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It's really important to understand the health issues for the federal election. This link gives you concrete answers to what the federal government can do to assist health care in Canada that is delivered by the provinces.

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

338Canada🍁federal update | March 25, 2025 My latest for the newsletter → www.338canada.ca/p/338-update... All the numbers → 338canada.com/federal.htm

Good to remember.

Bennet: Did you know the President’s Middle East advisor was in Moscow on this thread? This sloppiness, this incompetence, this disrespect for our intelligence agencies and the personnel who work for him is entirely unacceptable. It's an embarrassment

Sorry, American friends, these might catch on.

Excellent Krugman column: Worthwhile Canadian Observations open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The fact that Poilievre refused to get his security clearance given long-time allegations of foreign interference and now serious allegations of meddling by Indian agents and their proxies in his leadership bid is disqualifying for an aspiring Prime Minister.

The Office of Long COVID Research and Practice will close as soon as this week, according to an internal HHS email obtained by Inside Medicine. This is the opposite of what you would do if you were genuinely interested in finding treatments for chronic diseases, as RFK claims.

Pharmacare is law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces are slowing it down canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/24/p... 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

All 🍁polls fielded after March 19 show the Liberals in front nationally. See list here: 338canada.com/polls.htm 📊Full projection update first thing in the morning: www.338canada.ca

This may be the best thing on the internet today.

UN warns millions more will die from AIDS after US cuts DW March 24, 2025 By Alex Berry with AFP, Reuters stillcoviding.ca/en/news/un-w... #AIDS #HIV #health

I don't like this verbiage that all the party leaders are using, "I'm running to be Prime Minister of Canada." Yeah, I know that functionally you are. But these days, I like it when we differentiate our system from the Americans. Leaders are running to be MPs first. Then we'll see.

Did you know BC’s LifeLabs was bought by an US Fortune 500 company in 2024? Learn more & sign the petition to end American profiteering in Canadian healthcare. This happened under @davidebybc.bsky.social’s watch. It needs to change. And @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social should address it nationally.

Turns out living with fewer cars doesn’t suck. Coming back to North America after 18 months in Europe was a rude adjustment.

got a new municipality as a welcome back present!

"Carney said there are certain conditions for a discussion with Trump. “Mr. Trump must recognize that Canada is a sovereign country. He has to say that, he has to accept that, before we can have a discussion about a trade agreement,” he said." Well played, PM 🍁 www.djournal.com/news/nation-...

newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/po...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Canadians won't need EU travel waivers until end of 2026 New European Union travel authorization system delayed due to technical problems.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This isn’t a mystery Why do you have to read about it in Breitbart? Why aren’t mainstream media in Canada doing their jobs? Is it because they’re owned by American hedge funds and Canadian oligarchs?

Opinion: The June G7 meeting couldn’t be happening at a more consequential moment, both for the planet, and for Canada and its economic and political destiny.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asked US administration to "put things on pause" to help Poilievre get elected as PM x.com/cspotweet/st... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Ah! No need for the bird site after all! Liberals have it right here. Carney in Nepean. Bonus data point: the last Conservative to win what was then Nepean--Carleton was ... Pierre Poilievre! Ain't #cdnpoli fun?

Liberals to expand access to dental-care program ahead of expected election, by Maan Alhmidi www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... via @theglobeandmail.com

▶︎ First Ministers. ▶︎ Poilievre's focus. ▶︎ Bernie's campaign. The 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli 📰 Roundup for SAT MAR 22 roundup.curated.co/issues/294

Remember: As a convicted felon, Trump can’t get a job at Trader Joe’s, yet he can be elected President of the United States and then promptly start destroying our job market.

The Trump administration’s new restrictions on mRNA research funding will hinder development of mRNA-based cancer treatments.

There are daily pills to prevent #HIV — but injectable options could change what prevention looks like. The next challenge is making HIV prevention medication completely free, advocates say, by Alison Northcott www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #AIDS

Gynecologists concerned social media reshaping perspectives about effective #contraception methods. Online posts urge women to ditch the birth control pill with arguments that are not supported by science, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

maga???

‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’ -- How newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities amid angst over the technology, by @michaelsavage.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2... via @theguardian.com #journalism

Thank you M. Picard. It's been quite the ride. I've done my best; I hope it mattered.

Canada updates travel advisory for U.S., noting need to register on long stays (Canada)

Question for @bsky.app What is the plan for when the US government tries to shut us down. We know part of why Musk bought Twitter was to hobble organizers on the Left. The threat is real and we need Bluesky!

Your daily reminder that CBC News is still posting on X (a right-wing propaganda-pushing platform that is hostile to academics, science, the CBC, & Canada) & NOT POSTING ON BLUESKY, a platform that is becoming a hotbed of Canadian patriotism. 🇨🇦 You can contact the CBC at [email protected] or 1-866-306-4636

Bookstores across Canada are raising their voices to ask the federal government to exempt books from counter-tariffs due to take effect on April 2.  Read an important notice + call to action from our bookseller Book Warehouse/Black Bond Books: www.blackbondbooks.com

Come on, Canada!

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

What the absolute hell

Like most bullies, Trump can be constrained only if everyone stands up to his bullying. Go to town halls. Tell your local media to report on DOGE cuts in your community. Keep speaking out. The fight against authoritarianism will take all of us — and we can't relent.

Here’s what experts say when it comes to U.S. border agents looking at your phone

The F47 will be an air superiority fighter, replacing the F22. This new jet isn’t meant as a replacement of the multirole F35. Don’t bother with the ‘selling us old tech’ takes.