Rick Harp

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Toronto households now spend more than $440 million a year on Uber and Lyft. High-income riders are spurring the shift, relying on the service of drivers earning less than $6 an hour. jacobin.com/2026/04/toront…

An opposition party, if such a thing existed, could do a lot with this clip.

An Edmonton court today heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the ACFN, formerly known as the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation against the Alberta Energy regulator and the province over spills from a tailings pond at the Kearl oilsands aptnnews.ca/?p=286123

Ottawa’s new border law makes it much harder for refugees to seek asylum in Canada while reviving interwar-era enforcement powers of deportation: jacobin.com/2026/04/canada…

A recent Cornell University study reveals that, at the current rate of growth, AI will add 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Canada's response? Rolling out the red carpet for gas-powered data centres. thewalrus.ca/after-intense-…

On my @ricochet podcast. #AviLewis Wins: A Historic Left Turn for the #NDP” A panel discussion about the significance of Lewis’s victory and next steps for Canada’s social democratic party with @NoLore , @judyrebick & @matt_fodor podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/in-…

Secrecy in federal government increasing -alarm over ‘regressive’ government proposals for access-to-information law ottawacitizen.com/public-service… via @ottawacitizen

Vienna has fewer homes per capita than Vancouver. By supply-and-demand logic, the Austrian capital should be more expensive. Yet prices are 50% lower. Why? Because over half of Vienna’s housing is non-market. The issue isn’t supply. It’s commodification. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

“This (law) is the most significant rollback of refugee rights in Canada in over a decade,” said Adam Sadinsky of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers."

While enduring more than 60 years of brutal US attacks, Cubans have managed to build one of the world’s most advanced health care systems, while providing universal housing and education. The blockade has never crushed Cuba’s internationalist spirit. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

The federal government announces just over $17M in support for northern Indigenous languages. Hear more on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/3b9952

Five gatherings across Canada decolonize energy conferences, centring land-based teachings and relationships thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-cle…

Twenty tons of humanitarian supplies are expected to arrive in Cuba as part of the Nuestra América convoy. BT spoke with activists from around the world who have accompanied the aid. “With all the intensity that Trump has been choking Cuba, it’s an important moment to stand up.” 🎥: @ldejesusreyes

Shooting giant wads of cash into the stratosphere is a bit too on the nose for this moment. This week, I saw two people asleep on the bus for the first time in 13 years.

Unlike solar panels, using less energy remains free, does not pass through the Strait of Hormuz

Saskatchewan judge orders scholar Darryl Leroux to pay $70,000 in defamation-related damages to literature professor Michelle Coupal. Hear more on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/3b1584

SCOOP: RCMP execute search warrants tied to Alberta's health procurement controversy; at least a dozen officers were at MHCare Medical Corp.'s headquarters on Wednesday theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

The Kanehsatake Perimeter Response Team—a partial solution to the Mohawk community's lack of a police force since 2004—faces an uncertain future. Hear more on APTN News Brief: pod.fo/e/3af73b

Asked about the FOI changes, Ford defends the need to keep his cell phone records private. Then he adds: “We’ve got to protect ourselves against the Communist Chinese that are infiltrating our country, Canada, the US, everything.”

Breaking News: A New Jersey woman who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 was released from a federal detention center in Texas, where she had been held for more than a year. She has not been charged with a crime. nyti.ms/4734G0s