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Jan Slakov
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Such an unfathomly beautiful world we are destroying. For me, Indigenous teachings (eg https://worldviewliteracy.org/) offer a useful path forward. Also #nonviolence!
Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada
Sarcastically: Oh great!
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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If you find yourself thinking "cyclists don't belong on the road" then the logical corollary of that is to support safe, separated cycling infrastructure. But in my experience it is often the same people who vociferous oppose cycling infrastructure who also abuse cyclists for riding on the road.
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
inviting friends to sign Leadnow's petition to Opposition leaders: insist on climate action, fair taxation, no giveaways to MAGA corps. leadnow.ca/campaigns/bu...
Prioritize people and planet, not profits in Budget 2025 - Leadnow
leadnow.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Follow LeadNow for updates on all the gross Conservative/Right Wing tactics & influence happening in 🇨🇦 Canada - we are in danger here too - don't be complacent!
www.leadnow.ca
January 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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In 2012, MP Erin O'Toole and Senator Romeo Dallaire held the first Lt. Col. Sam Sharpe Veterans Mental Health breakfast. In 2018, a bronze plaque that included the likeness of Sharpe, made by sculptor Tyler Briley, was unveiled in the Centre Block of Parliament.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Thank you. My grandfather (Army, WW1), father (Merchant Marines & Navy, WW2) and, uncle (Army, WW2) served and never received benefits or recognition as Métis veterans were not recognized in Canada until 2018.
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
First heard of this in @sethdklein.bsky.social's A Good War. (Sorry we seem fixated on investing in "bad wars".)
Charlie Tomkins (1918 - 2003)
Tomkins was recruited to develop a Cree-language code to report aircraft sightings during the Second World War. He served as a Cree code talker for two years. He kept his oath of secrecy for decades until nearly the end of his life.

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November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We may be tired of pushing our governments to stop enabling Israeli #HumanRights abuses, #genocide. This article shows we must not give up!
How to end Israeli apartheid

Install a caretaker government, abolish unjust laws, disarm militias: a new book lays out a roadmap for a democratic future in Israel-Palestine.

www.972mag.com/from-aparthe...
How to end Israeli apartheid
Install a caretaker government, abolish unjust laws, disarm militias: a new book lays out a roadmap for a democratic future in Israel-Palestine.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa: No Canadian City should Host War "Games" - Sign the Petition! c.org/5kJZGF5Ybs via @CdnChange
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Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa: No Canadian City should Host War "Games"
c.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Au Brésil, des Autochtones réclament justice à la veille de la COP30

ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-auto...
Brésil : des Autochtones réclament justice à la veille de la COP30
Il y a 10 ans, l'effondrement d'un barrage a fait 19 morts et a causé d’importants dégâts environnementaux.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Le projet de loi C-9 ne constitue pas un moyen de lutter efficacement contre la haine. Il représente plutôt une menace aux droits et libertés protégés par la Charte, notamment les libertés d’expression, de réunion pacifique et d’association. Il ne doit pas être adopté par les Communes.
Projet de loi C-9 visant à lutter contre la haine : la LDL exhorte la Chambre à ne pas adopter ce texte liberticide - Ligue des droits et libertés
La Ligue des droits et libertés demande à la Chambre des communes de ne pas adopter le projet de loi C-9 parce qu'il contient des atteintes à la liberté d’expression de façon injustifiée.
liguedesdroits.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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« Pire encore, il y a environ trois milliards $ de coupures des programmes environnementaux existants à travers les efforts pour réduire les dépenses », précise @hadrianmk.bsky.social , analyste au @policyalternatives.ca #budget2025
pivot.quebec/2025/11/04/l...
Les libéraux de Carney déposent un budget à saveur conservatrice – Pivot
Le budget fédéral est marqué par les baisses d’impôt, l’absence d’investissements en environnement et l’explosion des dépenses militaires.
pivot.quebec
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Haven't heard of confirmation @mark-carney.bsky.social will commit Canada to #GoldenDoom but budget includes $ under "defence" for space launch capacity. NO!!!
"The Golden Dome—a trillion-dollar project likely to enrich Peter Thiel and other U.S. tech billionaires—is central to the revival of the nuclear arms race… Canada’s willingness to embrace the Golden Dome would amount to a repudiation of our role in trying to prevent the use of weapons in space."
Trump’s “Golden Dome” aims at world nuclear domination, so why is Canada planning to join it? Ottawa has long resisted such reckless madness. #cdnpoli #canpoli #peace www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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"This budget spends 2 1/2 times more money on the military than the Conservatives allotted in their spring election platform. It cuts a similar amount from government programs as the Conservatives’ campaign promised." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee
But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?
thetyee.ca
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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The Canadian government releases 2025 budget.
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...

Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."
budget.canada.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Unrwa reports 75,000 displaced in ruined Gaza shelters as ceasefire violations mount - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-overcrowded-damaged-shelters-amid-widespread-destruction
Unrwa reports 75,000 displaced in ruined Gaza shelters as ceasefire violations mount
<article data-history-node-id="431047" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-overcrowded-damaged-shelters-amid-widespread-destruction" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-warns-overcrowded-damaged-shelters-amid-widespread-destruction" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa reports 75,000 displaced in ruined Gaza shelters as ceasefire violations mount</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Unrwa on Tuesday said that around 75,000 displaced people are sheltering in more than 100 agency buildings in Gaza, most of which are damaged and overcrowded.</p> <p>The comments come as the UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson confirmed that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on the enclave, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.</p> <p>Citing satellite data, the UN said that entire neighbourhoods across Gaza have been reduced to rubble, leaving families displaced and essential infrastructure obliterated.</p> <p>A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached on 10 October. Israel has committed 194 violations of the agreement,&nbsp;the director of the government media office in Gaza said.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM