Peter McInnis
@defendeducation.bsky.social
History professor (labour, w-c studies). Birthright citizen. Academic union activist. Past-President, Canadian Association of University Teachers @caut.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Oh boy, the trickle down is gonna be great for all us underlings.
STORY: Elon Musk wins $1 trillion pay package tying him to Tesla for a decade. Even in an era of skyrocketing CEO pay, the award is unprecedented. The closest comparison is Musk's prior, $56 billion deal, which is mired in a court dispute.
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Elon Musk wins $1 trillion pay package tying him to Tesla for a decade
In an era of skyrocketing CEO pay, the award is unprecedented. The deal sets up Elon Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh boy, the trickle down is gonna be great for all us underlings.
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An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Why is a tax incentive for private-sector R&D considered an “investment,” but public R&D spending (through government, universities, or other public institutions) not? And why is spending on education, and other forms of “human capital”, not considered an investment?
The federal budget heralded a new approach to "capital budgeting". I unpack the new framework, and find it's mostly about optics: centreforfuturework.ca/2025/11/05/f.... There's some genuine new investment in the budget, but not as much as Canada needs for the moment. #cdnecon #canlab #Budget2025
Federal Budget 2025: Unpacking the New Capital Budgeting Framework - Centre for Future Work
Leading into this budget, the Carney government made much of a new distinction between operational spending and capital spending: between “spending” and “investing”. However, in practice this distinct...
centreforfuturework.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Why is a tax incentive for private-sector R&D considered an “investment,” but public R&D spending (through government, universities, or other public institutions) not? And why is spending on education, and other forms of “human capital”, not considered an investment?
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"How 'War' Becomes War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us"
"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
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"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
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How “War” Becomes War
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us
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November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"How 'War' Becomes War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us"
"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
snyder.substack.com/p/how-war-be...
"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
snyder.substack.com/p/how-war-be...
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ICE goons kidnapped daycare worker from Rayito de Sol
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ICE goons kidnapped daycare worker from Rayito de Sol
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
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As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
As universities and colleges cut academic programs, close programs, and slash 13,000+ jobs, Budget 2025 halves international student enrolment without boosting core funding.
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This, from @attackerman.bsky.social, is brilliant and appropriately brutal. Must read.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This, from @attackerman.bsky.social, is brilliant and appropriately brutal. Must read.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The new mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The new mayor.
Canadian Members of Parliament seek to undermine the long established peer review process for university Tri-Council grants. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc21826...
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Canadian Members of Parliament seek to undermine the long established peer review process for university Tri-Council grants. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc21826...
These diplomatic tensions are only likely to erode in the near future. www.policymagazine.ca/our-hoekstra...
Our Hoekstra Response Should be a Lesson in Diplomacy - Policy Magazine
Restraint is central to the art of diplomacy. Diplomats are supposed to manage disputes, not inflame them by trading personal insults or creating a public
www.policymagazine.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These diplomatic tensions are only likely to erode in the near future. www.policymagazine.ca/our-hoekstra...
What's the correct description for this activity?
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What's the correct description for this activity?
"60% owned by six large companies that are backed mainly by private equity firms.... corporations buying hundreds of independent vet practices, pushing up prices and making excessive profits."
://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/02/firefighters-charities-animal-rescue-callouts-england
://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/02/firefighters-charities-animal-rescue-callouts-england
More pets being abandoned in England as food and vet bills soar, say charities
Firefighters report rise in rescue callouts as RSPCA says some who got pets during Covid have ‘realised it costs a lot more money than they want it to’
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"60% owned by six large companies that are backed mainly by private equity firms.... corporations buying hundreds of independent vet practices, pushing up prices and making excessive profits."
://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/02/firefighters-charities-animal-rescue-callouts-england
://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/02/firefighters-charities-animal-rescue-callouts-england
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Four of this year’s #JAF articles examine how “philanthropic agendas directly reshape academic life”: 🧵
Volume 16
Faculty Coeditors
www.aaup.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Four of this year’s #JAF articles examine how “philanthropic agendas directly reshape academic life”: 🧵
Notwithstanding the kids ...
Smith UCP government: We're violating Alberta teachers' Charter rights and ordering them back to work for the kids!
The kids:
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The kids:
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Calgary students plan school walkouts to support teachers
Students across Alberta are walking out of class today to show support for their teachers and express their frustration with the province. Organizers Vaishnavi Venkateshwaran and Arya Mishra joined th...
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Notwithstanding the kids ...
Historically, there have always been anti-union toadies. This is what they sound like.
Teamster President Sean O'Brien was at the White House today to push Republican talking points on camera during a photo op with Vance
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Historically, there have always been anti-union toadies. This is what they sound like.
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As has already been stated by others, no need for Halloween as the ongoing horror show of authoritarianism + incompetence continues apace.
Our assessment warns of replacing experienced national security professionals with ideologically aligned but unqualified individuals. The politicization of the civil service undermines the ability of federal agencies to perform their governmental functions.
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
SCOOP: Trump Swaps Decorated Admiral With 33-Year-Old DOGEr
The highly unorthodox personnel change affects a critical government research role.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As has already been stated by others, no need for Halloween as the ongoing horror show of authoritarianism + incompetence continues apace.
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“No government that purports to uphold the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens would ever take away the right to free collective bargaining and the right to strike."
The Canadian Association of University Teachers condemns the Alberta government for overriding constitutionally protected rights and imposing a rejected contract offer on members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-co...
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/caut-co...
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“No government that purports to uphold the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms of its citizens would ever take away the right to free collective bargaining and the right to strike."
Pete needs to head back home. We're about done with this nonsense. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc21826...
U.S. ambassador profanely scolds Ontario representative over anti-tariff ad, sources say
Pete Hoekstra used expletives in loud dressing-down in front of hundreds at Ottawa gala
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pete needs to head back home. We're about done with this nonsense. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cc21826...
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When anti-Semites claim to be fighting anti-Semitism they trivialize a very real problem and thereby deliberately make it worse. Attacking universities was always about spreading anti-Semitism, not combatting it.
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Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says
Michael Velchik reportedly praised 'Mein Kampf' after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from Hitler's perspective.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When anti-Semites claim to be fighting anti-Semitism they trivialize a very real problem and thereby deliberately make it worse. Attacking universities was always about spreading anti-Semitism, not combatting it.
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Lonely Village on the Saint Lawrence
Clarence Gagnon
1922
Clarence Gagnon
1922
October 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Lonely Village on the Saint Lawrence
Clarence Gagnon
1922
Clarence Gagnon
1922