PMinTO
@pmi73.bsky.social
Urbanist, environmentalist, educator, pro immigrant, pro society over capital, pro wild non-human beings, tree hugger extraordinaire, flaneuring my way through cities, can we please just stop before we burn up the world?
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The government is giving a loan to a Crown corporation that should just be a public service that we pay for because it provides an essential task that Canadians depend on.
We don’t provide loans to the health care system or schools; we just pay for them.
We don’t provide loans to the health care system or schools; we just pay for them.
Ottawa gives Canada Post a $1.01-billion loan
The federal government says it is making more than $1 billion available to Canada Post in the form of a repayable loan to help the Crown corporation.
vancouver.citynews.ca
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The government is giving a loan to a Crown corporation that should just be a public service that we pay for because it provides an essential task that Canadians depend on.
We don’t provide loans to the health care system or schools; we just pay for them.
We don’t provide loans to the health care system or schools; we just pay for them.
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Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that Air Canada had to honour deals that their AI chatbot offered customers. Seems like a big financial liability for the one use that many businesses are jumping on
I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny
February 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that Air Canada had to honour deals that their AI chatbot offered customers. Seems like a big financial liability for the one use that many businesses are jumping on
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Not the first time this has happened www.cbsnews.com/news/aircana... and gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12...
Air Canada chatbot costs airline discount it wrongly offered customer
The airline is being held responsible for its website chatbot's promise of a retroactive fare discount worth more than $600.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Not the first time this has happened www.cbsnews.com/news/aircana... and gmauthority.com/blog/2023/12...
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And the other apples don't do anything about the rotten ones.
Your periodic reminder that the expression about "a few bad apples" does not mean that the rest are fine, it means that the rot spreads from the bad ones and corrupts the whole barrel
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
And the other apples don't do anything about the rotten ones.
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Ontario's corporate pharmacies, like Shoppers Drug Mart, have faced allegations of overworking their pharmacists and setting high targets for medically unnecessary tasks to bolster profits. The resulting burnout, @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social writes, is an impending crisis. thelocal.to/shoppers-dru...
How Ontario’s Corporate Pharmacies Are Burning Out Their Pharmacists | The Local
At corporate pharmacies like Shoppers Drug Mart, pharmacists say they face overwhelming pressure from their parent companies to perform medically unnecessary tasks in the interest of profit.
thelocal.to
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Ontario's corporate pharmacies, like Shoppers Drug Mart, have faced allegations of overworking their pharmacists and setting high targets for medically unnecessary tasks to bolster profits. The resulting burnout, @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social writes, is an impending crisis. thelocal.to/shoppers-dru...
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As Max Frisch wrote in 1965:
"We asked for workers; we got people instead"
He was referring to guest workers in Switzerland, but the sentiment is the same anywhere. We forget that they are people and want the same as people everywhere.
Great piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social
"We asked for workers; we got people instead"
He was referring to guest workers in Switzerland, but the sentiment is the same anywhere. We forget that they are people and want the same as people everywhere.
Great piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social
Opinion: Carney’s choice: Ice out illegal migrants, or treat them like the assets they are
The Canadian permits of millions of temporary residents will expire this year. It would be economically foolish to send them all back
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
As Max Frisch wrote in 1965:
"We asked for workers; we got people instead"
He was referring to guest workers in Switzerland, but the sentiment is the same anywhere. We forget that they are people and want the same as people everywhere.
Great piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social
"We asked for workers; we got people instead"
He was referring to guest workers in Switzerland, but the sentiment is the same anywhere. We forget that they are people and want the same as people everywhere.
Great piece by @dougsaunders.bsky.social
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Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Let’s make it viral folks. Thank you @histoftech.bsky.social.
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Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
The metric was not included in the latest Ontario Health annual report, with one emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
One emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/...
#onpoli
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Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.
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Hello from the Harbord bike lanes this morning. Anyone from U of T, lower annex, to Dufferin Grove getting delivery have humans negotiating this. As @brooklynspoke.bsky.social said, some behaviour is annoying but they aren’t the enemy & we should push back on the villainizing.
February 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Hello from the Harbord bike lanes this morning. Anyone from U of T, lower annex, to Dufferin Grove getting delivery have humans negotiating this. As @brooklynspoke.bsky.social said, some behaviour is annoying but they aren’t the enemy & we should push back on the villainizing.
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'Canada’s biggest grocery giants (Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro etc) restrict what other businesses can sell..'
In 2009 Harper/Pierre Poilievre CPC Bill 10 REDUCED the Competition Bureau's ability to probe anti-competitive behaviours - AND favoured corporate concentration..
Gee..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In 2009 Harper/Pierre Poilievre CPC Bill 10 REDUCED the Competition Bureau's ability to probe anti-competitive behaviours - AND favoured corporate concentration..
Gee..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an...
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
'Canada’s biggest grocery giants (Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro etc) restrict what other businesses can sell..'
In 2009 Harper/Pierre Poilievre CPC Bill 10 REDUCED the Competition Bureau's ability to probe anti-competitive behaviours - AND favoured corporate concentration..
Gee..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In 2009 Harper/Pierre Poilievre CPC Bill 10 REDUCED the Competition Bureau's ability to probe anti-competitive behaviours - AND favoured corporate concentration..
Gee..
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care - CCPA
Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Ontario recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire
Ministers call minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation to suspend treaty rights, species protections, and human rights to benefit extractive industries.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
Ministers call minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation to suspend treaty rights, species protections, and human rights to benefit extractive industries.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development
Discover how the Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development and its implications.
ricochet.media
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Ontario recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire
Ministers call minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation to suspend treaty rights, species protections, and human rights to benefit extractive industries.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
Ministers call minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation to suspend treaty rights, species protections, and human rights to benefit extractive industries.
New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/indigenous/o...
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Kashechewan, Mississaugas of the Credit, Walpole Island, Wapekeka & Wunnumin Lake First Nations have joined the constitutional challenge to Canada's Bill C-5 & Ontario's Bill 5.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
5 more First Nations join legal challenge against Bill 5 and C-5 | CBC News
Five more First Nations have joined a court challenge against new federal and provincial laws aimed at fast-tracking development saying they threaten Indigenous rights.
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Kashechewan, Mississaugas of the Credit, Walpole Island, Wapekeka & Wunnumin Lake First Nations have joined the constitutional challenge to Canada's Bill C-5 & Ontario's Bill 5.
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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These are as comfortable as they look.
*discovered & enjoyed during my recent work with the City of Reykjavík, Iceland.
*discovered & enjoyed during my recent work with the City of Reykjavík, Iceland.
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 AM
These are as comfortable as they look.
*discovered & enjoyed during my recent work with the City of Reykjavík, Iceland.
*discovered & enjoyed during my recent work with the City of Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Amazing...stay until the end
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Amazing...stay until the end
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The Ford government has stopped reporting on hallway health care. “I think that's complete and utter malpractice in terms of public accountability and transparency,” said ER doctor Raghu Venugopal www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... #onpoli #ONhealth
Hallway health care metric one of several 'to be retired' from health agency’s public report
The metric was not included in the latest Ontario Health annual report, with one emergency physician calling it ‘utter malpractice’ to not release the data publicly
www.thetrillium.ca
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The Ford government has stopped reporting on hallway health care. “I think that's complete and utter malpractice in terms of public accountability and transparency,” said ER doctor Raghu Venugopal www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/... #onpoli #ONhealth
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No one could have foreseen this.
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
No one could have foreseen this.
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wanna guess what is driving Canada's climate policy under Carney? Betcha it's not scientific models.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Classes so big, that students are left without chairs to sit on.
TDSB Trustees capped Grade 4-8 class sizes to avoid this – but the Ford Conservatives’ appointed supervisor scrapped the cap.
Ultra-large class sizes are coming this September, and our kids are paying the price. #cdnpoli
TDSB Trustees capped Grade 4-8 class sizes to avoid this – but the Ford Conservatives’ appointed supervisor scrapped the cap.
Ultra-large class sizes are coming this September, and our kids are paying the price. #cdnpoli
February 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Classes so big, that students are left without chairs to sit on.
TDSB Trustees capped Grade 4-8 class sizes to avoid this – but the Ford Conservatives’ appointed supervisor scrapped the cap.
Ultra-large class sizes are coming this September, and our kids are paying the price. #cdnpoli
TDSB Trustees capped Grade 4-8 class sizes to avoid this – but the Ford Conservatives’ appointed supervisor scrapped the cap.
Ultra-large class sizes are coming this September, and our kids are paying the price. #cdnpoli
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Since the 1970s, The Gambia lost 11,000 hectares of mangrove forests.
In a plantation drive, women planted over 700,000 mangrove propagules & monitored the growth of the seedlings throughout the year.
How did it help in creating an alternative livelihood for the locals?
(Published Dec. 2024)
In a plantation drive, women planted over 700,000 mangrove propagules & monitored the growth of the seedlings throughout the year.
How did it help in creating an alternative livelihood for the locals?
(Published Dec. 2024)
Women are the Backbone of The Gambia’s Mangrove Gambit
“I feel happy whenever I see my fellow women because the work is done towards the development of the community so I feel glad.”
www.thexylom.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Since the 1970s, The Gambia lost 11,000 hectares of mangrove forests.
In a plantation drive, women planted over 700,000 mangrove propagules & monitored the growth of the seedlings throughout the year.
How did it help in creating an alternative livelihood for the locals?
(Published Dec. 2024)
In a plantation drive, women planted over 700,000 mangrove propagules & monitored the growth of the seedlings throughout the year.
How did it help in creating an alternative livelihood for the locals?
(Published Dec. 2024)
One of the things I hate the most about what the Carney gov is doing is their seeming infatuation with AI.
Imagine how many resources are being wasted so that civil servants don't have to draft their own emails anymore.
How many cuts are being foisted upon Canadians for the sake of this digital asbestos?
How many cuts are being foisted upon Canadians for the sake of this digital asbestos?
Ottawa signs deal to use Cohere’s tech for its internal AI assistant - The Logic
The Toronto firm’s first publicly-disclosed federal contract is small, but comes as both sides seek to work together to apply AI to the government’s operations
thelogic.co
February 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
One of the things I hate the most about what the Carney gov is doing is their seeming infatuation with AI.
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The law should apply equally to everyone, regardless of their wealth, power and status.
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
CCLA Joins a Broad Coalition of Civil Society Groups Objecting to Anti-Democratic Provisions in Bill C-15 - CCLA
ccla.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The law should apply equally to everyone, regardless of their wealth, power and status.
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
On January 21, 2026, the CCLA joined more than 40 organizations in denouncing certain provisions in Bill C-15.
Read more here.
ccla.org/press-releas...
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Should betting platforms be treated like Big Tobacco? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #gambling #betting #gaming
ANALYSIS: Should betting platforms be treated like Big Tobacco? | TVO Today
A new group wants to ban all advertising of online gambling. Don’t bet on it happening anytime soon.
www.tvo.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Should betting platforms be treated like Big Tobacco? www.tvo.org/article/anal... #gambling #betting #gaming
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February 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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A problem is that there are many of us who read about, research, and publish on AI (and have been doing so for years), but the university puts us on the same playing field of decision-making about it with those who have not.
I’m gonna name it. This isn’t a case of “legitimately differing opinions.” It is blatant professorial malpractice to adopt/allow genAI (or really *any* new edtech) just b/c we are told that we must. Especially in the humanities classroom, the only “ethical use” or reasonable stance is to keep it out
February 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A problem is that there are many of us who read about, research, and publish on AI (and have been doing so for years), but the university puts us on the same playing field of decision-making about it with those who have not.