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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials | CBC News The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping ...

"We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza, period," Melanie Joly said on Sept. 10, exactly one week before a shipment went out, according to the data.
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Pathetic and cowardly foreign policy from @mark-carney.bsky.social #gaza

Federal health minister non-committal on signing more pharmacare deals Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals with all provinces and territories.

Did the @liberalparty.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social lie about protecting national pharmacare during the election campaign earlier this year? www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

It may well be that Hamas-and others-have stolen aid. But this is a good reminder to be skeptical of pundits who simply repeat Israeli govt talking points: "An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies by Hamas in Gaza."

Starting When Genocide Wasn’t News published by @breachmedia.ca. Shoutout to CBC, Globe, and the rest of Canada’s media elite for showing us how silence becomes complicity—one carefully worded headline at a time. #Gaza #MediaFailure #JournalismMatters

François Bayrou wants to introduce proportional representation before 2026 - Interview Prime Minister François Bayrou announced this Sunday that he would present a reform introducing a dose of proportional representation in legislative elections.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou says he will introduce a bill for proportional representation by the end of the year.

For the sake of democracy, Canada urgently needs to follow suit. entrevue.fr/en/francois-...

You guys are machines!

Coming next week: another major project from The Maple exposing Canadian complicity in Israeli crimes. This was supposed to come out more than a year ago, but got delayed. Sadly, it will still be very relevant.

"Carney became prime minister on the backs of progressive voters desperate to stop a Trump–Poilievre axis from sweeping North America. But so far, his policies have served mainly to placate Trump and validate Poilievre. ...
If this is the outcome of strategic voting, then the strategy is bankrupt."

Canadian Dental Care Plan leaves dentists and patients facing uncovered costs People trying to access the program and dentistry professionals say a federal program to cover dental care costs is leaving patients on the hook for part of the fees and

TORONTO STAR: People trying to access the program and dentistry professionals say a federal program to cover dental care costs is leaving patients on the hook for part of the fees and that claims are being outright denied without explanation. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Exports To Israel Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts.

NEW: Canada Authorized $37.2 Million In New Military Export Permits To Israel This Year.

Global Affairs insists it hasn’t authorized new exports that could be used in Gaza, but won’t say if this policy applies to Israel’s other conflicts. www.readthemaple.com/canada-autho...

What was Mark Carney thinking when he walked back the digital services tax? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Unifor letter to Prime Minister Carney Re: Urgent Canadian intervention to end the genocide in Palestine Dear Prime Minister Carney,Re: Urgent Canadian intervention to end the genocide in PalestineOn behalf of Unifor and its 320,000 members across Canada, I am calling on your government to take urgent ac...

Unifor National President Lana Payne has sent a letter to Prime Minister Carney calling for urgent Canadian action to end the genocide in Gaza, including a permanent ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian aid, and a suspension of arms exports to Israel. unifor.org/news/all-new... #cdnpoli #canlab

Europe will buy more American weapons and pave way for trade deal, EU Council chief says NATO's agreement to boost defense spending has solved the main trade issue between the European Union and the U.S., EU's Antonio Costa told CNBC.

As part of "elbows up", PM @mark-carney.bsky.social claims Canada’s big military spend will rely on domestic or European procurement. Cute. Meanwhile, Europe is doubling down on U.S. arms. Don't be fooled: the military build up will not make Canada stronger or safer. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/n...

Advocacy groups warn federal bill could give law enforcement sweeping powers to access information Several advocacy groups are voicing concerns that the federal government’s border security bill could grant law enforcement sweeping powers to surveil Canadians and invade their privacy.

A sweeping attack on Canadian civil liberties. Would allow RCMP and CSIS demand info from internet providers, banks, doctors, landlords, even therapists, without judicial oversight. This is not about border security. It is about govt overreach and Big Brother tactics www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party could face death penalty The prosecution of Tundu Lissu, chairman of the Chadema party, has been protested by human-rights groups around the world

Canada continues giving money to Tanzania's autocratic government while a key opposition leader faces the death penalty for criticizing the state. At what point does “quiet diplomacy” become complicity? www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

What You've Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

Wealth makes you less generous, less compassionate, and more narcissistic. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Valedictorian told to stay home after making pro-Palestinian remarks in grad speech | CBC News Elizabeth Yao, the graduating valedictorian at Bell High School in west Ottawa, was told not to go to school on Monday after she made pro-Palestinian remarks during a speech at her commencement ceremo...

Zionism in Canada is out of control www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadians See Nation in Decline, Blaming the Rich and Powerful New poll shows strong support for bold leadership to challenge elites and fix a perceived rigged system

A majority of Canadians believe the nation is in decline, while outrage at the rich and powerful rises

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We really don't have any principles, do we.

Canada’s Military Spending Surge: A Costly Illusion NATO already vastly outspends other countries.

Exactly. Carney’s position is misguided and delusional. NATO’s collective military budget is ten times that of Russia’s and three times that of Russia and China combined. Spending more won’t make us safer. Instead, it will prevent social progress. #cdnpoli www.makeusgreat.ca/p/canadas-mi...

Canada’s Military Spending Surge: A Costly Illusion NATO already vastly outspends other countries.

This is misguided and delusional. NATO’s collective military budget is ten times that of Russia’s and three times that of Russia and China combined. Spending more won’t make us safer. Instead, it will prevent social progress. #cdnpoli www.makeusgreat.ca/p/canadas-mi...

Canada’s Military Spending Surge: A Costly Illusion NATO already vastly outspends other countries.

Canada’s new 2% pledge to NATO isn't about “defence”—it's about feeding the war machine while starving public services. 👇 @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...

In our Open Letter to @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP, 412 legal, human rights, diplomatic, international affairs, social justice, civil society, faith & labour leaders & experts make it clear: Canada must act to end genocide in #Gaza. 🧵1/10

Canada once had a more expansive rail network, and the TO-MTL train is now slower on average than it was in the past, even with a smaller population.

The problem is first-past-the-post system rewards highway spending in car-focused swing ridings over investment in trains.

#cdnpoli

First-past-the-post is just politicians with minority support but majority power ramming through their agenda until just enough swing voters in just enough swing ridings hand power to someone else who does the same.

Proportional representation means accountability and cooperation.

Setting up "aid distribution points" and then massacring people who come to obtain food is sincerely one of the most evil things I have ever seen.

Flashback to 2006:

“He bragged about Canada's vast and seemingly limitless energy resources, calling the country ‘a new energy superpower’ and spoke about how his government was about to build Canada into a ‘global energy powerhouse’”

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