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‘Complicit with a totalitarian regime’: Canada’s border rules are landing asylum seekers in ICE detention The removals come under a longstanding agreement with the U.S., which advocates say should be suspended in light of increasingly hardline immigration policies south of the border.

"Ayotte called Canadian authorities “cruel” for sending asylum seekers into the hands of the same immigration authorities who deported more than 100 Venezuelan men to a high-security El Salvador prison and reportedly removed U.S. citizens from their own country."

I spent the last few days reaching out to advocates, experts and the government about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new border bill, Bill C-2.

What I learned was…not reassuring.

In fact, advocates are warning it could create a framework for Trump-style mass deportations -- and more:

These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.

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A similar thing (I think?) happened today when I googled how to see a doctor in Victoria and in the 5 point list Google AI generated, #4 was "Ask people passing by if they are a doctor".

“People on Bluesky are the crazy ones”

This guy is the closest Canada has to our own Epstein. Shocking decision to ensure that the extent of his criminality will remain hidden.

I do not understand why we are not collectively freaking out.

BREAKING: Netanyahu and the IDF have seized the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Madleen and captured all 12 crew members, including Greta Thunberg, committing a war crime in plain sight. Israel must go.

Updates: Madleen humanitarian vessel intercepted by Israel in international waters. Drones overhead, had sprayed a white substance on deck, speculated as irritant. Crew ordered to turn off phones. Vessel may have been boarded. Comms lost.

Calgary Food Bank research finds 27 per cent of users working full time - LiveWire Calgary The latest research by the Calgary Food Bank has found that tens of thousands of their clients receiving food supports are also working full time. Results from Work that Isn’t Working: Food…

New research from the Calgary Food Bank shows that 27 per cent of their clients are working full time—equating to tens of thousands of Calgarians a year that have one and many times two or more jobs, but can't afford to live and eat.
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*hard not had

Surely it’s a bleed over from the US? Especially since the most tenant averse provinces are out west - the same ones that subscribe to the whole west-was-won narrative. Abundance of land = space to own your own. Had to articulate in short form and obvs macro..

There's a whole lot of this throughout the entire Sun-Times Summer 2025 section, I can't find most of the people or publications referred to or quoted in any of this (some of the publications exist but i can't find the cited people in them)

Hasan Piker: A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body Hasan Piker pumps iron, likes weapons and wears pearls. His brand of masculinity has won him many fans online — and has been a useful vehicle for his politics.

I’m glad the New York Times profiled ⁦‪Hasan Piker,‬⁩ but calling his use of the word genocide to describe Gaza ‘extreme’ is insane. Some of Israel’s top Holocaust scholars are calling it a genocide as are Amnesty & Human Rights Watch. Absurd from NYT.
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We're expecting another update from Vancouver Police later tonight about the tragedy at Lapu Lapu Day.

After that, we probably won't know much more for many hours.

Given the global attention already on it, a lot of speculation will inevitably happen.

The best thing you can do is not amplify it.

Alberta to eliminate due process for people who use drugs The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration.

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The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration.
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Wow

Lol, the National did a segment on young men who are swinging Conservative and extensively interviewed a right wing TikToker who I'm WELL aware of.

"The only reason why young people on the right are talking about all of this woke stuff is because people on the left are obsessed with it," he said.

(I’m sure someone has) but has anyone proposed that if a single political party gets like, over 45% of the seats they be forced to split because that voting block is too large to not allow a greater diversity in opinion? Like they could still govern, but it would have to be a coalition.

eCoNoMiC gRoWtH 🤡🤡🤡

Remember kids, most of these billionaires made their money with substantial government handouts! Subsidies for the wealthy, austerity for everyone else. That’s how public money funds private enterprise

Notice to Stakeholders Temporary Enforcement Pause: Silica Rule Issued: April 8, 2025

Breaking: the Trump admin has “temporarily” paused enforcement of a Biden-era silica rule that was aimed at combating the rising black lung crisis in Appalachia. Coal miners and their advocates have been fighting for *decades* to lower deadly silica dust exposure levels. www.msha.gov/notice-stake...

An observation: there was tons of interest in this story from French-language media and independent media (even a lil from international) but none from Canadian, English-language MSM.

I wonder why.

To be clear: this isn't about me -- it's about a playbook that impacts press freedom and democracy.

The money is going to what now

Travel advice and advisories for United States (USA) Travel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada

Canada updated its travel advisory for the US, telling travellers to "expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices," adding, "If you are denied entry, you could be detained while awaiting deportation.": travel.gc.ca/destinations...

in no world is ctv impartial for cancelling @rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s fact-checking segment. capitulating to right-wing propaganda is the *most* partial reaction.

just CTV collapsing like a wet deck of cards in the face of conservative smear campaign. What's happening to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social looks like a particular strain of media cowardice imported from the States. It's unreal