Davide Mastracci

CBC is the only major news outlet that almost never cites our extensive reporting on this.

Other major outlets cited our reporting and only credited us when we asked them to.

The Income Gap In Canada Has Reached A Record High The wealthiest amass more through higher salaries and passive income, while workers face stagnating wages.

NEW: The income gap in Canada has reached a record high.

In 2025 Q1, the top 20% of households held 64.7% of all wealth, while the bottom 40% accounted for just 3.3%.

Read the latest issue of Class Struggle from Adam King.

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Subsidizing The Occupation Discover how charitable donations and tax breaks in Canada are subsidizing the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

NEW: Subsidizing The Occupation is a major project from The Maple explaining how you and other Canadians have helped fund Israeli violence.

www.subsidizingtheoccupation.ca

Subsidizing The Occupation Discover how charitable donations and tax breaks in Canada are subsidizing the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

NEW: Subsidizing The Occupation is a major project from The Maple explaining how you and other Canadians have helped fund Israeli violence.

www.subsidizingtheoccupation.ca

Amazon Workers In B.C. Have Won Union Certification In many ways, however, the fight has only begun: the union must now secure a contract.

NEW: Amazon workers in British Columbia have won union certification, marking a major breakthrough. Now they need to secure a contract, writes Adam King.
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Two Charges Against Pro-Palestine Activist Yves Engler Dropped “It’s a victory for those of us who oppose Canada’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.”

BREAKING: Two charges against Yves Engler alleging he harassed Dahlia Kurtz have been dropped. Four charges against Engler remain, alleging he harassed a Montreal police investigator assigned to the case. Read more from @alexcosh.bsky.social.

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Retraction of the 'North Star' podcast episode from July 11, 2025 A note from The CJN.

The Canadian Jewish News has retracted a podcast it published on July 11, in which the guest said, “Canadians need to be proud to be called Islamophobic.” The guest was from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy lol. thecjn.ca/news/retract...

Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.

NEW: Uber drivers have unionized for the first time in Canada, writes Adam King.

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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.

CUPE Is Fighting The Zionist-Instigated Firing Of A Paramedic Solidarity is needed to win Katherine Grzejszczak’s reinstatement and declare that attacking labour supporters of Palestine won’t stand.

NEW: CUPE Is Fighting The Zionist-Instigated Firing Of A Paramedic.

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As Gaza Starves, Remember Writers Who Opposed UNRWA These individuals have written opinion pieces calling for UNRWA to be defunded or dismantled

NEW: As Gaza starves and Palestinians are slaughtered while trying to get food, we should remember the writers who called for UNRWA to be dismantled. I’ve compiled a list of them who made these arguments in Canadian newspapers since October 7.

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CUPE Is Fighting The Zionist-Instigated Firing Of A Paramedic Solidarity is needed to win Katherine Grzejszczak’s reinstatement and declare that attacking labour supporters of Palestine won’t stand.

NEW: CUPE Ontario is fighting the Zionist-instigated firing of a paramedic, writes Adam King in his coverage of the campaign, which includes an interview with Fred Hahn.

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CUPE Is Fighting The Zionist-Instigated Firing Of A Paramedic Solidarity is needed to win Katherine Grzejszczak’s reinstatement and declare that attacking labour supporters of Palestine won’t stand.

NEW: CUPE Ontario is fighting the Zionist-instigated firing of a paramedic, writes Adam King in his coverage of the campaign, which includes an interview with Fred Hahn.

www.readthemaple.com/cupe-is-figh...

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.

BREAKING: Canada authorized $37.2 million worth of new military exports to Israel in February, reveals @alexcosh.bsky.social.

The goods fall under an export category that includes bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles and other explosive devices.

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CityNews Quietly Removed Stories About A Former IDF Member The decision to delete these pages may violate the newsroom’s policies

NEW: CityNews quietly removed stories about a former IDF member. The decision to delete these pages may violate the newsroom’s policies, writes @davidemastracci.bsky.social.

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CityNews Quietly Removed Stories About A Former IDF Member The decision to delete these pages may violate the newsroom’s policies

NEW: Since Find IDF Soldiers was released, public sources I used for soldier profiles have been disappearing. I recently discovered CityNews Kitchener quietly deleted two stories about a former IDF soldier, which may violate its news guidelines.

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The Liberals Are Bailing Out Canada Post Management Again The federal government is doing management’s bidding by undermining CUPW and forcing a vote on a substandard offer.

NEW: The Liberals are bailing out Canada Post management again, writes Adam King.

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Canadians Should Stand With Iran Against The U.S. And Israel The Israelis and Americans pose a far greater threat to world peace and justice than Iran has or ever could.

NEW: Canadians should stand with Iran against the United States and Israel. The U.S.-Israeli alliance is a far greater threat to global peace and justice than Iran ever could be.

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The RCMP Investigated Maple Editor Davide Mastracci The national police force determined Mastracci’s journalism was “non-criminal”; he was likely added to a police database.

NEW: The RCMP, Canada’s federal police force, investigated me for my journalism about the Israeli military. Here’s what happened...

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Since news broke about the RCMP’s investigation into potential war crimes in Gaza, I’ve had people reach out to ask if they’ve contacted me about my Find IDF Soldiers database.

The answer is, sort of? More to come tomorrow in a new article.

Israeli Products Should Have No Place In Canada Labour 4 Palestine is calling on the Canadian Labour Congress to declare all Israeli goods and services ‘hot cargo.’

NEW: Labour 4 Palestine is calling on the Canadian Labour Congress to declare all Israeli goods and services “hot cargo.”

Adam King covers the campaign in the latest issue of Class Struggle.

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Can CUPW Prevent The Erosion Of Full-Time Work At Canada Post? After having their right to strike trampled, workers may be understandably fatigued about spending more time on the picket line.

NEW: Can @cupwsttp.bsky.social social prevent the erosion of full-time work at Canada Post, asks Adam King in the latest issue of Class Struggle.

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Genocide By Starvation: Israel And Canada’s Shared Crime Canada starved Indigenous children, and is now failing to prevent history from repeating itself in Gaza.

NEW: Canada starved Indigenous children, and is now failing to prevent history from repeating itself in Gaza, writes Dr. Suzanne Shoush.

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Find IDF Soldiers A database from The Maple documenting Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.

This version of the site contains 78 new names. Plus, I added a page containing all of the media coverage the project has received thus far, and an FAQ page addressing a few common questions about the project that I’ve come across.

findidfsoldiers.net

Find IDF Soldiers A database from The Maple documenting Canadians that have served in the Israeli military.

NEW: I created a database containing profiles of 163 Canadians that have fought in the Israeli military. This is the largest such collection of names and stories in Canada, by far, and is a major expansion on the past version.

findidfsoldiers.net

‘You’re Literally Brainwashed’: Jewish-School Students Speak Out The Maple spoke with 13 former students about the role Jewish schools may play in Canadians joining the Israeli military.

NEW: I spoke with 13 former Jewish-school students about the “brainwashing,” “indoctrination” and inculcation of anti-Arab racism they say they endured at the schools.

They claimed the schools play a crucial role in Canadians joining the Israeli military.

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Total Catastrophe Was Avoided, But Canada Is Heading Rightward We need an unofficial opposition of mobilized workers ready to fight the coming attack on labour and left-wing politics.

NEW: Total catastrophe was avoided, but Canada is heading rightward regardless, argues Adam King in his post-election analysis.

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The next part of my Find IDF Soldiers series is set to be released on Tuesday. It will be an eye-opening read for many, and it’s one of the most interesting news articles I’ve put together since getting into journalism. Stay tuned.

Is There A Real Difference Between The Libs And Cons On Palestine? Five Palestinians weigh in on this question and the importance of voting in the election more broadly

NEW: Is there a meaningful difference between the Liberals and Conservatives on Palestine?

I reached out to 5 Palestinians to answer this question. Here’s what Tara Alami, Mohammed Alqasem, Hammam Farah, the Palestinian Youth Movement and Beisan Zubi had to say

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