Anne Rochon Ford
@annerf.bsky.social
Writer, advocate on women’s health issues, toxic exposures. Sick about COVID denial. Sick about Palestine.
Toronto Canada
Toronto Canada
Brilliante dans de nombreuses langues.
Speaking at the Fete de l’Humanite in France on Sunday, UN special rapporteur on occupied Palestine, Francesca Albanese said “Palestine is revealing to us, with an immense existential sacrifice, the world of idiots in which we live”.
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Brilliante dans de nombreuses langues.
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The Senate just passed Bill C-5, the controversial bill to fast-track so-called "national interest" projects.
Bill C-5 threatens
⚠️ democratic principles
⚠️ Indigenous rights
⚠️ public participation
⚠️ our environment & climate
We will keep speaking up & holding government accountable. ✊
Our react 👇
Bill C-5 threatens
⚠️ democratic principles
⚠️ Indigenous rights
⚠️ public participation
⚠️ our environment & climate
We will keep speaking up & holding government accountable. ✊
Our react 👇
Environmental and civil society groups react: Bill C-5 becomes law, setting a dangerous precedent - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories , 26 June 2025:
Environmental and civil society groups condemn Parliament’s reckless passage of Bill C-5’s controversial Building Canada Act. The Act erodes ...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Check out this new APTN special on plastics and the disproportionate impacts to Indigenous Peoples at all stages of the plastic lifecycle, featuring the work some of us are doing to address this growing crisis. Well done APTN! 👏 #plasticstreaty
youtube.com/watch?v=QeNa...
youtube.com/watch?v=QeNa...
Sacrifice Zones | APTN Investigates
YouTube video by APTN News
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June 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Check out this new APTN special on plastics and the disproportionate impacts to Indigenous Peoples at all stages of the plastic lifecycle, featuring the work some of us are doing to address this growing crisis. Well done APTN! 👏 #plasticstreaty
youtube.com/watch?v=QeNa...
youtube.com/watch?v=QeNa...
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy
June 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Israeli journalist Gideon Levy
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The view from the Guardian on how Canadian politicians are betraying the call from our people to stand up for democracy and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Canada said it would stand up to Trump. Instead, it’s taking cues from him | Shiri Pasternak and Dayna Nadine Scott
Federal and provincial governments are ‘flooding the zone’ with damaging corporate giveaways under the guise of resistance
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The view from the Guardian on how Canadian politicians are betraying the call from our people to stand up for democracy and the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another reason to stay as far away from Amazon as you can. (If you aren’t already on Instagram, it’s worth it to follow folks like Owen Jones) www.instagram.com/reel/DGnwZLr...
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March 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another reason to stay as far away from Amazon as you can. (If you aren’t already on Instagram, it’s worth it to follow folks like Owen Jones) www.instagram.com/reel/DGnwZLr...
Read and heed before heading to the polls tomorrow. This piece is about Hamilton but applies everywhere in Doug Ford’s Ontario. @nancyolivieri.bsky.social @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford has taken a wrecking ball to Hamilton health care
The starvation of public health care is not only widespread but deliberate.
www.thespec.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Read and heed before heading to the polls tomorrow. This piece is about Hamilton but applies everywhere in Doug Ford’s Ontario. @nancyolivieri.bsky.social @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
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A man in the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza sells bread where his bakery was destroyed by Israel.
February 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A man in the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza sells bread where his bakery was destroyed by Israel.
So much for ceasefire. www.instagram.com/reel/DFLVayt...
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January 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
So much for ceasefire. www.instagram.com/reel/DFLVayt...
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 AM
A moving and powerful speech on willful blindness toward Palestine from actress Juliet Stevenson.
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Fearless actor pleads for her profession to speak out on Gaza
YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show
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December 11, 2024 at 3:45 AM
A moving and powerful speech on willful blindness toward Palestine from actress Juliet Stevenson.
youtu.be/sLkrBmV1mgs?...
youtu.be/sLkrBmV1mgs?...
Where we’re at in Canada on climate crisis: a good overview.
@lybaspring.bsky.social
www.readthemaple.com/a-crushing-d...
@lybaspring.bsky.social
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‘A Crushing Disappointment’: Trudeau’s Climate Legacy
An assessment of the Liberal government’s achievements and glaring inadequacies on climate.
www.readthemaple.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Where we’re at in Canada on climate crisis: a good overview.
@lybaspring.bsky.social
www.readthemaple.com/a-crushing-d...
@lybaspring.bsky.social
www.readthemaple.com/a-crushing-d...
Advice for Americans but relevant to Canadians, too.
Hey, If You Can Kill 20 Million Native Americans, Enslave 12 Million Africans, and Let Biden Fund the Slaughter of 40,000 Women, Children and Elderly...
— Of Course You Can Install a Rapist/Felon/Fascist as your President! In the Meantime, Breathe, Take Care of Yourself, Read a Good Book.
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December 5, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Advice for Americans but relevant to Canadians, too.
Good news climate story.
Vancouver council's gas plan goes up in smoke after fierce public pushback
Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate activist...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Good news climate story.
Formaldehyde is so ubiquitous: in nail polish and other personal care products, no-iron clothing, some paper products, lacquers to name but a few sources. We need tighter regulation in Canada, just as in the U.S.
Formaldehyde is the poster child for our problems regulating chemicals. It's cheap & useful & companies love it. Only problem: it causes cancer. Lots of it
www.propublica.org/article/form...
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Formaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you Live
The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Formaldehyde is so ubiquitous: in nail polish and other personal care products, no-iron clothing, some paper products, lacquers to name but a few sources. We need tighter regulation in Canada, just as in the U.S.
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This is an excellent summary of the impact of Covid COVID-19 on society, and on our bodies. Constant re-infections are destroying the health of the entire global population. Future generations are being impacted right now.
"As we approach a half decade of watching a new virus rip through our communities, a new phase has started: the long tail of chronic illness. The consequences of repeated covid infections will pressure health, social and economic systems for years." www.donotpanic.news/p/five-years...
Five Years On: A Covid Retrospective
As we approach the five year mark of the first known case of covid-19, as we contemplate a half decade of watching a novel virus rip through our communities, our countries, our world, I wanted to do a...
www.donotpanic.news
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 PM
This is an excellent summary of the impact of Covid COVID-19 on society, and on our bodies. Constant re-infections are destroying the health of the entire global population. Future generations are being impacted right now.
The world is burning, but there are signs of hope and creative solutions. Lennox Island, PEI leading the way. One small solar panel sparked big East Coast dreams for energy self sufficiency. #renewables #PEI #solar #wind www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/n...
One small solar panel started big East Coast dreams for energy self-sufficiency
Drew Bernard, the ambitious young energy leader from Lennox Island First Nation, graduated from community college with a mission to make his nation energy self sufficient. Now, the community of about ...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The world is burning, but there are signs of hope and creative solutions. Lennox Island, PEI leading the way. One small solar panel sparked big East Coast dreams for energy self sufficiency. #renewables #PEI #solar #wind www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/n...