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2025-04-16 13:27:03

A new policy paper focused on youth mental health recommends raising the minimum age to use social media from 13 to 16 in Canada. The paper, “Wired for Worry: How smartphones and social media are harming Canadian youth,” makes six policy recommendations to mitigate the effects of social media, as it says evidence indicates it's “a major contributor to, and likely a leading cause of, declining youth mental health.” #socialmedia #mentalhealth #youth https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/raising-age-for-social-media-access-urged-in-report-on-canadian-youth-mental-health/article_979eb185-c6f3-48ff-8418-b1387df01d22.html

2025-04-15 13:18:36

As the international queer community loses human rights in Turkey, Russia, the US, and other repressive regimes, Queer Momentum Canada calls out Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, and his anti-trans agenda #queer #trans #lgtbq2s #humanrights #conservatives
https://www.momentumcanada.net/poilievre

2025-04-15 13:02:26

On Poilievre's plan to thwart the courts:“It would be destructive to the very idea of rights to use it in a context where there isn't really anything to be gained other than the government looking tough" U Waterloo PoliSci Prof Emmett Macfarlane. Lawyer Frank Addario said Poilievre would be “the first prime minister in Canadian history to abandon the Constitution,” and that Pierre sends the message that “political views are more important than the Charter of Rights.” https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/pierre-poilievre-would-use-the-notwithstanding-clause-to-keep-multiple-murderers-locked-up/article_0fa4b2f7-028c-41ba-a10f-15186b8a948b.html

2025-04-14 13:01:35

Need new running shoes? Canadian brands are available! #exercise #canadian #shopcanadian #tariffs #boycottusa https://www.thestar.com/life/beauty-and-fashion/fashion/9-canadian-shoe-brands-that-make-great-sneakers-for-all-your-running-shoe-needs/article_a26d39fc-21c3-53cd-917b-713250475bd4.html

2025-04-13 15:20:08

Facebook groups are for sale to those wanting to swing elections. #facebook #electioninterference #socialmedia #election #rightwing #propaganda #cambridgeanalytica https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-story-of-canadians-for-the-51st-state-and-elon-musk-for-governor-how-a/article_7e8526dc-72ae-49b5-81e1-297619275fed.html

2025-04-10 13:28:01

On housing; "Poilievre was housing minister under Stephen Harper's Conservative government, which allowed 800,000 affordable rental units to be sold off to corporate landlords and developers. Under the Harper Conservatives, the average home price in Canada went up 70%. Some of Poilievre's top donors are real estate investors, the same people cranking up rents and fighting rent control across the country." #housing #canada #election
https://cupe.ca/pierre-poilievre-it-banks-billionaires-and-big-polluters-not-you

2025-04-08 20:51:53

Reminder: Poilievre wants a war on "woke" lefties, which is about 60-70% of Canadians. Pierre doesn't sound like a guy who can govern the majority of Canadians. He sounds like Maple Syrup MAGA #MapleSyrupMAGA #conservative #canada
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2025-04-08 13:47:04

Canada has no legislation regulating spyware. #privacy #spyware #surveillance https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-spyware-mcnamara-merrifield-1.7500360

2025-04-08 12:34:22

Delusional conservative annoyance, Preston Manning, announces illogical predictions for Canada. “Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession, a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it. The next prime minister of Canada, if it remains Mark Carney, would then be identified in the history books, tragically & needlessly, as the last prime minister of a united Canada.” #election https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/western-separation-talks-re-emerge-as-federal-election-nears/

2025-04-05 12:39:39

Canada needs to scrap our trade war with China. "Ottawa last October imposed a 100% tariff on imported Chinese electric vehicles, and a 25% tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum imports. China imposed a 100% tariff on certain Canadian canola products and on peas, and 25% tariffs on selected Canadian fish, seafood and pork products. On canola products alone, Canadian farmers expect to take a $ 1B in lost sales and revenues." #trade #tariffs #china #canada #canola #economy
https://www.thestar.com/business/there-s-one-trade-war-we-should-cease-to-continue-and-that-s-the-one/article_658d38e7-908b-4e87-96c3-fa5dc2fb1927.html

2025-04-04 14:21:49

Maleappealing Conservatives are not in the running when it comes to women. Among women, the Liberals lead by 19 pts overall, 51% to 32%, which rises to 23 points among 18 to 34yearold women and even higher, to 27 points, among women over the age of 55. In 50+ years of polling results, there's never been a gender gap this large. There has never been a time in modern Canadian history when men and women disagree as starkly about the political choices facing the nation. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/pierre-poilievre-has-a-problem-with-women-mark-carney-has-a-problem-with-men/article_df08920f-7287-4707-aa59-6ad8a35f6074.html

2025-04-03 20:31:09

Canadians cancel US trips in droves, due to harassment and detainment at US border. "Activists are being monitored with AI, facial recognition software, and flagged by private rightwing groups. Canadian immigration lawyer Len Saunders warning that even minor visa issues now result in detentions, not routine denials." #customs #canada #us #detention #bigbrother
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/why-more-canadians-like-my-family-are-rethinking-trips-to-the-u-s-out-of/article_f5808992-2791-4833-8260-386bd0e4830a.html

2025-04-03 12:35:49

No vaccine? No school, as measles continues spread across Ontario. "Region of Waterloo Public Health has issued suspensions to 1,624 elementary students for outofdate vaccination records. The suspension kicked in Wednesday, just as measles cases reached 14 in the region." #measles #vaccines #canada #ontario https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/more-than-1-600-waterloo-region-elementary-students-suspended-for-out-of-date-vaccination-records/article_d558ab47-6d7f-52d8-bcdb-acc02bb5b4e9.html

2025-03-24 14:14:53

Canadians visiting the US are being asked to provide passwords for social media and other accounts to US border officials. #border #vacation #canada #us #socialmedia https://www.vice.com/en/article/college-students-are-harnessing-the-power-of-plants-to-grow-ozempic-at-home/
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2025-03-19 20:16:04

Russian disinformantion engine targets Mark Carney and the Liberal party. (No need to target Poilievre. He'd roll over for Putin, just like Trump did) #disinformation #putin #russia #liberals #carney #canada
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russian-state-media-targets-new-canadian-liberal-party-leader-mark-carney/

2025-03-06 13:51:14

"Meta's suppression and later outright blocking of news has left a void that's been filled with mis and disinformation, AIgenerated slop and extremist content. That's why I'm leading an $8billion classaction lawsuit against Google and Meta." #broligarchs #meta #google #disinformation #misinformation #classaction
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-federal-government-needs-to-practise-what-it-preaches-and-stop-lining-the-pockets-of/article_164cd262-f9ff-11ef-8fca-7fd7d04314c0.html

2025-03-05 13:56:13

"Canada must act urgently to ensure that so much of our national discourse can never again be under the control of a small handful of massive American firms, as it is now under the thumbs of Meta, Amazon, Apple and Google." #google #meta #amazon #apple #boycott https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/donald-trump-started-this-fight-canadians-must-come-together-now-to-finish-it/article_66aefcac-f92e-11ef-a708-4370f3698186.html

2025-02-23 13:54:49

Thanks to vaccines, measles was eradicated from Canada in 1998. Antivaxxers brought it back. "One in 1,000 cases of measles can lead to encephalitis, often resulting in permanent brain damage. In some cases, measles can be fatal." #antivaxxers #disinformation #measles #vaccineswork https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/southwestern-ontario-measles-cases-spike-again-with-kids-most-affected

2025-02-18 18:14:28

AI decides who lives and who dies. Algorithms of death courtesy of Big Brother #ai #algorithm #war
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-technology-737bc17af7b03e98c29cec4e15d0f108

2025-02-15 21:45:14

"For companies that own so much of our public sphere, there are some minimum expectations we should have about transparency."
#googleisevil #broligarchy #socialmedia #youtube #infrastructure
https://bbc.com/future/article/20250213-youtube-at-20-a-computer-that-drunk-dials-online-videos-reveals-statistics-that-google-doesnt-want-you-to-know?utm_source=pocket-newtab-android

2025-02-12 14:58:05

We need to target Trump's inner circle. Just as Canada imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine, similar measures could be applied to members of Trump's cabinet and family. Billionaires like Elon Musk, whose businesses — including Starlink, Tesla and X — have interests in Canada, could be affected by government policy decisions. #tesla #starlink #elonmusk #elonandthefelon #Tariffs2025 #tariffs #canada #canadaisnotforsale #X #twitter
https://www.change.org/p/implement-a-500-tariff-on-teslas-and-levy-a-personal-tax-on-elon-musk