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Air C*nada CEO admits they expected the government to intervene in the strike
For yank observers the C*nadian government has legislation that allows them to refer any strike action to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board without a vote from Parliament, and if CIRB rules against workers (which they always do) the strike becomes illegal and the union gets significant, prohibitive fines and potentially jailing of leadership if workers do not end their strike. ... read full post
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Half of young Canadians spending more than 50% of earnings on rent
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-young-canadians-rent-housing-income-budgeting/30
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Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-flights-sunday-1.761107814
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Bill C-5 becomes law, setting a dangerous precedent
https://ecojustice.ca/news/environmental-and-civil-society-groups-react-bill-c-5-becomes-law-setting-a-dangerous-precedent/7
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CUPE: Former Air Canada Counsel to Decide Whether to End CUPE-Air Canada Dispute in Clear Conflict-of-interest
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/cupe-former-air-canada-counsel-to-decide-whether-to-end-cupe-air-canada-dispute-in-clear-conflict-of-interest9
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Prime Minister Carney praises Trump as two cabinet ministers jet to Sweden for defence procurement talks
https://globalnews.ca/news/11337766/mark-carney-praises-trump-ministers-sweden-defence-deals/11
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Premier Doug Ford's government is ordering Ontario public servants to work from the office four days a week starting this fall and then full-time in January
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-public-service-work-from-office-mandate-remote-1.7608742Dude was getting lonely not being able to micromanage the lives of government employees. ... read full post
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Air Canada to begin cancelling flights ahead of possible work stoppage on Saturday August 16
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/air-canada-to-begin-cancelling-flights-ahead-of-possible-work-stoppage-on-saturday/Yeah how dare those flight attendants demand to be paid for their work and treated like people. ... read full post
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China announces 75.8% tariffs on Canadian canola in response to Canada’s tax on Chinese electric vehicles.
https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/08/12/china-announces-75-8-tariffs-on-canadian-canola/10
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First Nations Warn Carney’s Push to Build Canada Could Tear It Apart
https://thewalrus.ca/first-nations-warn-carneys-push-to-build-canada-risks-tearing-it-apart/9
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Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal - Castanet
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/565465/Poilievre-says-of-B-C-Premier-Eby-that-one-man-can-t-block-pipeline-proposalAren't you supposed to be cheating the MP by election system PP? ... read full post
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Doug Ford floats use of notwithstanding clause in Toronto bike lanes case
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/transportation-infrastructure/doug-ford-notwithstanding-clause-toronto-bike-lanes-case-11040281Text of the article: ... read full post
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Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-measles-designation-october9
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Carney is ‘Elbows Up’ Against Women and Gender Equality
https://www.leahgazan.ca/wage_statement_2508053
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Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/advocates-question-fairness-as-federal-government-backs-away-from-pharmacare-program/13
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Carney cuts could lead to more than 50,000 job losses, research shows
https://rabble.ca/labour/carney-cuts-could-lead-to-more-than-50000-job-losses-research-shows/41
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Health advocates shocked as Carney Liberals back away from pharmacare program
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/advocates-question-fairness-as-federal-government-backs-away-from-pharmacare-program/19
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PSAC raises alarm as Carney government announces sweeping public service cuts
https://psacunion.ca/psac-raises-alarm-carney-government-announces8
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Carney Helps Poilievre Attack Women's Rights
https://www.christoaivalis.com/p/carney-helps-poilievre-attack-womens14
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Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-surveillance18
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Alberta covered $150M in oil and gas companies’ unpaid rent | The Narwhal
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024/The Alberta government paid more than $30 million on behalf of delinquent oil and gas companies in 2024, The Narwhal has learned. The companies failed to pay rent owed to landowners for the use of their property for oil and gas activities. ... read full post
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tankies are ruining the *checks notes* NATO
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Some of you have never had to saw the tip off a milk bag with a steak knife cuz there was nothing else around and It Shows.
That's it that's the whole post.
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Mark Carney’s brutal austerity agenda
https://www.counterfire.org/article/mark-carneys-brutal-austerity-agenda/As a former central banker and functionary of Goldman Sachs, Mark Carney knows a thing or two about stabilising capitalism and preserving profits. Now that he is the prime minister of Canada at a time when the country is facing the Trump administration’s protectionist measures, Carney is using his skills to the full and developing a strategy to impose the burden of the trade crisis on the working class. ... read full post