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- The months-long strike at British Columbia’s LifeLabs has raised questions about foreign ownership of medical services and Canadians’ health data. That such a large part of Canada’s health infrastructure is owned by a massive foreign company is cause for concern, notes one expert.
- @djclimenhaga.bsky.social: According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who describes herself as a Canadian patriot, she’s enabling a separation referendum out here in Wild Rose Country only to keep a separatist party from becoming as successful as the Bloc Québécois.
- Spend some time with Brad Tuktu as he shares his financial reality, and you begin to appreciate how vital and complex is the mosaic of aid disabled people receive in Alberta. @ximenaka.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
- Vancouver’s west side is now provincially represented by an MLA who openly mocked residential school survivors and by a federal MP who grew up on the Musqueam reserve. It’s an indication of how pushback against Indigenous rights have become a right-wing political theme — and communities' reactions.
- Canada’s first Indigenous Justice Strategy barely made a ripple amid the Liberal leadership race. But as the #CdnElxn2025 dust settles, BC First Nations Justice Council chair Kory Wilson says advocates are ready with the road map toward a more equitable justice system. #cdnpoli
- “There is a litmus test for progressive professionals: Are you willing to pay more so your waitress doesn’t have to struggle to feed her kids, or your janitor can put a roof over his family’s heads, or your Uber drivers doesn’t have to juggle so many part-time jobs that they hardly see their kids?”
- Trey Helten, 42, was an advocate and an activist, a punk who loved karaoke and believed in people’s resilience, an artist, animal lover and dedicated friend.
