(I added the bold)

Civil society, human rights groups, and faculty associations broadly oppose the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism (known as “IHRA”) because it purposefully conflates criticism of Israeli policy with antisemitism and is frequently deployed by supporters of Israel to unfairly shut down Palestinians perspectives.

All across the country our political leaders are getting behind coercive intervention

Has Singh called for this? Trudeau? Nah, this is a right-wing “blame, project, dehumanize, and profiteer off of victims” initiative.

Involuntary treatment (of already marginalized people) in for-profit ‘health care centres,’ backed by venture capitalists. This is some dystopian AF shit

You’re not allowed to say that without prefacing it with “scientists suspect” or something similar /s

Would you be that bold in a parallel universe where the acronym was LBT+? I’m taking the piss. I appreciate hearing your perspective

Is that a belief you have as a self-identifying member of the LGBT+ community yourself?

This one has already stuck for a while, and it works. It is quite inclusive, whereas LGBT was less so. It would go against the principle of an inclusive acronym for “+” to stand in for many not explicitly recognized groups.

I note you’re not a .ca user. Idk if you’re Canadian or not, or it this is what’s driving your comment, but 2S refers to an Indigenous identity of Two-Spirited. It’s a local variation of the acronym, reflecting local culture. If you’re not in Canada/US/Turtle Island, it’s unlikely you’ll see 2S in your local version

I don’t know anything about Samidoun but events over the last year sure have made an impression on me. Among Western governments and legacy media, the criminalization of people and ideas opposing the Palestinian genocide is the most Orwellian thing I have noticed in my relatively young and privileged life.

Samidoun describes themselves as a Palestinian prisoners’ rights organization. The opening words of NatPo’s article describes them as: “Samidoun, the anti-Israel advocacy group based in Vancouver.” Switch this to any other issue or identity and that level of editorial rebranding would be almost unthinkable, and probably legally actionable.

I can’t say I disagree with this

“The Liberals cannot legislate away our right to free speech. If they contend we are terrorists, let them prove it in court,” said Charlotte Kates, one of Samidoun’s founding members, in a statement.

I tip my cap to you both in your quality dialogue and mutual respect - a fine Fediverse moment

Dude. You have screwed the people of this province so much to make your buddies wealthier or attract votes on negative politics. I would never vote for you. I would consider voting for you a failure of my moral duty as an Ontarian. Thinking that $200 would change that says so much about the kind of person that you are …unfit to lead this province.

Sounds like a good law

One long-time teacher, who did not want to be identified for fear of professional retribution, said the timing of the email is particularly galling given the audit and the recent $39,000, three-day retreat to the Toronto Blue Jays stadium hotel by school board brass amid a $7.6-million board budget deficit.

Yeah, retaining nursing is a big deal. In Ontario, I think we have 150,000 nurses. The government’s approach to nurses leaving the workforce post COVID because of poor working conditions has been to graduate more nurses. But a new-grad nurse is not as competent as a nurse with 10 years of experience, and so the ‘graduate more nurses’ approach does not offset the competency drain from any excessive churn of experienced nurses

I know google’s amp links are BS designed to keep in you a google ecosystem and never take you to the actual content creators’ sites. Do you mind outlining for my and others’ edification what’s not to like about CBC’s links with “amp” in them? I’d love to know. Thanks!

So he won MVP in his 4th season in the MLB, runner up MVP to Judge when Judge hit 62 homers (5th season), and then MVP in his 6th season, last year. He’s presumed to win MVP again this year, but this will be the first year he nabs it without pitching. How many MVPs is he going to win in 10 years (from the time he won his first)? What’s the over/under if he stays healthy (just to get a sense)? 6.5? It’s interesting to watch going forward; I wonder if voters will ever ‘fatigue’ of voting him for MVP. Will he actually pitch (in relief) in the playoffs this year? And when would that happen, like game 1 or series on the line for the Dodgers?

Pharmacists ordering lab tests (bloodwork) is a pretty radical expansion of their practice

Most pharmacists I’m pretty sure work for private, mostly corporate companies. This is another effort to further privatize healthcare

I think I might have mistakenly sounded like a Conservative talking point. My point was supposed to be that I think many people who vote left of the Conservatives see Justin Trudeau as the lesser of two evils at best, someone who has not delivered on their promises, and someone who seems increasingly out of touch with the needs of working Canadians.

I vote NDP and am fortunate to have almost always have lived in NDP ridings. I mean to lament how disappointing it is to have the most realistic alternative to PP be so unappealing, especially against the incredible showings of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz who’ve shown how momentous progressive politics can be.

I, personally, don’t think Trudeau has a chance against PP but that any decent replacement candidate for the LPC would probably have a slight advantage against PP to begin.

More than anything, my concern is the detrimental effects of a Conservative government. And JT staying on the ticket seems like most influential factor at this point

Technically, it’s probably the government providing too little funding to school boards to cover hiring enough qualified teachers. But you’re right; this is clearly a structural problem:

More frustrating, she says, was learning that schools in the anglophone system are still short by 32 teachers — and three districts of the four are relying on 132 people on local permit contracts.

The Cons want to accelerate inequity among Canadians in health, wealth, and everything else. That’s a huge problem. I think it’s safe to say Canadians are sick of Justin Trudeau and his out of touch with everyday Canadians approach. His ego is going to keep him on the election ballot and the only question about the government that forms will be Conservative minority or majority. I feel like we’re all hostage to Justin Trudeau’s ego right now. Looking south of the border, Biden and camp waited until the decision was made for them. I don’t see the same forces converging in JT’s case. I think things are going to have to get very very loud for JT to wake up to do the right thing. I don’t know how helpful the mainstream media will be in acknowledging popular interest in left-of-centre politics yet staunch opposition to JT at this point

It sure would be useful if Trudeau believed that passing proportional representation was the one thing he could do for a viable bid for re-election at this point

So long as we only compare ourselves to the US, we look great on many fronts, and that’s what most Canadian politicians and mainstream media do - which is absurd and serves an agenda. Compare us to all OECD countries (same as or similar to wealthy peers), and we look middling or abhorrent on many fronts. For example, I know we’re almost at the back of the pack of ~40 countries in terms of disability services. I realize the article is probably about economic indicators more so than health and quality of living. My comment is really “who we compare ourselves to matters a lot to the evaluation” and comparisons exclusively to the US are self-serving and of little value