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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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I've been calling friends and family and asking them what prescriptions they're on and if they like them and now I just have to figure out how to send this $12K invoice for MedChecks to Doug Ford.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I've been calling friends and family and asking them what prescriptions they're on and if they like them and now I just have to figure out how to send this $12K invoice for MedChecks to Doug Ford.
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Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists say they’re pressured by corporate to push this program - and now we learn $81M was billed to Ontarians for it in just 2 years.
This government loves to preach fiscal responsibility. So where’s the accountability? #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This government loves to preach fiscal responsibility. So where’s the accountability? #onpoli
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Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned | CBC News
Shoppers Drug Mart billed the Ontario government’s MedsCheck program $81.2 million for medication reviews over a two-year period when some of its current and former pharmacists said they were facing “...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists say they’re pressured by corporate to push this program - and now we learn $81M was billed to Ontarians for it in just 2 years.
This government loves to preach fiscal responsibility. So where’s the accountability? #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This government loves to preach fiscal responsibility. So where’s the accountability? #onpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
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This is exactly why business needs to stay out of our healthcare:
“It speaks to a larger problem around corporatization of healthcare, where the healthcare professional has dual loyalties, the loyalty to the corporation and their business, and the loyalty to the patient…”
#Canada
“It speaks to a larger problem around corporatization of healthcare, where the healthcare professional has dual loyalties, the loyalty to the corporation and their business, and the loyalty to the patient…”
#Canada
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Is this Galen’s grift again?!
Is this Galen’s grift again?!
Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned | CBC News
Shoppers Drug Mart billed the Ontario government’s MedsCheck program $81.2 million for medication reviews over a two-year period when some of its current and former pharmacists said they were facing “...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is exactly why business needs to stay out of our healthcare:
“It speaks to a larger problem around corporatization of healthcare, where the healthcare professional has dual loyalties, the loyalty to the corporation and their business, and the loyalty to the patient…”
#Canada
“It speaks to a larger problem around corporatization of healthcare, where the healthcare professional has dual loyalties, the loyalty to the corporation and their business, and the loyalty to the patient…”
#Canada
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Good morning.
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good morning.
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
If you live in Alberta, you should know that today your government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to wage war against transgender Albertans.
Not because transgender persons are harmful, but because the UCP is distracting you from their mountain of failures.
#ableg
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People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
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Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising
David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising
Experts say the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Experts warn environmental costs to powering AI technology is rising
David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
David Shipley, founder of New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm Beauceron Security, says the electricity and water required to support modern AI systems are far greater than most people realize.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...
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"More than half of the projects Minister Piccini's office gave funding to were ranked by bureaucrats as poor, low or medium against the program's goals and criteria.
Those projects received about $742 million over the first five rounds of funding."
Looking to buy: Votes
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Those projects received about $742 million over the first five rounds of funding."
Looking to buy: Votes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | A minister under fire, alleged lobbyist connections: What to know about the latest Queen's Park controversy | CBC News
The latest scandal at Queen’s Park revolves around the Skills Development Fund – a little known pocket of government funding for organizations to address challenges in hiring, training or retraining w...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"More than half of the projects Minister Piccini's office gave funding to were ranked by bureaucrats as poor, low or medium against the program's goals and criteria.
Those projects received about $742 million over the first five rounds of funding."
Looking to buy: Votes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Those projects received about $742 million over the first five rounds of funding."
Looking to buy: Votes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Minister of Labour David Piccini handpicked a company – Keel Digital Solutions – to receive funding despite scoring just 59/100. Then came the Paris wedding, the rink-side Leafs seats, and now an OPP investigation.
With all this on the table, how has Doug Ford not fired him?
With all this on the table, how has Doug Ford not fired him?
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Minister of Labour David Piccini handpicked a company – Keel Digital Solutions – to receive funding despite scoring just 59/100. Then came the Paris wedding, the rink-side Leafs seats, and now an OPP investigation.
With all this on the table, how has Doug Ford not fired him?
With all this on the table, how has Doug Ford not fired him?
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Doug Ford has 72 staffers working for him. The largest staff roster of any Ontario Premier ever. His cabinet is also the largest and most expensive in Ontario history.
But this week his Minister of Red Tape Reduction couldn't tell a committee how much all this was costing us.
I have questions.
But this week his Minister of Red Tape Reduction couldn't tell a committee how much all this was costing us.
I have questions.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Doug Ford has 72 staffers working for him. The largest staff roster of any Ontario Premier ever. His cabinet is also the largest and most expensive in Ontario history.
But this week his Minister of Red Tape Reduction couldn't tell a committee how much all this was costing us.
I have questions.
But this week his Minister of Red Tape Reduction couldn't tell a committee how much all this was costing us.
I have questions.
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As U.S. citizens are increasingly being swept up in ICE arrests, fascism expert Jason Stanley says it’s “a way to normalize the targeting of everybody” and scare Black and brown Americans away from public life. #Velshi
US citizens being swept up in ICE arrests: 'We’re now a country where you have to bring your papers around'
The Supreme Court has given ICE free reign to stop and detain people based on nothing more than appearance, accent, job, or location, and this dragnet is now sweeping up U.S. citizens. University of Toronto professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley warns that "we are now a country where you have to bring your papers around." Furthermore, Stanley says that "if you instill fear in Black and brown citizens that they will have this interaction with ICE, they're much less likely to show up" to vote or participate in civic life.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As U.S. citizens are increasingly being swept up in ICE arrests, fascism expert Jason Stanley says it’s “a way to normalize the targeting of everybody” and scare Black and brown Americans away from public life. #Velshi
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Apparently it was a crossing guard. #DougFord killed a crossing guard because he doesn't give a shit about you or where you live.
#onpoli
#onpoli
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
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These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
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Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
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"Ontario’s new housing reforms will protect financialized landlords, not tenants"
Doug Ford’s new housing bill has been sold as efficiency reform, yet it prioritizes landlords over tenants. Long-term renters will face faster evictions, fewer protections, and higher rents while corporate landlords consolidate even more control of an already deeply financialized market.
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
Ford may think that disappearing tenants and their unions from the LTB will disappear them from the city, but it won’t. Tenants and the growing tenant union movement in Ontario have been successfully ...
canadiandimension.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Ontario’s new housing reforms will protect financialized landlords, not tenants"
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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In the wake of the two baseball gambling indictments just announced, the ubiquity of sports betting ads on tv today seems even more odious than usual.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In the wake of the two baseball gambling indictments just announced, the ubiquity of sports betting ads on tv today seems even more odious than usual.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
globalnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...