Tim McSorley
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We have had the pleasure to work alongside
@amiraelghawaby.bsky.social & the Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia (OSRCI). Their work over a short period of time has made important contributions to how we understand Islamophobia in Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/can...
@amiraelghawaby.bsky.social & the Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia (OSRCI). Their work over a short period of time has made important contributions to how we understand Islamophobia in Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/can...
Canada’s axed Islamophobia envoy says Muslims’ need for support from federal government ‘hasn’t gone away’
In an exclusive interview, Amira Elghawaby says she learned of Carney government’s decision to eliminate her role the night before the announcement.
www.thestar.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
We have had the pleasure to work alongside
@amiraelghawaby.bsky.social & the Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia (OSRCI). Their work over a short period of time has made important contributions to how we understand Islamophobia in Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/can...
@amiraelghawaby.bsky.social & the Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia (OSRCI). Their work over a short period of time has made important contributions to how we understand Islamophobia in Canada. www.thestar.com/politics/can...
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Canada must also close a legal loophole that allows weapons to be shipped to the United States without meaningful human rights risk assessments.
Learn more and take action: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
Learn more and take action: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
Arms Embargo Now!
The No More Loopholes Act will go to a vote in Parliament at the end of February. The critical window to act to pressure MPs to vote for it is right now.
armsembargonow.ca
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Canada must also close a legal loophole that allows weapons to be shipped to the United States without meaningful human rights risk assessments.
Learn more and take action: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
Learn more and take action: armsembargonow.ca/nomoreloopho...
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“Karen Hamilton, director of the human rights watchdog Above Ground, said Canadian companies should cease doing business with ICE, which she said has displayed ‘obvious signs of human rights abuses.’ ” @thestar.com www.thestar.com/business/mor...
More than a dozen Canadian companies – including Thomson Reuters – have done business with ICE, Star analysis reveals
Such contracts have become controversial as concerns mount that products or services sold to ICE could be used by the agency in activities that may violate human rights.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“Karen Hamilton, director of the human rights watchdog Above Ground, said Canadian companies should cease doing business with ICE, which she said has displayed ‘obvious signs of human rights abuses.’ ” @thestar.com www.thestar.com/business/mor...
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“It raises really, really serious concerns that a [Canadian] company doing business with ICE is going to be enabling abuses, and is going to be conducting operations that facilitate those abuses continuing."
- Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood from our counterpart, @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social
- Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood from our counterpart, @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social
More than a dozen Canadian companies – including Thomson Reuters – have done business with ICE, Star analysis reveals
Such contracts have become controversial as concerns mount that products or services sold to ICE could be used by the agency in activities that may violate human rights.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
“It raises really, really serious concerns that a [Canadian] company doing business with ICE is going to be enabling abuses, and is going to be conducting operations that facilitate those abuses continuing."
- Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood from our counterpart, @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social
- Aidan Gilchrist-Blackwood from our counterpart, @cnca-rcrce.bsky.social
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On today’s day of remembrance and action, we remind officials not only of the importance of tackling individual acts of Islamophobia, but also systemic racism and Islamophobia within government, law enforcement and national security agencies. 1/ #GreenSquareCampaign #cdnpolitics
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 PM
On today’s day of remembrance and action, we remind officials not only of the importance of tackling individual acts of Islamophobia, but also systemic racism and Islamophobia within government, law enforcement and national security agencies. 1/ #GreenSquareCampaign #cdnpolitics
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Devastating op ed by Vanessa Gentile in today's @thestar.com condemning the Ford government deliberately making our roads less safe: "Five years on, I am still writing because Alex cannot. And because no one else should have to."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I fought for safer Toronto streets after my friend was killed five years ago. Now Doug Ford is undoing that work
Premier Doug Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria are actively dismantling the very infrastructure that so many of us fought to put in place.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Devastating op ed by Vanessa Gentile in today's @thestar.com condemning the Ford government deliberately making our roads less safe: "Five years on, I am still writing because Alex cannot. And because no one else should have to."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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It is unacceptable for Canada to promote “dialogue” with Israel on AI. The Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill lists and facilitate its genocide in Gaza. Take action at share.nwmd.social/s/cquKUt5y
Tell Minister Solomon: We Don’t Need Israel’s Genocidal AI
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January 31, 2026 at 1:35 AM
It is unacceptable for Canada to promote “dialogue” with Israel on AI. The Israeli military uses Israeli AI and tech in the surveillance and targeting of Palestinians, using automation to develop kill lists and facilitate its genocide in Gaza. Take action at share.nwmd.social/s/cquKUt5y
[We must] "hold our government to account by demanding that if billions of dollars are to continue vanishing into our correctional system, inmates should receive services that enable them to escape poverty and access treatment for mental illness." www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Canada’s correctional service is beyond reform
The Correctional Service of Canada is chronically resistant to any semblance of reform, despite its well-documented and glaring failures. That might not seem to matter for Canadians who have never exp...
www.hilltimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
[We must] "hold our government to account by demanding that if billions of dollars are to continue vanishing into our correctional system, inmates should receive services that enable them to escape poverty and access treatment for mental illness." www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
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NEW: Premier Doug Ford is defending the @OntarioPCParty's decision to ban the media from its weekend convention.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford bans media from Progressive Conservative convention this weekend
In an unusual move, the governing Tories have for the first time refused to allow reporters into any part of their conference.
www.thestar.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Premier Doug Ford is defending the @OntarioPCParty's decision to ban the media from its weekend convention.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Manhattan, NY, Tue. Evening: The NYC Police Dept. (NYPD) arrested dozens of protesters on Tue. evening at an anti-ICE protest inside a Manhattan hotel, marking the first mass arrest under the new admin. of NYC's Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Protesters took over the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in...
Protesters took over the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in...
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Manhattan, NY, Tue. Evening: The NYC Police Dept. (NYPD) arrested dozens of protesters on Tue. evening at an anti-ICE protest inside a Manhattan hotel, marking the first mass arrest under the new admin. of NYC's Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Protesters took over the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in...
Protesters took over the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn in...
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Ontario has the lowest per-capita hospital spending in the country. Expanding private care will worsen access. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
In Ontario, it’s a time of plenty for private health care while public hospitals starve - CCPA
Ontario public hospitals face large deficits even as the provincial government doles out more cash to for-profit providers.
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Ontario has the lowest per-capita hospital spending in the country. Expanding private care will worsen access. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG continues to be delayed because of lack of a Chair or Vice-Chair of RCMP review body: pbicanada.org/2026/01/23/p... via
@pbicanada.bsky.social
@pbicanada.bsky.social
PBI-Canada continues to monitor the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG | Peace Brigades International-Canada
pbicanada.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Systemic investigation of the RCMP C-IRG continues to be delayed because of lack of a Chair or Vice-Chair of RCMP review body: pbicanada.org/2026/01/23/p... via
@pbicanada.bsky.social
@pbicanada.bsky.social
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
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A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW interpares.ca/news/war-cri...
War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW
Canada must break its silence about the U.A.E.’s support to the RSF militia.
interpares.ca
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
War crimes in Sudan: Canada must act NOW interpares.ca/news/war-cri...
NEW ACTION: C-12, the xenophobic "border" bill, is now in the Senate.
Please take action to tell Senators that Bill C-12 will violate human rights and make us all less safe. Thank you! share.nwmd.social/s/Kg9wOTvL
Please take action to tell Senators that Bill C-12 will violate human rights and make us all less safe. Thank you! share.nwmd.social/s/Kg9wOTvL
Senators: Oppose Bill C-12 and protect rights!
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January 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM
NEW ACTION: C-12, the xenophobic "border" bill, is now in the Senate.
Please take action to tell Senators that Bill C-12 will violate human rights and make us all less safe. Thank you! share.nwmd.social/s/Kg9wOTvL
Please take action to tell Senators that Bill C-12 will violate human rights and make us all less safe. Thank you! share.nwmd.social/s/Kg9wOTvL
ICLMG speaks at the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility iclmg.ca/palestine-tr...
ICLMG speaks at the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility - International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
On November 14 and 15, 2025, the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility took place in Ottawa and online. It featured testimonies by many amazing panelists and elders, including Palestinians who...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
ICLMG speaks at the Palestine Tribunal on Canadian Responsibility iclmg.ca/palestine-tr...
