Janet Maher
@janetemaher.bsky.social
Advocate, women’s rights, health and social policy, Toronto, Canada
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I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
🧵
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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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.
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
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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.
Canada, this is the plan.
I am telling you right now do not let this happen.
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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.
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
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.
The story exposes the deadly consequences of an overwhelmed system and asks governments what they’re doing to fix it.
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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...
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
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...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
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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...
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
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...
www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/cana...
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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
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.
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
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.
That means 1 person to the room. Now. Maybe later, something you can pay for.
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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
Maybe it's us who are silly, and minority parliaments actually a good idea.
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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:
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
#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:
When you wonder why encampments are growing in your community, remember Bill 60.
My remarks today at the OLA:
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
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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’ ..”
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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’ ..”
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www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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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
Is this the right time of year to start planting trees in front if Cedarvale station?#ttc #crosstown
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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 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
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 ANY WAY WE CAN.
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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 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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You’d be a formidable senator.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
You’d be a formidable senator.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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Gov't leaders CAN make lives wonderful for citizens...
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Gov't leaders CAN make lives wonderful for citizens...
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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.
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
Yeah we have unCanadianed him
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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-...
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
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-...
kevinmd.com/2025/08/why-...
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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...
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
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...
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...
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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
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"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
Gov. Andy Beshear
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
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100% this!
The Toronto #BlueJays gave us arguably the closest #WorldSeries in modern history, and the most fun and inspiring playoff run I can remember in any sport. I LOVE THAT TEAM, and 100% believe #TORONTO should have a HUGE CELEBRATION ANYWAY, to thank the team, fans, city and COUNTRY for a legendary run!
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
100% this!
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It’s always interesting when firefighters get political. Former Toronto chief Pegg was front & centre at first encampment evictions talking about fire risk but near absent in ongoing road carnage issue. Why that & not road carnage that firefighters attend to daily? Politics.
Has this firefighters’ union done a comparative study to explain why almost every one of the world’s richest nations allows single stair access? Or are they just making stuff up?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There's a push for single-stair apartments in Canada. Calgary firefighters want the city to reject it | CBC News
Calgary’s firefighters union is trying to prevent what it calls a dangerous housing trend — in which multi-storey housing buildings are being constructed with only one stairwell — from making its way ...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It’s always interesting when firefighters get political. Former Toronto chief Pegg was front & centre at first encampment evictions talking about fire risk but near absent in ongoing road carnage issue. Why that & not road carnage that firefighters attend to daily? Politics.
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Get in touch with Mayor Olivia Chow if you believe that Toronto should congratulate, thank, and celebrate the #BlueJays with a parade.
I just did. 😊
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Office of the Mayor
City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
I just did. 😊
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Office of the Mayor
City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Get in touch with Mayor Olivia Chow if you believe that Toronto should congratulate, thank, and celebrate the #BlueJays with a parade.
I just did. 😊
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Office of the Mayor
City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
I just did. 😊
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Office of the Mayor
City Hall, 2nd Floor
100 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2