I swear to God, if this doesn't bring down the UCP gov't - or at least Dani - I'll.....

The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. Submitting your comment takes just a few minutes and could make a global impact.

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#PublicHealth #CSA #CleanAir #MaskUp #COVID19 #COVID_19 #CommunityHealth #DisabilityRights #LongCOVID

This proposed CSA standard would:

- Require N95s (or equally protective alternatives) for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors.
- Protect the most vulnerable.
- Set a historic global precedent for clean air in healthcare.

At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.

Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.

Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

I’ve spent my life fighting bullies. I still believe there’s hope for America | Robert Reich As a child, an activist, and secretary of labor, I’ve seen the harm bullies cause. Yet I can see what led to Trump’s rise

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... A must read ❤️

and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism

PP marched with white nationalists 

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Lincoln: ADM conduct in airport expansion flies in the face of good corporate citizenship Despite public outrage over Aéroports de Montréal’s plan to expand into a sensitive green space, the consultation period for the $10B project is a mere 30 days.

www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/op-e... Aéroport de Montréal continue to not care about the environment.

archive.ph/VCzJV

Whoot whoot 👏👏👏 🇨🇦

Canada's tourism market to hit record
$251B in 2025. Canada's travel & tourism sector is estimated to contribute $233.5B to the national economy, 6.3% of GDP, and support more than 2.1M jobs.

❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️

PP bused in supporters from outside the riding for the byelection forum.

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I was 16 and watched this debate. I agreed with Turner then, and he was proven right. It's taken a few decades to get to this point, but here we are. It's time to roll up our sleeves and unknit the relationship with the US. #elbowsup #cdnpoli #Canadasky

Keep calm and buy Canadian.

Canada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian. #cdnpoli #USpoli

The town hall last night, Pierre says voters should count on him to be able to advocate for the riding in Ottawa. Remind me again what he did for Carleton? Anyone? 20+ years, did he make any improvements? If he was that good, he would have been re-elected, right? #cdnpoli

Crown attorneys issue rare public response to Pierre Poilievre attack on ‘freedom convoy’ prosecution The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association primarily targets remarks by Conservative politicians who criticized prosecutors for pursuing what they called excessively harsh sentences in the “Freedom Conv...

Crown Attorneys call out neofascist Conservative politicians led by piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre who want to control prosecutions in place of independent professionals, just like in Nazi Germany.
🍁🙄🍁
www.thestar.com/news/gta/cro...

Hanes: Sexual assault trials involving hockey players raise questions about locker-room bro culture The Hockey Canada trial and two other recent cases had different outcomes, but troubling similarities.

www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu... We must not forget these hockey stories.

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Fossil Fool How Europe took Trump for a ride

The Art of the Deal! Europe took Trump for a fool, says Nobel-winning economist @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/fossil-foo...

Gangsterism by proxy:

Observations from Montreal An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

“Canada Proud, which is tied to Pierre Poilievre, ran disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney during the 2025 election campaign. According to The New York Times, Canada Proud spent at least $250,000 on misleading ads in the lead-up to election day.”

Motherfucking wind farms…

Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...

Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne

It’s time to rethink Canada’s approach to U.S. trade negotiations - CCPA July 21 was supposed to be Canada’s deadline to secure a new trade and security agreement with the United States. What it got instead was more uncertainty.

So-called efforts to show “good will” are little more than gifts to corporate America and the Trump Administration, eroding what leverage the country has.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

We've had lots of rain this summer in Quebec but we've endured plenty of smoke filled days. Outside yesterday after 3 days inside with 3 air purifiers going. Sadly I'm asthmatic.

Language, Selfhood, and Surveillance in "Gliff" - Chicago Review of Books Our review of Ali Smith's new novel, "Gliff"

chireviewofbooks.com/2025/02/05/l... Ali Smith's latest book is a brilliant story of resistance in a difficult world.

‘Terrible racket’: bishop in dressing gown shuts down London choir concert Jonathan Baker complained over noise ‘in my house’, telling stunned singers night is ‘over’

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Wikipedia already has him (Jonathan Baker, Bishop) and this event listed under "Controversy".

There are Chimney swifts can be seen on the western end of the island of Montreal around the chimney at the old power plant on the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. The chimney is on the Lakeshore Road if anyone cares to see. They are best seen at dusk when they are going in to roost.

Opinion: Hockey Canada trial shows courts ill-equipped for sex assault cases We need a culture that shows up for survivors not just when the news cycle demands it, but every single day.

"Throughout the trial, we witnessed a deeply flawed process: jurors removed due to their concerns about
aggressive defence tactics, blatant victim-blaming, and a steady reliance on rape myths that have long been discredited."

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago. Thread says "How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box. A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search. Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following: Name: AI Free Web Shortcut: @web URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14 You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines. Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default. From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."

A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...

Omg this article from 2023 is frightening.

South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: ‘He can do anything to anyone’ Show begins 27th season covering Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Check out the 1st of 50 promotional ads - 3rd paragraph down (beware it's graphic - well.. it's South Park). They have thrown down the gauntlet.

When disaster strikes gov’t’s 1st priority should be protecting people.

But a new report reveals that in the midst of the Jasper wildfire, Danielle Smith & the UCP put politics 1st, interfering & making it harder for frontline workers to do their jobs.

Albertans deserve better.

Pt 1/2 #abpoli