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Ottawa can’t cut its way to a stronger Canada Katherine Scott - Do we really want to relive the pain of Paul Martin’s 1995 budget?

ICYMI: Reviving 1990s-style austerity will weaken services, increase inequality and inflict long-term scars on Canadians. @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @kjscott.bsky.social explains what's at stake for Canadians if these federal govt cuts go through. therosetowneagle.ca/politicslaw/...

A Canadian company, GardaWorld, is staffing Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" -- and Carney's government awarded it MILLIONS in contracts.

They also told me they won't rule out working with the company in the future.

Here's what I dug up in my first-ever column for @thetyee.ca:

Have you seen this petition yet? Stop Bill S-209’s De-Anonymization of Every Canadian Adult

Canada is looking at doing the "Submit your private data to every site" thing. I'm not a fan of the idea.

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Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts Three agencies could see tens of thousands of the cuts, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says

The federal public service could lose up to 57,000 employees by 2028, says @policyalternatives.ca senior economist @davidmaccdn.bsky.social. Job cuts fall heavily on young workers; many cuts will be at CRA, Employment and Social Development and IRCC #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Lallemand said he borrowed his friend’s boat and was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border at the northern tip of Lake Champlain. He says he has been fishing for decades and is adamant that he was in Canadian waters when the Coast Guard showed up and told him to turn off his engine, to which he complied. The three officers told him he was in U.S. territory. “I said, ‘No, I’m very sorry, I’m in Canada.’ And I said I’m polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. ‘You can’t come across the border and pick me up’ but they did,” he recalled. Lallemand started his engine and said he wanted to talk with the officers by the shore, but the Coast Guard followed and tried to push him into the U.S., which is what caused him to go overboard. “They’re tying my boat to their boat. They’re not even taking care of me. The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said throw me a buoy,” he said. Once on their vessel, he said he was aggressively put in handcuffs. “I never saw somebody so angry,” he said. He was then handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who fingerprinted him, put him in a jail cell with his clothes soaking wet, and gave him a “dirty” blanket.

A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.

In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?

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Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...

Canada should build public cloud infrastructure—

Statistics Canada says income gap hit record high in first quarter Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country's highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.

"Unemployment is rising...in particular for young people — young graduates coming out of school, they're not finding their first job," said @kjscott.bsky.social, a senior researcher focused on gender equality and public policy at @policyalternatives. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/07/16/s...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир... V @ZelenskyyUa Warmest congratulations to @MarkJCarney and the entire Canadian people on Canada Day. This day celebrates a nation that has become a shining example of unity, democracy, and the defense of freedom. Throughout its history, Canada has become home to many Ukrainians, who today form one of the most influential Ukrainian diasporas in the world. Canada stands with Ukraine in our most difficult times, providing financial and defense assistance, humanitarian support, and playing a vital role in ramping up pressure on Russia through sanctions. We are deeply grateful to all Canadians for this unwavering commitment and valuable contribution. Together, we are stronger. Together, we stand for the values that unite our nations. Happy Canada Day!

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Manitoba signs deal to support reconstruction efforts in war-torn Kherson region of Ukraine | CBC News The Manitoba government has signed an agreement with an area of Ukraine to support reconstruction efforts. Premier Wab Kinew made the announcement in Calgary following the G7 leaders' summit in nearby...

Manitoba and Kherson sign agreement to support reconstruction efforts.

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YouTube video by The Goose The Dark Connections Between Trump's Billionaires and Canada | The Goose 🇨🇦

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Was able to go get a coffee on the other side this morning without it being a whole ordeal of detours or labyrinthian tunnels. I happened to arrive just as the temporary barricades were removed for the first official crossing on the other side, so I guess I was among the first dozen or so to cross.

Can confirm. Turns out if you treat a normal intersection like a normal intersection it functions like a normal intersection.

Just legally walked across Portage and Main. Turns out it’s just like any other intersection. Weird.

This Canadian city has become a leader in building housing. As Toronto debates sixplexes, is there anything it can learn? As Canada’s biggest city debates sixplexes, Alberta’s capital is on track to meet pre-pandemic affordability targets.

Edmonton has done more than any other city in Canada to legalize gentle/missing middle density (8 units per lot AOR, no parking minimums) and the results: "across Canada is the only major city on track to build enough housing to get back to pre-pandemic levels of affordability."

Portage and Main starting to look like a normal place in a normal city.

This is excellent. With the threats from the US, there’s never been a better time for Canada to NOT build pipelines.

YouTube video by The Goose The REAL Price of More Pipelines | The Goose 🇨🇦

There has never been a better time for Canada to not build more pipelines.

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“Ligour and carmabis”

Somebody hit the liguor and carmabis a bit too hard when making this graphic. 😂

“Ligour and carmabis”

Somebody hit the liguor and carmabis a bit too hard when making this graphic. 😂

Foggy riverbank in Winnipeg with a rocky shore and the Esplanade Riel and the skyline mostly obscured by fog

Morning fog in Winnipeg, April 11 2025

YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba Winnipeg's Propagandhi breaks silence with 1st new song in 8 years

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Cuts to research funding in the US have forced many scientists to rethink their careers.

POLL: 75% of US scientists considering leaving, with many looking for jobs in Europe and Canada www.nature.com/articles/d41... @alexwitze.bsky.social

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

The Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company, will liquidate all but 6 stores across the country. But it hasn’t been a Canadian company for years, & its demise can be blamed on its American private equity owner, NRDC, and American real estate mogul, Richard Baker, who put the nail in The Bay coffin.

(Ok, maybe the second most-Winnipeg film, after Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg. But it’s a close competition)

YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories Universal Language - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD

The most #Winnipeg film ever made re-imagines the city as a Farsi/French bilingual metropolis of grey and beige apartment blocks. A surreal yet charming story, loaded with Winnipeg references and in-jokes. #UniversalLanguage

“The push to make Canada part of the U.S. reached a fever pitch following passage of the highly protectionist McKinley Tariff in 1890.”

For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.

*spoiler: it didn’t go well

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A friendly zamboni driver waves at a person walking a dog on an icy river trail on a sunny winter day

Dog walkers and pedestrians walk past temporary art installations on a long river ice trail on a sunny day

Three deer on a snowy river look cautiously at 2 people in the distance with buildings on the horizon

River Trails, Winnipeg, Canada
February 2025 #flashes

I used to believe that Canadian cultural/media sphere was somewhat immune from forming an ultra-detached cosmopolitanism that simply can’t grasp the concerns of the common citizen — even when loudly confronted with them. This entire escapade has proven me wrong. 😑

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