Rena Heer
@renakaurheer.bsky.social
Sikh-Canadian. Feminist. Former broadcast journalist at CTV, Global and Omni. PA professional.
Posts do not reflect the views of employers past or present.
Posts do not reflect the views of employers past or present.
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"Though this misogyny appears to be fringe, it echoes mainstream policies that threaten reproductive health care, restrict gender expression and paint feminism as a threat to national stability." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Influencers and Conservative Politicians Are Making Misogyny Mainstream | The Tyee
How COVID and the internet unleashed a war on women.
thetyee.ca
June 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Though this misogyny appears to be fringe, it echoes mainstream policies that threaten reproductive health care, restrict gender expression and paint feminism as a threat to national stability." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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“Not pictured in Singh’s social media accounts was the retinue of armed RCMP officers stationed outside the hospital room, there to ensure the federal politician and his young family’s safety.” globalnews.ca/news/1124819...
Armed guards, no biking and exit strategies: Jagmeet Singh’s life under RCMP protection - National | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said Wednesday countries, including India, "leverage" criminal gangs to allegedly conduct "threat activity" on Canadians soil.
globalnews.ca
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Not pictured in Singh’s social media accounts was the retinue of armed RCMP officers stationed outside the hospital room, there to ensure the federal politician and his young family’s safety.” globalnews.ca/news/1124819...
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"Ta’talu means 'little arm of the river,' symbolizing the life it gives to the Semiahmoo people."
Today, Ta’talu Elementary celebrated its official opening with a Traditional Ceremony & ribbon cutting.
🔗 sd36.ca/Tatalu
@tymoschukg.bsky.social
@laurielarsen.bsky.social
@garrythind.bsky.social
Today, Ta’talu Elementary celebrated its official opening with a Traditional Ceremony & ribbon cutting.
🔗 sd36.ca/Tatalu
@tymoschukg.bsky.social
@laurielarsen.bsky.social
@garrythind.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Ta’talu means 'little arm of the river,' symbolizing the life it gives to the Semiahmoo people."
Today, Ta’talu Elementary celebrated its official opening with a Traditional Ceremony & ribbon cutting.
🔗 sd36.ca/Tatalu
@tymoschukg.bsky.social
@laurielarsen.bsky.social
@garrythind.bsky.social
Today, Ta’talu Elementary celebrated its official opening with a Traditional Ceremony & ribbon cutting.
🔗 sd36.ca/Tatalu
@tymoschukg.bsky.social
@laurielarsen.bsky.social
@garrythind.bsky.social
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I keep thinking about the Meng Wanzhou affair. Canada arrested a Chinese tech executive at the behest of the US, honouring our extradition treaty. The consequences were dire, two Canadians jailed for nearly 2 years. The Wanzhou arrest happened during Trump’s admin; it was resolved during Biden’s.
Quick check to see who our allies are now: if 9/11 happened today, who would actually help us find who did it? Canada? No. The EU? No. We are alone except for Israel and maybe Russia, which is too preoccupied to help, and whose “help” would be bad. We are so incredibly unsafe and effectively fucked.
March 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I keep thinking about the Meng Wanzhou affair. Canada arrested a Chinese tech executive at the behest of the US, honouring our extradition treaty. The consequences were dire, two Canadians jailed for nearly 2 years. The Wanzhou arrest happened during Trump’s admin; it was resolved during Biden’s.
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ICYMI: @bethanylindsay.bsky.social and I tried to figure out exactly how much Canadian taxpayer money has been going to companies owned by Elon Musk. We found more than $400 million in government awards, transfer payments and rebates
theijf.org/elon-musk-pu...
theijf.org/elon-musk-pu...
Just how much public money is flowing from Canada to Elon Musk?
IJF analysis shows hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and subsidies for Trump ally’s companies
theijf.org
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ICYMI: @bethanylindsay.bsky.social and I tried to figure out exactly how much Canadian taxpayer money has been going to companies owned by Elon Musk. We found more than $400 million in government awards, transfer payments and rebates
theijf.org/elon-musk-pu...
theijf.org/elon-musk-pu...
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📣 X isn’t the Twitter it once was. Under Elon Musk, a non-elected member of a foreign government that just put crippling tariffs on Canada, the hate, conspiracy theories, and disinformation have increased.
Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇
Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇
Tell Canadian Members of Parliament to Stop Using X
Help us tell Canadian MPs that it’s time to stop using X.
www.antihate.ca
March 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
📣 X isn’t the Twitter it once was. Under Elon Musk, a non-elected member of a foreign government that just put crippling tariffs on Canada, the hate, conspiracy theories, and disinformation have increased.
Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇
Help us tell Canadian Members of Parliament: Stop Using X! 👇
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I don't know about you, but to me it kind of feels like we are living through a dystopian movie. Only, horrors, it's real life. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: History is Now: The Movie
What might a future dystopian film about the second Donald Trump era look like?
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I don't know about you, but to me it kind of feels like we are living through a dystopian movie. Only, horrors, it's real life. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Great quotes here from a Canadian official — viewing the provincial premiers as rubes who went to DC, learned it’s not actually that easy dealing with Trump, paid $85,000 for a meeting with senior-mid-level staff, got publicly ridiculed after by that Trump staff
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
La visite à la Maison-Blanche a coûté 85 000 $ US
Les premiers ministres des provinces et territoires ont eu recours aux services d’un lobbyiste proche de l’un des fils du président américain.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great quotes here from a Canadian official — viewing the provincial premiers as rubes who went to DC, learned it’s not actually that easy dealing with Trump, paid $85,000 for a meeting with senior-mid-level staff, got publicly ridiculed after by that Trump staff
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
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Dear Elon, we’re out.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
No Thanks, Musk. We’ll Direct Our Readers Elsewhere | The Tyee
The Tyee is no longer posting on X. Here’s why.
thetyee.ca
February 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dear Elon, we’re out.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
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“Backlash does not mean DEI is failing,” says Camellia Bryan, an assistant professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
“It often signals that dominant-group employees are experiencing discomfort as existing power structures shift.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social interviews.
“It often signals that dominant-group employees are experiencing discomfort as existing power structures shift.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social interviews.
The Real Reasons for the DEI Backlash. And Some Solutions | The Tyee
UBC prof Camellia Bryan says traditionally favoured groups can feel threatened by diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
thetyee.ca
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Backlash does not mean DEI is failing,” says Camellia Bryan, an assistant professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
“It often signals that dominant-group employees are experiencing discomfort as existing power structures shift.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social interviews.
“It often signals that dominant-group employees are experiencing discomfort as existing power structures shift.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social interviews.
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Why has not single journalist or politician--in the US or Canada--observed, asked, or bellowed that it is not the job of Mexico and Canada to secure US borders.
February 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Why has not single journalist or politician--in the US or Canada--observed, asked, or bellowed that it is not the job of Mexico and Canada to secure US borders.
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I asked DeepSeek three questions:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I asked DeepSeek three questions:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
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Unnecessarily scapegoating temporary residents - more likely to be victims of hate crimes than perpetrators - shows you who Pierre Poilievre really is.
Poilievre uses the Holocaust Memorial event in Auschwitz to criticize the liberal government and to politic against "woke ideology."
Calls for deportations for temp residents who commit violent hate crimes (already the law).
globalnews.ca/video/109795...
Calls for deportations for temp residents who commit violent hate crimes (already the law).
globalnews.ca/video/109795...
Poilievre says Canada should ‘deport’ any temporary resident committing violence or hate crimes | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Poilievre says Canada should ‘deport’ any temporary resident committing violence or hate crimes Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
January 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Unnecessarily scapegoating temporary residents - more likely to be victims of hate crimes than perpetrators - shows you who Pierre Poilievre really is.
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In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
Whoa, Canada! Don’t Make Our Mistake in New Zealand | The Tyee
Out of frustration we tried electing right-wing populists. Now things are worse.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
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Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Mainstreet Research (Ontario only):
🔴LPC 40%
🔵CPC 39%
🟠NDP 12%
🟢GPC 4%
🟣PPC 3%
338canada.com/20250126-mai...
[Mainstreet Research, January 25-26, 2025, n=936]
🔴LPC 40%
🔵CPC 39%
🟠NDP 12%
🟢GPC 4%
🟣PPC 3%
338canada.com/20250126-mai...
[Mainstreet Research, January 25-26, 2025, n=936]
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Mainstreet Research (Ontario only):
🔴LPC 40%
🔵CPC 39%
🟠NDP 12%
🟢GPC 4%
🟣PPC 3%
338canada.com/20250126-mai...
[Mainstreet Research, January 25-26, 2025, n=936]
🔴LPC 40%
🔵CPC 39%
🟠NDP 12%
🟢GPC 4%
🟣PPC 3%
338canada.com/20250126-mai...
[Mainstreet Research, January 25-26, 2025, n=936]
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I mean… they are Demonstrably Unqualified and Inadequate … #duihires
BREAKING: The Senate has just voted to confirm Pete Hegseth, a drunken, out-of-control abuser, as the weakest Secretary of Defense in history.
This was the closest vote for SecDef, needing the weird couch guy to break the tie.
It's a sad day for America.
Hegseth is a DUI hire.
This was the closest vote for SecDef, needing the weird couch guy to break the tie.
It's a sad day for America.
Hegseth is a DUI hire.
January 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I mean… they are Demonstrably Unqualified and Inadequate … #duihires
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I was watching a Hasan Piker talk the other day about how basically every common hobby for young men--gaming, sports, fitness, gambling, etc--is saturated with right-wing propaganda. yeah
November 6, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I was watching a Hasan Piker talk the other day about how basically every common hobby for young men--gaming, sports, fitness, gambling, etc--is saturated with right-wing propaganda. yeah
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ok... my first stab at a Vancouver starter pack.
Attempting to recreate twitter from days of yore, when there was a good mix of Vancouver media, politicians, experts, frustrating blowhards, and interesting weirdos.
A strong housing and sustainability bias, of course.
go.bsky.app/PzH4RoP
Attempting to recreate twitter from days of yore, when there was a good mix of Vancouver media, politicians, experts, frustrating blowhards, and interesting weirdos.
A strong housing and sustainability bias, of course.
go.bsky.app/PzH4RoP
January 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
ok... my first stab at a Vancouver starter pack.
Attempting to recreate twitter from days of yore, when there was a good mix of Vancouver media, politicians, experts, frustrating blowhards, and interesting weirdos.
A strong housing and sustainability bias, of course.
go.bsky.app/PzH4RoP
Attempting to recreate twitter from days of yore, when there was a good mix of Vancouver media, politicians, experts, frustrating blowhards, and interesting weirdos.
A strong housing and sustainability bias, of course.
go.bsky.app/PzH4RoP
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
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Also, hot take: Canadian resistance to being subsumed by the US is actually pretty simple. Canadians have universal healthcare, gun control, and parental leave. They don’t want to join us because they’re not insane.
January 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Also, hot take: Canadian resistance to being subsumed by the US is actually pretty simple. Canadians have universal healthcare, gun control, and parental leave. They don’t want to join us because they’re not insane.
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That's unfortunate
Big scoop from @madisonmcla.bsky.social: Shopify quietly dismantled its Equitable Commerce team just in time for Trump's Inauguration.
Who will suffer? Indigenous entrepreneurs. #CDNtech
Who will suffer? Indigenous entrepreneurs. #CDNtech
Shopify quietly kills Indigenous entrepreneurship program Build Native
Build Native program lead and Head of Equitable Commerce no longer work at the company.
betakit.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
That's unfortunate
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Imagining nonsense basically sums up the National Post these days.
January 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Imagining nonsense basically sums up the National Post these days.
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“The Conservatives and the Hindu right are opportunists—they are experimenting with championing each others’ goals, while being unwilling to offer the other support they feel has not yet been earned. …
Right-wing Hindu organizations have recently been springing up in Canada, often parroting Conservative talking points about crime, cost of living, and anti-LGBTQ politics.
@desaima.bsky.social and Aniket Kali investigate this emerging political alliance. breachmedia.ca/hindu-conser...
@desaima.bsky.social and Aniket Kali investigate this emerging political alliance. breachmedia.ca/hindu-conser...
Inside the Conservative Party’s growing alliance with right-wing Hindu groups ⋆ The Breach
Hindu organizations are springing up in Canada, often parroting Conservative talking points about crime, cost of living, and anti-LGBTQ politics
breachmedia.ca
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The Conservatives and the Hindu right are opportunists—they are experimenting with championing each others’ goals, while being unwilling to offer the other support they feel has not yet been earned. …
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Mark Carney on The Daily Show, starting his leadership campaign with a bang.
Mark Carney - Canada Not Interested in Trump’s Offer & Liberal Leadership Prospects | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Mark Carney on The Daily Show, starting his leadership campaign with a bang.