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· Aug 26
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
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Convince me I'm wrong: Food price levels in Canada and the US are primarily the result of pandemic disruptions and the food supply chain greedily avoiding cuts in inflated prices once the pandemic subsided. Anti-government populist politicians prefer to blame the government.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Convince me I'm wrong: Food price levels in Canada and the US are primarily the result of pandemic disruptions and the food supply chain greedily avoiding cuts in inflated prices once the pandemic subsided. Anti-government populist politicians prefer to blame the government.
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I'm by no means perfect when it comes to character but nothing bothers me more than someone who lies to me. Especially if the lie assumes I must be stupid or uninformed. It's why I have spoken up about politics and it's why I disqualify many political candidates from the get-go. Truth still matters.
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm by no means perfect when it comes to character but nothing bothers me more than someone who lies to me. Especially if the lie assumes I must be stupid or uninformed. It's why I have spoken up about politics and it's why I disqualify many political candidates from the get-go. Truth still matters.
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The US is no longer safe for women.
Woman's rights are being taken away.
The President is a rapist.
Woman's rights are being taken away.
The President is a rapist.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The US is no longer safe for women.
Woman's rights are being taken away.
The President is a rapist.
Woman's rights are being taken away.
The President is a rapist.
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An extraordinary 40% of women aged 15-44 say they'd like to leave the U.S. permanently, double the 19% reported for men (Gallup). This represents a dramatic rise, only 10% of women wanted to leave in 2014. Their preferred destination is Canada.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
An extraordinary 40% of women aged 15-44 say they'd like to leave the U.S. permanently, double the 19% reported for men (Gallup). This represents a dramatic rise, only 10% of women wanted to leave in 2014. Their preferred destination is Canada.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...
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Important to remember the power of foreign state actors in shaping vaccine hesitancy...
Social media and vaccine hesitancy gh.bmj.com/content/5/10...
"...a substantial relationship between foreign disinformation campaigns and declining vaccination coverage."
Social media and vaccine hesitancy gh.bmj.com/content/5/10...
"...a substantial relationship between foreign disinformation campaigns and declining vaccination coverage."
Social media and vaccine hesitancy
Background Understanding the threat posed by anti-vaccination efforts on social media is critically important with the forth coming need for world wide COVID-19 vaccination programs. We globally evalu...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Important to remember the power of foreign state actors in shaping vaccine hesitancy...
Social media and vaccine hesitancy gh.bmj.com/content/5/10...
"...a substantial relationship between foreign disinformation campaigns and declining vaccination coverage."
Social media and vaccine hesitancy gh.bmj.com/content/5/10...
"...a substantial relationship between foreign disinformation campaigns and declining vaccination coverage."
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Excellent article by @laurenpelley.bsky.social explaining why the flu shot remains important (and if you haven't gotten the shot yet, now is the time - infections are rising). #vaccineswork
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What’s the point of getting a flu shot this year? Here’s what the science says | CBC News
Some scientists say this year's flu shot isn't well matched to a key strain that could spread widely in the months ahead. So, is there still a point in getting it? Medical experts say: absolutely. Her...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excellent article by @laurenpelley.bsky.social explaining why the flu shot remains important (and if you haven't gotten the shot yet, now is the time - infections are rising). #vaccineswork
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
More on this.
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Let me remind you that the leader of the Canadian Conservative party is on record for the permanent abolition of all future vaccine mandates, no matter the degree of public health emergency or epidemic, no matter the risk of uncontrolled spread, no matter the potential suffering and deaths.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Let me remind you that the leader of the Canadian Conservative party is on record for the permanent abolition of all future vaccine mandates, no matter the degree of public health emergency or epidemic, no matter the risk of uncontrolled spread, no matter the potential suffering and deaths.
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
A sad day, a win for anti-vaccine ignorance and politicized public health, a new age where children, families, and communities will face additional health risks for no good reason other than the comfort of joining others with similar fact-less beliefs.
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We may see a more serious flu season this year, for several reasons, including record numbers already seen in Australia this year, the potential for the H3N2 strain to be less well-matched to vaccines, and the rise of vaccine hesitancy due to misinformation.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We may see a more serious flu season this year, for several reasons, including record numbers already seen in Australia this year, the potential for the H3N2 strain to be less well-matched to vaccines, and the rise of vaccine hesitancy due to misinformation.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Correct for execs to resign from the BBC after distorting what Trump said. But imagine if all those who lied to the public with "fake news" were forced to resign when caught out. "Double standard" doesn't begin to capture what is happening these days.
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BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign - live updates
Davie says
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November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Correct for execs to resign from the BBC after distorting what Trump said. But imagine if all those who lied to the public with "fake news" were forced to resign when caught out. "Double standard" doesn't begin to capture what is happening these days.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
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"I don’t want to hear about the affordability." —Donald Trump (11/6/25) #dumbtrump
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"I don’t want to hear about the affordability." —Donald Trump (11/6/25) #dumbtrump
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This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
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Tell me this is AI, please. It's gotta be—right?
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Tell me this is AI, please. It's gotta be—right?
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November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Bill, there is no excuse at this point for not knowing how import tarrifs work. It is wilful ignorance.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bill, there is no excuse at this point for not knowing how import tarrifs work. It is wilful ignorance.
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It is true that exporters in other countries also end up subsidizing a smaller share of the tariff costs. But even the latest studies show American consumers are bearing the brunt of the increased cost. The costs are being increasingly passed on to individual Americans.⤵️
www.cfr.org/article/who-...
www.cfr.org/article/who-...
Who Pays Trump’s Tariffs?
President Trump routinely claims that foreigners pay his tariffs, which is false—U.S. importers pay them. Over time, however, foreign exporters can be expected to bear a small but rising burden of th…
www.cfr.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is true that exporters in other countries also end up subsidizing a smaller share of the tariff costs. But even the latest studies show American consumers are bearing the brunt of the increased cost. The costs are being increasingly passed on to individual Americans.⤵️
www.cfr.org/article/who-...
www.cfr.org/article/who-...
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Tariff = tax.
Like all taxes, the revenue goes to the government and comes out of the pockets of consumers and businesses. Too many Americans do not understand this, even though they are the ones paying the tax.
Like all taxes, the revenue goes to the government and comes out of the pockets of consumers and businesses. Too many Americans do not understand this, even though they are the ones paying the tax.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tariff = tax.
Like all taxes, the revenue goes to the government and comes out of the pockets of consumers and businesses. Too many Americans do not understand this, even though they are the ones paying the tax.
Like all taxes, the revenue goes to the government and comes out of the pockets of consumers and businesses. Too many Americans do not understand this, even though they are the ones paying the tax.
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This article presents a fairly clear-eyed assessment of where we are. There are plenty of risks and uncertainty in our economy and the government's budget and intervention is bold. Will we weather this storm well and if so, at what cost? Let's hope we get this right.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
ANALYSIS | Budget charts difficult path out of current crisis — with small margin of error | CBC News
The 2025 federal budget plots a path for the Canadian economy to emerge from the current crisis. But it also highlights just how deep a hole the economy is in right now and how small the margin for er...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This article presents a fairly clear-eyed assessment of where we are. There are plenty of risks and uncertainty in our economy and the government's budget and intervention is bold. Will we weather this storm well and if so, at what cost? Let's hope we get this right.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...