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It says something about the inherent and widespread ableism in our society that some folks are so concerned with the "wrong" people getting accomodations, instead of the fact that disabled people often don't get the accomodations they need, whether in the classroom, workplace, or elsewhere.

Feeling grateful to @jennpiscopo.bsky.social for including our co-authored @apsrjournal.bsky.social article on gender quotas in this piece for @policyoptions.irpp.org. Despite pundits' fears, we find that 🚹's overrepresentation is much more corrosive to democratic legitimacy than gender quotas.

Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Margot Burnell "told Canada Healthwatch that cutting health spending undermines the economic stability the prime minister wants to achieve. “A strong economy requires healthy Canadians,” she said. Economists have long echoed that link..."

#CdnPoli

Employees at this popular Toronto restaurant chain had $250,000 in wages and compensation stolen, Ontario Labour Ministry finds Managing director of Sunrise Franchise Corp. says Labour Ministry “unfairly punished” the company.

Great investigative reporting from @ghadaa.bsky.social, part of an indispensable series on wage theft in Ontario.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/emp...

Zohran with his hand on his chest leaning into the passenger side window of a taxi, talking with the driver.

Zohran extending his hand to shake hands with a taxi driver through the window.

An airport worker showing Zohran something on his phone, both are smiling.

For New Yorkers who work the night shift, it can be nearly impossible to participate in political life of our city.

So tonight we’re bringing this campaign to them — starting with taxi drivers waiting at LaGuardia.

★ Canadians are not embracing any talk of “austerity,” and if needed, a majority — nearly 60 per cent — says Ottawa should hike taxes on wealthier Canadians if new spending is needed. ★

Pity the Technocrat | Luke Savage Canada’s Mark Carney wants to rejuvenate technocratic centrism. How many times do we have to say that’s a stupid idea?

These days, centrist leaders are all masquerading as populists—with one notable exception. @lukewsavage.bsky.social explains why Canada’s new PM has chosen to embrace his status as a member of the global elite.

Mark Carney won on a promise of strong but fair Canada. This is how he is betraying that vision The Carney government is repeating the mistakes of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper.

Mark Carney won on a promise of strong but fair Canada. This is how he is betraying that vision, @lukewsavage.bsky.social writes. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Hot days are making Ontario’s workplaces more dangerous – and sometimes deadly. Here’s why the problem will only get worse The Ford government knows that heat is a growing and potentially lethal threat to workers, but new protections it proposed never materialized.

A Toronto Star investigation has found that critical workplace injuries spike on the hottest days of the year.

The provincial government knows that heat is a growing and potentially lethal threat to workers, but new protections it once proposed have never materialized.

How Carney Can Actually Reduce Violent Crime | The Tyee Instead of overreliance on policing and incarceration, Canada’s new PM should lead with these proven and effective actions.

Canada needs a federal minister responsible for the prevention of violent crime, supported by a deputy minister with no other responsibilities.

The successes in other countries suggest this approach could reduce serious crime by 50 per cent in the next five years, write two experts.

Advocates Accuse Ford Government of Targeting the Homeless with New Bill Bill 6

Advocates accuse Doug Ford's government of targeting the homeless with its new Bill 6.

It "doesn’t actually solve homelessness, it just punishes people," says @dianacmcnally.bsky.social.

Georgia Abortion Law Forces Brain-Dead Woman To Stay On Life Support For Months Adriana Smith's mother says the delay, caused by her pregnancy, has been "torture" for the family.

An extreme Georgia abortion law is forcing a brain-dead woman to stay on life support for months so doctors can try to deliver her unborn baby

Graph showing EMS DISPATCHES FOR OPIOID POISONING BY WEEK, split into the years 2020 through 2025. Each year is given a different colour and it is clear that 2025 is breaking records in highest ever EMS dispatches in a single week as well as highest ever sustained EMS dispatches for overdose. 2023 previously had the highest levels, with 2021 behind that. The other years show steady upward climbs from 2020 up to 2024.

Opioid overdoses in Edmonton have skyrocketed––highest-ever sustained EMS dispatches through 2025.

Edmonton, where mass encampment evictions made way for corporate development, where "homeless navigation centres" were launched & where the UCP closed a critical supervised consumption site. 1/

Gender equality was sidelined during the election. It’s time for a reset - CCPA The Liberal Party’s election win caps a remarkable reversal in its fortunes over a few short months, with Canadians placing their bet on leader Mark Carney to confront and contain American threats to ...

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... ‘This country is increasingly a house divided: not just by regional differences, but by age and gender and culture.’ @policyalternatives.ca @kjscott.bsky.social

Why doctors and researchers say Canada needs to change course on women's health studies | CBC News Despite a rule that requires sex and gender to be considered when funding medical research in Canada, new research shows the number of grants for women's health studies hasn't budged in five years, so...

Why doctors and researchers say Canada needs to change course on women's health studies. Scientists are calling out a glaring lack of female-specific medical research, by Amina Zafar www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

Poisoning the air of a Black community for a fucking chatbot.

Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being ‘abused’ Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there's "an important need for this service."

Shoppers Drug Mart billed Ontario almost $62 million for medication reviews. Former store owner says program is being ‘abused,’ by Kenyon Wallace www.thestar.com/business/sho... via @thestar.com #MedsCheck

Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

after this last few months I think I am now in critical support of all weird ultrarich people hobbies. take that horse dancing class. I love that yoga retreat for you. tighten up that golf swing. search the ocean floor for ancient shipwrecks. anything that keeps you in your business and out of ours

Canadian Labour Unions are Calling On the Government to Protect Workers From Trump’s Tariff War. Here’s Where Parties Stand on EI. Labour groups say existing EI program won’t be sufficient to respond to economic threats and rising unemployment

Canadian labour unions are calling on the government to protect workers from Trump’s tariff war. Here’s where the parties stand on Employment Insurance

Labour groups say existing EI program won’t be sufficient to respond to economic threats and rising unemployment

To say that the conversation around the privatization of surgery is a polarizing one is an understatement—just look at the obvious divide between the Canadian Medical Association and proponents of private-pay surgery. thewalrus.ca/private-health-c...

Media, politicians are rebranding coercion against drug users as ‘care’ ⋆ The Breach Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them

If you're interested in how key newspaper editors and columnists have helped us arrive at the doorstep of forced drug withdrawal, @zoedodd.bsky.social and I covered this for @breachmedia.ca earlier this month.
breachmedia.ca/media-politi...

Manisha Krishnan: A Fentanyl Czar and the End of Progressive Drug Policy Like previous crackdowns, this will likely make the crisis worse

As Canada installs a fentanyl czar, it is also:
-closing safe drug consumption sites
-gutting drug decriminalization
-forcing drug users into treatment
-restricting safe supply
With Trudeau leaving, I wrote about the end of progressive drug policy: hatchetmedia.substack.com/p/manisha-kr...

A colony of orange and silver turkey tail mushroom rosettes grow clustered on the side of a bare log All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Windsor eye patients speak out against extra billing at private clinics, call for accountability Patients in Windsor are calling for accountability over extra billing for cataract surgeries at private clinics, arguing that they were improperly charged for services that should have been covered un...

If Doug Ford gets re-elected, expect to see more widespread out-of-pocket fees for medical care.

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

Just one time in my life, I would love to see someone announce high-speed rail not as the last thing they do before leaving office

We might actually see it happen that way

Poilievre isn’t trying to target people trafficking, he’s telling us he wants to target people who use drugs and lock them away for life. This is inhumane and draconian.

headline: Fentanyl Czar's first priority will be stopping illegal drug supply, minister says

the fentanyl czar is going to stop the illegal drug supply by replacing it with a legal, regulated supply to protect the safety and health of the ENTIRE Canadian public which will also benefit national economic and security interests right

no the czar will be doing the other thing

Ontario lost nearly 1,300 residential construction jobs last year—the worst in Canada | CCPA Public policy researchers spill a lot of ink on housing affordability, but we pay a lot less attention to residential construction as an employment sector. As the Ontario election approaches, we shoul...

New from @policyalternatives.ca: While most of the rest of the country is expanding its home-building workforce, #Ontario is actually losing residential construction workers. By
@ricardotranjan.bsky.social @rromard.bsky.social #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...