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The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health. The lessons of the tainted blood scandal seem to be forgotten, by @mattherder.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health
The lessons of the tainted blood scandal appear to be forgotten.
www.thestar.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health. The lessons of the tainted blood scandal seem to be forgotten, by @mattherder.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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If you are concerned about this proposal, you can find its details and comment directly on its text via this link:L
gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
The deadline to weigh in is Feb 28 @ 11:59 pm ET.
gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
The deadline to weigh in is Feb 28 @ 11:59 pm ET.
Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 51: Order Providing for Reliance on Decisions of, or Documents Produced by, Foreign Regulatory Authorities in Respect of Certain Drugs
December 20, 2025, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 51, Canada Gazette
gazette.gc.ca
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
If you are concerned about this proposal, you can find its details and comment directly on its text via this link:L
gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
The deadline to weigh in is Feb 28 @ 11:59 pm ET.
gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/202...
The deadline to weigh in is Feb 28 @ 11:59 pm ET.
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One thing I can tell you for certain is that at least some scientists inside Health Canada are alarmed by this proposal.
And given that it's part of the GoC's 'red tape initiative', I'm very worried that this mechanism will be used to justify job cuts to Health Canada's core scientific staff.
And given that it's part of the GoC's 'red tape initiative', I'm very worried that this mechanism will be used to justify job cuts to Health Canada's core scientific staff.
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
One thing I can tell you for certain is that at least some scientists inside Health Canada are alarmed by this proposal.
And given that it's part of the GoC's 'red tape initiative', I'm very worried that this mechanism will be used to justify job cuts to Health Canada's core scientific staff.
And given that it's part of the GoC's 'red tape initiative', I'm very worried that this mechanism will be used to justify job cuts to Health Canada's core scientific staff.
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While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
The Carney government is about to give up a vital bit of sovereignty. Worse, it could harm Canadians’ health www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @thestar.com
News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
News and analysis → canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 PM
While the U.S. is actively weakening the FDA, Canada is preparing to stop doing its own drug reviews and defer to foreign regulators.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
“Public service savings targets” in action.
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Sounds like the effort to permanently hand control of preventative health guidance in Canada to this group is being railroaded through, aiming to have it locked in by April 2026, before the public has time to react and start fighting back.
Spread the word, talk to politicians, journalists, etc.
Spread the word, talk to politicians, journalists, etc.
OK this is ridiculous. The draft new Canadian public health guidance-development mechanism doubles down on excluding subject matter experts from voting roles, restricts membership to people from inside the EBM pseudoscience bubble, and sets up to funnel public money to McMaster-GRADE courses etc.
Draft Implementation Plan for the Renewed Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care - Canada.ca
Feedback will help ensure effective implementation of the recommendations from the External Expert Review and inform a renewed Task Force.
www.canada.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sounds like the effort to permanently hand control of preventative health guidance in Canada to this group is being railroaded through, aiming to have it locked in by April 2026, before the public has time to react and start fighting back.
Spread the word, talk to politicians, journalists, etc.
Spread the word, talk to politicians, journalists, etc.
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Doug Ford is spending billions of public money to privatize your health care system. To Americanize it. This petition encouraging Carney to act through the Canada Health Act is open for only a couple more days. Takes less than 5 minutes.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-6811 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Doug Ford is spending billions of public money to privatize your health care system. To Americanize it. This petition encouraging Carney to act through the Canada Health Act is open for only a couple more days. Takes less than 5 minutes.
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#onpoli #FordFailedOntario
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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People-please don’t wait for government to make it easy. Quit fossil fuels in any way you can now, and to the extent you can afford. We can’t afford not to.
“The world has entered a new reality. Global warming will soon exceed 1.5°C. This puts humanity in the danger zone where multiple climate tipping points pose catastrophic risks to billions of people”
Insightful report/resource on GLOBAL TIPPING POINTS.
#climatecrisis #globalsystems
Insightful report/resource on GLOBAL TIPPING POINTS.
#climatecrisis #globalsystems
global-tipping-points.org THE GLOBAL TIPPING POINTS
REPORT 2025 Global Tipping Points is led by Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute with the support of more than 160 authors from over 87 institutions in 23 countries.
REPORT 2025 Global Tipping Points is led by Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute with the support of more than 160 authors from over 87 institutions in 23 countries.
January 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
People-please don’t wait for government to make it easy. Quit fossil fuels in any way you can now, and to the extent you can afford. We can’t afford not to.
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Here's a list of #MentalHealth 📞resources in 🇨🇦 #Canada
Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8
Crisis Services 🇨🇦 #Canada 1-833-456-4566
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310
National IRS 1-866-925-4419
LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8
Crisis Services 🇨🇦 #Canada 1-833-456-4566
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310
National IRS 1-866-925-4419
LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
January 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Here's a list of #MentalHealth 📞resources in 🇨🇦 #Canada
Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8
Crisis Services 🇨🇦 #Canada 1-833-456-4566
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310
National IRS 1-866-925-4419
LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
Suicide Crisis Helpline 9-8-8
Crisis Services 🇨🇦 #Canada 1-833-456-4566
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
First Nations - Hope for Wellness 1‑855‑242-3310
National IRS 1-866-925-4419
LGBTQ National Hotline 1-888-843-4564
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"Circular Materials", which now has the blue bin contract, is Loblaws, Clorox, Pepsico, Metro, McDonald's, Minute Maid, Sobeys, Kraft, P&G, Restaurant Brands (Tim's), Nestle, Costco, Keurig, Maple Leaf Food and CocaCola.
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"Circular Materials", which now has the blue bin contract, is Loblaws, Clorox, Pepsico, Metro, McDonald's, Minute Maid, Sobeys, Kraft, P&G, Restaurant Brands (Tim's), Nestle, Costco, Keurig, Maple Leaf Food and CocaCola.
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
www.circularmaterials.ca/board/
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New report from @ccpa: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs have smashed every compensation record on the books as average workers fell behind due to inflation. #inequality #wealthtax Part 1/2
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New report from @ccpa: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs have smashed every compensation record on the books as average workers fell behind due to inflation. #inequality #wealthtax Part 1/2
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More than 1 billion women and children were exposed to violence worldwide in 2023.
On our first cover of 2026, a Comment highlights the urgent need for preventive measures to address this crucial public health priority and save lives.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63322Alsfi
On our first cover of 2026, a Comment highlights the urgent need for preventive measures to address this crucial public health priority and save lives.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63322Alsfi
![Cover of The Lancet's Jan 3, 2026 issue. Quote on cover reads: "Importantly, [intimate partner violence and sexual violence against children] are preventable."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypu6bwefbbzhcvojdj7mz657/bafkreian7crddqlx5obep33mupkazgnbnntzfwaqghy4oe43lpvvjwd4my@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
More than 1 billion women and children were exposed to violence worldwide in 2023.
On our first cover of 2026, a Comment highlights the urgent need for preventive measures to address this crucial public health priority and save lives.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63322Alsfi
On our first cover of 2026, a Comment highlights the urgent need for preventive measures to address this crucial public health priority and save lives.
Read this & more: spkl.io/63322Alsfi
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“If 3.5% of a pop. protests against a regime, the regime will fail. Dev by poli scientists Chenoweth & Stephan, who researched resistance cmps from 1900-2006, the rule has seen interest in leftist especially with No Kings protests attracting historic numbers.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“If 3.5% of a pop. protests against a regime, the regime will fail. Dev by poli scientists Chenoweth & Stephan, who researched resistance cmps from 1900-2006, the rule has seen interest in leftist especially with No Kings protests attracting historic numbers.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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On repeat:
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On repeat:
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
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“The cost of investing in it will repay itself over and over and over again over time,” Nabuurs says. “[We want] families and people to know that clean indoor air is a human right.”
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“The cost of investing in it will repay itself over and over and over again over time,” Nabuurs says. “[We want] families and people to know that clean indoor air is a human right.”
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On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
Supervised boards could close schools, Ontario education minister says, but rural schools safe
Boards under supervision have been asked to look at underused sites and report back, Ontario education minister says in a year-end interview.
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
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The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
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“[T]he bill also removes a clause allowing Canadians and organizations to send and receive books, letters and other materials used by people who are blind without paying any postage.”
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“[T]he bill also removes a clause allowing Canadians and organizations to send and receive books, letters and other materials used by people who are blind without paying any postage.”
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NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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This resignation is worth noting. @simondonner.bsky.social is a man of impeccable integrity. If he is saying the process, and the politics, is compromised and broken, that does not bode well for climate action in Carney's Canada.
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body
University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).
www.theenergymix.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This resignation is worth noting. @simondonner.bsky.social is a man of impeccable integrity. If he is saying the process, and the politics, is compromised and broken, that does not bode well for climate action in Carney's Canada.
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
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CAVI launched a new initiative today to expand our impact beyond public libraries. Please share!
CAVI is pleased to share that our Canadian Library CO2 monitor project is now complete. CAVI and other donors have contributed over 400 high quality CO2 monitors to libraries across Canada, reaching over 30% of the Canadian population. (1/5)
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
CAVI launched a new initiative today to expand our impact beyond public libraries. Please share!
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Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows.
Misdiagnoses. Blind spots. Worse outcomes for things we know how to treat.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
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Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Abortion Rights in Canada are Under Attack
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...