Justine Simard-Legault

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

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Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.

Doug Ford’s party bars media from Progressive Conservative convention this weekend In an unusual move, the governing Tories have for the first time refused to allow reporters into any part of their conference.

BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford’s ⁦‪@OntarioPCParty‬⁩ has banned the media from covering its convention this weekend in Etobicoke. Very unusual for party confabs to be completely closed to journalists.

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J'apprends ici que le PCQ et la CAQ sont au « centre-droit ». Le PLQ, le PQ, tout le monde est au « centre-droit » ! Quelle étiquette confortable: tu peux être contre les pauvres et les immigrant·es, mais avec un vernis raisonnable. C'est ridicule.
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Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Canada will require refugees and asylum seekers to co-pay for health care starting in May They will have to pay 30 per cent of the costs of services such as dental, optometry and physiotherapy and a $4 flat rate on each prescription.

Here's yet another excellent test for Carney fans who consider themselves "progressive". This is literally a toned down version of a Harper policy.

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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.

Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland? Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?

The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."

Thanks for this hot tip! I've sent off an email to my MP.

A reminder to Canadians that you can send letter mail to any member of Parliament for FREE. No stamp necessary! Just pop that bad boy in the mail.

Thousands of Federal Public Service Layoffs Are Beginning | The Tyee Policy experts warn Canada could be losing vital resources as trade and geopolitics shift.

According to the largest union in Canada’s federal public sector, workers in the government’s health, transportation, foreign affairs and public safety departments have all been told their departments will start to see layoffs.

@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #canlab

There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.

As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.

Block/mute this argument, it's an op.

So the profits of the Canadian grocery monopoly remain intact, publicly funded even? This is much like the food donation bins just past check out, graciously put out by grocery concerns, allowing consumers to buy from them then donate.

Au Québec comme aux États-Unis, des commentateurs libéraux commencent à allumer. Et dans les deux cas, on passe sous silence les voix de gauche qui sonnaient l'alarme depuis longtemps.

Living in Ottawa, I know *so many* public servants. Only 1 of them has so far evaded a Work Force Adjustment (WFA) warning.

All various levels, all with various lengths of time under their belts, different departments, different roles, etc. Only has one has been spared a letter.

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

That's an armoured vehicle sold to ICE by a Canadian company btw.

Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.

All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.

Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’ After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve

“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”

How convenient for ICE

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Every day until you like it

Canadian-made Roshel Senator spotted in the wild slowly ramming through protestors (and sandwich boards) @nolore.bsky.social @rachelgilmore.bsky.social noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadian-b...

The video evidence is clear: Alex Pretti was not armed when he was shot. An agent removed Pretti's firearm from his waist before the shooting.

See for yourself here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

he was putting his hands up as they continued to assault him before he was murdered. this is horrifying

it’s so cool that the only use case for ai is to distort everyones perception of reality. this needs to be heavily regulated immediately, especially when a government can do this

Surprised tenant privacy rights and landlords taking photos inside tenants’ homes aren’t a bigger deal

I’m aware of a landlord in Ottawa asking to inspect a unit after the tenant gave 2 months notice, then took photos of the space, incl. bedroom / bathroom then posting these on Facebook

Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour

• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world

• Women who speak out become targets by users

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