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.

Both privatization of healthcare and relegation of women's reproductive healthcare. Sad and shameful

Yes. I'm open to a well-informed person telling me I'm wrong and why, but until then: Proportional representation is by and far the greatest thing we can do to increase the quality of our democracy and make our government work for the people and not be highly susceptible to political parties and lobbyists gaming the system to their benefit

Canadian doctors returned from Gaza almost certainly won't be killed on Canadian soil for speaking out, but there's a high likelihood they'll face professional consequences from hospitals (ie, employers) or their college (ie, professional organization). They'll probably be safer if they work at a community hospital/practice than a university-associated hospital.

I've found it troubling to see how the targeting of healthcare workers, women and children, and aid groups by the Israeli government in their 'war'/genocide has been completely ignored by the establishment - at least within the university and child health circles that I travel in - for the sake of demonstrating at least an appearance of staunch commitment to the delusion that Israel is not committing colonialist genocide. I wouldn't dare say something in real life, or challenge abstract references to the "protest" on campus. I'm in a more precarious than secure spot in terms of job and security, and it's a matter of survival right now.

I applaud the house owners around me that display "ceasefire now" signs on their lawns. And I applaud these physicians, if they're able, to supporting international justice with their testimony

It must be nice as a politician to have such dumb and easily manipulated people interested in voting for you

Archived link, as microsoft tracks people across one-third of the web: https://web.archive.org/web/20240411185223/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/ndp-says-carbon-price-is-not-be-all-end-all-of-climate-policy-backs-tory-motion/ar-BB1lpwVO

I thought this was so embarrassing on the part of the NDP that I think I wrote an MP for the first time in my relatively young life:

In backing the PC motion versus abstaining and saying "we need to talk about the forest versus a singular tree" and presenting a comprehensive plan, the NDP abdicated the position of being the responsible and scientifically-backed party in the room. Why get in-between the PCs making political hay (they obviously don't care about climate change) and the Libs' inept messaging around their policy?

The world is shifting to the right and this party seems to be too, which I don't think is a winning move for it. Being a better and more progressive option than the liberals, not a slightly different substitute, is the best way for the NDP to remain relevant (and honour its roots). Canada's better with a strong and principled NDP, and I'm concerned those days might be numbered. I've voted NDP in most/all elections, and the more politicizing crap like this I see the more inclined I am to consider other options like the Greens. Be wary of alienating younger voters for whom incompetence in addressing the climate crisis equals political irrelevance

Yup. https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-get-32-billion-government-grant-new-25-billion-israel-chip-plant-2023-12-26/

No kidding. I'm in my 30s, and being pro-Palestinian the last couple months has felt like the most dangerous-to-hold geopolitical opinion I've ever held. As a Canadian, I've never experienced anything like it.

Thank goodness the censure and censorship isn't as crazy as it was even a month ago.

I wonder how much support Horton and other public-facing reporters get from their employers in response to online harassment (e.g., email/IP blocking, sending cease and desist letters, private investigation, psychological support). I haven't fully thought through the ramifications of those actions, but it seems to me that these reporters receive abuse because of the nature of their employment and thus it behooves employers to protect their employees. I suspect, however, the reporters are left to defend themselves and told "that's the nature of the job." But, if true, I think that lack of employer protection/support helps fuel this kind of harassment

This is really interesting. We've seen an Ontario MPP censured and kicked out of her party, and an Ontario medical resident disciplined to some extent for similar comments. Who can fire these high school students to prevent them from speaking truth? I miss that security myself, but it's nice to be inspired by the youth of today

You're the post MVP, imo. I don't get why this post is upvoted so much. It isn't a real AMA, and it feels like disaster porn or something

[Edit: I also feel like there's enough misinformation on the internet already. Those who want to have fun/pretend with something like this, please put a 'not serious', 'made up' 'fictional' or 'pretend' flag on it]

Hear hear! Solitary confinement in correctional facilities, if ever appropriate, should be heavily regulated. I believe excessive solitary confinement is psychological abuse if not torture