Brainiac Kim
@brainiackim.bsky.social
Canadian from Toronto. Political & news junkie. Work in law, worked on Parliament Hill & Toronto City Council. Loves volunteering to improve the community & world. Advocate for social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility. Progressive
It's RACIST to tell any Asians to "Go back to China!" when complaining Canada is cold 1) Parts of China & Canada are on same range of latitudes in N. Hemisphere. 2) Ask where non-white person is from 3) Assume Asian = Chinese. White people never get any of these #racism
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It's RACIST to tell any Asians to "Go back to China!" when complaining Canada is cold 1) Parts of China & Canada are on same range of latitudes in N. Hemisphere. 2) Ask where non-white person is from 3) Assume Asian = Chinese. White people never get any of these #racism
So, the Conservative Party of Canada has finally exploded! #cdnpoli #PierrePoiLIEvre is nuclear toxic, another MP has crossed the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada. Trump of Canada is not welcomed here. One more MP to cross the floor to the Liberals to have a majority party & get some laws pass
December 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
So, the Conservative Party of Canada has finally exploded! #cdnpoli #PierrePoiLIEvre is nuclear toxic, another MP has crossed the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada. Trump of Canada is not welcomed here. One more MP to cross the floor to the Liberals to have a majority party & get some laws pass
Super HILARIOUS! 🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX9N...
Everybody Loves Raymond 30th Anniversary Reunion Special.
YouTube video by Ringer Fan
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December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Super HILARIOUS! 🤣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX9N...
#PierrePoiLIEvre is so toxic people are repulsed by him, very Trump-like www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
Another Conservative crosses the floor, bringing Liberals 1 MP shy of majority | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#PierrePoiLIEvre is so toxic people are repulsed by him, very Trump-like www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
Work from home should be used as accommodations tool = #HumanRights
WFH allows for talent from all over Canada to be hired, in-person mandate brought back "geography discrimination" so anyone outside of Ottawa bubble were refused hiring = limits talent & ⬇️ DEIA
Discriminations in offices
#cdnpoli
WFH allows for talent from all over Canada to be hired, in-person mandate brought back "geography discrimination" so anyone outside of Ottawa bubble were refused hiring = limits talent & ⬇️ DEIA
Discriminations in offices
#cdnpoli
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Work from home should be used as accommodations tool = #HumanRights
WFH allows for talent from all over Canada to be hired, in-person mandate brought back "geography discrimination" so anyone outside of Ottawa bubble were refused hiring = limits talent & ⬇️ DEIA
Discriminations in offices
#cdnpoli
WFH allows for talent from all over Canada to be hired, in-person mandate brought back "geography discrimination" so anyone outside of Ottawa bubble were refused hiring = limits talent & ⬇️ DEIA
Discriminations in offices
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli LIED to Cdns about "saving money". To save $ to bring down debt, is to allow employees to work from home so the gov't doesn't have to pay for leases or buy bldgs to put employees in. The gov't can save $ by hiring public servants to do the job instead of $ external contractors. Cdns got /1
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
#cdnpoli LIED to Cdns about "saving money". To save $ to bring down debt, is to allow employees to work from home so the gov't doesn't have to pay for leases or buy bldgs to put employees in. The gov't can save $ by hiring public servants to do the job instead of $ external contractors. Cdns got /1
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A dearth of legislative time is bad for democracy and accountability. Doug Ford believes he is King of #Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ONpoli
Ontario's legislature taking a 14-week winter break less than 2 months after 19-week summer break | CBC News
Ontario's legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A dearth of legislative time is bad for democracy and accountability. Doug Ford believes he is King of #Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ONpoli
Bye bye www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
National museum CEO leaves role after report alleged she mistreated staff for over a decade | CBC News
A letter sent to stakeholders and staff at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax said Marie Chapman was leaving her role immediately.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bye bye www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
VIA Rail is famous for stranding passengers and not providing the necessities of life nor communicate to passengers about the delay and how long it will be www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Via Rail passengers make it to Ottawa after being stranded overnight in Brockville, Ont. | CBC News
Via Rail passengers travelling from Toronto to Ottawa were stranded for 12 hours overnight after an earlier train broke down near Brockville, Ont.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
VIA Rail is famous for stranding passengers and not providing the necessities of life nor communicate to passengers about the delay and how long it will be www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Worse way to break up with your girlfriend globalnews.ca/news/1157374...
Man charged with manslaughter after girlfriend freezes to death on Austrian mountain - National | Globalnews.ca
Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, were attempting to scale Austria's tallest mountain in the middle of winter, despite her inexperience.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Worse way to break up with your girlfriend globalnews.ca/news/1157374...
Hey, we're famous! We're on TV! It's fun to see your volunteer work on committees come to fruition www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
How this new clinic is helping Ontarians find a family doctor
A new provincially funded clinic hopes to unite more patients with family doctors. As CBC’s Talia Ricci reports, the province's goal is to connect every Ontarian to a primary care provider by 2029.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, we're famous! We're on TV! It's fun to see your volunteer work on committees come to fruition www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Now, now, don't get too comfortable and then cry that your contract does not get renewed, it's called "seasonal worker" or "contract worker" for a reason www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
CRA aiming to hire 1,700 call centre staff ahead of busy tax season | CBC News
The Canada Revenue Agency is looking to hire or rehire about 1,700 call centre workers over the next few months to manage an influx of calls during the upcoming tax season.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Now, now, don't get too comfortable and then cry that your contract does not get renewed, it's called "seasonal worker" or "contract worker" for a reason www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli
Another bunch of idiots (white people) want to separate from Canada. They ignore Indigenous People's Treaties, which trumps provincial jurisdictions, federal social programs Cdns enjoy (EI, mat leave, CPP, etc), & businesses trade w/ country not provinces www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #SKpoli #cdnpoli
Saskatchewan group seeking independence from Canada holding meetings across the province | CBC News
A group promoting the idea of Saskatchewan separating from Canada says its public information sessions are drawing crowds. About 200 people showed up to a recent Saskatchewan Prosperity Project meetin...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another bunch of idiots (white people) want to separate from Canada. They ignore Indigenous People's Treaties, which trumps provincial jurisdictions, federal social programs Cdns enjoy (EI, mat leave, CPP, etc), & businesses trade w/ country not provinces www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #SKpoli #cdnpoli
The fed gov't has been trailblazer of labour practices many Cdns now enjoy: 5-day work wk, 8-hr work day, etc. G of C is a unique org'n: 12-months probationary period, perpetual contract status, teammate in diff places, internal jobs block promotions, ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what... #cdnpoli /1
What makes federal public servants think they're so special? | Opinion
You don’t get to tell your employer where you get to work. Federal employees can’t be an exception. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The fed gov't has been trailblazer of labour practices many Cdns now enjoy: 5-day work wk, 8-hr work day, etc. G of C is a unique org'n: 12-months probationary period, perpetual contract status, teammate in diff places, internal jobs block promotions, ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what... #cdnpoli /1
There are many reasons why people choose NOT to have social media. It's disturbing that employers, non-paid jobs, & men freak out if they can't secretly creep you before meeting you. Reasons:
*Toxic S/M
*Safety (gender based violence)
*Busy doing community service
*Caregiving
*Busy
*Privacy
*Toxic S/M
*Safety (gender based violence)
*Busy doing community service
*Caregiving
*Busy
*Privacy
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There are many reasons why people choose NOT to have social media. It's disturbing that employers, non-paid jobs, & men freak out if they can't secretly creep you before meeting you. Reasons:
*Toxic S/M
*Safety (gender based violence)
*Busy doing community service
*Caregiving
*Busy
*Privacy
*Toxic S/M
*Safety (gender based violence)
*Busy doing community service
*Caregiving
*Busy
*Privacy
More cuts to programs and services ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... #cdnpoli
What departments have begun notifying public servants of cuts?
Some departments have already started letting impacted workers know, while others plan to start doing so in January.
ottawacitizen.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
More cuts to programs and services ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... #cdnpoli
16 years to build a dedicated streetcar line globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
TTC and Metrolinx battle over Eglinton Crosstown LRT date at tense private meeting | Globalnews.ca
Multiple sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that there was a plan by Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation to open the line in the last week of December.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
16 years to build a dedicated streetcar line globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
What an amazing and trailblazing idea! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary parents now have permanent, dedicated place to bury miscarried babies | CBC News
Loreto Crypt, located at Queen’s Park Cemetery in Calgary, is the city’s first permanent, year-round burial place for babies who died before 20 weeks gestation.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What an amazing and trailblazing idea! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow. We're not America. ca.yahoo.com/news/n-l-top...
N.L.'s top-billing doctor suspended by provincial regulator
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador has suspended the licence of Dr. Harry Dang, the province's highest billing physician over the last fiscal year.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Wow. We're not America. ca.yahoo.com/news/n-l-top...
Damn. Prof. athletes for Olympics are like they're on parole & have to answer to parole officers. Most people do NOT know where they are in MONTHS in advance, & the confirmation that you missed the surprised show ups. People have to work, or changed routines, etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5mJ... /1
CBC News: The National | Penny Oleksiak denies drug use
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December 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Damn. Prof. athletes for Olympics are like they're on parole & have to answer to parole officers. Most people do NOT know where they are in MONTHS in advance, & the confirmation that you missed the surprised show ups. People have to work, or changed routines, etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5mJ... /1