“I believe the approach is unprecedented among peer countries & will have negative repercussions for Canada’s standing in the privacy world. Indeed, removing an Agent of Parliament from private-sector privacy enforcement after decades isn’t something you tuck into a lengthy bill…”
#Fuck #CdnPoli
ecojustice.ca/news/ottawa-...
Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice
Hidden inside two budget bills is the biggest rollback of pesticide protections Canada has seen in a generation. There was no major announcement, just a quiet burial in the Spring Economic Update 2026...
This painting dropping at 5am on a day I rested over going rowing slightly feels like a targeted finger pointing, but nonetheless I am fascinated by it.
But did they actually carry the boat by the rigging here (a serious no no) or was it the artist’s error?
Today is #WorldWindDay, and so a good time to remember that no one ever went to war over wind!
It's cleaner, it's cheaper and it will never get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.
Time for an #EnergyRevolution!
Canadian Curmudgeon 🍁
@juliedabrusin.bsky.social lying down on the job again?
“..real threat to long-term food security is the degradation of the ecosystems we rely on: soil biology, pollinators, fungi, and clean water. You can’t prioritize “food security” while poisoning the biological foundation of agriculture.”
The work of contemporary Montreal artist Dominique Fortin #WomensArt #Monday
Nick Young
H. Bell
H. Bell
THEY ARE ELIMINATING THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
My first post on Bill C-36 and the seismic shift in Canadian privacy. The bill marks the end of the Privacy Commissioner's role in private-sector privacy law and the arrival of a super-regulator with astonishing powers to regulate online speech and privacy.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/cana...
Bringing in the Boat
Sybil Andrews
1933
In the last act of an incredibly intense digital policy stretch, the government today tabled new private sector privacy legislation in the form of Bill C-36, the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data A...
ecojustice.ca/news/ottawa-...
Ottawa is gutting pesticide rules. And they’re betting you won’t notice
Hidden inside two budget bills is the biggest rollback of pesticide protections Canada has seen in a generation. There was no major announcement, just a quiet burial in the Spring Economic Update 2026...ecojustice.ca
