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A Prairie alliance of trans advocates and unions should be a national model ⋆ The Breach Right-wing premiers are using the notwithstanding clause to target trans kids, workers, Muslims, and drug users. Saskatchewan shows how a united front could stop them

Trans rights activists have joined forces with labour unions in Saskatchewan to fight anti-trans legislation

It's a model that should be employed nationwide to combat laws against vulnerable groups, writes @desaima.bsky.social
in our latest for @breachmedia.ca

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Employees at this popular Toronto restaurant chain had $250,000 in wages and compensation stolen, Ontario Labour Ministry finds Managing director of Sunrise Franchise Corp. says Labour Ministry “unfairly punished” the company.

Great investigative reporting from @ghadaa.bsky.social, part of an indispensable series on wage theft in Ontario.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/emp...

Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list

PM Mark Carney and premier Danielle Smith may never get a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific, but they're working to link Canada's energy future to fossil fuel production

I spoke with @sethdklein.bsky.social about the climate carnage

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Tracking my age by how many ultra-specific dongles I have accumulated

HIV PrEP Treatment Failing to Reach Minorities It’s harder for Black women and Black and Latino gay and bisexual men to access PrEP for HIV prevention, despite disproportionate risks of getting the virus.

World AIDS Day feels like a good time to repost my earlier reported story about how Black women, and Black and Latino gay and bisexual men struggle to access HIV prevention drugs, which has likely gotten worse with the 2nd Trump administration's funding cuts! 💔
www.everydayhealth.com/hiv-aids/hiv...

Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan

On a new episode of 🌊The @breachmedia.ca Show🌊 Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan.

breachmedia.ca/canadian-wea... 🔶

The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation | The Local A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of “Victoria Goldiees.”

Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee" at @thelocal.to, I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @cstarnino.bsky.social about journalism in a world of AI fakery. thelocal.to/fallout-from...

Media Advisory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Workers owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages demand action from the Ministry of Labour Toronto, Ontario—On Saturday, November 29 at 1:00 pm, workers with more than $400,000 owing in stolen wages will rally outside the Ministry of Labour to demand action on the epidemic of Wage Theft in Ontario. What: Stop Wage Theft rally When: Saturday, November 29 at 1:15 pm Where: Ministry of Labour, 400 University Avenue, Toronto Who: Workers who have been issued “Orders to Pay” by the Ministry of Labour will be on hand to speak to their experiences. Visuals: Colourful signs with outstanding wage theft amounts owed as well as enlarged versions of Ministry of Labour “Orders to Pay.” About the Workers’ Action Centre The Workers’ Action Centre is a member-led organization of non-union workers who organize to improve employment and labour legislation and enforce workplace rights. Its recent report on the wage theft crisis is available here. For more information please contact: Pam Frache at 416-578-3472 (cell)

There's a Stop Wage Theft rally happening tomorrow outside the Ministry of Labour, hosted by workers owed $400,000 in unpaid wages from their employers

Governing Harm: Policing Indigenous Presence in Manitoba In Manitoba, Wab Kinew’s NDP government passed Bill 48 strengthening policies to incarcerate houseless peoples. The Protective Detention and Care of Intoxicated Persons Act came as no surprise for …

"Kinew’s government, among others, have begun shifting towards progressive carcerality, and the expansion of policing and punishment often hidden behind political figures who are deemed 'diverse.'"

~Black Indigenous Harm Reduction Alliance
deadlycollective.com/2025/11/12/g...

The language barrier also contributed to an almost total absence of substantive debate or disagreement on issues. It's reminiscent of the recent Liberal leadership contest. In such scenarios, the perceived frontrunners seem to thrive, so advantage McPherson and Lewis I suppose

I was a French immersion student—I know it's tough to learn a new language as an adult. But a group of NDP candidates telling a Québec audience how important their language is was embarrassing. Singh, for his other shortcomings, had better command of French than any of this lot

McQuail on what he learned from a provincial NDP victory in Ontario: "If you win government, don't go home and leave the work to the people you elected. Get out in the street the next day and demand more, so the right can't shift the discussion away from the goals of the NDP."

Tony McQuail's French was beyond rough, and he generally ditched it for English.

McQuail did have interesting reflections on how to build up the party in Quebec, based on his experience organizing in Ontario's rural ridings. He was honest about the challenge ahead of the party

The fire that McPherson has sometimes displayed in Parliament was invisible last night. She didn't lean on her obvious advantage: parliamentary experience and an electoral track record. Her lack of a clearly articulated message and vision is a liability if it continues

Heather McPherson's French was poor, a discouraging sign given how long she's known she wanted to run. Her lack of language command made her ideas sound extremely basic, likely more basic than they actually are. It was a bad look for the only elected member of the group

Lewis is a talented communicator in English. He told good stories about Indigenous youth fighting the Northern Gateway pipeline, and labourers building electric buses in Winnipeg.

His French is subpar and must improve dramatically if he hopes to lead a party revival in Quebec

Avi Lewis showed he can read French off a page, but struggled to converse freely and often switched back to English

Lewis repeatedly singled out Loblaws CEO Galen Weston as an avatar of greed. This talking point will resonate with some, but for me it got old with repetition

Similarly, Johnston was convincing and down-to-earth when she talked about defending 2SLGBTQ+ communities from political attacks, and supporting nurses who have been run ragged in recent years. Her inability to speak French really sunk her overall presentation, but she tried

Tanille Johnston's French was poor, and she spent too much time saying that learning French is important (to be fair, most others did the same)

Johnston sounded stronger, in English, when she vowed that a proposed new oil pipeline through B.C. will never be built

Ashton clearly communicates an 'us vs them' posture in defence of working people, but his major ideas about guaranteed jobs for all, and a cap on grocery prices, need to be explained in far more detail than he's offered up till now. His delivery is confident but slogan-heavy

Rob Ashton had probably the most galling line of the night when he said in English, "the language of the working class rises above any language in the world." Yikes.

Ashton said that until a couple months ago he wasn't considering a leadership run, and his performance showed it

The candidates were uncomfortable speaking French off the cuff, and mainly just read prepared statements. They regularly gave up on French altogether and switched to English. There was a grating chorus of 'we need Quebec in order to win power', but little depth on how to proceed

Last night's NDP French language debate exposed a party that doesn't seem serious about rebuilding after the departure of Jagmeet Singh

The party's livestrteam links were faulty, and candidates weren't particularly engaging, mainly because the collective level of French was atrocious🧵

Canadian weapons are enabling Sudan’s ‘war against civilians’ ⋆ The Breach Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan

For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons.

@nisrinelamin.bsky.social and Ismail Adam join @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes Ottawa complicit in the war in Sudan.

In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity

Canadian weapons are being used by the RSF to commit atrocities in Sudan, but the complicity runs deeper

Ismail Adam, @nisrinelamin.bsky.social and @policingblack.bsky.social call for an arms embargo to Sudan, increased aid, and a robust refugee resettlement program

breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...

YouTube video by The Breach Wab Kinew wants more cops in schools—despite his own work exposing their harm

As a hip hop artist and journalist, Wab Kinew documented the harms of policing on young people

As Manitoba premier, Kinew is calling for more police in his province's schools

We dove into his record on policing and youth for @breachmedia.ca

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa2n...

need to do this again sometime soon