Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
@holtscat.bsky.social
Tom Kitten's mom, policy analyst and researcher at National Farmers Union, organic farmer, birdwatcher, fiddle player...
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James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and a professorship in Government at The University of Texas ...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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From November 12th to 16th, the Peoples’ Summit Toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil brought together 20,000 people from a wide diversity of cultures, identities, countries and territories to build international solidarity, resistance and cooperation for systemic change.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
From November 12th to 16th, the Peoples’ Summit Toward COP30 in Belém, Brazil brought together 20,000 people from a wide diversity of cultures, identities, countries and territories to build international solidarity, resistance and cooperation for systemic change.
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Carney, Smith moving closer to...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
Carney, Smith moving closer to a deal that could include B.C. oil pipeline: source | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal on the future of Alberta's energy sector, according to a senior government official, and that memoran...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Carney, Smith moving closer to...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Carney attempts to justify this wrong idea as needed to appease Alberta separatists - a total astroturf creation of the oil and gas industry and MAGA.
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James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and a professorship in Government at The University of Texas ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I am flying to Moncton with my partner Brit Griffin to give a talk to the National Farmers Union on Food, Sovereignty and Justice in these new dark ages.
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am flying to Moncton with my partner Brit Griffin to give a talk to the National Farmers Union on Food, Sovereignty and Justice in these new dark ages.
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At the #COP30 UN climate conference in Belém do Pará, Brazil, the NFU and @viacampesinabe.bsky.social are participating as observers of the official negotiations and in the People’s Summit for social movements. 🌎
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
At the #COP30 UN climate conference in Belém do Pará, Brazil, the NFU and @viacampesinabe.bsky.social are participating as observers of the official negotiations and in the People’s Summit for social movements. 🌎
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Tomorrow, the NFU and @viacampesinabe.bsky.social will join more than 20,000 voices to fill the streets of Belém, Brazil to resist false climate solutions and to demand climate justice and system change. 🌎
Learn more about the People’s Summit Towards #COP30 📣
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Learn more about the People’s Summit Towards #COP30 📣
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Cúpula dos Povos
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November 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tomorrow, the NFU and @viacampesinabe.bsky.social will join more than 20,000 voices to fill the streets of Belém, Brazil to resist false climate solutions and to demand climate justice and system change. 🌎
Learn more about the People’s Summit Towards #COP30 📣
cupuladospovoscop30.org
Learn more about the People’s Summit Towards #COP30 📣
cupuladospovoscop30.org
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Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
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Opinion: Governments that silence teachers hurt students
What these premiers don’t understand or are unwilling to acknowledge is that teacher strikes are rarely about pay alone. They are acts of advocacy for the conditions that make real learning possible.
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What these premiers don’t understand or are unwilling to acknowledge is that teacher strikes are rarely about pay alone. They are acts of advocacy for the conditions that make real learning possible.
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Opinion: Governments that silence teachers hurt students
What these premiers don’t understand or are unwilling to acknowledge is that teacher strikes are rarely about pay alone.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Opinion: Governments that silence teachers hurt students
What these premiers don’t understand or are unwilling to acknowledge is that teacher strikes are rarely about pay alone. They are acts of advocacy for the conditions that make real learning possible.
thestarphoenix.com/opinion/opin...
What these premiers don’t understand or are unwilling to acknowledge is that teacher strikes are rarely about pay alone. They are acts of advocacy for the conditions that make real learning possible.
thestarphoenix.com/opinion/opin...
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The destruction of local news is really one of those stories that needs to be told and understood. It is undermining local democracy in hundreds of different ways.
No room for debate - J-Source
Postmedia quietly whittles away local viewpoints from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post. Photo by P.W. Elliott
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November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The destruction of local news is really one of those stories that needs to be told and understood. It is undermining local democracy in hundreds of different ways.
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November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
November 5, 2025
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AFB 2026 is live! Major public cuts are avoidable. Canadians need supports and services based on equality and solidarity. The CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget offers just that: Building a True Canadian Sovereignty. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AFB 2026 is live! Major public cuts are avoidable. Canadians need supports and services based on equality and solidarity. The CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget offers just that: Building a True Canadian Sovereignty. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Climate change. Food sovereignty. Trade. Supply Management. Meat processing. AI and data. Canadian regulatory bodies. Farmland. Biodiversity. Local food purchasing procurement.
All this and more in the Agriculture chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
All this and more in the Agriculture chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Alternative federal budget 2026: Agriculture - CCPA
What the Canadian government should do on agriculture. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Climate change. Food sovereignty. Trade. Supply Management. Meat processing. AI and data. Canadian regulatory bodies. Farmland. Biodiversity. Local food purchasing procurement.
All this and more in the Agriculture chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
All this and more in the Agriculture chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Excellent stuff from @graceblakeley.substack.com. People believe that if you build more houses then the price will come down. This simplistic analysis ignores the fact that the demand side is virtually unlimited due to the super rich wanting to buy up all of the assets.
"Ending the housing crisis requires attacking one of the foundations of neoliberal capitalism: the idea that we are all little, budding capitalists just waiting for the opportunity to invest in financial markets."
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Building More Won't Fix the Housing Crisis
Housing has become a financial asset that generates vast gains for the wealthy.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excellent stuff from @graceblakeley.substack.com. People believe that if you build more houses then the price will come down. This simplistic analysis ignores the fact that the demand side is virtually unlimited due to the super rich wanting to buy up all of the assets.
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"Why the Working Class Matters" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Why the Working Class Matters
Yanis Varoufakis explains why voters whom the left has abandoned and rejected are flocking to far-right parties.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"Why the Working Class Matters" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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The dispute at Canada Post is more than just a labour dispute between a company that has fallen on hard times and a union intent on defending its members jobs. It is so much more, and one that is vital to understand. A short thread.
September 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The dispute at Canada Post is more than just a labour dispute between a company that has fallen on hard times and a union intent on defending its members jobs. It is so much more, and one that is vital to understand. A short thread.
CBAN is Canada's go-to organization for critical analysis (scientific, economic, social and ecological) of GMO impacts and developments in the food system. Sign the e-petition and follow on Bluesky! #canpoli #food #GMOs #gene-editing
Sign and share the House of Commons petition for mandatory labelling of #GMOs. Demand transparency and choice. Sign e-6768 at www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... Show your concern over genetically engineered (genetically modified) foods, unlabelled in grocery stores. More info: cban.ca/labelling
September 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
CBAN is Canada's go-to organization for critical analysis (scientific, economic, social and ecological) of GMO impacts and developments in the food system. Sign the e-petition and follow on Bluesky! #canpoli #food #GMOs #gene-editing
www.nfu.ca/parliamentar... What is more fundamental to our lives than seed? The Canadian government is set to remove the right to save seed for farmers on new varieties of fruit, veg, ornamental and hybrids. Sign the Parliamentary e-petition against this attack on food sovereignty. #food #canpoli
Parliamentary e-Petition: Protect Farmers’ Right to Save Seed | National Farmers Union
Sign the Petition Today! Canada’s Plant Breeders Rights Act (PBR) gives plant breeders exclusive rights to produce and reproduce new varieties for 20 years. When farmers buy these varieties…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
www.nfu.ca/parliamentar... What is more fundamental to our lives than seed? The Canadian government is set to remove the right to save seed for farmers on new varieties of fruit, veg, ornamental and hybrids. Sign the Parliamentary e-petition against this attack on food sovereignty. #food #canpoli
Local business community defends foreign worker program against Conservative proposal - DiscoverMooseJaw.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Job Listings share.google/14eL5xW9vzHx... Moose Jaw SK business community 100% against Poilievre's position on Temporary Foreign Workers.
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Local business community defends foreign worker program against Conservative proposal - DiscoverMooseJaw.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Job Listings share.google/14eL5xW9vzHx... Moose Jaw SK business community 100% against Poilievre's position on Temporary Foreign Workers.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... Just ask SaskPower!
Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs
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September 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... Just ask SaskPower!
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September 11, 2025
September 11, 2025
Twenty-four years ago today, terrorists from the al-Qaeda network used four civilian airplanes as weapons against the United States, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in N...
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September 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
September 11, 2025
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SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ for the NFU’s 56th Annual Convention: Food. Sovereignty. Justice. Building Collective Solutions.
Where/When: Crowne Plaza, Moncton, NB from November 19, 20, and 21.
Book your hotel rooms by October 20th to receive our convention rate!
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Where/When: Crowne Plaza, Moncton, NB from November 19, 20, and 21.
Book your hotel rooms by October 20th to receive our convention rate!
www.nfu.ca/2025conventi...
2025 Convention: Food. Sovereignty. Justice. Building Collective Strategies. | National Farmers Union
Join us November 19-21, 2025 in Moncton and online for “Food. Sovereignty. Justice. Building Collective Strategies”, the NFU’s 56th annual National Convention.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
SAVE THE DATE 🗓️ for the NFU’s 56th Annual Convention: Food. Sovereignty. Justice. Building Collective Solutions.
Where/When: Crowne Plaza, Moncton, NB from November 19, 20, and 21.
Book your hotel rooms by October 20th to receive our convention rate!
www.nfu.ca/2025conventi...
Where/When: Crowne Plaza, Moncton, NB from November 19, 20, and 21.
Book your hotel rooms by October 20th to receive our convention rate!
www.nfu.ca/2025conventi...