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Matthew Brett

@mattbrett84.bsky.social
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Political Communications Officer for national labour union. Posts social, labour, and climate justice movements in Canada and Québec. (Français aussi. Based in Tiohtià:ke, Montréal.)

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 11/02/2026
Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge. Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today styleguide.transjournalists.org
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Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
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David Macdonald @davidmaccdn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My preliminary take on the new stats on federal job job cuts . Which depts and services could be hit hardest? There's plenty more analysis to come @policyalternatives.ca
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Maybe too soon, but Bluesky is starting to feel like Twitter used to feel.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Wow, bravo! #polqc
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"While [Carney] correctly identified the hypocrisy underlying the rules based order, his government has shown little interest in pursuing solutions," writes John Calvert in @policyalternatives.ca. #cdnpoli #canlab
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Carney in Davos: Neoliberalism in a nicer suit - CCPA
Carney’s identified the hypocrisy underlying the rules based order, but his government has shown little interest in pursuing solutions
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Wow, congratulations! #cdnpoli
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This is quite the duo. I will speak from personal experience that my understanding of decolonization would not be the same without @leahgazan.bsky.social’s kind mentorship in Winnipeg. Amazing activists I consider dear friends are involved in @avilewis.ca’s campaign. It’s an easy choice for me.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Worth a skim! Useful factbook by @jimbostanford.bsky.social for the ‘Elbows Up Economic Summit’ hosted by @policyalternatives.ca and the Centre for Future Work this past September. #canlab #cdnpoli
policyalternatives.ca
Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy - CCPA
U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine of ‘Manifest...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Good piece in @rabble.ca about enforcing worker safety legislation. "Families of workers killed on the job deserve so much better," as @canadianlabour.bsky.social says. #canlab #cdnpoli
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Impressive work by @emmaarkell.bsky.social for @pressprogress.ca, going sector by sector (transport, post-secondary, etc.) to show who could strike in 2026. #canlab #cdnpoli
pressprogress.ca
Who Could Strike in 2026?
An overview of the biggest collective agreements set to expire this year
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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Human's are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. 83% of wild mammals have already been pushed past the brink. If nature goes, its taking us with it. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #natureneedshalf #biodiversity
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 27/08/2025
Canada’s privacy commissioner says citizens have a right to have some information removed from search engines. In another example of US tech companies flouting rules in other countries, Google is refusing to comply. There should be serious consequences when companies do this.
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Google refusing to comply with privacy commissioner's 'right to be forgotten' decision | CBC News
Canada's privacy commissioner says individuals have the right to have some information de-listed from search engine results but Google is refusing to comply.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Quatre syndicats de l'Université McGill affirment que l'établissement porte atteinte à la liberté d'expression en menaçant de suspendre le financement d'une organisation étudiante en raison de son soutien à un groupe propalestinien. #manifencours #polqc #polmtl ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
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McGill critiquée de réprimer les voix propalestiniennes sur le campus
Des syndicats de McGill affirment que l'Université recourt à l'intimidation et aux menaces pour limiter les activités propalestiniennes sur le campus.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
@cupescfp.bsky.social "said that before, during and after flights, flight attendants are required to perform 'hours of unpaid mandatory' duties, including safety checks, boarding, deplaning and assisting passengers with special needs. #canlab #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1132949...
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Air Canada flight attendants prepare for ‘day of action’ at major airports - National | Globalnews.ca
CUPE says it is looking to raise awareness about what it calls “poverty wages” and unpaid labour when working on a plane when it’s not in the air.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Wild Pride describes itself online as “a radical, anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anticorporate, and uncompromising Pride.” #cdnpoli #mtlfierte #canlab www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Pride Parade takes place amid controversy in Montreal
Thousands of people are expected to gather in the streets of Montreal on Sunday afternoon for the traditional Montreal Pride Parade, which will bring more than a week of festivities to a close.
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350 Canada @350canada.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📣 Join us on August 14 to hear from union leaders, migrant justice organizers, and Indigenous land defenders on why we’re uniting on Sept 20th to Draw the Line: For People. For Peace. For the Planet. RSVP now: act.350.org/signup/dtl-c... #DrawTheLine @migrantrightsca.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
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Draw the Line: Mass Organizing Call
Join us on August 14th to hear from a powerful cross-movement panel about the interconnectedness of our struggles and why we must unite on September 20th to Draw the Line.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Wow!
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵) Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
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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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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"Around 45 per cent, or the equivalent of 24, 421 full-time jobs could be lost from the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau." News piece on research by @davidmaccdn.bsky.social from @policyalternatives.ca. #canlab #cdnpoli
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Ottawa and Gatineau will 'bear the brunt' of public service cuts: report
A new analysis finds the government could cut the equivalent of more than 24,000 full-time jobs in the National Capital Region.
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
police in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, have been involved in the deaths of 17 people since 2017 it's a region of fewer than 15,000 people www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'It's got to stop': Family of men killed by Nunavik police calling on Quebec for reforms | CBC News
The families of two men killed by Nunavik police are calling for Quebec's premier to meet with them and are demanding several changes to the police service, including disarming local officers.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"Federal unions claim Prime Minister Mark Carney is breaking a campaign promise with proposed spending cuts." #canlab #cdnpoli
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Unions prepare to fight spending cuts proposals
Federal unions claim Prime Minister Mark Carney is breaking a campaign promise with proposed spending cuts. CTV’s Austin Lee reports.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Highly recommend this @broadbent.bsky.social podcast in conversation with @angella.bsky.social about Carney's cuts and how to challenge them. (Some comments below 🧵) Listen here: perspectivesjournal.ca/carneys-cuts/ #canlab #cdnpoli
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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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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
L’humanité sur le point de dire adieu à un avenir climatique sécuritaire. Dans ce contexte, des scientifiques soulignent que l’ajout de projets pétroliers et gaziers (exploitation et/ou transport) ne fera qu’aggraver la situation. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...
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L’humanité sur le point de dire adieu à un avenir climatique sécuritaire
L’ajout d’infrastructures d’énergies fossiles rendra impossible le respect de l’Accord de Paris, selon des experts.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Weird to cheer for #Oilers while the prairies burn.
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Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East @cjpme.org · 04/06/2025
CJPME has written to Minister Fraser about reports that the RCMP has launched a war crimes investigation. We have been advocating for this and cautiously welcome it, but are concerned about the lack of details. Canada must hold perpetrators of genocide to account. www.cjpme.org/2025_06_04_m...
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Letter to Minister Fraser Re: War Crimes Investigation
Montreal, June 4, 2025 – CJPME has sent a letter to Justice Minister Sean Fraser urging clarification about the RCMP’s possible war crimes investigation into Israeli military actions in Gaza.
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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Once again this year I am going to maintain a thread – on Twitter and this year also on Bluesky – tracking victories won by social movements and other grassroots formations fighting for justice and liberation. This is the start of the thread for 2025. #MovementWins2025
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“Statements and vague threats are not enough. Israel must be treated like apartheid South Africa,” writes @whosestreets.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
policyalternatives.ca
Joint letters won’t stop a genocide. An arms embargo and sanctions on Israel could. - CCPA
It seems like possibly, maybe, the countries of the world could be finally willing to consider putting some real pressure on Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza. In a joint statement with the United K...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Dredging to maximize oil shipments, UBC ocean pollution researcher and Tsleil-Waututh Nation concerned about environmental impact. #cdnpoli #bcpoli
cbc.ca
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to maximize oil shipments is underway | CBC News
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to increase oil tanker loading capacity from 80 per cent to 100 per cent is officially underway despite environmental and First Nation concerns.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
“Creating a Major Federal Project Office is one of the few concrete plans in the May 27 Throne Speech, alongside the pledge the office would reduce the time needed to approve projects from five years to two.” #cdnpoli
hilltimes.com
Nation-building or 'bulldozing' consent: pledge for Major Federal Project Office prompts questions
Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on 'nation-building' projects from five years to two, while still consulting with Indi...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Bravo @profsavage.bsky.social, @stephross.bsky.social. #canlab
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles... « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par @alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
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Le gouvernement Carney ouvert à une expansion de l’exploitation pétrolière en milieu marin
Ottawa appuie la décision d’offrir 85 000 km2 de nouveaux permis d’exploration au large de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Alors que des organisations internationales plaident pour une sortie rapide des énergies fossiles, M. Carney prend de l'ampleur. « Certains permis offerts empiètent toutefois sur une vaste zone de protection de la biodiversité marine ». Par @alexandreshields.bsky.social. #polqc #polcan
ledevoir.com
Le gouvernement Carney ouvert à une expansion de l’exploitation pétrolière en milieu marin
Ottawa appuie la décision d’offrir 85 000 km2 de nouveaux permis d’exploration au large de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Good snapshot of things to come from the Carney Liberals. Spoiler: it's not good. CCPA (@policyalternatives.ca) contributors: @whosestreets.bsky.social, @trishhennessy.ca, @davidmoscrop.com, @hadrianmk.bsky.social @kjscott.bsky.social. #canlab #cdnpoli
policyalternatives.ca
King Charles’ speech from the throne is a harbinger of a rightward shift - CCPA
For the first time since 1977, and the third time ever, the monarch of the British empire appeared before Canada’s parliament to read the speech from the throne to open a parliamentary session.
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The Rover @therovermedia.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Help us build The Rover! Fill out our reader survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Ligue des Noirs du Québec, a civil liberties group, says the new policy lacks enforcement and does little to hold officers accountable without legislative backing. #polmtl
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New Montreal police street check policy praised by city, panned by advocacy groups | CBC News
Montreal police unveiled a new street check policy Monday, and it’s already being praised as progress by the city but criticized by anti-racism advocates for its lack of clear consequences for officer...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Labour disruptions remained a "significant challenge" in 2024, with major stoppages that resulted in 2.3 million "person-days lost," @confboardofcanada.bsky.social. For 1st time in 3 years, wages outpaced inflation. Almost as if labour action works. #cdnpoli #canlab www.newswire.ca/news-release...
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Canadian Union Wage Growth Outpaces Inflation
/CNW/ - For the first time in three years, average wage increases in major Canadian settlements outpaced inflation, according to The Conference Board of...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
"...the prime minister and his ministers are having wide-ranging and constructive discussions with their American counterparts," said a statement from Carney's office. "These discussions naturally include strengthening NORAD and related initiatives such as the Golden Dome." #cdnpoli
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Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says | CBC News
Donald Trump says Canada has asked to join the missile-defence program his administration is building, adding a new chapter to a long-running cross-border saga.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"Artificial Intelligence is being held up as a panacea for our public service," writes @simonenoch.bsky.social for @policyalternatives.ca. "It may further undermine Canadians’ trust in government." #canlab #cdnpoli
policyalternatives.ca
Do you trust AI to deliver your EI? - CCPA
This week Prime Minister Mark Carney announced MP Evan Solomon as Canada’s first “minister for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation.” There is no doubt that the prime minister is keen o...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Important piece about consequences of changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. #polqc #canlab
ctvnews.ca
Quebec company set to lose 7 employees to deportation because of new immigration rules
Seven employees at a pollution control equipment company in Laval are at risk of deportation.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"A group of tenants on Montreal's South Shore are accusing their new landlord of pushing them to leave their apartments and they say his behaviour is evidence of a business model that makes money at the expense of low-income, vulnerable people." #polqc
cbc.ca
These Châteauguay, Que., tenants say their landlord is cashing in by pushing them out | CBC News
A group of tenants on Montreal's South Shore are accusing their new landlord of pushing them to leave their apartments and they say his behaviour is evidence of a business model that makes money at th...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Having a minister of AI but not a minister of labour says everything you need to know about the new Carney government's position on workers. #canlab #cdnpli
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Very concerning move by Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe to introduce "bubble zones," prohibiting protest around certain community spaces, including schools, hospitals and places of worship. #ottpoli #cdnpoli #canlab www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
ctvnews.ca
Mayor seeks to implement ‘bubble zone’ bylaw despite concerns over legal challenges
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he will support moving forward with a “bubble bylaw” to restrict demonstrations near certain community spaces, including schools, hospitals and places of worship despi...
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@pressprogress.ca labour reporter @emmaarkell.bsky.social with a good piece setting the stage for Carney's new cabinet and national public sector labour unions. #canlab #cdnpoli pressprogress.ca/public-servi...
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Public Service Unions Question Carney Government’s Plans for ‘AI’ and Hiring Caps on Federal Workforce
PSAC president says Prime Minister needs to ‘actually consult with the unions and the frontline workers who deliver the services’
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Very useful short piece challenging UAW’s support of Trump’s tariffs, explaining America's auto industry shifts, and calling on auto unions to, "target the auto companies, fight for control of the shop floor, and even buck the state." #canlab
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Nationalism, workers' power, and the myth of auto tariffs
Andy Sernatinger critically assesses Shawn Fain and the UAW’s support for Trump’s tariffs.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Congrats to UTFA! #canlab
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Conservative proposal to have a referendum any time a tax increase is proposed is about the silliest thing I've seen this election campaign so far. #canlab #cdnpoli #elxn45
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
#canlab
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Unions representing federal employees are speaking about what they want to see in the next government as Canadians prepare to head to the polls next month. #canlab #cdnpoli
ctvnews.ca
Here is what public sector unions want out of the new federal government
Unions representing federal employees are speaking about what they want to see in the next government as Canadians prepare to head to the polls next month.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Is anyone familiar with Canadian police having similar contacts with data companies that scan social media and alert cops of upcoming protests/political actions? This particular company is an “official partner” of X. #canlab theintercept.com/2025/03/17/l...
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LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool
Police records obtained by The Intercept show Dataminr tracked Gaza-related protests and other constitutionally protected speech.
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Matthew Brett @mattbrett84.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Bravo! Courage.
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