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Journalism to map a just, viable future. Launched May, 2021.
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B.C. cancelled its drug decriminalization pilot, saying it hadn’t “delivered the results” they wanted.

Its results: fewer drug users arrested and traumatized by cops.

@desmondcole.bsky.social explains that when governments cave to moral panic, we lose good policies. breachmedia.ca/decriminaliz...
Decriminalization worked. B.C. killed it anyway ⋆ The Breach
The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test
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February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While Poilievre and his MPs talked up being the “party of Canadian workers,” the Conservative's new top council shows other priorities.

Our analysis shows half the council are recent or active lobbyists for oil & gas, Big Tech, telecoms and pharma giants.
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Pierre Poilievre’s new governing council stacked with corporate lobbyists ⋆ The Breach
Lobbyists and anti-abortion activists on influential body are a contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging
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February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Refugees fleeing war, persecution, and climate disasters now face new fees for prescriptions and essential therapies in Canada.

As a doctor, writes @yipengge.bsky.social these cuts will harm patients and strain our health-care system. breachmedia.ca/as-a-doctor-...
As a doctor, I know cutting health care for refugees hurts us all ⋆ The Breach
Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all
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February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
With ICE agents waging a campaign of terror, @harshawalia.bsky.social puts anti-migrant state violence into a global context.

She lays out what Canadians can do in the short and long term to pressure their government into a more humane immigration policy.
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What Canadians can learn from U.S. resistance to ICE terror ⋆ The Breach
Author and activist Harsha Walia discusses cross-border solidarity in the face of anti-migrant state violence in the U.S.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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NEW: In my first piece for @breachmedia.ca, I go through the Carney government’s militarist policies and how legacy media has been faithfully pushing for more recruits every step of the way. Get ready, because if they had their way, you’ll be 1A tomorrow.
Canada’s elite media wants you to serve in the military ⋆ The Breach
Establishment media is making the case for mandatory service, quietly cultivating public consent for a more heavily-armed society
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January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Mandatory “national service” isn’t about community support—it’s a backdoor to military recruitment, ballooning army budgets, and closer alignment with U.S. war priorities.

@youcaughtscott.com tracks how Canadian media is cheering it on, instead of questioning it. breachmedia.ca/canadian-med...
Canada’s elite media wants you to serve in the military ⋆ The Breach
Establishment media is making the case for mandatory service, quietly cultivating public consent for a more heavily-armed society
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January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Finally, in conjunction with @breachmedia.ca, my article on 'zombie injunctions', the first piece of a broader research project on anti-protest injunctions and the limits of access to justice
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Police could use ‘zombie’ court orders to shut down social movements ⋆ The Breach
Police can reanimate years-old injunctions to threaten activists, casting a chill over protests and free speech
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January 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The NDP leadership race is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the party into an unapologetically left-wing force.

Martin Lukacs argues that Avi Lewis’s campaign is the best chance to do that. breachmedia.ca/the-left-cas...
The left case for joining the NDP—and voting for Avi Lewis ⋆ The Breach
The leadership race is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the party
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January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Canadians say our border agents are nothing like ICE

This low bar ignores our partnership with ICE, and the deaths, deportations, and detentions overseen by the Canada Border Services Agency, or CBSA

Our latest at @breachmedia.ca

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Canada’s border agents don’t deserve a pass
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January 20, 2026 at 3:36 PM
From Palestine protests to Indigenous land defence, police are dusting off old, abandoned court orders—”zombie” injunctions—to threaten or arrest organizers

@irinaceric.bsky.social explains how these legal threats are being used to chill social movements.
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Police are using ‘zombie’ court orders to shut down social movements ⋆ The Breach
Police are reanimating years-old injunctions to threaten activists, casting a chill over protests and free speech
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January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Think that Canada’s border agents, the CBSA, are radically different from ICE?

@desmondcole.bsky.social explains how the Canada Border Security Agency works, often in tandem with ICE, to detain and deport migrants, sometimes with lethal consequences.
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Canada’s border agents don’t deserve a pass
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January 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
@matthewgreen.bsky.social is no longer an NDP MP, but he hasn’t stopped trying to transform the party.

He talks to @desmondcole.bsky.social about a campaign to renew the NDP—and what it will take to pry control from consultants, and put it in the hands of the grassroots.
The NDP is run by a clique—but it should be run like a movement ⋆ The Breach
Former MP Matthew Green talks about what it will take to renew the NDP
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January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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ICYMI - My latest for The Breach. When I first started critiquing the framework of economic reconciliation, I spoke with many Indigenous leaders who agreed with me, but were too scared to speak out due to backlash.
Mark Carney and the premiers are offering ownership stakes to Indigenous communities to make mining and oil projects more attractive.

@janellelapointe.bsky.social explains that it’s just modern-day beads and trinkets to buy off resistance to destructive resource projects.
Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance
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January 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Mark Carney and the premiers are offering ownership stakes to Indigenous communities to make mining and oil projects more attractive.

@janellelapointe.bsky.social explains that it’s just modern-day beads and trinkets to buy off resistance to destructive resource projects.
Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance
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January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
U.S. corporations want New Brunswick’s land. Local communities and Indigenous nations are saying no.

Robin Tress and Jacalyn Den Haan report that they’re organizing to stop American-backed mining, gas, and data centre projects that endanger land, water, and health.

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New Brunswick is rolling out the red carpet for U.S.-backed extractive projects ⋆ The Breach
A growing province-wide coalition is resisting American-backed mining, gas, and data centre projects they say threaten public health and Indigenous land
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January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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On a new episode of 🌊The @breachmedia.ca Show🌊 El Jones joins @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs to reflect on the year in Canadian politics and social movements, from the end of the Trudeau era to some small hard-won victories for the left.

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Elbows…up? Looking back at Canadian politics in 2025 ⋆ The Breach
El Jones joins Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs to reflect on one year in Canadian politics and social movements
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December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In 2025, we got a new government, Trump’s tariff wars, a continuing genocide in Gaza, and some small, hard-won victories for the Left.

El Jones joins @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs to reflect on one year in Canadian politics and social movements.
Elbows…up? Looking back at Canadian politics in 2025 ⋆ The Breach
El Jones joins Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs to reflect on one year in Canadian politics and social movements
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December 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Ending the year on a good note at @breachmedia.ca:

15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social

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15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
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December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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From @breachmedia.ca:

15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about.

From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
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15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
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December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2025 was a difficult year, but social movements scored real victories.

From tenant strikes and Indigenous-led forest defence to union wins, climate campaigns, and Palestine solidarity, @scottneigh.bsky.social runs down 15 achievements that show the power of collective action.
15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
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December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
With Bill C-12, Canada is repeating a century of anti-migrant scapegoating.

The new legislation will restrict refugee protections, increase deportations, and expand state powers, framing migrants as “dangerous” and “unwanted”—it’s a new chapter in an old Canadian playbook.
Canada is repeating a century of anti-migrant scapegoating ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s immigration law C-12 is a new chapter in an old Canadian playbook of scapegoating migrants while serving the corporate elites
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December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Canada’s Big Six banks have engineered a $2.2 trillion mortgage debt bubble.

According to a new report by @maketheshift.bsky.social, banks’ lending practices have pushed home prices out of reach and left the public holding the bag.

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Canada’s Big Banks are a ‘culprit’ driving housing prices out of control ⋆ The Breach
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December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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My latest for @breachmedia.ca: When Saskatchewan's government brought in anti-trans laws, unions pushed back.

Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to attack their culture-war punching bags. Solidarity between unions and trans advocates in SK shows how to put up a fight.
Right-wing premiers across Canada are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, public sector workers, and people who use drugs with laws that violate their rights.

@desaima.bsky.social writes about how Saskatchewan has shown you can build unlikely alliances to try to stop them.
A Prairie alliance of trans advocates and unions should be a national model ⋆ The Breach
Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, workers, Muslims, and drug users. Saskatchewan shows how a united front could stop them
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December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Trans rights activists have joined forces with labour unions in Saskatchewan to fight anti-trans legislation

It's a model that should be employed nationwide to combat laws against vulnerable groups, writes @desaima.bsky.social
in our latest for @breachmedia.ca

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A Prairie alliance of trans advocates and unions should be a national model ⋆ The Breach
Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, workers, Muslims, and drug users. Saskatchewan shows how a united front could stop them
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December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Right-wing premiers across Canada are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, public sector workers, and people who use drugs with laws that violate their rights.

@desaima.bsky.social writes about how Saskatchewan has shown you can build unlikely alliances to try to stop them.
A Prairie alliance of trans advocates and unions should be a national model ⋆ The Breach
Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, workers, Muslims, and drug users. Saskatchewan shows how a united front could stop them
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December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM