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Janet Maher
@janetemaher.bsky.social
Advocate, women’s rights, health and social policy, Toronto, Canada
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Alberta is doing this because it allowed credentialed doctors to spread deadly lies during a pandemic (aka “disinformation”) and put RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Tracy Beth Hoeg, Robert Malone et al in power.

Canada, this is the plan.
I am telling you right now do not let this happen.
Alberta wants to block professional regulators from sanctioning workers for off-the-clock activities https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-bill-regulated-professions-9.6986842

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Marketplace investigates Canada’s emergency care system in crisis, uncovering rising wait times across the country driving Canadians to walk out of ERs without being seen.

The story exposes the deadly consequences of an overwhelmed system and asks governments what they’re doing to fix it.
Deadly consequences of long ER wait times | Marketplace | Full episode
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Big misstep by Carney. Fighting diseases elsewhere is the cheapest way to prevent us having to fight diseases, and the downstream effects of diseases, here.

www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/cana...
Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada's first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world's poorest countries — a move that has been sharp...
www.timescolonist.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Might be debatable if they were actually succeeding in getting more skilled workers, but we’re now further behind than ever, at a time when there is more need than ever #onpoli
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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The CMA is deeply disappointed that the Alberta government has invoked the notwithstanding clause to interfere in the clinical care of patients.
Our statement ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4i3bOxY
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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This public-private partnership (yes, you, dear Ontario taxpayer, are paying the dividends that will flow to the U.S.) says, in the government's own words, "over 350 new fully private beds". news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
That means 1 person to the room. Now. Maybe later, something you can pay for.
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Isn’t that a bit self-defeating when we are not able to meet construction targets because we are lacking qualified building trades people? #onpoli
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Well and that is AVERAGE not guaranteed in any way
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Maybe it's us who are silly, and minority parliaments actually a good idea.
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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#Bill60 will likely be passed this week, and it will grow homelessness across Ontario — something our food banks, shelters, and municipalities do not have the resources to address.

When you wonder why encampments are growing in your community, remember Bill 60.

My remarks today at the OLA:
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And frankly, Charley, even if there is only a 1% chance that I’ll be swept up by #ICE that is 100% more risk than staying home or going elsewhere #nokings
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Leave the underground lots as parking lots, but rest of the real estate would be excellent residential conversions #topoli
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.

What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?

Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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WAPO: “.. In a rare group statement, America’s Catholic bishops voted nearly unanimously Wednesday to condemn the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants as an attack on ‘God-given human dignity’ ..”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Is this the right time of year to start planting trees in front if Cedarvale station?#ttc #crosstown
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Pay attention to this, Canada. Imagine if we were to become that state. What becomes of your home, any asset & your pensions? Let alone your existing universal healthcare? This is well worth fighting for.

In ANY WAY WE CAN.
In Project 2025 they want to get rid of the FDIC insurance that bankers are required to pay that insures up to 250k per account today - so that when a bank fails the consumer is SOL in the future for those losses..😡
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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You’d be a formidable senator.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Gov't leaders CAN make lives wonderful for citizens...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Yeah we have unCanadianed him
Dear @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. Congratulations on your historic victory.

At the risk of speaking for any of my fellow Canadians, please feel free to completely ignore Kevin O’Leary. I think he’s generally reviled in Canada. I’d be surprised if anyone in our entire country would return his calls.
 Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Powerful piece by a pediatrician reminding us of a truth often neglected by Canadian school systems: accommodations aren't privileges-they are rights. Equity means meeting children where they are- but for those with complex illnesses like Long COVID, it often isn't.
kevinmd.com/2025/08/why-...
Why accommodations aren't special treatment but essential for equity
Disabled students and professionals continue to face systemic discrimination and exclusion, especially in education and medicine, where outdated attitudes and resistance to accommodations hinder equit...
kevinmd.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Ok, good to see:
1. Turning hundreds of 1000s of people already here into permanent residents is the right priority — the solution to “illegals” is make them legal
2. Doing some of this on top of PR immigration targets gets us into population growth we need

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Foreigners living in Canada will get permanent residence priority, Immigration Minister says
Budget’s cuts to immigration targets to be partly offset by one-off programs
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”

Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM