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Mike Boisvert
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· Apr 17
CO2 in Ontario Schools - Google My Maps
Map showing Ontario schools with publicly available CO2 measurements. Data are crowdsourced and posted on Raven's Clean Air Map, Twitter and co2trackers.com. A green marker indicates a school with all...
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10,000 support staff at our underfunded #ONpoli colleges, striking because they've been working under an expired collective agreement for almost two years, and now students are feeling the effects of the strike, missing critical services like accessibility support. globalnews.ca/news/1147221...
Ontario college strike enters 4th week with no new talks scheduled | Globalnews.ca
Thursday marked the fourth week since workers represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union walked off the job without a deal from the College Employer Council.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
10,000 support staff at our underfunded #ONpoli colleges, striking because they've been working under an expired collective agreement for almost two years, and now students are feeling the effects of the strike, missing critical services like accessibility support. globalnews.ca/news/1147221...
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#OtD 1 Aug 1834 slavery in the British Caribbean officially ended, and the 800,000 enslaved were "freed". Govt compensated former owners, at taxpayers' expense, paying them £20 million, and the enslaved were forced to work for free for four more years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8043...
August 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#OtD 1 Aug 1834 slavery in the British Caribbean officially ended, and the 800,000 enslaved were "freed". Govt compensated former owners, at taxpayers' expense, paying them £20 million, and the enslaved were forced to work for free for four more years stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8043...
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Doug Ford plans to dismantle Ontario’s most popular provincial park.
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
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More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
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How Doug Ford Plans to Dismantle Ontario’s Most Popular Provincial Park
More than half of the Wasaga Beach shoreline could be opened to development
pressprogress.ca
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Doug Ford plans to dismantle Ontario’s most popular provincial park.
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pl...
More than half the shoreline of Wasaga Beach could be opened to development.
pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-pl...
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Good News!
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
July 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Good News!
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has called for universal respirator use in healthcare settings & when performing patient care outside of healthcare settings (eg – in the home) in the latest edition of CSA Z94.4, Selection, use and care of filtering respirators.
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A recent decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal affirmed that immunodeficiency is a disability, and employers who fail to accommodate immunocompromised workers are discriminating against them on the basis of disability.
I dug into the case for @pressprogress.ca
I dug into the case for @pressprogress.ca
In what may be a Canadian first, a human rights tribunal has affirmed the right of an immunocompromised person to seek workplace accommodations.
Disability advocates are praising the decision, saying it broadens the concept of accessible workplaces.
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Disability advocates are praising the decision, saying it broadens the concept of accessible workplaces.
pressprogress.ca/human-rights...
Human Rights Tribunal Affirms Immunocompromised Worker’s Right to Seek Workplace Accommodations
Disability advocates praise the BC decision as broadening the concept of accessible workplaces
pressprogress.ca
July 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A recent decision by the BC Human Rights Tribunal affirmed that immunodeficiency is a disability, and employers who fail to accommodate immunocompromised workers are discriminating against them on the basis of disability.
I dug into the case for @pressprogress.ca
I dug into the case for @pressprogress.ca
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USA: ‘He Is No Friend Of Labor’ - Trump ‘Pushes For Control Of NLRB By Morgan-Lewis Union-Buster’ www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2025/07...
‘He Is No Friend Of Labor’ - Trump ‘Pushes For Control Of NLRB By Morgan-Lewis Union-Buster’ - WNY Labor Today: Your On-Line Labor Newspaper, Bringing You Labor News From Across The Nation, New York S...
Your On-Line Labor Newspaper, Bringing You Labor News From Across The Nation, New York State & Western New York
www.wnylabortoday.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
USA: ‘He Is No Friend Of Labor’ - Trump ‘Pushes For Control Of NLRB By Morgan-Lewis Union-Buster’ www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2025/07...
The income gap in 🇨🇦 reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.
#inequality
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#inequality
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The Daily — Distributions of household economic accounts for income, consumption, saving and wealth of Canadian households, first quarter 2025
The income gap reached a record high in the first quarter; the highest income households gained from investments, while the lowest income households' wages declined. Lower borrowing costs and easing i...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The income gap in 🇨🇦 reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.
#inequality
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#inequality
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Big numbers. Bc of much less severe disease than in adults, authorities have gambled that COVID/long COVID in kids is of little concern. There's much evidence now to suggest that's wrong. There's a clear path to better protect kids. We should take it.
www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
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Many children suffering ongoing Covid symptoms
More than 20 per cent of children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand are experiencing significant persistent health symptoms following Covid-19 infection, according to a new Otago-led study.
www.otago.ac.nz
July 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Big numbers. Bc of much less severe disease than in adults, authorities have gambled that COVID/long COVID in kids is of little concern. There's much evidence now to suggest that's wrong. There's a clear path to better protect kids. We should take it.
www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
Graeber, from 2020:
"The crisis we just experienced was ... a confrontation with the actual reality of human life, which is that we are a collection of fragile beings taking care of one another"
#COVID
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"The crisis we just experienced was ... a confrontation with the actual reality of human life, which is that we are a collection of fragile beings taking care of one another"
#COVID
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After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep
David Graeber After the Pandemic, We Can’t Go Back to Sleep March 2021 See also: David Graeber Institute https://davidgraeber.institute/ &...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Graeber, from 2020:
"The crisis we just experienced was ... a confrontation with the actual reality of human life, which is that we are a collection of fragile beings taking care of one another"
#COVID
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
"The crisis we just experienced was ... a confrontation with the actual reality of human life, which is that we are a collection of fragile beings taking care of one another"
#COVID
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/davi...
"Now, by caving to Trump’s pressure, Canadian and European leaders have shown they are happy to sacrifice the interests of their own citizens, who desperately need the revenue to fund public services, to placate giant US corporations."
GLOBAL: G7 Leaders Cave to Trump in Major Blow to Global Tax Rules publicservices.international/resources/ne...
G7 Leaders Cave to Trump in Major Blow to Global Tax Rules
American multinationals – who shift nearly half their foreign profits to tax havens – will be exempted from a global minimum tax following a side deal done at the G7 to placate Trump.
publicservices.international
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Now, by caving to Trump’s pressure, Canadian and European leaders have shown they are happy to sacrifice the interests of their own citizens, who desperately need the revenue to fund public services, to placate giant US corporations."
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HUNGARY: Flashmob Protest in Budapest: Hungarian Teachers Call for Real Investment in the Profession www.csee-etuce.org/en/news/memb...
Flashmob Protest in Budapest: Hungarian Teachers Call for Real Investment in the Profession
On Saturday 29 June, the Teachers' Union of Hungary (PSZ) and its National Youth Section (NÖKS) organised a flashmob protest in front of the Interior Ministry in Budapest. The action aimed to draw att...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
HUNGARY: Flashmob Protest in Budapest: Hungarian Teachers Call for Real Investment in the Profession www.csee-etuce.org/en/news/memb...
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#OtD 14 Jul 1896 Spanish anarchist, rail mechanic and Civil War fighter, Buenaventura Durruti, was born. Involved in strikes, uprisings and bank robberies across Europe and Latin America, he was killed during the civil war. 500k attended his funeral stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8575...
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#OtD 14 Jul 1896 Spanish anarchist, rail mechanic and Civil War fighter, Buenaventura Durruti, was born. Involved in strikes, uprisings and bank robberies across Europe and Latin America, he was killed during the civil war. 500k attended his funeral stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8575...
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The US healthcare economy takeover
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July 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The US healthcare economy takeover
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#OtD 1 Jul 1938 slum tenants in Quinn Sq, Bethnal Green, London, elected a committee to complain about rent and conditions. In Aug they went on rent strike, and defended themselves from fascists until landlords agreed to reduce rents and do repairs stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8081...
July 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
#OtD 1 Jul 1938 slum tenants in Quinn Sq, Bethnal Green, London, elected a committee to complain about rent and conditions. In Aug they went on rent strike, and defended themselves from fascists until landlords agreed to reduce rents and do repairs stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8081...
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In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
July 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In the past 24 hours, Trump’s threatened Elon Musk, Thomas Massie, Japan, a judge in Israel, the CEO of AT&T, Jerome Powell, Canada, Thom Tillis, a Forbes reporter, Harvard, & migrants with being eaten by Burmese pythons in the Everglades, while releasing a new line of colognes.
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President Trump’s FY26 budget for #NSF will slash funding for the agency by 56.9% and funding for Social, Behavioral, and Economic sciences by 67.6%
These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.
These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.
July 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
President Trump’s FY26 budget for #NSF will slash funding for the agency by 56.9% and funding for Social, Behavioral, and Economic sciences by 67.6%
These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.
These cuts will end US STEM leadership, weaken national security, and set-back individual prosperity and well-being.
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Update: moratorium GONE! Congress voted for amendment stripping it out
NEW: The AI moratorium's future is looking grim as Sen. Blackburn pulls support amid backlash www.wired.com/story/ai-mor...
Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash
After critics called the bill a “get-out-jail-free-card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise.
www.wired.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Update: moratorium GONE! Congress voted for amendment stripping it out
The French unions warn that the government’s plans would threaten editorial independence, degrade working conditions and jeopardize the diversity and quality of public service broadcasting.
FRANCE: UNI stands with French unions against dangerous reform of public audiovisual media uniglobalunion.org/news/french-...
UNI stands with French unions against dangerous reform of public audiovisual media
UNI stands with French unions launching an indefinite strike action today to protest the government’s proposed reform of France’s public audiovisual sector.
uniglobalunion.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The French unions warn that the government’s plans would threaten editorial independence, degrade working conditions and jeopardize the diversity and quality of public service broadcasting.
The study, which compared 81 pairs of genetically identical siblings, singled out Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium as the most likely triggers of the nerve‑damaging disorder.
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Scientists think they found two key bacteria that cause multiple sclerosis
A study of twins reveals two gut bacteria linked to multiple sclerosis, offering new targets for future treatments.
www.earth.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The study, which compared 81 pairs of genetically identical siblings, singled out Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium as the most likely triggers of the nerve‑damaging disorder.
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
www.earth.com/news/scienti...
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This Day in Labor History: June 27, 1905. The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago. The IWW would play a major role in the industrial warfare of the early twentieth century, scare the employer class, and capture the imaginations of late 20th century and early 21st century radicals.
June 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This Day in Labor History: June 27, 1905. The Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago. The IWW would play a major role in the industrial warfare of the early twentieth century, scare the employer class, and capture the imaginations of late 20th century and early 21st century radicals.
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#OtD 27 Jun 1880 deafblind American author, socialist, and lecturer, Helen Keller was born. A member of the @IWW union, she fought for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9918...
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 27 Jun 1880 deafblind American author, socialist, and lecturer, Helen Keller was born. A member of the @IWW union, she fought for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and socialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9918...
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Burn more gas! Ontario's budget includes no funding for environmental protection, no climate strategy, and no plan for adaptation, even as Ontario faces yet another summer of climate extremes.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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Ontario ‘unleashes’ climate catastrophe as scientists warn Paris Agreement ‘no longer attainable’
Ontario ‘unleashes’ climate catastrophe as scientists warn Paris Agreement ‘no longer attainable’
thepointer.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Burn more gas! Ontario's budget includes no funding for environmental protection, no climate strategy, and no plan for adaptation, even as Ontario faces yet another summer of climate extremes.
#onpoli
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#onpoli
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You've been told.
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You've been told.