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Wojtek Gwiazda
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Journalist, photographer, videographer. Formerly with Radio Canada International (RCI), CBC, Radio-Canada, Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada…

Member: ACTRA, CAJ, DOC, FPJQ, SAJA, UDA

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Canada public service #CanLab #CdnPoli
breachmedia.ca The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 7d
Carney’s 2025 budget promises to “right-size” the federal public service, but behind the numbers are real tens of thousands of Canadians facing job loss.

These cuts threaten not just public servants, but everyone who depends on the programs they deliver. breachmedia.ca/canada-publi...
‘Devastating and demoralizing’: public service braces for wave of cuts ⋆ The Breach
Carney’s austerity plan risks hollowing out government and hurting service delivery
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November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Canada Post - Canadian Postal Workers @cupw
#CanLab #CdnPoli
hilltimes.com The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · Oct 20
Opinion: We must return to thinking of Canada Post as a public service that serves Canadians and not profits.

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October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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“Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world.” @justinling.ca
Radio Canada International (RCI) #CdnFp #CdnMedia #CdnPoli

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Justin Ling: Canada needs to make its voice heard around the world. Here’s one clear way to do that.
To create stronger connections internationally, Canada can’t rely on the United States. We need to use our own soft diplomacy tools
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October 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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“We did not take the decision to move to a nation-wide strike lightly. Postal workers would much rather have new collective agreements and be delivering mail instead of taking strike action.” @cupwsttp.bsky.social #CanLab #CdnPoli
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Postal worker union to replace nationwide walkout with rotating strikes: CUPW president
The union representing striking postal workers says it will move from a nationwide strike to rotating strikes starting Saturday.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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“…know that a terrible thing is happening to you now. You are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice…”
Omar El Akkad, ONE DAY…
September 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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On book banning and PEN: “Hello, I’m Margaret Atwood…it’s a great honour for me to be addressing you at this PEN Congress today…”
@margaretatwood.bsky.social

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Handmaid's Tale Banned in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Schools
And everyone and their pet canary wants me to "comment."
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September 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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#CanLab Labour Day
strandjunker.com Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Sep 1
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
September 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#CanLab Labour Day
unifor.org Unifor @unifor.org · Sep 1
“We celebrate Labour Day at a time when we are also vigorously defending our rights and campaigning for stronger ones. We can never rest. There is no room for complacency in the workers movement.” @lanapayne.bsky.social #LabourDay #canlab
September 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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We need “a Canada that is more self-reliant, sovereign, and sustainable…” not a Canada where government is “overly influenced by loud demands from corporations & their political backers”
#CdnPoli #CdnEcon #CanLab
jimbostanford.bsky.social Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · Aug 18
In this existential 'Elbows Up' moment for Canada's economy, public discourse has been overly influenced by loud demands from corporations & their political backers to implement their age-old agenda: deregulate (especially environmental rules), cut taxes, build more pipelines. /2
August 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
Air Canada
August 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
Air Canada
cupescfp.bsky.social CUPE SCFP @cupescfp.bsky.social · Aug 17
In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
August 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon Canada labour unions collective bargaining
thelawofwork.bsky.social David J. Doorey (aka The Law of Work) @thelawofwork.bsky.social · Aug 6
Interesting tidbit for Canadian labour law and collective bargaining nerds:

Collective agreement coverage in Canada’s private sector today (15.5%) is lower than it was in 1940 (16.3%), before Canada had enacted ´modern’ Wagner-style collective bargaining legislation.
August 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A great examination of a new trend “no point in glossing over the growing conservatism in a large section of the working class, including among union memberships.” Canada
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon

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Labour needs an overhaul for the new era of Canadian politics
Canada’s 2025 election exposed deep divisions in the working class, with many union members shifting toward Conservative populism. Fred Wilson argues labour’s modest political impact signals an urgent...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
Air Canada
canadiandimension.bsky.social Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · Aug 14
Canadians built Air Canada and our airports with decades of public investment. Now we have a privatized airline cutting service, abandoning workers, and pocketing bailouts. If we’re footing the bill anyway, shouldn’t they serve the public—not shareholders?
Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada
It would be tempting to base an argument in favour of nationalizing Air Canada solely off its poor performance over the course of the last few weeks, but in truth the problems experienced by air trave...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
Air Canada
August 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon
Air Canada
eidlin.bsky.social Barry Eidlin @eidlin.bsky.social · Aug 13
A textbook example of the pernicious effect of repeated government intervention in labour disputes: instead of using the pressure of a strike deadline to hammer out a deal, Air Canada management walks away from the table and calls for government intervention

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Air Canada seeks government intervention as contract talks with flight attendants stall
Air Canada said on Tuesday it has asked for federal government intervention in contract talks with its flight attendants union, after the airline declared an impasse in the negotiations.
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August 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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“The union representing Air Canada flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday morning (Aug. 13), and the airline responded by signalling its intention to lock workers out starting on Saturday.”
#CanLab #CdnPoli #CdnEcon

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Air Canada gives flight attendants 72-hour lockout notice
Flight attendants signalled their intention to strike, Air Canada responded with lockout to begin Saturday
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August 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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“Canada Post and the Minister have said the Canadian public deserves stability and the current uncertainty is bad for business. Yet, they have not responded to our invitation to return to the bargaining table.”
@cupwsttp.bsky.social #CanLab #CdnPoli

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CUPW is Waiting for Canada Post
A week ago, CUPW members spoke loudly and rejected what Canada Post called its “best and final” offers. The goal of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers remains negotiating ratifiable collective agree...
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August 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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“While CUPW is ready to meet… Unfortunately, it does not appear that Canada Post shares our urgency about getting back to the negotiating table and reaching ratifiable collective agreements.”
@cupwsttp.bsky.social #CanLab #CdnPoli

www.cupw.ca/en/cupw-wait...
CUPW is Waiting for Canada Post
A week ago, CUPW members spoke loudly and rejected what Canada Post called its “best and final” offers. The goal of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers remains negotiating ratifiable collective agree...
www.cupw.ca
August 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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“A recording of the first meeting between government officials and First Nations leaders…reveals the chiefs’ concerns over the rush to push Bill C-5 into law and the lack of clear commitments...”
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#Indigenous #CdnPoli
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Leaked recording details chiefs' concerns at opening of summit
A leaked recording of day one of the summit between Canada and First Nations chiefs shows the level of distrust with the government.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Le Belgo « est depuis des années un point d’ancrage majeur dans la communauté artistique », réunissant galeries commerciales en art contemporain et centres d’artistes.

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Photo of the Belgo, multi-story building in Montreal. Photo of the Belgo, multi-story building in Montreal.
July 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Radio Canada International (RCI) has survived for 80 years, but it needs to be restored at this critical time in our society to play the important role it can and should play as Canada’s world service. #CdnFp #CdnPoli #CdnMedia
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The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International - RCI ACTION COMMITTEE - BLOG
Canada must restore its world service Radio Canada International
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July 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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“The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International…absolutely necessary for Canada to take its rightful place on the international stage.” #CdnFp #CdnPoli #elbowsup
Summer 2025, The Monitor, @policyalternatives.ca
Link to online version of the article:
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The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International - CCPA
Imagine a service that anyone in the world can access for free. That not only provides accurate news about Canada but also world events and Canada’s reaction to them. That service is Radio Canada Inte...
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July 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Painful cuts to education system in the province of Quebec are a betrayal of principles
By Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette

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Hanes: Painful cuts to education a betrayal of principles
Summer is in full swing, but school boards, service centres and administrators are scrambling to implement last-minute cuts for the next school year.
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June 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public Health Care System - Open letter from economists, health policy experts, and experts in related disciplines
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The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public Health Care System - Centre for Future Work
Open letter from economists, health policy experts, and experts in related disciplines
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June 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM