@spritestempest.bsky.social
Reposted
This is something all reasonable Canadians need to understand. 👇
Poilievre is deliberately limiting access to journalists during an election.
This behaviour is anti- democratic. If you can’t answer questions you are unfit for office. Fin.
Poilievre is deliberately limiting access to journalists during an election.
This behaviour is anti- democratic. If you can’t answer questions you are unfit for office. Fin.
This is a serious warning: “We are a functioning democracy…there's limits…to how much a person who aspires to be a prime minister should curtail media."
Limiting who asks questions, the # of questions and access to candidates/supporters is antidemocratic.
#🇨🇦
#Vote
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... re
Limiting who asks questions, the # of questions and access to candidates/supporters is antidemocratic.
#🇨🇦
#Vote
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... re
April 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is something all reasonable Canadians need to understand. 👇
Poilievre is deliberately limiting access to journalists during an election.
This behaviour is anti- democratic. If you can’t answer questions you are unfit for office. Fin.
Poilievre is deliberately limiting access to journalists during an election.
This behaviour is anti- democratic. If you can’t answer questions you are unfit for office. Fin.
Reposted
“Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs”
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
Me for Zeteo.
Read/share/subscribe:
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
Me for Zeteo.
Read/share/subscribe:
Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
zeteo.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs”
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
Me for Zeteo.
Read/share/subscribe:
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
Me for Zeteo.
Read/share/subscribe:
Reposted
The Trump Administration is trying to get rid of an entire set of people and institutions. This is more than an attack on individual agencies. All autocracies do this. And the effects of this purge will be profound and long lasting. My latest for the Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge
The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.
www.thenation.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The Trump Administration is trying to get rid of an entire set of people and institutions. This is more than an attack on individual agencies. All autocracies do this. And the effects of this purge will be profound and long lasting. My latest for the Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted
Our 105 year old patient got his measles booster this morning.
He knows how serious diseases were before they were vaccine-preventable.
#Measles immunization averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000-2023.
Tragically, 107, 500 people (unimmunized, most <5y) died from measles in 2023.
He knows how serious diseases were before they were vaccine-preventable.
#Measles immunization averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000-2023.
Tragically, 107, 500 people (unimmunized, most <5y) died from measles in 2023.
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our 105 year old patient got his measles booster this morning.
He knows how serious diseases were before they were vaccine-preventable.
#Measles immunization averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000-2023.
Tragically, 107, 500 people (unimmunized, most <5y) died from measles in 2023.
He knows how serious diseases were before they were vaccine-preventable.
#Measles immunization averted more than 60 million deaths between 2000-2023.
Tragically, 107, 500 people (unimmunized, most <5y) died from measles in 2023.
Reposted
This was Polievre’s 2014 failed
"Fair Election Act for Democracy"
160 legal scholars wrote an open letter opposing the Act.
Journalists across 🇨🇦 criticized it for lack of transparency and consultation drafting the Bill.
#NeverPolievre
"Fair Election Act for Democracy"
160 legal scholars wrote an open letter opposing the Act.
Journalists across 🇨🇦 criticized it for lack of transparency and consultation drafting the Bill.
#NeverPolievre
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This was Polievre’s 2014 failed
"Fair Election Act for Democracy"
160 legal scholars wrote an open letter opposing the Act.
Journalists across 🇨🇦 criticized it for lack of transparency and consultation drafting the Bill.
#NeverPolievre
"Fair Election Act for Democracy"
160 legal scholars wrote an open letter opposing the Act.
Journalists across 🇨🇦 criticized it for lack of transparency and consultation drafting the Bill.
#NeverPolievre
Reposted
To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
“I think this is the first time a Cdn poli has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics. It could be a very terrible time for us.” Sound familiar?
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Cdn election, Poilievre vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding www.science.org/content/arti...
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
To my Canadian colleagues: you should know that a key component of what the US is doing right now involves purging scientists & research programs for ideological impurity & (illegally) reclaiming their funds.
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
If you don’t want a repeat of what happened down south here in Canada, PP is not your guy
Reposted
Votewell.ca is a site that may help you decide whether you need to switch your vote to give the non-CPC side a better chance. Eg, Niagara West. Right now it looks like a vote split between the Liberals and NDP will give the CPC a much better chance. If the NDP votes switch, it's tight.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Votewell.ca is a site that may help you decide whether you need to switch your vote to give the non-CPC side a better chance. Eg, Niagara West. Right now it looks like a vote split between the Liberals and NDP will give the CPC a much better chance. If the NDP votes switch, it's tight.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
Reposted
A shout out to the millions who marched in the United States for democracy and against fascism. Taking back the country is going to be a long and hard struggle but it has begun.
From Canada we say: #elbowsup
From Canada we say: #elbowsup
April 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A shout out to the millions who marched in the United States for democracy and against fascism. Taking back the country is going to be a long and hard struggle but it has begun.
From Canada we say: #elbowsup
From Canada we say: #elbowsup
Reposted
It's time to stop calling him JD Vance. He was born "James Donald Bowman."
MAGA wants to deadname people? Time to #deadname Jimmy Bowman.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
#JDVance #ElbowsUp
MAGA wants to deadname people? Time to #deadname Jimmy Bowman.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
#JDVance #ElbowsUp
![Early life, military service, and education
Vance was born James Donald Bowman on August 2, 1984, in Middletown, Ohio,[2][3] to Beverly Carol (née Vance) and Donald Ray Bowman. He is of Scots-Irish descent[4] and Appalachian American ancestry, spending time in his youth living with family in Jackson, Kentucky.[5][6] His parents divorced when he was a toddler.[3] After Bowman was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his father's first name and surname and to preserve an uncle's first name, David. Vance therefore kept his nickname, JD.[7][8][9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i5x3eb76crb4rousjkkk6i5l/bafkreihqqnfn36vqykxxq2qhin3i6jluyvwdckgt2uvzyyiezqqocbofei@jpeg)
March 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's time to stop calling him JD Vance. He was born "James Donald Bowman."
MAGA wants to deadname people? Time to #deadname Jimmy Bowman.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
#JDVance #ElbowsUp
MAGA wants to deadname people? Time to #deadname Jimmy Bowman.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_Vance
#JDVance #ElbowsUp
Reposted
Poor ventilation is a worker health and safety issue, especially during an outbreak of an extremely contagious disease.
March 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Poor ventilation is a worker health and safety issue, especially during an outbreak of an extremely contagious disease.
Reposted
@stephenbruncbc.bsky.social
@cbcnews.ca
Thank you for bringing attention to long-covid and how it has wrecked the health and lives of so many.
One thing about your headline: the pandemic hasn't ended for anyone. It is still ongoing and continues to disable people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@cbcnews.ca
Thank you for bringing attention to long-covid and how it has wrecked the health and lives of so many.
One thing about your headline: the pandemic hasn't ended for anyone. It is still ongoing and continues to disable people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The pandemic didn't end for this P.E.I. woman, who wants more support for those with long COVID | CBC News
While thoughts of the COVID-19 pandemic are in the rearview mirror for most Prince Edward Islanders, they're still a part of daily life for people like Summerside's Nikkie Gallant.
www.cbc.ca
March 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@stephenbruncbc.bsky.social
@cbcnews.ca
Thank you for bringing attention to long-covid and how it has wrecked the health and lives of so many.
One thing about your headline: the pandemic hasn't ended for anyone. It is still ongoing and continues to disable people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@cbcnews.ca
Thank you for bringing attention to long-covid and how it has wrecked the health and lives of so many.
One thing about your headline: the pandemic hasn't ended for anyone. It is still ongoing and continues to disable people.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted
Fixing Y2K, acid rain, and the growing hole in the ozone layer - all massive efforts with tons of hard work, careful attention and government regulation.
“But what do all those feds do for meeee? Why should I care?”
YOU GET TO GO OUTSIDE IN SAFETY, that’s what.
“But what do all those feds do for meeee? Why should I care?”
YOU GET TO GO OUTSIDE IN SAFETY, that’s what.
I feel like the last twenty years I have been correcting people who held the assumption that Y2K was fearmongering, and not a wild success story. I always felt really discomfited by the lack of recognition the folks that *averted disaster* through competence, attention and hard work didn’t get.
March 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fixing Y2K, acid rain, and the growing hole in the ozone layer - all massive efforts with tons of hard work, careful attention and government regulation.
“But what do all those feds do for meeee? Why should I care?”
YOU GET TO GO OUTSIDE IN SAFETY, that’s what.
“But what do all those feds do for meeee? Why should I care?”
YOU GET TO GO OUTSIDE IN SAFETY, that’s what.
Reposted
💛 We know this decision is devastating for so many in our communities. For patients & loved ones, @cancovsoc.bsky.social has a template letter to request healthcare masks as an accommodation, & NavigatingHealthcare.ca has a Covid Protection Policy to support healthcare interactions.
Navigating Healthcare in Canada
If you're navigating healthcare in Canada and finding yourself feeling a bit confused or frustrated you are not alone. Get connected here!
NavigatingHealthcare.ca
March 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
💛 We know this decision is devastating for so many in our communities. For patients & loved ones, @cancovsoc.bsky.social has a template letter to request healthcare masks as an accommodation, & NavigatingHealthcare.ca has a Covid Protection Policy to support healthcare interactions.
Reposted
🧵 Heavy news, folks. Yesterday, BC removed the healthcare mask requirement - ignoring patients, workers, researchers & BC’s Human Rights Commissioner. This is amid ongoing healthcare outbreaks, & BC PHO’s own admission that we face rising measles risks & future surges of COVID-19.
March 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧵 Heavy news, folks. Yesterday, BC removed the healthcare mask requirement - ignoring patients, workers, researchers & BC’s Human Rights Commissioner. This is amid ongoing healthcare outbreaks, & BC PHO’s own admission that we face rising measles risks & future surges of COVID-19.
Reposted
From the no masks required BC Children's Hospital ED door yesterday:
March 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
From the no masks required BC Children's Hospital ED door yesterday:
Reposted
So, @GovCanHealth updated #Measles infection prevention guidance in Jan.
N95s for staff AND VISITORS if measles suspected. And it can be asymptomatic, so ...
Surprise! Bonnie Henry is NOT in line with best practice &/or DGAF about protecting HCWs or public.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
N95s for staff AND VISITORS if measles suspected. And it can be asymptomatic, so ...
Surprise! Bonnie Henry is NOT in line with best practice &/or DGAF about protecting HCWs or public.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
March 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
So, @GovCanHealth updated #Measles infection prevention guidance in Jan.
N95s for staff AND VISITORS if measles suspected. And it can be asymptomatic, so ...
Surprise! Bonnie Henry is NOT in line with best practice &/or DGAF about protecting HCWs or public.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
N95s for staff AND VISITORS if measles suspected. And it can be asymptomatic, so ...
Surprise! Bonnie Henry is NOT in line with best practice &/or DGAF about protecting HCWs or public.
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Reposted
“Canadians tell us they need a family doctor. They need that ongoing care. And that is really important—not only to deal with health issues we already have, but to prevent future ones.”
@jossreimer.bsky.social on why primary care must be a top priority in the upcoming federal election.
@jossreimer.bsky.social on why primary care must be a top priority in the upcoming federal election.
How to make health care better in Canada? We asked 5 experts - National | Globalnews.ca
Global News spoke with five experts to break down the biggest issues in health care today and what federal leaders can do to address them.
globalnews.ca
March 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Canadians tell us they need a family doctor. They need that ongoing care. And that is really important—not only to deal with health issues we already have, but to prevent future ones.”
@jossreimer.bsky.social on why primary care must be a top priority in the upcoming federal election.
@jossreimer.bsky.social on why primary care must be a top priority in the upcoming federal election.
Abandoned yet again. Making my workspaces and YOUR healthcare spaces less safe. Respiratory viruses don’t go away just because Bonnie wants them too.
Dr. Bonnie Henry said "Today, I announced the end of the respiratory illness season," but then forgot to tell the viruses.
I wonder if those in the ER struggling to breathe through their coughs also got the message?
I wonder if those in the ER struggling to breathe through their coughs also got the message?
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Abandoned yet again. Making my workspaces and YOUR healthcare spaces less safe. Respiratory viruses don’t go away just because Bonnie wants them too.
Reposted
🧵An endorsement is a public declaration of support for your platform and what you stand for as a politician and potentially as a person
Polievre has not spoken against endorsements from:
*Elon Musk
*Alex Jones
*Jordan Peterson
*Conrad Black
*Ben Shapiro
*Josh Rogan
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Polievre has not spoken against endorsements from:
*Elon Musk
*Alex Jones
*Jordan Peterson
*Conrad Black
*Ben Shapiro
*Josh Rogan
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from a who's who of fascists, fraudsters and alt-right influencers
Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from Trumpists, fascists, alt-right influencers and disinformation specialists — concerning.
cultmtl.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🧵An endorsement is a public declaration of support for your platform and what you stand for as a politician and potentially as a person
Polievre has not spoken against endorsements from:
*Elon Musk
*Alex Jones
*Jordan Peterson
*Conrad Black
*Ben Shapiro
*Josh Rogan
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Polievre has not spoken against endorsements from:
*Elon Musk
*Alex Jones
*Jordan Peterson
*Conrad Black
*Ben Shapiro
*Josh Rogan
cultmtl.com/2025/02/pier...
Reposted
A heartwarming moment shared between two contestants in latest episode of “Survivor” transcended the famously fierce competition and brought host Jeff Probst to tears.
Moment of kindness between ‘Survivor’ contestants brings host Jeff Probst to tears | CNN
A moving moment shared between two contestants in latest episode of “Survivor” transcended the competition and brought host Jeff Probst to tears.
www.cnn.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A heartwarming moment shared between two contestants in latest episode of “Survivor” transcended the famously fierce competition and brought host Jeff Probst to tears.
Reposted
Multiple Survivor references were made on the latest episode of Abbott Elementary including:
Natalie Anderson
Michele Fitzgerald
Boston Rob
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Cirie Fields
Yul Kwon
And the love ones episode of Heroes vs Villains #Survivor
Natalie Anderson
Michele Fitzgerald
Boston Rob
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Cirie Fields
Yul Kwon
And the love ones episode of Heroes vs Villains #Survivor
March 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Multiple Survivor references were made on the latest episode of Abbott Elementary including:
Natalie Anderson
Michele Fitzgerald
Boston Rob
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Cirie Fields
Yul Kwon
And the love ones episode of Heroes vs Villains #Survivor
Natalie Anderson
Michele Fitzgerald
Boston Rob
Sandra Diaz-Twine
Cirie Fields
Yul Kwon
And the love ones episode of Heroes vs Villains #Survivor
Reposted
Thank you Survivor for highlighting the stories of Kamilla, Shauhin, Kyle, and Joe. It’s important we learn the history and struggle of people unlike ourselves so we can learn, grow, and centre humanity which united all people. #survivor #survivor48
March 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Thank you Survivor for highlighting the stories of Kamilla, Shauhin, Kyle, and Joe. It’s important we learn the history and struggle of people unlike ourselves so we can learn, grow, and centre humanity which united all people. #survivor #survivor48
Reposted
#Survivor48 recap: Eva and Joe make us all cry our eyes out in the franchise's most impactful scene ever. #Survivor ew.com/survivor-48-...
'Survivor 48' recap: Eva and Joe make us all cry our eyes out
'Survivor 48' recap: Eva and Joe make us all cry our eyes out in the franchise's most impactful scene ever.
ew.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#Survivor48 recap: Eva and Joe make us all cry our eyes out in the franchise's most impactful scene ever. #Survivor ew.com/survivor-48-...
Reposted
Please read and share. We spent about 4-5 hours working on this over the last 24 hours. Posting at 11pm is what happens when your strongest and most accurate critics of harmful public health policies and comms are community volunteers. PH has a press conference in the AM, coincidentally.
[Reposted with working link]
Statement by PoPNB regarding the tragic and potentially preventable death of a young child in NB. #nbpoli This statement will be on our website in PDF form in the morning.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Statement by PoPNB regarding the tragic and potentially preventable death of a young child in NB. #nbpoli This statement will be on our website in PDF form in the morning.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Public statement by advocacy group Protect our Province NB (POPNB) regarding recent news of the COVID-19-related death of a child under 5
docs.google.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Please read and share. We spent about 4-5 hours working on this over the last 24 hours. Posting at 11pm is what happens when your strongest and most accurate critics of harmful public health policies and comms are community volunteers. PH has a press conference in the AM, coincidentally.