John Carmichael reports to the Ontario govt as chair of the OSC board.
He is not independent.
He is accountable to Doug Ford.
He also received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025, after he closed the #ontariosciencecentre
#toronto #topoli #onpoli #CoronationMedal #Canada
'Boys will be boys'. Free pass. Assaults, derogatory words, day to day harassment. Remember dogs know the word 'no' better than most males do. Use search term: "Ways My Parents Unintentionally Taught Me That My Consent Didn't Matter" for a variety of results. Media perfunctory clickbait reporting.
24.02.2026 00:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0“Advocates say the CAQ government has fallen 33% short of its 2021 commitments for second-stage shelters, with the report finding, “second-stage shelters significantly underfunded in Quebec, leaving women and shelter operators to contend with challenging and sometimes dangerous conditions.”
23.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0PP free pass for inappropriate '1st intnl trip'! performative dog whistle stunt visits 2 far-right angst countries, UK & Germany. Manning stumps for Farage, AfD admitted Nazi Christine Anderson invited to #Canada by ReformaCons but #cdnmedia @mark-carney.bsky.social 'mired in controversy'!
28.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Supporting Mark Carney doesn’t mean agreeing with everything he says or does. He’s not above criticism. And we don’t all have to agree with each other either — that’s called a difference of opinion.
28.02.2026 18:56 — 👍 138 🔁 20 💬 9 📌 3Tasker has already done it, actually.
01.03.2026 12:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sd b pilloried for performative stunt trip to UK & Germany that have extreme r/w issues. Reads as dog whistle tours as Manning visits UK stumping for Farage & AfD admitted Nazi Christine Anderson invited to #Canada by Cons sveral times a yr. #cdnmedia free pass vs smear Carney 'controversial' travel
01.03.2026 01:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@PierrePoilievre Liberals, especially current Justice Minister Fraser, destroyed the immigration system in Canada. Mark Carney’s promise to fix it was another illusion. He keeps foreign criminals here, allows them to get sentencing discounts, and pays deluxe benefits to fraudulent asylum claimants—benefits that Canadians don’t get. Liberals will never clean up their own mess. Quoting National Post: NP View: How the Liberals broke Canada's asylum system
The next pundit who declares that Poilievre has "pivoted" and is being "prime ministerial" needs to be pilloried.
01.03.2026 00:07 — 👍 126 🔁 38 💬 9 📌 1
After that speech in Toronto last week skeptics pointed out Poilievre had finally said the “right” things but would it last, questioning could he do it tomorrow and the next day and the next? Knowing he couldn’t. I see it didn’t take long to get the answer.
#cdnpoli
As we wrap up Black History Month, we reflect with gratitude on the leaders, advocates, and community builders who have shaped our province and our country.
Celebrating Black history is not limited to one month. Diversity, inclusion, and justice must be part of our work all year long.
#bcNDP
Illustrated Canadian postage stamp featuring Rosemary Brown. She is shown wearing a pink sweater with her arms crossed, standing confidently in front of the B.C. Legislative Assembly building. A diverse group of people stands behind her, symbolizing community and representation. The stamp reads “CANADA,” “ROSEMARY BROWN,” and has the value “54.”
Pink background with white text reading, “Until all of us have made it none of us have made it” attributed to Rosemary Brown.
Orange background with a centred white quote by Rosemary Brown that reads, “We must open the doors and we must see to it they remain open, so that others can pass through.”
Black and white portrait of Rosemary Brown wearing large round glasses, looking upward with a thoughtful expression. A quote beside her reads about women entering politics to bring change and making the world a better place. Her name and titles are listed below. An NDP logo appears in the corner.
On the final day of #BlackHistoryMonth, I honour Rosemary Brown, the first Black MLA elected in BC & first Black woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada.
Her courage & commitment to justice shaped a more inclusive BC. We stand on her shoulders as we continue the work 🙏🏼
#Bcpoli #bcndp
Llyod Axworthy is spot on here about Canada’s response to today’s events between the US, Israel, & Iran. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli
01.03.2026 04:42 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
@mark-carney.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social
Y'all are morally repugnant, violent monsters.
You know, Mr Prime Minister, you could have just said nothing. That might have been better.
28.02.2026 16:50 — 👍 1408 🔁 156 💬 63 📌 16
"In a world where preventive wars multiply and great powers act first and explain later, middle powers like #Canada will someday wish they had defended the #UNCharter when they still could."
@mark-carney.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #Cdnmedia #Iran
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My fellow Canadians, I am deeply disturbed by the precedent set by Prime Minister Mark Carney's statement on February 28th regarding the US and Israel attack on Iran. We know that this attack was not about Iran's nuclear program. The Prime Minister's statement rightly acknowledges Iran as a source of instability and terrorism. However, this was an unprovoked attack by the United States that has come in a sequential chain of other unprovoked attacks, on Venezuela, Mexico, and more. The imperialist agenda of the United States is currently the largest threat to human rights globally right now. The economic embargo on Cuba, the ICE concentration camps, and the constant threats to sovereign countries must be addressed. I understand that the Prime Minister is attempting to make many important economic partnerships internationally. But as a Canadian, we need to also make humanitarian partnerships. We need to send more aid to Cuba, we need to speak out against the false wars initiated by President Trump, and we need to start preparation for refugees from the United States. This last item needs immediate attention, given the housing crisis in Canada, the recent change in our immigration policy, and the growing human rights crisis in the US. Mark Carney has had a long successful career as a businessman. I understand that's his approach right now as he travels to forge economic partnerships. But Canada needs a vocal leader of human rights as well.
My letter to Canadian Members of Parliament & Canadian Senators.
#cdnpoli #canada
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@ndp.ca
A bunch of gift links for @vox.com incredible series "America after Trump." You need to read this, I promise you — especially @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social's article "How to stop a dictator," which should be required reading for American citizenship right now.
www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/america-af...
The United States has just begun a massive, open-ended war — and nobody knows why
28.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 88 🔁 23 💬 6 📌 1
Never has a president launched a war of this scope for such incoherent reasons www.vox.com/politics/481...
28.02.2026 16:27 — 👍 65 🔁 26 💬 3 📌 2
We are at war for no good reason because we created a presidency with unbounded war powers and then elected a madman to it www.vox.com/politics/481...
28.02.2026 16:50 — 👍 580 🔁 170 💬 12 📌 7
The US has launched a war on Iran. But why? The short answer is nobody really knows. Vox’s @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social explains why the incoherence at the heart of Trump’s latest, biggest war is particularly scary.
You can read more coverage here: www.vox.com/politics/481...
I have spent the past several months studying the cutting-edge research on modern democracies that have defeated authoritarian leaders.
I've learned that the conventional wisdom on the topic is wrong — in ways that have clear implications for the US going forward
THREAD www.vox.com/politics/479...
Airlines are unreliable, charge you for everything & somehow, nothing is ever in their control.
ViaRail is exorbitantly expensive & now just has a disclaimer on their website that they're always 45 mins late.
We pay some of the highest phone rates in the world.
We're constantly getting fucked.
I think @hcrichardson.bsky.social has similar numbers (with less overhead and immeasurably more principle).
27.02.2026 23:32 — 👍 264 🔁 48 💬 6 📌 1Safety through Bombing
28.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 425 🔁 97 💬 19 📌 2This is a history lesson in why the incompetent drunkard and the brain dead pedophile shouldn’t be allowed to replace human judgment with AI.
28.02.2026 21:22 — 👍 244 🔁 83 💬 2 📌 1
I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.
From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.
Donald Trump just started a war and is plotting to steal the 2026 election. Meanwhile, his buddy David Ellison just won control of CNN.
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OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
28.02.2026 16:46 — 👍 10721 🔁 3225 💬 357 📌 242
