Donna Orchard
@donnaorchard.bsky.social
mother, early childhood music specialist and songwriter, singer. I live in Winnipeg. 🌪️ she/her
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Just got this from the Canadian government:
“While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.”
Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!!
Where is the backbone????
“While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.”
Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!!
Where is the backbone????
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just got this from the Canadian government:
“While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.”
Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!!
Where is the backbone????
“While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.”
Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!!
Where is the backbone????
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Poilievre's leadership is flailing so maybe the guy who seems to be dreaming about leading the Conservative Party can finally get his chance.
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Poilievre's leadership is flailing so maybe the guy who seems to be dreaming about leading the Conservative Party can finally get his chance.
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
Mark Carney, go get 'em tiger!
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People across Canada know that the Liberals’ back door deals with CEOs haven’t made groceries any cheaper.
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
People across Canada know that the Liberals’ back door deals with CEOs haven’t made groceries any cheaper.
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
We need bold responses to price shocks caused by extreme weather and corporate gouging. When will the government act and deliver on a public option for food?
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The World Food Programme's Carl Skau says the fighting is stopping aid from reaching millions in desperate need.
WFP warns of ‘massive’ humanitarian aid crisis in Sudan as war rages
The World Food Programme's Carl Skau says the fighting is stopping aid from reaching millions in desperate need.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The World Food Programme's Carl Skau says the fighting is stopping aid from reaching millions in desperate need.
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⭕️ Nathaniel Raymond, Yale Humanitarian Lab:
“The people who are dying right now in Sudan are dying because the United States, Europe, and other allies have made a choice that our diplomatic, economic, and security relations with the United Arab Emirates matters more than their lives.”
“This is...
“The people who are dying right now in Sudan are dying because the United States, Europe, and other allies have made a choice that our diplomatic, economic, and security relations with the United Arab Emirates matters more than their lives.”
“This is...
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
⭕️ Nathaniel Raymond, Yale Humanitarian Lab:
“The people who are dying right now in Sudan are dying because the United States, Europe, and other allies have made a choice that our diplomatic, economic, and security relations with the United Arab Emirates matters more than their lives.”
“This is...
“The people who are dying right now in Sudan are dying because the United States, Europe, and other allies have made a choice that our diplomatic, economic, and security relations with the United Arab Emirates matters more than their lives.”
“This is...
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For all the Canadians clutching their pearls and saying "it's so sad what's happening in America with ICE kidnapping children off the street who aren't white and imprisoning them" maybe get mad at the fact that we manufacture the ICE armored vehicles
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency 'deeply troubling': Kwan
OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human ...
toronto.citynews.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For all the Canadians clutching their pearls and saying "it's so sad what's happening in America with ICE kidnapping children off the street who aren't white and imprisoning them" maybe get mad at the fact that we manufacture the ICE armored vehicles
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/03/s...
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Surely even Liberal supporters can see the pattern by now: The Alberta & Cdn govts tell anyone who will listen that Alberta/Canada has "the best environmental standards in the world." The reality is that they are not fit for purpose, not implemented, or not enforced.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta Energy Regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show | CBC News
The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Alberta bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil productio...
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Surely even Liberal supporters can see the pattern by now: The Alberta & Cdn govts tell anyone who will listen that Alberta/Canada has "the best environmental standards in the world." The reality is that they are not fit for purpose, not implemented, or not enforced.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Dear 🇨🇦 friends:
🛑Let’s Stop Bill C-12!!!🛑
Bill C-12 is a cruel & violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine.
This law goes against our Canadian values, & it is certainly not the way of Jesus.
You can learn more & send an email here:
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
🛑Let’s Stop Bill C-12!!!🛑
Bill C-12 is a cruel & violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine.
This law goes against our Canadian values, & it is certainly not the way of Jesus.
You can learn more & send an email here:
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
Stop Bill C-12 - Migrant Rights Network
Send an Email Now! Bill C-12 is a cruel and violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine: One-Year Refugee Deadline: Bill C-12 blocks anyone in Canada over one year from claiming refugee...
migrantrights.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Dear 🇨🇦 friends:
🛑Let’s Stop Bill C-12!!!🛑
Bill C-12 is a cruel & violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine.
This law goes against our Canadian values, & it is certainly not the way of Jesus.
You can learn more & send an email here:
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
🛑Let’s Stop Bill C-12!!!🛑
Bill C-12 is a cruel & violent law that aims to create a mass deportation machine.
This law goes against our Canadian values, & it is certainly not the way of Jesus.
You can learn more & send an email here:
migrantrights.ca/take-action/...
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Were you appalled when Air Canada flight attendants were sent back to unpaid work after less than 12 hours of striking? So were we.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Were you appalled when Air Canada flight attendants were sent back to unpaid work after less than 12 hours of striking? So were we.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
Sign our petition and join @canadianlabour.bsky.social and the @ndp.ca's call to support my bill and repeal Section 107 from the Canada Labour Code.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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What is it that people expect from deporting people?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What is it that people expect from deporting people?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
Because it won't lower House prices or rents.
And it won't make food or energy cheaper.
There won't be more jobs and they certainly won't pay better.
At what point do you realise it is going to achieve nothing?
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Friend of mine is facing Stage 4 cancer and needs help affording treatment. Please consider donating if you can to help him get treatment or consider sharing if you cant. Thank you!
gofund.me/0bcf7a91c
gofund.me/0bcf7a91c
Donate to Sustain Life-Saving Cancer Treatment for Ben, organized by Nicole Larrett
Late October after having visited my doctor for bloodwork, I was… Nicole Larrett needs your support for Donate to Sustain Life-Saving Cancer Treatment for Ben
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November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Friend of mine is facing Stage 4 cancer and needs help affording treatment. Please consider donating if you can to help him get treatment or consider sharing if you cant. Thank you!
gofund.me/0bcf7a91c
gofund.me/0bcf7a91c
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just a reminder that yesterday ICE tried to probe northwest portland and got shut down by blocks worth of people roving the streets looking for them. they didn't return today.
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
just a reminder that yesterday ICE tried to probe northwest portland and got shut down by blocks worth of people roving the streets looking for them. they didn't return today.
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Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need.
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Finally watched Zohran Mamdani's victory speech and I almost fuckin cried. I got real goosebumps. This is what we need.
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Stop listening to the loudest and most out-of-touch pundits screaming about moving to the centre. Be bold and unrelenting in caring about each other.
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
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Coercion After a Suicide Attempt Tied to Worse Recovery, Colombian Study Finds
The latest evidence adds weight to WHO-backed efforts to reduce coercion and build collaborative, community-rooted services
By Ashley Bobak, PsyD
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/coer...
The latest evidence adds weight to WHO-backed efforts to reduce coercion and build collaborative, community-rooted services
By Ashley Bobak, PsyD
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/coer...
Coercion After a Suicide Attempt Tied to Worse Recovery, Colombian Study Finds
A mixed-methods study links force and pressure in care to greater disability, more depression, and lower well-being.
www.madinamerica.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Coercion After a Suicide Attempt Tied to Worse Recovery, Colombian Study Finds
The latest evidence adds weight to WHO-backed efforts to reduce coercion and build collaborative, community-rooted services
By Ashley Bobak, PsyD
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/coer...
The latest evidence adds weight to WHO-backed efforts to reduce coercion and build collaborative, community-rooted services
By Ashley Bobak, PsyD
www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/coer...
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In many respects, this is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In many respects, this is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
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This budget is further confirmation that Mark Carney is Stephen Harper’s political heir.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This budget is further confirmation that Mark Carney is Stephen Harper’s political heir.
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You're worse than Stephen Harper. The Mark Carney government is the greatest swindle in Canadian politics in my lifetime.
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
You're worse than Stephen Harper. The Mark Carney government is the greatest swindle in Canadian politics in my lifetime.
Customers shocked by water and sewer bills face ‘unacceptable’ call wait times to speak with city staff
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Winnipeggers shocked by water and sewer bills face ‘unacceptable’ call wait times to speak with city staff
When her water and sewer bill suddenly tripled, Faye Tardiff says she was quick to report the apparent error.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Customers shocked by water and sewer bills face ‘unacceptable’ call wait times to speak with city staff
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Amazon and Walmart are two of the biggest recipients of SNAP and Medicaid funds because they don't take care of their employees. Families working 40+ hours a week requiring gov subsistence. In Canada they go to food pantries to make ends meet.
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Amazon and Walmart are two of the biggest recipients of SNAP and Medicaid funds because they don't take care of their employees. Families working 40+ hours a week requiring gov subsistence. In Canada they go to food pantries to make ends meet.
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
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Researchers Map the New Geography of Psychiatric Coercion
A socio-legal study explains how Community Treatment Orders move people through a loop of monitoring, medication, and rapid return to hospital.
By Kelly McFadden
www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/rese...
A socio-legal study explains how Community Treatment Orders move people through a loop of monitoring, medication, and rapid return to hospital.
By Kelly McFadden
www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/rese...
Researchers Map the New Geography of Psychiatric Coercion
A new study maps how mental health law extends carceral control into homes, clinics, and city streets—and why that matters as the U.S. expands civil commitment.
www.madinamerica.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Researchers Map the New Geography of Psychiatric Coercion
A socio-legal study explains how Community Treatment Orders move people through a loop of monitoring, medication, and rapid return to hospital.
By Kelly McFadden
www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/rese...
A socio-legal study explains how Community Treatment Orders move people through a loop of monitoring, medication, and rapid return to hospital.
By Kelly McFadden
www.madinamerica.com/2025/10/rese...
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Capitalism IS mammon (μαμωνᾶς).
~Jonathan Thiessen
~Jonathan Thiessen
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Capitalism IS mammon (μαμωνᾶς).
~Jonathan Thiessen
~Jonathan Thiessen
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I mean, a lot of people are also desinterested, but the people who are most ideologically aligned with you and would like to join are usually the ones most overworked and tired, because that’s how oppression usually manifests
I try to avoid "real organizers vs. fake/keyboard organizers" framings for the most part but one thing you learn quickly from organizing is how difficult it is to get people to do anything at all, how much you're competing against sociologically. people are overworked and tired
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I mean, a lot of people are also desinterested, but the people who are most ideologically aligned with you and would like to join are usually the ones most overworked and tired, because that’s how oppression usually manifests
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?