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Cara Smusiak (she/her)
@carasmusiak.bsky.social
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Copywriter & strategist . Former journalist
Board Member & Communications Chair @cancovsoc.bsky.social
Opinions are my own

Interests: Covid/long Covid, human rights, women's issues, BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ support, ADHD, disability, climate change, GBV
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This is probably the most laughable take on Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods: news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...

They've really missed the plot. This is about our sovereignty. No mediocre orange juice or bourbon is worth selling ourselves out. I'd rather drink water any day.
June 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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U.S. DOJ is giving the same energy as Poilievre.

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Screenshot of skeet from Rachel Gilmore, which is available at: https://bsky.app/profile/rachelgilmore.bsky.social/post/3lnir36a6xk2m
April 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Promise to use the Notwithstanding clause on sentencing legislation + Conservative Party policy on judiciary (screenshot) is 🚩🚩🚩. The Courts ensure our Charter rights & freedoms aren't infringed upon. SCC decisions incl decriminalizing abortion, evidence disclosure, 2SLGBTQ rights, voting rights...
Screenshot from the Conservative Party of Canada's policy declaration, which reads: 15. Parliament, the Courts and the Charter The Conservative Party believes that Parliament, rather than the courts, is the law-making body of Canada. We support the establishment of a parliamentary judicial review committee to prepare an appropriate response to those court decisions that Parliament believes should be addressed through legislation. We re-affirm the legitimacy of the entire Charter of Rights and Freedoms including section 33 (notwithstanding clause). We support legislation to remove authority from the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to regulate, receive, investigate or adjudicate complaints related to section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
April 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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And some more. 2/2
Pierre Poilievre waving at warehouse workers while wearing an "Axe the Tax" t-shirt. Pierre Poilievre campaigning with "Common Sense / Le Gros Bon Sens" sign on podium at a grocery store. Pierre Poilievre campaigning with "Bring it home / Le gros bon sens" sign on podium. Pierre Poilievre in a suit and tie, speaking at a podium with a sign on it reading "Fix the broken border / Reparons la frontiere." There are three Canadian flags in the background.
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Imagine standing behind a sign with a (very lazy) slogan on it, and claiming your maybe-future opponent is sloganeering. Then imagine doing that after months of campaigning on gimmicky slogans. The pictures speak for themselves, Mr. Poilievre. 1/2
Pierre Poilievre campaigning with "Axe the Tax" sign on podium and red transport trucks in the background. Pierre Poilievre in a suit and tie, speaking at podium with "Le Canada First D'Abord" sign on it, and two Canadian flags in the background. Pierre Poilievre campaigning with "Spike the Hike" sign on podium at a gas station. Pierre Poilievre campaigning at a playground with "Arreton Les Crimes / Stop the Crime" sign on podium.
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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It might be location dependent. I'm in Canada, and it looks a little different for me. But I still loathe that it's even being acknowledged.
February 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Screenshot from New Yorker article "How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals," which reads: Between 1951 and 2000, 3M produced at least a hundred million pounds of PFOS and chemicals that degrade into PFOS. This is roughly the weight of the Titanic. After the late seventies, when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year. Scientists are still struggling to grasp all the biological consequences. They have learned, just as Johnson did decades ago, that proteins in the body bind to PFOS. It enters our cells and organs, where even tiny amounts can cause stress and interfere with basic biological functions. It contributes to diseases that take many years to develop; at the time of a diagnosis, one’s PFOS level may have fallen, making it difficult to establish causation with any certainty.
January 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM