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Communications firm working with experts including Nobel Laureates, academics and politicians to publish evidence-based commentaries on critical policy issues. www.quoimedia.com

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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI, recent news release from @naturecanada.bsky.social In Bill C-39, the federal government has stepped back from the abyss on endangered species, but it remains far too close to the edge #cdnpoli #majorprojects #BillC39 #environment #nature
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RELEASE: In Bill C-39, the federal government has stepped back from the abyss on endangered species, but it remains far too close to the edge - Nature Canada
Mark Carney has spared Canadians the worst elements of Dominic LeBlanc’s reckless plans to sell-out our country’s natural heritage. Parliamentarians must finish the work of amending and redeeming C-39...
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A second film, Human II Forever (www.teuntoebes.com/human-foreve...), will be released Autumn 2026. To learn more or pre-order Toebes' new book, click the link below. human-forever.com
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Documentary - Human Forever
Award-winning documentary about dementia care. Golden Calf winner seen by 80,000+ in cinemas. Distributed in 30 countries. Human II Forever coming 2026.
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Toebes champions a view of dementia that focuses on humanity and quality of life, and sees dementia as a societal issue rather than a care problem. He created a documentary film to share his message with the world, Human Forever and has written two books.
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Human Forever The Film
Teun explores in Human Forever how dementia is dealt with in countries and what we can learn to make the future more beautiful and inclusive.
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TREC Research: Association of long-term care organizational context, facilitation, and their interactions with resident pain: a cross-sectional study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ltc #longtermcare #nursinghomes #aging #pain #careaides
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
As A.I. capabilities accelerate, the technologist is shocked by the “complete lack of engagement” with the question of how to manage its risks.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Centretown mural #Ottawa #Canada
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This story is crazy and demonstrates how Canadian editors need to be extra cautious in the age of AI and disinformation: www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus... #cdnpoli
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Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A vulnerability or difference can be immediately weaponized against your authority, thrown in your face as to why you are not up to the job. And when it comes to vulnerability, sharing that you live with a #chroniccondition is about as vulnerable as it gets, says CEO @diabetescanada.bsky.social
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How to lead as a woman living with a chronic condition
I’ve been on a balancing, high-wire act: how to be transparent, open and at times vulnerable about my chronic condition
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3,680 wildfire stories in Canadian media. Only 170 mentioned climate change.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What a debate. Must-listen podcast, not for those prone to anxiety. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #BillGates #EzraKlein #AI
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A child’s #diabetes shouldn’t keep them out of the classroom – but it happens in #Saskatchewan Read our client op-ed in Post Media, from Karen McPherson, a former Alberta MLA and the Manager of Government Affairs for Western Canada at @diabetescanada.bsky.social #cdnpoli #kidshealth #medicare
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Opinion: A child’s diabetes shouldn’t keep them out of the classroom – but it happens in Saskatchewan
It can be difficult for an adult to constantly balance insulin, diet and activity, let alone a young child.
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New TREC Research: Clinical, social, and home-level factors associated with the quality of life of residents living with dementia in #Canadian #nursinghomes: a cross-sectional, multi-province study Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42001103/ #ltc #longtermcare #aging #olderadults #dementia
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Clinical, social, and home-level factors associated with the quality of life of residents living with dementia in Canadian nursing homes: a cross-sectional, multi-province study - PubMed
BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QoL) is a central priority in dementia care, yet most nursing homes (NHs) in Canada rely on clinical indicators that do not capture the emotional and social dimensions of residents’ well-being. Little is known about how clinical, social, and NH factors jointly shape QoL …
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development Political leaders ignore that at their peril Canadians soundly reject the notion that they must sacrifice conservation protections for economic development. @naturecanada.bsky.social #majorprojects #cdnpoli #environment
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Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to build faster – “Build, baby, build” – helped propel the Liberals to victory, but his government’s
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Read our client essay from Dr. Wendy H. Wong in today's Globe and Mail: The real threat of AI is that we can no longer separate our digital and analogue lives #cdnpoli #AI #Anthropic #OpenAI #AIwarnings www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The real threat of AI is that we can no longer separate our digital and analogue lives
AI tools are just a handful of the countless ways that our lives are already governed by digital platforms and the companies that control them
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More than 80% of Canadians believe governments have a responsibility to prevent species in Canada from going extinct. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Extinction is neither a necessary nor an acceptable cost for development. It is outlandish that the federal government announced billions of dollars in public funds to protect nature, and the next week, it announced plans to let private corporations lay waste to nature." - @maharaj.org
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every Canadian should watch Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent speech to the European Union in full youtu.be/MMKmvyXpHlc?...
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FULL SPEECH: Mark Carney Addresses European Parliament on Global Geopolitical Rupture | AC1B
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why is nature being sold off by Ottawa? Liberal Cabinet Ministers are expected to table legislation with major environmental consequences after a summer of consultation on the proposed “Extinction Papers” -- says @naturecanada.bsky.social Read more: #nature #environment #majorprojects #cdnpoli
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Why is nature being sold off by Ottawa?
Liberal Cabinet Ministers are expected to table legislation with major environmental consequences after a summer of consultation
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While attending IPA2026, TREC researchers had the opportunity to hear from Teun Toebes, a humanitarian innovator from the Netherlands who spent three and a half years living in the dementia unit of a nursing home at the age of 21. Learn more: www.teuntoebes.com @teuntoebes.bsky.social
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Human Forever The Film
Teun explores in Human Forever how dementia is dealt with in countries and what we can learn to make the future more beautiful and inclusive.
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A majority of Canadians say protecting species should take priority even where it may constrain economic development. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Canadians support fully protecting some areas of the ocean even if it limits economic activity. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Akaash Maharaj @maharaj.org · 14/09/2026
But that very fact means that Americans will suffer more from tariffs on their Canadian imports, than Canadians will suffer from tariffs on our US imports. I spoke with @YahooNews.com, about the stark economic reality that lurks behind Trump’s heated political rhetoric. 📰 per.maharaj.org/lev
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Can Canada’s counter-tariffs pressure the U.S.? Here's why experts say leverage cuts both ways
Canada has imposed $27.6 billion in retaliatory tariffs as Carney pushes to reduce U.S. dependence. Experts say Ottawa has leverage, but its economic vulnerability remains.
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Akaash Maharaj @maharaj.org · 14/09/2026
Trump’s pretext for launching his tariff war, is that the US runs a consistent trade imbalance with Canada. Last year, the US imported $48.3 billion more in goods and services from Canada, than Canada imported from the US.
Yahoo News’ Joy Joshi interviews Akaash Maharaj of the Munk School of Global Affairs, about why Americans may lose more in the trade war than Canadians.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From Laura Syron, CEO @diabetescanada.bsky.social Food insecurity is connected to a higher risk of developing diabetes and with poor management of existing diabetes. Research shows food costs can also directly contribute to the onset of type 2 diabetes. #diabetes #foodinsecurity #foodprices
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The hidden costs of a diabetes diagnosis – healthy food options
I didn’t fully appreciate the costs people living with diabetes would be expected to bear out-of-pocket until I experienced it personally.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For Immediate Release: UBCO researchers lay out the case for integrating psychologists into primary health-care settings Stronger integration could improve access to mental-health care, support physicians and save billions #cdnpoli #primarycare #mentalhealth #healthcare #pschologists #psychology
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UBCO researchers lay out the case for integrating psychologists into primary health-care settings - UBC's Okanagan News
As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to host the inaugural […]
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Laura Syron, CEO @diabetescanada.bsky.social "Over the past 10 years I’ve been on a balancing, high-wire act: how to be transparent, open and at times vulnerable about my #chroniccondition while also leading a national #health #charity as a female CEO. It has not been easy." #diabetes #cdnpoli
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How to lead as a woman living with a chronic condition  – The Honest Talk
I live with type 2 diabetes, and I am the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Over the past 10 years I’ve been on a balancing, high-wire act: how to be transparent, open and at times vulnerable abou...
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Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) @trecresearch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
TREC trainee, Brittany DeGraves, was recently interviewed for the University of Alberta's Folio about her animal-assisted therapy project. Read the full interview: www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/202... #longtermcare #LTC #dogtherapy #aging #ageing #seniors #olderadults #pettherapy
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Pet visits bring “a small moment of home” to long-term care, study finds
Nursing PhD candidate Brittany DeGraves is studying the feasibility of making pet visits part of standard care in long-term care homes as a way to support mental health and combat social isolation.
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nature Canada Director of Policy @akaashmaharaj.bsky.social Appointed to the Canadian Environment Domestic Advisory Group If we make this treaty succeed, we will increase prosperity for all Canadians while systematically lifting environmental standards across our country. bit.ly/4AgzzeW
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Nature Canada Director of Policy Appointed to the Canadian Environment Domestic Advisory Group (CEDAG) - Nature Canada
At the invitation of Canada’s Environment Minister, Nature Canada’s Director of Policy, Akaash Maharaj has officially joined the Canadian Environment Domestic Advisory Group (CEDAG).
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Nature Canada @naturecanada.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
About half of Canadians say environmental considerations have a strong influence on their vote in both federal and provincial elections. @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10/09/2026
Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected? By Dean Regier and Bret Nestor. #DigitalHealth #CdnHealth @quoimedia.bsky.social
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Health data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the…
If Canada wants to become a global leader in health AI, it should also become a global leader in demonstrating that "privacy-preserving" AI actually…
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For Immediate Release: REACTION: Nature Canada: Min. LeBlanc Hears Clear Rebuke Of “Extinction Papers” naturecanada.ca/news/stateme... #cdnpoli #nature #majorprojects #extinctionpapers #environment @naturecanada.bsky.social
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REACTION: Nature Canada: Min. LeBlanc Hears Clear Rebuke Of "Extinction Papers" - Nature Canada
The federal government's "What we Heard" consultation report on its proposed Getting Major Project Built policy paper gives hope that this government is listening to Canadians and taking us seriously.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development say Emily McMillan and @maharaj.org of @naturecanada.bsky.social Read our client op-ed in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal... #cdnpoli #nature #majorprojects #environment
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Opinion: Canadians do not want to sacrifice nature for development
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to build faster — “Build, baby, build” — helped propel the Liberals to victory, but his government’s push to fast-track major development projects by cutting enviro...
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
SEVEN PER CENT OF GDP?!! The premiers asked for a bigger health cheque. They forgot to say what it’s for quoimedia.com/the-premiers... #healthcare #doctors #nurses #healthyworkforce #primarycare #cdnpoli
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The premiers asked for a bigger health cheque. They forgot to say what it's for
Canada's premiers spent this week in Charlottetown talking about the economy, internal trade, nation-building projects.
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Akaash Maharaj @maharaj.org · 31/08/2026
Potash could be Canada’s single most devastating countermeasure in the US tariff war. American agriculture is critically dependent on potash to fertilise its fields. Up to 90% comes from Canada; no other country can readily meet that demand.
The National Post’s Ellie Hutchings interviews Akaash Maharaj on the role of potash in the US tariff war against Canada.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Nature Canada – in our submitted response to the government’s proposals – has identified more than a dozen practical reforms that do just that. The government should take them seriously." @naturecanada.bsky.social #cdnpoli #nature #majorprojects #environment
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Canada can build major projects faster without sacrificing nature protections
Wildfires raging in Canada this summer not only underscore the severe threat that climate change poses to the country’s ecosystems
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The hidden costs of a diabetes diagnosis — healthy food options — take a toll says CEO Laura Syron: Read our client oped from @diabetescanada.bsky.social #diabetes #foodcosts #health #healthydiet
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Opinion: The hidden costs of a diabetes diagnosis — healthy food options — take a toll
Addressing food security will improve outcomes for those living with diabetes, and ultimately decrease health-care system costs
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🇨🇦LisaFellarinaAntifa📎 @lisaantifafella.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I told them that in the public comments on the new pipeline. I also emailed the PM and the Liberal Party. We need to all do that - please!
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
How entrepreneurial supports in Canada are stacked against women quoimedia.com/how-entrepre... #cdnpoli #womeninbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #business #Canada #Canadianwomen
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How entrepreneurial supports in Canada are stacked against women
women are starting and running businesses successfully despite operating in an economic environment that is not designed for women.
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Peggy Blair @peggyjblair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Totally agree with this.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The claim is that with #healthdata sharing #Canada can strengthen research, attract investment, usher in #AI abundance and improve patient care. But before we rush to connect more #data, we should ask: Do the approaches described as “privacy preserving” actually preserve privacy?" #cdnpoli
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Health data is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy
government has made health data sharing a cornerstone of Canada's new AI strategy, with promises it will be “privacy preserving."
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICYMI For Immediate Release: New EKOS Poll Shows #Canadians Reject Weakening #Nature Protections for Development Findings suggest governments may be underestimating the political importance Canadians place on protecting #species and #ecosystems @naturecanada.bsky.social #cdnpoli #environment
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New EKOS Poll Shows Canadians Reject Weakening Nature Protections for Development - Nature Canada
The “Credit Check” Before the Loan: Why bypassing environmental reviews won't build major projects faster.
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From Nature Canada: quoimedia.com/new-ekos-pol... #majorprojects #cdnpoli #environment #nature
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From Nature Canada: quoimedia.com/new-ekos-pol... #majorprojects #cdnpoli #environment #nature
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hospital gridlock by design quoimedia.com/gridlock-by-... #cdnpoli #hospitals #medicare #onpoli #BCleg #LTC
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Hospital gridlock by design
magine waking up in a hospital bed and being told by a doctor that you are well enough to leave only to discover you cannot.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 19/08/2026
Opinion: Accountable for what? Measured by whom? This country’s economic strategy must include the health of the workforce, and that requires accountability for how funding is spent. www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/19/a...
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Accountable for what? Measured by whom? - The Hill Times
This country’s economic strategy must include the health of the workforce, and that requires accountability for how funding is spent.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So delighted to see that The Globe and Mail has featured my dear friend Lou Lamontagne and the housing collective she co-created in Montreal. Such a cool model for aging (gifted article) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/043d50c...
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At a Montreal housing collective, women live intentionally and age joyously
The Maison des RebElles is a flourishing chosen family for lesbians and allies
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Notice how they are trying to say #Canada is in #China's pocket here -- or at least, ideologically similar. Ridiculous talking point. But prepare for more disinformation that looks like this #cdnpoli 
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The unnecessary obstacle to Canadian ambition is the reliance on personal guarantee quoimedia.com/the-unnecess... #cdnpoli #entrepreneurship #investment #productivity #Canada #business #Canadianbusinesses
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The unnecessary obstacle to Canadian ambition is the reliance on personal guarantee
When people discuss Canada’s productivity challenges, they usually focus on taxes, regulation, venture capital or culture.
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Gorgeous hand-delivered surprise today. A lovely art print gift from Helen Ries who is a local artist. Thank you, Helen! Her work can be found at www.helenries.ca (of Dumoine River, a major tributary in western Quebec, part of the Ottawa River watershed)
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QUOI Media 🇨🇦 @quoimedia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Six questions fondamentales que le gouvernement fédéral a esquivées dans l’espoir d’accélérer la réalisation de projets d’envergure – la population canadienne mérite des réponses quoimedia.com/six-question... #cdnpoli #canpol #environnement @maharaj.org @naturecanada.bsky.social
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Six questions fondamentales que le gouvernement fédéral a esquivées dans l’espoir d’accélérer la réalisation de projets d’envergure – la population canadienne mérite des réponses
L’investissement historique de 3,8 milliards de dollars dans le secteur de la nature est réduit à néant par les propositions du gouvernement
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