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MONDAY?! AGAIN!!!!!

“No one should accept being forced to work for free, for hours and hours, every day. No one should accept being forced to work for poverty wages for years in a profession, just to earn a dignifying living. That’s what this is about,” said CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky.

The thing about being gainfully employed is that you have to go to work? 🥲

Mother Tongue Teachings | APTN News Mother Tongue Teachings presents a Phrase of the Day from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island.

March 31 is National Indigenous Languages Day.

Mother Tongue Teachings showcases phrases from speakers and knowledge keepers across Turtle Island. Explore the teachings here:

*alarm goes off*

me:

ten thousand lifetimes have passed since this happened

Vive le Canada! @davidmoscrop.com perfectly encapsulates how I'm feeling.

Here is the official list of what US products will be hit by tariffs in Canada :

Here is a really handy guide on finding Canadian made products at the grocery store : madeinca.ca/grocery-stor...

Food labelling for country of origin per the Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), including Guidelines for "Product of Canada" and "Made in Canada" claims. inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labe...

TheHome | Made in CA The made in Canada resource to quickly find Canadian products, services and retailers, so you can use your dollars to support the Canadian economy.

fyi - for those looking to buy goods that are either "Made in Canada" (at least 51% of total direct costs of creation) or "Product of Canada" (at least 98%).

madeinca.ca

The internet is now five websites owned by three people and all of them are awful

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Well, 10 days in Europe are up and, with it, living a utopian fantasy where responsibilities (and budgets) don’t exist.

Back to reality tomorrow; stay tuned to see how bad the comedown really is 😅

I'm hearing rumours that Canada Post will be delivering the Fall Economic Statement.

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No better time to be leaving the country for a couple days, tbqh.

Chrystia Freeland resigns from Justin Trudeau's cabinet Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she's resigning from cabinet. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted to social media, Freeland said this decisio...

Hope everyone’s ready for an election in the very near future 🫣

Like, it’s -1 out — not the Far North. Cool it (literally, please).

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Why do OC Transpo drivers insist on having the bus feel like the ninth circle of hell?

Today marks 35 years since a gunman entered Polytechnique, separated the men from the women & shot 14 women to death.

It is now Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women.

Threads suck on this app but going to try and include my thoughts here as possible : 🧵

Good morning, #DigitalGov folks and beyond. I am just starting this evergreen #StarterPack, but I thought I would share it with the rest of you as we are all relatively new here!

go.bsky.app/8Uao5mv

Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada filed a legal action against OpenAI today.

"This claim seeks to address this inappropriate and illegal use of Canadian content, and enforce Canadian laws," the group says.

torstar.com/canadas-lead...

This is the one I used to find many of the people I followed in the other place (and some new folks), courtesy of @rjjago.bsky.social.

go.bsky.app/22LJsC3

I think the Bluesky practice of muting or blocking trolls instantly instead of engaging with them is healthy and makes this a much more pleasant place.

This is a great norm.

🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵

Twitter isn’t a place, it’s a tool, one that’s being shaped by the person who owns it to specifically boost his ideology among users for his own personal gain. There comes a point where using it, by design, can only benefit him

Holy shit. lol

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Rebuilding a footprint on a new platform for the 3rd time like: