If the US dollar responds to tariffs by appreciating, the winner would be Americans who do extensive foreign travel. Mass deportations would involve large economic disruptions. What happened to no taxes on tips? Matthew Yglesias on the 47th presidential inauguration
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for response to tariff threats. Don't ever mistake kindness and generosity for a weakness. We stand up to bullies. If Trump attacks Canadian workers and jobs with tariffs, let’s fight for them by cutting off the flow of critical minerals.
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Jon Milton @policyalternatives.bsky.social: Postal workers are striking against the gigification of work and aiming to expand public services at the post office. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Your Tomorrow is a portrait of Ontario Place and asks what our modern cities should look like. The Friday, December 6 screening at Hot Docs Cinema will be followed by an insightful Q&A with director Ali Weinstein, producer Geoff Morrison.
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#NDP Jagmeet Singh in video: The status quo, the system around housing does not work for working people - the tax system and the cost of living. These three things need to fundamentally change. Don't let them tell you it can't be done. If we fight, we can win. www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6581541

#Indigenous Jack Piché, Hoss Lighting-Saddleback, Tammy Bateman, Jason West, Danny Knife, Iggy Dedam, Ronald Skunk, Jon Wells, Joseph Desjarlais died within a month this fall from direct police interactions. Their deaths fuel calls for justice, national inquiry.
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Kimberly Murrays, special interlocutor for missing children & unmarked graves and burial sites associated with residential schools, has received no word a month after she hand-delivered Justice Minister Arif Virani her final report. #Indigenous #CDNpoli youtu.be/v-l2rLirBIs

"If they want [NDP] support, first put the GST holiday separate & let's get that done right away, so people get that GST holiday right away. And then fix the cheques to include seniors & people living with disabilities & people that weren't able to work in 2023," said Singh.
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The challenges for Canada may be to negotiate an arrangement on the fentanyl trade, and prepare a furloughing plan for workers in manufacturing and export industries affected by potential layoffs. The priority should be on people, not profits. #tariffs #CDNpoli @policyalternatives.bsky.social

#NDP won’t support Working Canadians Rebate unless eligibility expanded. Jagmeet Singh calls on Liberals to extend $250 rebate to cover seniors, vulnerable Canadians. #CDNpoli
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime published Femicide Brief on International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women: 85,000 women & girls were killed intentionally worldwide in 2023; ~60% by an intimate partner or a family member; an average of 140 each day www.unodc.org/documents/da...

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman or a girl intentionally in 2023. The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. There is #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls. Listen. Believe. Educate yourself and others. Speak out. Intervene. Act. #16Days youtu.be/k8zzHhhpKa0

Postal workers are out in the cold walking the line, because the employer wouldn't negotiate fairly with them! They're looking for fair wages, good benefits & better pensions. On #CUPW Strike Day 7 I was proud to join #Toronto Local 626 at South Central Letter Processing Plant. youtu.be/zLym2FRpZzE

Canadian Union of Postal Workers is on strike. Here’s what they’re asking for, in their own words. Video via CBC News: youtu.be/PdcxrDnlKj4

Jagmeet Singh of Canada's New Democrats pushed the Liberals to eliminate GST from essential goods. So, they caved & said no GST on some essentials temporarily. It's a step in the right direction. We won't stop fighting. An NDP government will scrap the federal tax on daily essentials permanently.