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Heard something about the Carvykti decision but not sure what it actually means? You're not alone. Our explainer breaks down what happened, why it matters, and what to watch for next. If you're trying to make sense of the headlines, this is a good place to start. buff.ly/MXhsrUa
Fellow Canadians, if you could take a few minutes to take part in the email campaign in the article linked below, it would mean the world.
I have a loved one who I may have less time with because they won’t be able to access this treatment when their blood cancer returns.
Thank you ❤️
I have a loved one who I may have less time with because they won’t be able to access this treatment when their blood cancer returns.
Thank you ❤️
A horrifing story. This is the harm caused by alt health and wellness. It’s a magnet for grifters and sociopaths like Danyan Goodenowe and Jana Horsnall, who should be in prison. And shame on the Sask gov’t for letting this place operate.
American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Sask. facility | CBC News
A 70-year-old American ALS patient came to Saskatchewan chasing the promise of healing offered by the Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center in Moose Jaw, Sask. But former Goodenowe employees say tha...
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A horrifing story. This is the harm caused by alt health and wellness. It’s a magnet for grifters and sociopaths like Danyan Goodenowe and Jana Horsnall, who should be in prison. And shame on the Sask gov’t for letting this place operate.
Listening to Elizabeth May decry the Alberta-Canada MOU less than 2 weeks after voting for the Liberal budget based solely on Carney’s unconvincing assurance that Canada would meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement is making my head explode.
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Listening to Elizabeth May decry the Alberta-Canada MOU less than 2 weeks after voting for the Liberal budget based solely on Carney’s unconvincing assurance that Canada would meet its commitments under the Paris Agreement is making my head explode.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Another case of someone not being able to access an approved, effective drug. Other provinces have access or made exceptions, but this man will be denied treatment because he lives in Manitoba. He had been getting it free from drug company and was able to work a full day w/o rest. Heartbreaking.
Manitoba won't budge on covering drug for 30-year-old with degenerative disease
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Another case of someone not being able to access an approved, effective drug. Other provinces have access or made exceptions, but this man will be denied treatment because he lives in Manitoba. He had been getting it free from drug company and was able to work a full day w/o rest. Heartbreaking.
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Many of Ontario’s ‘most vulnerable’ are not receiving proper care, ombudsman says
Many of Ontario’s ‘most vulnerable’ are not receiving proper care, ombudsman says
Paul Dube blames two ministries — health and community and social services — for repeatedly dropping the ball following a 2016 investigation into the problem.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Many of Ontario’s ‘most vulnerable’ are not receiving proper care, ombudsman says
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Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
Picard’s point on AB’s new “dual practice” plan: evidence shows letting surgeons bill public & private won’t fix wait times, it likely lengthens them, drains staff from public hospitals, adds red tape, and undermines access.
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
A solution in search of a problem. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Back in school, I wrote an essay about how two-tier healthcare would improve access for everyone.
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
It makes intuitive sense: create a second line and the original one gets shorter, right?
A better look at the evidence and arguments like Picard's changed my mind. 🧵
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It makes me wonder if, since SAVING LIVES didn't work as an argument, keeping insurance rates lower might?
I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It makes me wonder if, since SAVING LIVES didn't work as an argument, keeping insurance rates lower might?
“Sunnybrook has been using donations from private hospital funders to add another doctor to the overnight rotation”
“Sunnybrook says it has brought down the wait to see a doctor in the emergency department by about 30 minutes.”
No kidding. Almost like our healthcare system needs more funding.
“Sunnybrook says it has brought down the wait to see a doctor in the emergency department by about 30 minutes.”
No kidding. Almost like our healthcare system needs more funding.
This hospital had the longest wait times in Ontario last year. It’s using AI, private donors to speed up care | CBC Shows
Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is using artificial intelligence to reduce the amount of time people spend in the emergency department and increase the amount of focus doctors can provide ...
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Sunnybrook has been using donations from private hospital funders to add another doctor to the overnight rotation”
“Sunnybrook says it has brought down the wait to see a doctor in the emergency department by about 30 minutes.”
No kidding. Almost like our healthcare system needs more funding.
“Sunnybrook says it has brought down the wait to see a doctor in the emergency department by about 30 minutes.”
No kidding. Almost like our healthcare system needs more funding.
More reporting from the G&M on the situation with myeloma (blood cancer) patients being unable to access new, *approved*, life-saving treatment modality.
Really good overview of drug approval & access process.
Jas’ experience similar to my own family members’.
To take part in email campaign see ⬇️
Really good overview of drug approval & access process.
Jas’ experience similar to my own family members’.
To take part in email campaign see ⬇️
The bureaucracy slowing down access to life-saving drugs
Canadians can often wait years to get access to drugs that regulators have already deemed to be safe
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
More reporting from the G&M on the situation with myeloma (blood cancer) patients being unable to access new, *approved*, life-saving treatment modality.
Really good overview of drug approval & access process.
Jas’ experience similar to my own family members’.
To take part in email campaign see ⬇️
Really good overview of drug approval & access process.
Jas’ experience similar to my own family members’.
To take part in email campaign see ⬇️
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"Unfortunately, the 'good' models, the more realistic ones, are the ones where the AMOC weakens most... even for an intermediate emissions scenario, the probability of shutting down the AMOC is way above 50%... we will probably pass the point of no return for an AMOC shutdown in the next 10-20yrs" 😱
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Unfortunately, the 'good' models, the more realistic ones, are the ones where the AMOC weakens most... even for an intermediate emissions scenario, the probability of shutting down the AMOC is way above 50%... we will probably pass the point of no return for an AMOC shutdown in the next 10-20yrs" 😱
The next time we go to the polls, it’ll be the Greens and NDP telling us not to vote strategically, but for the candidate/party we we actually support.
Are Johns and Idlout the least vulnerable NDP MPs?
Are Johns and Idlout the least vulnerable NDP MPs?
170-168, House approves government's budgetary policy.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
Liberals and Elizabeth May in favour.
Conservatives, Bloc and most NDP MPs against.
Four abstentions: NDP MPs Gord Johns and Lori Idlout, CPC MPs Matt Jeneroux and Shannon Stubbs.
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The next time we go to the polls, it’ll be the Greens and NDP telling us not to vote strategically, but for the candidate/party we we actually support.
Are Johns and Idlout the least vulnerable NDP MPs?
Are Johns and Idlout the least vulnerable NDP MPs?
“One expects Canada to be a model of free speech and liberal democracy and it's not as bad as the U.S., but it's not as good as I would hope.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“One expects Canada to be a model of free speech and liberal democracy and it's not as bad as the U.S., but it's not as good as I would hope.”
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One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Centretown crisis response team handled thousands of calls in its 1st year, report shows | CBC News
Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to pr...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“At the same time that Ottawa moved to relieve affluent property owners of poorly performing taxes, the budget provided new allocations to litigate pandemic benefit cases against low-income Canadians — cases that cost far more to pursue than the government could ever recover.”
READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“At the same time that Ottawa moved to relieve affluent property owners of poorly performing taxes, the budget provided new allocations to litigate pandemic benefit cases against low-income Canadians — cases that cost far more to pursue than the government could ever recover.”
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Shamefully & at the root of what's holding back progress: the 4 largest Global North oil & gas producing countries — the US, Canada, Australia & Norway — are overwhelmingly responsible for driving up global oil & gas production, collectively up 40% since the Paris Agreement...
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Shamefully & at the root of what's holding back progress: the 4 largest Global North oil & gas producing countries — the US, Canada, Australia & Norway — are overwhelmingly responsible for driving up global oil & gas production, collectively up 40% since the Paris Agreement...
Blood cancer patients plead with officials to resume price talks for cutting-edge treatments
This new treatment has been approved by Health Canada, recommended for public reimbursement, but after 2 years price negotiations broke down.
Patients have died waiting, and many will have less time. ⬇️
This new treatment has been approved by Health Canada, recommended for public reimbursement, but after 2 years price negotiations broke down.
Patients have died waiting, and many will have less time. ⬇️
Blood cancer patients plead officials to resume pricing talks for cutting-edge treatment
Health Canada approved an immunotherapy nearly three years ago, but it still isn’t available here
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Blood cancer patients plead with officials to resume price talks for cutting-edge treatments
This new treatment has been approved by Health Canada, recommended for public reimbursement, but after 2 years price negotiations broke down.
Patients have died waiting, and many will have less time. ⬇️
This new treatment has been approved by Health Canada, recommended for public reimbursement, but after 2 years price negotiations broke down.
Patients have died waiting, and many will have less time. ⬇️
This article says that year over year grocery inflation as of September was 2.7%.
In Canada, over the same period it was 4% (see next post).
Why is grocery inflation higher in Canada than the US? And why don’t our politicians do anything about it?
In Canada, over the same period it was 4% (see next post).
Why is grocery inflation higher in Canada than the US? And why don’t our politicians do anything about it?
ANALYSIS | The cost of living is rising in the U.S. Trump calls it a 'con job' | CBC News
Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election a year ago in large part because of voter outrage over the high cost of living in the Biden administration's post-pandemic economy. With Trump now nearl...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This article says that year over year grocery inflation as of September was 2.7%.
In Canada, over the same period it was 4% (see next post).
Why is grocery inflation higher in Canada than the US? And why don’t our politicians do anything about it?
In Canada, over the same period it was 4% (see next post).
Why is grocery inflation higher in Canada than the US? And why don’t our politicians do anything about it?
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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I'll Be Here in the Morning
Lee Munn
2023
Lee Munn
2023
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'll Be Here in the Morning
Lee Munn
2023
Lee Munn
2023
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Psych 🧵: I've talked about this before: People need to feel a sense of agency & control over their lives - including over their health.
Back in the day, there were lots of studies of this need for control. Even when the unpleasant situation subjects faced...
1/8
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Back in the day, there were lots of studies of this need for control. Even when the unpleasant situation subjects faced...
1/8
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Long-COVID Patients Find Relief With Alternative Therapies
In the absence of FDA-approved long COVID treatments, desperate patients look to alternative medicine. Here’s a look at what might help and what won’t.
www.medscape.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Psych 🧵: I've talked about this before: People need to feel a sense of agency & control over their lives - including over their health.
Back in the day, there were lots of studies of this need for control. Even when the unpleasant situation subjects faced...
1/8
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Back in the day, there were lots of studies of this need for control. Even when the unpleasant situation subjects faced...
1/8
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Fossil fuel fingerprints are all over Carney's budget - and it's no wonder, given how much access their lobbyists were given to cabinet
Great reporting from @woodsideful.bsky.social
Great reporting from @woodsideful.bsky.social
“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fossil fuel fingerprints are all over Carney's budget - and it's no wonder, given how much access their lobbyists were given to cabinet
Great reporting from @woodsideful.bsky.social
Great reporting from @woodsideful.bsky.social