Emergency Town Hall Meeting Emergency Town Hall: Trump’s Tariffs & Workers’ Protections Trump’s tariffs are causing uncertainty—what will they mean for our jobs, families & communities? Join us for an urgent discussion on what p...

Trying to understand tariffs & what can be done to make sure workers don't get steamrolled by billionaires (again)?
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Graphic with photo of me and words vote Christine Saulnier for cupe ns president. Bold, effective, strong leadership. Email christine4cupens@gmail.com Facebook christinesaulnierns Instagram christinesaulnierns Bluesky csaulnier

Friends, I am super excited to announce that I have decided to run for President of CUPE Nova Scotia. I have spent my life fighting for economic and social justice. After 17 years at CCPA-NS I deeply understand the issues. Given everything that is happening, unions are more important than ever.

If people would just call “wokeness” and “DEI” what they really are — civil and human rights — I think a lot of people would be really horrified to realize what they’ve been trying to destroy. (I mean, some know exactly what they’re doing. But many don’t.)

PREMIER’S OFFICE--Premier Agrees with Auditor General, Will Amend Legislation ----------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The following is a statement from Premier Tim Houston. ----------------------------------------------------------- I understand that the original proposed changes to the Auditor General Act came out of a scan that looked to modernize the office by looking at best practices around Canada. This scan identified a variety of practices used across the country. There was never any intention on my part to change the existing Auditor General. After discussions with the Nova Scotia Auditor General and her team, I am no longer supporting the proposed amendments. This afternoon, I asked the legislature to withdraw them. Sometimes things become something that they weren’t intended to be, and I believe this is the case with the Auditor General-related amendments. I have nothing but respect for the Auditor General and look forward to continuing our working relationship. This is why we’ve increased funding for that office in this year’s budget. As always, we remain focused on what is in the best interests of Nova Scotians and believe an open and accountable government is part of that. -30-

Premier Tim Houston is withdrawing his proposed legislative changes affecting the office of the Attorney General

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

Accountability at stake says AG as she urges Houston government to scrap changes to her office | CBC News Nova Scotia Auditor General Kim Adair is pleading with the Houston government to scrap changes being proposed to the law that governs her work, which she says seriously undermine the independence of h...

Solidarity with the Office of the AG for standing up for their essential work.
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This WaPo piece has something valuable inside: the names of some of the grownups running DOGE behind the scenes. The Incels are a distraction.

These people are real. It'd be helpful for people in the agencies to ID anyone from DOGE for...reasons.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Mi'kmaw activist being honoured by Nova Scotia on Heritage Day | CBC News Nova Scotia is honoring Nora Bernard today. Bernard was a Mi’kmaw activist and a member of Millbrook First Nation who survived the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School.

Nova Scotia honours Nora Bernard today on Heritage Day.

"She loved being Mi'kmaq, she loved her culture, and she loved her language." A Shubenacadie Indian Residential School survivor helped lead a class-action lawsuit vs the Cdn gov won compensation for survivors.
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12 There is no neutrality. Non-commitment is a betrayal of the responsibility we owe our fellow humans and the living world. Study history. Form discussion groups. Organise. Slava Ukraini! Black Lives Matter. Women, Life, Freedom! Free Palestine! Vive le Canada !

Two More

11 Keep your eyes on the prize; but prepare to get your hands and your principles dirty. We won't like all our coalition partners; may choose expediencies we had once ruled out. The task is to survive, enough of our principles intact to have a hope of rebuilding, better, a shattered world.

10 Expel the US from NATO now: there are ample grounds. It threatens other members with military aggression, supports Russia against Ukraine and subverts democratic processes in member states. Rename and expand NATO to include Japan, South Korea, Australia, Ukraine, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, etc.

9 Don't give the US time to further corrupt or destroy multi-national institutions. The General Assembly of the UN must suspend the Security Council and strip its permanent members of their veto power.

8 Liberal democracies must re-arm. We must seek anti-fascist alliances where we can on every continent. Assume that a world war is beginning. It has. Do we have the means to win this fight? We do, because we must. The choices are to fight or to die. Ask Ukraine.

7 The US piggy bank is smashed. Its military is in the hands of the enemy. The surviving liberal democracies must fill the gap: to fund UN programmes, defend Ukraine, deter Russian, Chinese and US aggressions. No truck, no trade with the US or Russia. Extreme caution with China.

6 Prepare for the corruption or destruction of public-serving institutions: universities, museums, libraries, archives, responsible media. Secure independent communication channels. Act now to duplicate, smuggle out, hide and safeguard all critical records, research data, cultural artifacts.

5 Don't pin hopes on the US judicial system or the mid-term elections. By all means, use any available instruments to delay the carnage and buy time for the resistance. But expect American democracy and the US constitution to be demolished before this summer.

4 Trump is a frontman: he is not the power behind the coup. The tech bros, Project 2025 and their ideologues are the real threat. Beyond Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg lie Peter Thiel, Russel Vought, Curtis Yarvin, Kevin Roberts. Learn their names. They are running the world now.

3 Trump cannnot be negotiated with. He is immune to diplomacy; he does not bargain. He may be tactically distracted or manipulated. Diplomacy is useful inasmuch as it gives him cover to retreat, but the only real options are to surrender to him or to defeat him.

2 The Musk coup is more than a national coup. The tech oligarchy seeks to consolidate a global corporate totalitarian dictatorship. A fascist alliance whose power transcends national boundaries seeks to destroy democracy and reduce the nation state to an instrument of its power.

Ten Basic Observations

1 This is not 1933 Germany. It's worse. The coup coincides with a civilisational crisis of climate change; it is nuclear armed. The USA is not a troublesome friend. Their government is our enemy, and seeks our destruction. The US is now the most dangerous nation in the world.

The campaign prep continues! Later this week, we ship out 250 Drag the Vote kits to drag artists, labour leaders and queer advocates across Canada!

Posters, crop tops, tshirts, handheld signs, magnets, stickers and more, going out to help power queer election advocacy in every province & territory.

Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere What’s more, we’re expanding.

“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”

Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.

Completely disgusting.

HuffPost reporting 1,000 protesters and growing at Stonewall! If you are in the area get down there!

Sign outside the Stonewall National Monument park with the word Transgender written in pink chalk between the words National and Monument.

We won’t disappear just because you change a website.

a black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' . Alt: a black and white photo of a woman Lucille Ball standing in front of a mirror and saying `` i mean ... '' .

Is the #NovaScotia government really not going to invite @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social to the stakeholder lock-up? Is our analysis really that threatening?
Budget is tabled at 1pm Feb 18. I will be down at the NS Leg to respond regardless; we do appreciate the 40 mins extra to read & ask questions.

A part of me hopes that I am overreacting. But I also see this shadow of fascism rising, and I can feel its chill. Deep in my gut, I know what is coming. My fear is saying something important to me. We all need to listen to that voice inside of us that knows.

I think this is where we are at and these are the questions we need to start asking ourselves.

I have been watching in horror as families are dragged from their homes by ICE and trans people are having their passports confiscated. I keep asking myself, if I were watching the Nazis rise to power, knowing what I know now about history, would I be prepared to start getting people out of Germany?

We also need to organize outside of electoral politics. We need to move offline and develop networks of resistance and affinity. Social movements are weak, and we need to get into the streets. But in an era of increased censorship and crackdowns, organizing also needs to become more covert.