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Trans Mountain is withholding records that would expose its dealings with private security and intelligence firms by citing blanket exemptions under access-to-information law—including sections normally used to shield criminal probes from public scrutiny. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

The Government of Canada unanimously passed a motion on Thursday to recognize residential schooling as genocide. Unsurprisingly, the National Post published an oped today by Chris Dummitt debating the definition of genocide. Here's a thread on how this kind of denialism works🧵:

Does that mean Jean Chrétien (Minister of Indian Affairs, 1968—74) stands trial at The Hague? Or does he still get a state funeral? How does this thing work?

Public money funding human rights violations. Multi-millions. Go reconciliation

@alainmercieca “I feel like I’m forced to always do new material cuz those tablets are so darn heavy! And I have sciatica so... Who has $ for papyrus am I right? Just kidding, I love the ancient Egyptians! Okay, maybe not ALL of them. What’s the deal with those pyramids anyway?”

Corsi-Rosenthal Box DIY air purifier works for COVID, studies say | CTV News ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/this-…

@LilySimpson1312 I always thought it was because Aurthur blows the family paycheque on broken muggle artifacts? Also no one ever mentions the unpaid labour of being in the Order of the Phoenix...

@alainmercieca They’ve already made the cans smaller once... what do you guys want? I mean come on, any smaller we’d be looking at a whole other tweet. -they should include a magnifying glass etc etc

As Biden cancels (some) student debt, remember why the debt exists. A key Reagan advisor warned in 1970 that free college was producing the dangerously explosive "dynamite" of an "educated proletariat," and "we have to be selective on who we allow to go through higher education":

The leader of the BC Green Party is questioning the actions of the BC RCMP after a recent trip to Wet'suwet'en territory, and the future site of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. bc.ctvnews.ca/bc-green-party…

So that performance was indeed a performance. So much for reconciliation. ctvnews.ca/canada/deal-fr…

The realization that Canadians paid upwards of $25 million for the Pope’s visit full well knowing that residential school survivors were never going to see the $25 million they were owed by the Catholic Church is next level colonial harm.

Australian researchers have created flexible #solarpanels that can be printed like newspapers. We have so many solutions. Unplug the oil machine. Implement them. ​#ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #climate #energy ​#solarenergy #renewables #renewableenergy

"The exemption of golf greens from France's water ban has sparked controversy as 100 French villages are short of drinking water. The group targeted sites near the city of Toulouse, calling golf the "leisure industry of the most privileged"." bbc.com/news/world-eur…

$15 minimum wage is an outdated demand. $30 is a living wage.

@MTLsketchfest @TheatreSteCat @PersaudMason @sssstenhouse @Liserton IS THIS A WEEKLY SKETCH SHOW OR NOT??

SKETCH IS BACK @TheatreSteCat AUGUST 27th, 8 PM, "Sketchville" a huge show with local legends, living legends, out-of-town legends, and generally LEGENDARY SHIT. Seriously a great laughfest coming your way. TICKETS ON SALE NOW:thepointofsale.com/tickets/sketch…

"Salmon are already reportedly spawning up the Coquihalla River in Hope, and they are coming up against a big obstacle...the construction site where the Trans Mountain pipeline is being expanded and replaced at the Coquihalla River." hopestandard.com/news/group-cal…

This photo shows 2 Trans Mountain excavators digging in the middle of the Coquihalla River during SALMON spawning season. #stopTMX #salmon #oilandgas

What the FUCK!! You are killing all the salmon run for everyone in BC!!! Noooo! What are we going to do?!? How will we live?? #HopeBC @MarkRuffalo @ClimateHuman #coastsalish #WaterIsLife #lillooet #darcy #BostonBar #yale #lytton