“The War on Bikes (in Toronto)” https://www.straphanger.blog/the-war-on-bikes/
“… let's address the very basic absurdity of the fact, unimaginable from a European perspective, that the affairs of a major metropolitan area could be dictated by a provincial authority”
This… THIS!
It’s refreshing I’m not singing from this songbook on my own.
/by @straphanger
🗣️ CANADA, DO NOT LET THE FASCISTS TURN YOUR COUNTRY INTO A BAD COPY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/113405027595406295
seriously, the world needs to do a billionaire purge STAT
Valérie Plante "doesn’t want Muslim women to feel erased", but a sign depicting a woman in a hijab at city hall will be removed nonetheless b/c it caused discomfort among the xenophobic pieces of garbage in Montréal. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/woman-in-hijab-on-signage-sparks-debate-in-montreal-1.7094226 #purelaine #BS #xenophobia #racism #MTLpoli #polMTL #cdnpoli #polcan
Despicable. Alberta wants to police pronouns, sex education, and youth healthcare. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-tables-bills-on-transgender-youth-health-care-students-pronouns-opt-in-sex-education-1.7370006 #cdnpoli #polcan
Elon #Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms - https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-citizenship-revoked-denaturalized/ probably another reason he is desperate for #trump to win - to pardon him....
During Canadian Federal Elections, poll workers have been known to direct husbands and wives to booths at opposing ends of the room, so as ensure spouses are not ‘monitored’ by each other. I have worked one once and was told by the husband “I just want to make sure she doesn’t make a mistake.” I told him that she was probably old enough to manage to make an ‘X’ on her own. She looked down as she smiled. He wandered off grumbling. I didn’t care how he reacted.
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/113403485880930199
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TekSavvy Fires Back at CRTC Over Internet Rates: This Isn’t Competition | iPhone in Canada
CRTC Approves Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Exemption Deal
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/10/crtc-approves-googles-100-million-online-news-act-exemption-deal/
A UN special rapporteur urged the suspension of Israel’s UN membership citing repeated violations of international law and the occupation of Palestinian territory.
“I do believe that the impunity that has been granted to Israel has allowed it to become a serial violator of international law,” Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, said at a news conference.
