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Seriously, this guy (and his cronies) can also fuck all the way off.

Do better CBC. You've got a crew at the ostrich farm covering the imminent cull due to avian flu, but no one covering the several poultry farms in the lower mainland where thousands of chickens are being culled to prevent the spread of this disease. Stop feeding the ostrich frenzy.
#cdnpoli

This budget does not resemble anything the Liberals ran on in the election and it is well past time Canadian media start pointing that out. It was the biggest bait & switch in Canadian electoral history #cdnpoli

If you are under the age of 45 and are Canadian— understand this budget will indenture us for the rest of our lives.

THIS BUDGET CUTS GALEN WESTON’S TAXES WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE? CAN YOU NOT READ? #cdnpoli

Indigenous programs face $2.3B in cuts, some new money in Carney’s 1st budget | CBC News Indigenous programs face more than $2 billion in budget cuts but are being spared the worst of Ottawa’s proposed government-wide spending reductions in Mark Carney’s first budget as prime minister. In...

Lots of AI and weapons though!

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Trying not to get sucked in by all these bad post-election takes.

My most uncompromising take may be that I don't care how many nice things you do, if you excuse throwing out the belongings of people who live in tents.

Montreal can do so much better than Projet.

MSNBC headline: As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.

"Oh no, winning political power? Is that really what we want?"

- Democrats, apparently

even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim

Tax agency looking at AI, training to help call centre staff provide accurate answers OTTAWA - A senior official working at the Canada Revenue Agency says the agency is looking to artificial intelligence and better training to help call centre agents provide more accurate

If the Carney government deploys generative AI -- a product that by design cannot be trusted to provide reliable information -- to answer Canadians' tax question, it should be required to forgive the taxes of anyone who follows any incorrect answers.

Or if you're Mark Carney, you'd invite him to speak to your caucus.

Great thread here on navigating COVID as a parent as well as the media’s complicity in mass infection.

The CBC has been hugely disappointing throughout the pandemic. (Looking at you, Ian Hanomansing and buddy Bogoch).

You may not have marched with the freedumb convoy but you might as well have.

“If Montreal’s younger demographic wants to be counted in this election and have their priorities and concerns represented at city hall, they better take the time to cast a ballot. Because right now — and I mean this with zero ageism — the over-65 crowd seems to be voting strong.”

J’ai 21 ans et voici pourquoi je me présente aux élections municipales Je rêve d’une ville écologique, résiliente et solidaire. Une ville où tout le monde a un toit et de la dignité.

Un excellent texte de notre candidate au conseil de ville sur le Plateau Mont-Royal, Shirley Barnea.

Elle a raison, on a besoin de l’énergie et de la détermination des jeunes dans nos instances gouvernementales ! 🔥

On a besoin de Shirley au conseil de ville !

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it seems like carney isn’t very good at the thing he’s obviously trying to do which is the opposite of the thing he said he was going to do

Ah, I see Poilievre has progressed to the stage of Trump Playbook where he *checks notes* pushes to jail his political opponents.

Fun!

Transition Montréal dévoile plusieurs mesures en matière de logement

« On vit dans une crise sans précédent », selon Craig Sauvé, le chef de Transition Montréal.

Craig Sauvé veut faire de Montréal la capitale du logement abordable Le chef de Transition Montréal et candidat à la mairie, Craig Sauvé, a dévoilé dimanche ses projets pour faire de Montréal « la capitale nord-américaine du logement réellement abordable d’ici 2050 ».

Craig Sauvé veut faire de Montréal la capitale du logement abordable

#lapresse #manchettes

IDÉE - L’ancien poste de transformation Berri - il faut le préserver avec un projet culturel mobilisateur. Un bâtiment public doit rester public.

IDEA - The old Berri transformer station - it must be preserved with a mobilizing cultural project. Public buildings must remain public.

#polmtl

Senate Bill Would Grant Government Regulatory Power to Mandate Age Verification For Search, Social Media and AI Services Accompanied By Threat of Court Ordered Blocking of Lawful Content - Michael Gei... The return of mandated age verification legislation in the Senate - formerly Bill S-210 and now S-209 - has been working its way through a Senate committee with a wide range of witnesses appearing ove...

Bill S-209 grants government unprecedented power to condition access to lawful websites in Canada with age verification requirements. Non-compliance leads to penalties and site blocking. Senator @jmivilledechene.bsky.social confirms covers more than adult websites
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Defunding the police seems radical, while increasing funding without oversight is somehow normal.

Des citoyennes et citoyens du Québec à bord de la Flottille pour Gaza, dont mon amie Nima Machouf, ont été arrêtés illégalement par Israël.

Je suis profondément inquiète pour leur sécurité.
La solidarité n’est pas un crime.

@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social The courageous person I wish was my MP Nima Machouf is being illegally detained by Israel. You have been my MP for 8 years now? This would be the time to finally find a spine and do something.

Flottille pour Gaza | Le Canada demande à Israël de libérer rapidement les six Canadiens arrêtés Le Canada demande la « libération rapide » des six Canadiens arrêtés mercredi par les autorités israéliennes, dont la Québécoise Nimâ Machouf. Elle se trouvait à bord du Conscience, un bateau en direc...

Je joins ma voix à celle du gouvernement du Canada pour la liberation immédiate des canadien•nes enlevé•es illégalement dans les eaux internationales.

(Notamment, mon amie, l’épidémiologiste montréalaise Nimâ Machouf 🙏💜)

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Entrevue avec Craig Sauvé : Première semaine de campagne électorale municipale | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Tout un matin : Entrevue avec Craig Sauvé : Première semaine de campagne électorale municipale

Notre candidat à la mairie, @craigsauve.bsky.social, en interview avec Patrick Masbourian à la radio de @info.radio-canada.ca : « Montréal mérite mieux. » #polMtl #AvecCouragePourMontreal ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Meanwhile in my institutional mass email dump folder every day:

TEACHING WITH GENERATIVE AI!!
COME TRY CO-PILOT!!
BETTER PROMPTS FOR CO-PILOT!!
DESIGNING ASSESSMENTS AROUND AI!!!

I can’t afford $800 for Covid boosters for my family. This fucking sucks.

Do better, Quebec.
Restricting access to only those who can afford it is complete bullshit.

Early reports of another cyclist hit on Parc & Bernard.

Montreal city council should have fixed Parc years ago.

It's disgraceful that elected officials are attending memorials there and vowing to vote for funds for more studies.

Just fucking fix it already. Remove car lanes.