and surgical services take in much more funding from the province than they pay out in value to #Ontarians,” says @alonghurst.bsky.social. “And [this does not] lead to shorter diagnostic and surgical wait times...” www.thesudburystar.com/news/private...
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Private facilities sucking up money and increasing wait times: Report
At the same time, two MRI machines at Health Sciences North are not being fully used
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bending Spoons marks the *global* private-equity translation of the old Internet's remnants into ugly capital: AOL, Airtable, Vimeo, WeTransfer, Meetup, Streamyard, Remini, and now Evernote. They read @doctorow.pluralistic.net and decided to be the late stage of enshittification coming for us all.
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 30/09/2026
Amazon is ramping up its program to give delivery drivers smart glasses. The device captures still images constantly from the moment the driver leaves his van and walks to your door, potentially thousands per shift. You can’t opt out www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Amazon Drivers’ Smart Glasses Are Going to Be an Image Problem
Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending them back to the company to be analyzed by humans and fed into an ...
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 04/10/2026
There’s more than just Quebec’s future riding on this provincial election, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Justin Ling: There’s more than just Quebec’s future riding on this provincial election
Polls suggest Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and his Parti Québécois are going to win. Will Canada lose?
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵
Side-by-side comparison of a landscape on the Toronto waterfront. In one scene, an island is covered in trees reflected in a still channel of water. The other image of the same place shows a barren stretch land with a pile of rubble in the centre.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 03/10/2026
“When you’ve spent $4.1 billion over eight years (on private health care) and wait times are going up, we’ve got a serious problem,” @alonghurst.bsky.social said. #onpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.theobserver.ca/news/funding...
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Funding private health care in Ontario costs more and leads to longer waits
Amid belt-tightening at Sarnia's hospital, and others in Ontario, provincial investment in for-profit clinics has been on the rise.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Funding private health care in Ontario costs more and leads to longer waits Amid belt-tightening at Sarnia's hospital, and others in Ontario, provincial investment in for-profit clinics has been on the rise #onpoli www.theobserver.ca/news/local-n...
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Funding private health care in Ontario costs more and leads to longer waits
Amid belt-tightening at Sarnia's hospital, and others in Ontario, provincial investment in for-profit clinics has been on the rise.
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Inside Halton @insidehalton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ontario MRI, cancer surgery, and cataract wait times all rose from 2017–2025, despite $280M spent licensing private health clinics, a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found.
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Ontario spent $280M on private health clinics but wait times got worse says new study
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CTV News Northern Ontario @ctvnorthernontario.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ontario's outsourcing of some medical treatments to private clinics has not reduced wait times. For example, MRI waits rose from 35 days in 2017 to 47 days in 2025. The provincial health minister's office calls the report "misguided."
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Ontario private clinics haven't cut wait times: report
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ontario's outsourcing of some medical treatments to private clinics has not reduced wait times. For example, MRI waits rose from 35 days in 2017 to 47 days in 2025. The provincial health minister's office calls the report "misguided."
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The National Post attack on NDP Leader Avi Lewis crosses the line into threat. They invoke the same religious code words used by extremists who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin. It is unacceptable to use religious intimidation to shut down debate on Gaza. charlieangus.substack.com/p/national-p...
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NATIONAL POST CROSSES LINE ON THREAT AGAINST LEWIS
A recent editorial on NDP leader Avi Lewis crossed the line into an extremist hate threat. It needs to be called out.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hospital cuts: -Hamilton HS: 413 positions, 143 nurses -Ottawa Hospital: 400 positions, 200 nurses -London Health Sciences: 212 nurses -Queensway Carleton: 160 positions -Sunnybrook: 100 nurses -Quinte Health: 59 positions -Bruyere Health: 55 positions -St. Joe's Hamilton: 24 positions #OnPoli
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: New report shows how patients are waiting longer for surgery in Ontario. @alonghurst.bsky.social #onpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 29/09/2026
Global News interviewed @alonghurst.bsky.social about how the #Ontario government is aggressively privatizing surgeries and medical imaging—core hospital services—as wait times increase. #onpoli @policyalternatives.ca globalnews.ca/video/120763...
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Study finds outsourcing medical procedures isn’t reducing wait times | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Study finds outsourcing medical procedures isn’t reducing wait times Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 29/09/2026
“It’s deeply alarming that so much money has been spent on for-profit surgeries and, yet, we don’t have the results to show what Ontarians are getting for those dollars,” said report author @alonghurst.bsky.social #onpoli @policyalternatives.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, study says | CBC News
Wait times for most of the province’s publicly funded priority surgeries and procedures have increased between 2017 and 2025, according to a study released Monday.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Local health minister says wait times for wealthy people way down since her government started focussing on bringing down wait times for wealthy people.
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Wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, study says | CBC News
Wait times for most of the province’s publicly funded priority surgeries and procedures have increased between 2017 and 2025, according to a study released Monday.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AutoZone has reportedly spent $210,696 on managers and lawyers fighting the first union drive in company history involving 11 workers. That's more than $19,000 per worker. The company made $2.5B last year. Apparently the company has plenty of money. Just not for raises.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"If Ottawa expands its authority to end lawful strikes whenever they significantly affect the economy, it will not “modernize” labour relations as the government has suggested; it will tilt the system further in favour of corporations at the expense of workers."
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Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes
Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
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Brock Labour Studies @brocklabour.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If Ottawa expands its authority to end strikes whenever they significantly affect the economy, it will not “modernize” labour relations. It will tilt the system further in favour of corporations, at workers’ expense. — @profsavage.bsky.social theconversation.com/canadas-prop... #cdnpoli #canlab
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Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes
Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”
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Larry Savage @profsavage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Make no mistake about it, the Carney government's labour reforms neuter the right to strike. A right that’s suspended when it becomes effective isn’t much of a right at all. www.thestar.com/business/uni... #canlab #cdnpoli
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Unions hammer Carney government’s revamp of labour rules: ‘This bill neuters the right to strike’
Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but im...
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NDP @ndp.ca · 19/09/2026
A strike is by definition a labour disruption. Liberals are going after the right to strike.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 19/09/2026
The feds will roll out the “special mediator” and then say it’s not them doing the dirty work. This bill will be an attack on the fundamental right to strike and bargain collectively. Don’t trust Hajdu.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 18/09/2026
A privatized airport would need to examine both airport fees and flight-related costs to maximize revenue for shareholders, said @davidmaccdn.bsky.social Airport fees include “everything that you’re going to pay as an individual going to the airport.” www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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What could airport privatization mean for travellers in Canada?
Privatized airports abroad have seen fewer cancellations and more international routes, but critics question whether those results can be replicated in Canada
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Adam Taves @ataves.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voilà, Canada's national library catalogue, has flipped to Lake America. Things move fast in networked systems. canada.on.worldcat.org/search?query...
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Local man reminds Ontarians to buy Canadian moments before he heads over to American Staples to renew his Ontario drivers licence.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s the Billionaires v The People.
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Luc Turgeon @lturgeon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
People in Ottawa keep electing mayors that make the same promise every election and they keep getting the same results: crumbling infrastructures, declining services, increasing fees that hit low-income residents the most. There is a cost to tax phobia.
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Mark Sutcliffe promises 2.5% tax hike ceiling for 2 years, mayoral rivals hold off on firm numbers | CBC News
As Ottawa's incumbent mayor promises to set an upper limit on property tax hikes for 2027 and 2028, challenger Neil Saravanamuttoo says voters shouldn't believe him.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Online betting online is 45 X likelier to result in problem gambling iGaming delivers the hits teen brains crave. So why the silence, Education Minister Calandra? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @thestar.com
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Iris Gorfinkel: Teen sports betting is skyrocketing. Why won’t the Ford government act?
Compared to lotteries, online wagering was 45 times more likely to result in problem gambling. Each lost wager raises desperation levels, trapping teens in a vicious cycle of chasing losses.
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 16/09/2026
What will airport privatization mean for Canadians? "Canada's currently non-profit airports will become for-profit, gouging travellers by increasing fees and making travel in Canada more expensive," says @davidmaccdn.bsky.social. #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/video/120612...
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PM seeking to privatize Canada’s four largest airports | Watch News Videos Online
Watch PM seeking to privatize Canada’s four largest airports Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 15/09/2026
Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026
This isn't a secret, and Amazon's come in for a lot of flack over it. But Amazon's "solution" is to add *more* penalties for peeing. Drivers who return to the depot with urine-filled bottles in their vans are punished as severely as they would be if they stopped to find a toilet.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
As gas jumps another ten cents/litre due to craziness on the other side of the planet with zero connection to Canada, this is my regular reminder that the cost of producing that gas hasn’t changed one cent. More on why we pay so much for our own petroleum: centreforfuturework.ca/2026/05/17/a...
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A Sequel We Don’t Want: What the 2026 Oil Price Shock Will Cost Canadians. - Centre for Future Work
The war in the Persian Gulf has caused the biggest disruption in oil supply in world history, and is driving up costs and inflation around the world – including in Canada. New research from the Centre for Future Work, published through the False Profits project, shows how damaging this latest oil shock will be for affordability and inflation in Canada. It also proposes policies to protect consumers and workers.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Ford essentially moved $60 million straight from schools into the pockets of a private equity fund." springmag.ca/doug-ford-is... #onpoli
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Doug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers - Spring
Many of Ontario’s teachers started the school year underfunded, with no contract, and potentially with no supplies. We must continue to support educators and education workers in Ontario, as their fig...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Neither Trump nor his wife are in attendance at this year’s ceremony, notwithstanding the AP photo editor’s bullshit.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 11/09/2026
So to summarize: One of the largest private corporations in Canada that’s been found guilty of fixing prices, is using drones to pollute the night sky, to promote the use of an AI chatbot to disclose sensitive personal information, and is part of the privatization of the Ontario health care system.
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Davide Mastracci @davide.readthemaple.com · 09/09/2026
NEW: Do you live in Canada? Are you impacted by pro-landlord policies? Want to know if your MP is a landlord or invested in real estate in some way? I’ve released the 2026 version of my landlord MP database. Find out if your MP is a landlord now! www.readthemaple.com/mp-landlords/
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Find Out If Your MP Is A Landlord Or Invested In Real Estate
The Maple examined and analyzed MPs’ disclosure forms and compiled the results.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
This is something we can all feel. We experience it in our daily lives, through "shrinkflation" and "junk fees" and a million other gross and petty scams. But it's rare that we actually catch executives explicitly admitting that their job is to find ways to take you hostage and squeeze you.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
As a famous NBER working paper showed, when a family business is handed over to a professional manager with an MBA, the company doesn't become more profitable overall; it just finds ways to pay its workers less: www.nber.org/system/files...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
All of this is entirely compatible with the theory of enshittification. Once a company knows its customers can't leave, it can switch from treating them well to abusing them in order to extract money from them.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
Once again, the study finds that the sectors with the most lock-in also see declining wages in addition to declining jobs.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
What's more, once a company has its customers locked in, it starts to capture a larger share of *all the profits* in its *entire sector*: these hostage-takers become *so* profitable that their profits dwarf the profits of their competitors.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
That's the first half of the story: an empirical account of how the business world switched from "acquiring customers" to *taking hostages*. But the second half of the paper is even more interesting: an empirical investigation into the *effects* of this customer lock-in.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
Put another way: Sirius believes that its profits come in part from the fact that dissatisfied customers can't figure out how to cancel their service.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
Click to Cancel is a response to increasingly sleazy, increasingly pervasive tactics that make it all but impossible to stop being someone's customer. Trump's FTC walked away from defending the rule, which let the court kill it: pluralistic.net/2025/05/12/g...
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Pluralistic: Trump can’t do ANYTHING for his base (12 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
The article recounts how Sirius XM's execs celebrated the news that an appeals court had struck down the FTC's "Click to Cancel" rule, which required companies to make it as easy to resign from a subscription service as it was to sign up for it.
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