let's talk about policing during Toronto's local elections
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a plan to spend less on policing and more on people is long overdue
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Alberta premier Danielle Smith plans to let doctors give priority to higher-paying patients, while other Albertans wait. This seems to be a clear violation of law, and a threat to Canadian medicare, but Smith isn't stopping
Our latest @breachmedia.ca
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"To stop Canadian oil companies from overcharging Canadians, government could regulate the price of oil in Canada—and tax windfall oil profits to protect consumers and build home-grown renewable energy."
Our latest from economist @jimbostanford.bsky.social
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Alberta's separatist movement wants control of the land, without engaging with First Nations and Treaty obligations
Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat joined me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast to talk about law, land, and Treaty in Alberta politics breachmedia.ca/alberta-sepa...
Canada plans to establish a new bank to finance the global arms trade
In our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast, I speak with Rachel Small of @wbwcanada.bsky.social about the prospect of our economy being further tied to weapons and war
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Canada's police are becoming more deadly and less accountable, but their budgets and powers keep expanding
Professor and poet El Jones joins me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcastto discuss the possibility of defunding an institution that does so much harm breachmedia.ca/canada-polic...
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The Liberal government is giving billions in public handouts to oil companies to build a techno-fix to the climate crisis.
@desmondcole.bsky.social breaks down how the supposed solution is actually just cover for endless fossil fuel production. youtu.be/OlHT_ITCw9U?...
Avi Lewis has won the leadership of Canada's NDP.
@desmondcole.bsky.social was live at the party’s convention, talking about what this left turn means for the NDP's future with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, Matthew Green, @leahgazan.bsky.social, and more. breachmedia.ca/the-breachs-...
B.C. Premier David Eby tried to roll back Indigenous rights—and he isn’t the only one.
@pampalmater.com joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss the corporate resource rush and right wing backlash behind the surging attack on Indigenous peoples across Canada. breachmedia.ca/the-corporat...
On a 2021 podcast, the Alberta premier wondered aloud if privatizing health care would require breaking federal law. Despite learning the answer was ‘yes,’ she’s still going ahead with it
First Nations were never consulted about Alberta's referendum process—and Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat says it's a missed opportunity to explore ‘mutual flourishing’
