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This is an existential battle for meaningful postal services in every community in Canada. Let's stand with the postal workers in defence of that.
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Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government announcing major reforms to Canada Post.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This is an existential battle for meaningful postal services in every community in Canada. Let's stand with the postal workers in defence of that.
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Long after the dust has settled, the atrocities committed to defend an apartheid regime still require and will receive, accountability. Israel should take note.
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South Africa to reopen Steve Biko inquest 48 years after death in police custody
Death of anti-apartheid activist in 1977 after police beat him into a coma sparked outrage across the world
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September 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Long after the dust has settled, the atrocities committed to defend an apartheid regime still require and will receive, accountability. Israel should take note.
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Great protest in Ottawa today against city council's proposed bubble by-law banning demonstrations around many public buildings.
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great protest in Ottawa today against city council's proposed bubble by-law banning demonstrations around many public buildings.
Great protest in Ottawa today against city council's proposed by law banning demonstrations around public buildings.
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Hospital workers rally against Ottawa's proposed 'bubble zone bylaw'
The union representing thousands of health workers in Ottawa says it will fight “all the way to the Supreme Court” for the right to protest.
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September 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Great protest in Ottawa today against city council's proposed by law banning demonstrations around public buildings.
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Of course the Ford government could have added 50,000 nurses, but lost 44,000 nurses to attrition as low pay and understaffing drive them out of healthcare- leaving net growth at 6,000. Either way, it's either a breathtaking falsehood or a massive policy failure.
September 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Of course the Ford government could have added 50,000 nurses, but lost 44,000 nurses to attrition as low pay and understaffing drive them out of healthcare- leaving net growth at 6,000. Either way, it's either a breathtaking falsehood or a massive policy failure.
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As the US decimates its public health surveillance and capacity to respond new pathogenic threats, Canada is cutting off its own knees
Canada just doesn’t get it
Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting 10% of its employees as it continues to shrink its workforce
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Canada just doesn’t get it
Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting 10% of its employees as it continues to shrink its workforce
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PHAC cutting hundreds of jobs as part of 'post-pandemic recalibration' | CBC News
The Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting roughly 10 per cent of its employees as it continues to shrink its workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As the US decimates its public health surveillance and capacity to respond new pathogenic threats, Canada is cutting off its own knees
Canada just doesn’t get it
Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting 10% of its employees as it continues to shrink its workforce
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Canada just doesn’t get it
Public Health Agency of Canada is cutting 10% of its employees as it continues to shrink its workforce
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The Ford government says it added 50,000 nurses last year. College of Nurses of Ontario registrations show an increase of about 6,000- consistent with growth in recent years and wholly inadequate to deal with the demands of a growing, aging population.
September 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Ford government says it added 50,000 nurses last year. College of Nurses of Ontario registrations show an increase of about 6,000- consistent with growth in recent years and wholly inadequate to deal with the demands of a growing, aging population.
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CUPE has a message for Mark Carney, Patty Hajdu and the Liberal government: You have seriously understimated our strength, our determination. You have picked a fight with the wrong union, the wrong workers, and you have definitely picked a fight with the wrong women. #unfairCanada #UnpaidWorkWontFly
August 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
CUPE has a message for Mark Carney, Patty Hajdu and the Liberal government: You have seriously understimated our strength, our determination. You have picked a fight with the wrong union, the wrong workers, and you have definitely picked a fight with the wrong women. #unfairCanada #UnpaidWorkWontFly
Ontario has the fewest staff of any province or the UK. A UK study shows 26 pc higher death rates for patients in hospitals with the worst staffing. Ontario needs the minimum nurse-patient ratios in place in BC and California.
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August 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ontario has the fewest staff of any province or the UK. A UK study shows 26 pc higher death rates for patients in hospitals with the worst staffing. Ontario needs the minimum nurse-patient ratios in place in BC and California.
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In Australia, when nurse-patient ratios were introduced in hospitals, 7,500 nurses who were non-practising returned to work. They knew the ratios meant that they could now provide quality patient care.
Look at the numbers of non-practising registrants at the CNO:
Look at the numbers of non-practising registrants at the CNO:
August 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In Australia, when nurse-patient ratios were introduced in hospitals, 7,500 nurses who were non-practising returned to work. They knew the ratios meant that they could now provide quality patient care.
Look at the numbers of non-practising registrants at the CNO:
Look at the numbers of non-practising registrants at the CNO:
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I wrote yesterday that this was the best op-ed I read all week.
August 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wrote yesterday that this was the best op-ed I read all week.
'(Canadian) Hospital data management is dominated by 3 US providers: Epic, Cerner, and MEDITECH….Several concerns about foreign risks to Canadian health data have been raised….'
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Ensuring the sovereignty and security of Canadian health data
Key points
Health data are critical to health systems in Canada, but the potential of these data to be accessed and used by foreign entities for surveillance purposes without consent is concerning. Fu...
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August 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
'(Canadian) Hospital data management is dominated by 3 US providers: Epic, Cerner, and MEDITECH….Several concerns about foreign risks to Canadian health data have been raised….'
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BC paid for-profit nursing agencies $508 million in just two years
EXCLUSIVE: B.C. paid private nursing agencies $508 million in just two years
British Columbia’s health authorities have cut cheques to private staffing agencies totalling a little more than half a billion dollars in just the last two years, in order to have enough nurses to ke...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
BC paid for-profit nursing agencies $508 million in just two years
The military is already budgeting $2b for the hangars for these jets - this report is window dressing. $90 billion for fighter jets made in the US ? To fight whom and at the expense of which pressing social priorities?
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Defence review says Ottawa should stick with F-35 jets, sources say
Review does not make formal recommendations, source says final decision is up to federal government
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August 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The military is already budgeting $2b for the hangars for these jets - this report is window dressing. $90 billion for fighter jets made in the US ? To fight whom and at the expense of which pressing social priorities?
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Ontario has the lowest cost for hip replacements of any province. Why would the Ford government move to much more expensive for-profit hip surgeries? To allow the wealthiest Ontarians to bypass wait lists. Costs will balloon and wait lists will grow but the most affluent will buy speedy access.
August 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ontario has the lowest cost for hip replacements of any province. Why would the Ford government move to much more expensive for-profit hip surgeries? To allow the wealthiest Ontarians to bypass wait lists. Costs will balloon and wait lists will grow but the most affluent will buy speedy access.
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Gaza doesn’t need empty statements. It needs food, dignity, justice and action — now
Gaza doesn’t need empty statements. It needs food, dignity, justice and action — now
Gaza is a moral mirror. It reflects the fragility of international law, the hypocrisy of global diplomacy and the dangerous elasticity of human empathy. When children are starving to death
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August 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gaza doesn’t need empty statements. It needs food, dignity, justice and action — now
“…per-procedure payments that their clinics would receive will not provide a (sufficient) return for the financial backers” -despite costing twice as much and taking only the least complex cases and duplicating infrastructure. Scrap this policy.
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Ontario’s private-clinic plan doesn’t add up, prospective applicants warn
Funding offered for hip-and-knee centres isn’t enough to finance new facilities, according to some who hope to build them
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August 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“…per-procedure payments that their clinics would receive will not provide a (sufficient) return for the financial backers” -despite costing twice as much and taking only the least complex cases and duplicating infrastructure. Scrap this policy.
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Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to US authorities, experts warn
Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to U.S. authorities, experts warn | CBC News
Canadians' electronic health records need more protections to prevent foreign entities from accessing patient data, according to commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Canadians' health data at risk of being handed over to US authorities, experts warn
Inflation is climbing in the US and the impact of tariffs on prices has just begun. Purchases of appliances, automobiles and durable goods fell 9% in June and the jobs numbers were low. The American public has been unforgiving of inflation and recession. May the political impact be felt mid-term.
August 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Inflation is climbing in the US and the impact of tariffs on prices has just begun. Purchases of appliances, automobiles and durable goods fell 9% in June and the jobs numbers were low. The American public has been unforgiving of inflation and recession. May the political impact be felt mid-term.
Canada refreshes Israel with munitions to bomb, shell and shoot people in Gaza, while dropping aid? The conflicted nature of our policy couldn’t be starker. It’s time for an arms embargo and sanctions.
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Canadian Forces airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time | CBC News
The Canadian Armed Forces made their first humanitarian airdrop over Gaza on Monday using their own aircraft — delivering 9,800 kilograms of aid to Palestinians, according to Global Affairs Canada.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Canada refreshes Israel with munitions to bomb, shell and shoot people in Gaza, while dropping aid? The conflicted nature of our policy couldn’t be starker. It’s time for an arms embargo and sanctions.
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$2b to build hangars for up to $90b in F35 fighter jets which likely will never see battle. Meanwhile the federal government is axing the emergency funding to municipalities and First Nations for the opioid crisis and other health programs.
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DND to start construction on new F-35 hangars despite review
Officials confirmed that building new infrastructure for the F-35s will cost more than $2 billion.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
$2b to build hangars for up to $90b in F35 fighter jets which likely will never see battle. Meanwhile the federal government is axing the emergency funding to municipalities and First Nations for the opioid crisis and other health programs.
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‘So far this year, the US economy grew at an annualized rate of just over 1 per cent, a marked slowdown from the 2.8 per cent of the Biden administration’s final six months.’ Another stunning triumph for the Trump administration.
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Opinion: Beneath the bluster, the U.S. is losing the trade war
Donald Trump’s tariff strategy has yet to restore the health of the economy and return manufacturing jobs to the country
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August 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
‘So far this year, the US economy grew at an annualized rate of just over 1 per cent, a marked slowdown from the 2.8 per cent of the Biden administration’s final six months.’ Another stunning triumph for the Trump administration.
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How can the Ontario government invest so heavily in floundering battery plants to create employment while setting in motion, through sustained underfunding, the largest layoff ever in our province's history? It must step in with funding.
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New numbers reveal 10,000-plus Ontario college layoffs, 600 programs cancelled or suspended over past year
Post-secondary layoffs and program cuts — spread across 24 public colleges — have hit both urban and rural communities and nearly every discipline.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
How can the Ontario government invest so heavily in floundering battery plants to create employment while setting in motion, through sustained underfunding, the largest layoff ever in our province's history? It must step in with funding.
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Spain refuses to gut social programs to hyper-fund the Trump administration's military-industrial complex. Canada, on the other hand, just announced 32.5% in cuts over 3 years. It's time for us to show courage too.
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Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding
Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Spain refuses to gut social programs to hyper-fund the Trump administration's military-industrial complex. Canada, on the other hand, just announced 32.5% in cuts over 3 years. It's time for us to show courage too.
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