Kathleen Galloway

"Rachel, Good to speak with you this morning. Happy New Year. Here is our answer to your question: The prorogation of Parliament will not have an impact on the work of the Commission, which intends to submit its report to the Government no later than January 31, 2025."

CONFIRMED: The prorogation will NOT impact the planned release of the report on foreign interference.

It will still be submitted to the government by January 31.

Here's what the folks behind the commission told me in an email just now:

Because our political leaders apparently won’t….

While a profoundly polarizing figure in Canadian politics, Justin Trudeau unquestionably served Canada for 9 years facing levels of toxicity that in many ways was unprecedented in Canadian politics, and he did so with a consistent dignity.

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Cuts to provincial training program left thousands without affordable access to continuing education | CBC News More than 2,300 low-income students across Alberta lost access this school year to financial help for courses preparing them for work or post-secondary education after cuts to an aid program.

Here's a story you likely missed today -- thousands of low-income Alberta adults who want to upgrade their education or improve their English to have better career opportunities no longer qualify for government help this school year: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbLeg #AbEd #AbPSE

Not that enough people were talking about it before, but Trudeaus resignation really overshadows the fact that
‼️ PIERRE STILL DOESNT HAVE TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE! ‼️
#cdnmedia maybe it’s time to talk about that now that Trudeau is gone—before the election.

#cdnpoli

I’m feeling like it’s time to express far more of my Canadian political views publicly, with evidence and reasons attached. It’s frightening to see how much of people’s information sources come from what seem like soundbites, rather than having seen or heard primary sources.

NOPEEEE!!!! At what point at Poilievres lies considered slander? It’s too much. He’s going to destroy this country by spitting lies while trying to take it over. #cdnpoli

Lol @markcritch.bsky.social

bowl of soup joumou with a spoon, ready to be enjoyed

photo of a book titled Freedom Soup

photo of two pages of the book with colourful images and a paragraph -“Eating soup to celebrate the start of freedom”

Happy New Year! Celebrating with my Haitian husband, today is filled with phone calls from around the world and the most delicious Soup Joumou, a Haitian specialty. For teachers, here’s a great book to share, “Freedom Soup,” by Tami Charles. There’s even a recipe inside. Enjoy!

Please listen to how scared Albertan children are and how alone they feel: #abpoli

Greetings from a high school English teacher. A few months ago, a high school teacher posted a list of several engaging poems she enjoyed using with high school students. I thought I had saved her list, but alas, it is in cyberspace. Does anyone have such a list by any chance? Many thanks.😊

dziękuję!! Much appreciated 😊

Hello, language teachers. I am wondering if anyone might have multi-lingual lyrics (that work rhythmically) to “Feliz Navidad”. I have Spanish, Tagalog, English, and French. Gracias! Salamat! Thanks! Merci! 🎶

'Not enough to make ends meet': Minimum wage falls nearly $10 short of living wage in Calgary Living wage in Calgary is now 63 per cent higher than Alberta's minimum wage, which is tied with Saskatchewan for the lowest in Canada.

Not enough to make ends meet': Minimum wage falls nearly $10 short of living wage in Calgary.

This is what the UCP has done for us Alberta.

calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists (Note: I am going to publish this same post regularly to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists)   As regular readers know, I have …

There are close to 2500 regularly updated ones on just about every education topic imaginable

Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/10/24/t...

At least he chose a colour that suits his lovely coat😊

I would like to speak up today for the trans community.

You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

Restorative justice can play a key role in helping build safer communities.

It's a voluntary process that brings victims, offenders & community together to address the harm cause by crime - a different path to address needs & hold offenders responsible.

https://buff.ly/4fn1ZJf

Happy birthday. 💜 And I’m assuming the waffle is oatmeal infused?

So glad to see you over here, and always grateful to gain understanding from the experiences you’ve shared. 💜

My unit is full of people dying from social neglect. Treating injustice and disparity with ventilators and vasopressors is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. I could keep doing it if I knew that our provincial government was trying to fix the underlying problems.

Far be it from me to try to get in the heads of book banners, but the list of my books removed from schools makes absolutely no sense. Turtles is widely banned even though it's the least explicit of my novels (the main character is terrified of kissing), whereas TFIOS--where they DO IT--is not...

Photo be Joe Ganster Yosemite Valley Trees in fall color dulled slightly by fog and mist.

Good morning, Loves ♥️

Naheed Nenshi standing in front of High Level bridge in Lethbridge under a big blue sky

It’s hard to dream small with a (Blue)sky this big.

Hi friends!

Feds will get tough on provinces pushing private health care, Trudeau says

CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁 The most important health news, in one place.

Hoping this can also make rounds in 🇨🇦 Bluesky

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️

The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!