What the Alberta government just did should worry all Canadians.
When they legislated striking teachers back to work, they went a step further:
They used the notwithstanding clause.
This is part of a worrying trend.
@emmettmacfarlane.com helped me break it down:
29.10.2025 19:47 β π 520 π 159 π¬ 26 π 9
One thing I've discovered (but am not writing about) is that in the 4 years since the GPR findings at Kamloops of 215 potential unmarked graves, Canada has almost certainly filled 215 more (200-240) with Indigenous children in foster care.
28.09.2025 23:33 β π 16 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
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18.10.2025 17:35 β π 134 π 48 π¬ 4 π 3
to this i would add a good amount of self-loathing stemming from a belief that liberal political views are somehow βinauthenticβ or an affectation of βelitesβ
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"β¦and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.β
13.09.2025 15:27 β π 53487 π 17928 π¬ 891 π 774
Still nothing from major Canadian English-language media (that Iβve seen).
I feel like this is really odd?
Like Iβm almost starting to worry itβsβ¦personal from newsroom decisionmakers?
I hope itβs not because that would be very upsetting lol
14.09.2025 01:43 β π 589 π 116 π¬ 37 π 5
unironically, charlie kirk would have considered comparisons of his life to that of MLK to be an insult because he considered king to be a bad human being. he said that. publicly
13.09.2025 23:21 β π 735 π 85 π¬ 7 π 2
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Drugs, alcohol and violence: Calls for a First Nations-wide state of emergency | Truth & Politics
The impacts of drugs, alcohol and violence in communities are often in the news.
Next week, a resolution at the AFN is calling for a First Nations-wide state of emergency in relation to the drug and alcohol crisis devastating communities across Canada.
28.08.2025 23:01 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
This story is a fun case study in "how do you get stories?"
Step 1: Notice your kid (whose school has many low-income and Indigenous kids) gets school supply after the school covering that in recent years. Also the school's 10 Free Books program mysteriously didn't happen last June.
29.08.2025 04:46 β π 110 π 35 π¬ 5 π 0
βA really hard year for familiesβ; big year of changes at SD73 brings trepidation for DPAC Chair
KAMLOOPS - In less than a week, parents will be celebrating as students will be returning to classrooms across...
Read this. cfjctoday.com/2025/08/27/a...
The province and the school board are hoping you forgot. It doesn't matter if you don't have kids in k-12. We're short staffed and out of physical space. Our kids haven't recovered from the covid era. How much more do they have to endure? #Kamloops #SD73
28.08.2025 07:58 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Washington Post
First report of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelceβs romance is gone from the web
The disappearance of a prescient 2023 item on the Messenger's news site highlights the broader problem of digital decay.
Of course the cautionary tale for digital decay would beβ¦ Taylor Swift & Travis Kelceβs romance. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers β‘οΈ web.archive.org/web/20231129...
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
28.08.2025 15:37 β π 300 π 45 π¬ 7 π 5
Imagine the Taylor Swift divorce album. You might die from listening to it
27.08.2025 00:45 β π 47 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0
Hear hear!
27.08.2025 01:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Is Your Building Quake-Proof? You Should Be Able to Know | The Tyee
Vancouver found older, private structures are most vulnerable. Why not rate their risks publicly?
If a 7.2 magnitude earthquake were to hit Vancouver tomorrow, an assessment report by the city predicts:
β’ over 6,000 buildings would be damaged;
β’ about 300,000 residents displaced for three months or more;
β’ more than 1,350 lives lost, and;
β’ an estimated $17 billion in direct damages.
05.08.2025 15:13 β π 208 π 62 π¬ 16 π 5
How Can Canada Better Support Working Parents? | The Tyee
Catch up to other countries with flexible hours and parental leave, a think tank says.
New research is calling for the federal government to implement policies that already exist in the U.K. and New Zealand, including a national sick leave policy and the right for all working parents to request flexible work arrangements. #canpoli
05.08.2025 15:14 β π 245 π 65 π¬ 8 π 2
social housing is less than FIVE % of Canada's housing stock
we don't have the right to housing. its an idea that hasn't been realized, a right that the federal government has the authority, resources and mandate to fulfill β if we demand it
mass homelessness didn't exist forty years ago
05.08.2025 15:36 β π 55 π 33 π¬ 1 π 0
katy perry going from josh groban to russel brand to orlando bloom to justin trudeau is an insane roster
29.07.2025 14:31 β π 219 π 18 π¬ 19 π 8
Stampede breakfast!!!
14.06.2025 13:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
I canβt compete with this
07.06.2025 16:23 β π 6883 π 1362 π¬ 132 π 22
the families of children who require specialized hospital care don't have the time and resources to lobby/advocate/fight the government to maintain this program because their children are sick.
call or write.
Josie Osborne, Minister of Health
250 953-3547
HLTH.Minister@gov.bc.ca
07.06.2025 13:00 β π 9 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
And genocide too.
07.06.2025 12:56 β π 804 π 128 π¬ 7 π 3
B.C. launches $5-million ad campaign to recruit American doctors, nurses
Health Minister Josie Osborne says B.C. is taking advantage of βchaosβ in the U.S. to attract health care workers
B.C. launches $5-million ad campaign to recruit American doctors, nurses. Health Minister Josie Osborne says B.C. is taking advantage of βchaosβ in the U.S. to attract health care workers, by Wolfgang Depner www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com
07.06.2025 13:02 β π 86 π 34 π¬ 11 π 1
Carney says all Canadians "must come together" around the values of Eid:
"These are Muslim values. These are Canadian values." #cdnpoli
07.06.2025 09:51 β π 249 π 47 π¬ 11 π 7
Opinion: The Hockey Canada trials shows how we need to be talking to young men
Weβve failed at having necessary, nuanced and uncomfortable conversations with boys about sex, consent, pleasure and healthy relationships
The Hockey Canada trials shows how we need to be talking to young men. Weβve failed at having necessary, nuanced and uncomfortable conversations with boys about sex, consent, pleasure and healthy relationships, by Rachel Giese www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #MeToo
07.06.2025 12:47 β π 129 π 34 π¬ 9 π 0
I'll wager you good money that there will be a discreet market for the wealthy to pay a tidy sum to have their profiles removed from Palantir's search results.
07.06.2025 13:14 β π 27 π 12 π¬ 3 π 0
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