Jan Slakov

Basir | Substack Click to read Basir, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.

Let's not just imagine, but work towards Basir Bita's vision of migration: basirbita.substack.com

Petition Link: migrantworkersalliance.org/wefeedcanada

#MigrantRights #MigrantJustice #HumanRights #StopExploitation #EndExploitation #Equity #FAIRNESS #HumanRights #Action #petition #SpeakUp #CANpoli #cdnpolitics #CanadianPolitics #Canada

Sarcastically: Oh great!

If you find yourself thinking "cyclists don't belong on the road" then the logical corollary of that is to support safe, separated cycling infrastructure. But in my experience it is often the same people who vociferous oppose cycling infrastructure who also abuse cyclists for riding on the road.

Prioritize people and planet, not profits in Budget 2025 - Leadnow

inviting friends to sign Leadnow's petition to Opposition leaders: insist on climate action, fair taxation, no giveaways to MAGA corps. leadnow.ca/campaigns/bu...

Follow LeadNow for updates on all the gross Conservative/Right Wing tactics & influence happening in 🇨🇦 Canada - we are in danger here too - don't be complacent!
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So refreshing that you care about #ODA. As @chrishouston.ca says, cutting $ for people in desperate need is not a "savings": bsky.app/profile/chri...

Color photo of a man in a dark suit, light blue shirt, and red-striped tie standing indoors. He holds a large beige sign with a black-and-white photo of a man in military uniform and text: "Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel S. Sharpe, DSO, MP March 13 1873 – May 25 1918" with a maple leaf icon. To his right, a bronze relief plaque of the same uniformed man. Several Canadian flags hang in the background.

In 2012, MP Erin O'Toole and Senator Romeo Dallaire held the first Lt. Col. Sam Sharpe Veterans Mental Health breakfast. In 2018, a bronze plaque that included the likeness of Sharpe, made by sculptor Tyler Briley, was unveiled in the Centre Block of Parliament.

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Thank you. My grandfather (Army, WW1), father (Merchant Marines & Navy, WW2) and, uncle (Army, WW2) served and never received benefits or recognition as Métis veterans were not recognized in Canada until 2018.

First heard of this in @sethdklein.bsky.social's A Good War. (Sorry we seem fixated on investing in "bad wars".)

My latest report on events in Sudan has been published by @dighr-yorku.bsky.social

www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...

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There's a campaign here www.one.org/ca/get-invol... to urge Canada to continue funding the Global Fund to end AIDS, malaria, TB & to promote health.

We may be tired of pushing our governments to stop enabling Israeli #HumanRights abuses, #genocide. This article shows we must not give up!

MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a...

And cutting ODA (aid to other nations) is, as
@msf.ca says, not a "savings". It undermines our security (health, stability, etc) as well. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-statemen...

Sign the Petition Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa: No Canadian City should Host War "Games"

Reject Drone Warfare Testing in Downtown Ottawa: No Canadian City should Host War "Games" - Sign the Petition! c.org/5kJZGF5Ybs via @CdnChange

To the degree there are real military threats, we should be improving diplomatic & international law capacities. Weapons races do not end well. And let's explore how investing in nonviolent defence capacities can help.

Case of Libya reveals rot in historic NDP support for US empire yvesengler.com/2025/11/08/c...

Grandmas Calling Themselves "GRANTIFA" Are Following ICE Agents To Scold Them This week's Dada News headlines!

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I have no doubt it's awful.

Brésil : des Autochtones réclament justice à la veille de la COP30 Il y a 10 ans, l'effondrement d'un barrage a fait 19 morts et a causé d’importants dégâts environnementaux.

Au Brésil, des Autochtones réclament justice à la veille de la COP30

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Projet de loi C-9 visant à lutter contre la haine : la LDL exhorte la Chambre à ne pas adopter ce texte liberticide - Ligue des droits et libertés La Ligue des droits et libertés demande à la Chambre des communes de ne pas adopter le projet de loi C-9 parce qu'il contient des atteintes à la liberté d’expression de façon injustifiée.

Le projet de loi C-9 ne constitue pas un moyen de lutter efficacement contre la haine. Il représente plutôt une menace aux droits et libertés protégés par la Charte, notamment les libertés d’expression, de réunion pacifique et d’association. Il ne doit pas être adopté par les Communes.

Les libéraux de Carney déposent un budget à saveur conservatrice – Pivot Le budget fédéral est marqué par les baisses d’impôt, l’absence d’investissements en environnement et l’explosion des dépenses militaires.

« Pire encore, il y a environ trois milliards $ de coupures des programmes environnementaux existants à travers les efforts pour réduire les dépenses », précise @hadrianmk.bsky.social , analyste au @policyalternatives.ca #budget2025
pivot.quebec/2025/11/04/l...

Haven't heard of confirmation @mark-carney.bsky.social will commit Canada to #GoldenDoom but budget includes $ under "defence" for space launch capacity. NO!!!

The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?

"This budget spends 2 1/2 times more money on the military than the Conservatives allotted in their spring election platform. It cuts a similar amount from government programs as the Conservatives’ campaign promised." thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Well, under a Poilievre govt. we'd be working terribly hard to @savethecbc.bsky.social . Possibly Trudeau era efforts like school food, dental care, pharmacare would be cut. Likely more $ would be spent on attacking environmental, equity groups/efforts as Harper & @daniellesmithab.bsky.social like.

Chiefs of Ontario Respond to Canada Strong: Federal Budget 2025 - Chiefs of Ontario (Toronto, Ont. – Nov 5, 2025) The Chiefs are Ontario are calling for stronger, distinctions-based investment following the release of Canada Strong: Federal Budget 2025, tabled yesterday by Prime Mini...

Response to the budget from @chiefsofontario.bsky.social

chiefs-of-ontario.org/chiefs-of-on...

I assume it means specifically designated for Indigenous communities. By why not say that then?

MSF statement on Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget: Cuts to global aid will cost lives | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ... Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned by the Canadian government’s plan to reduce funding for international assistance and global health programs – especially at a...

Response to the budget from @msf.ca

www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-statemen...

The Canadian government releases 2025 budget.
▪️493 pages budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
▪️23-page summary budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...

Opening words "The world is changing, profoundly and in real time; we are no longer living in an era of calm, but of significant change."