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Here’s just one of the unprecedented measures the Liberals pushed through at the end of this session:

Cabinet ministers will now be allowed to authorize the use of banned pesticides in the name of “national economic security.”

Even if they’ve been deemed unsafe for human health.

Debate was shut down, and scientists, public health and environmental experts were not allowed to testify before the bill was passed.

Another gift to powerful corporations at the expense of Canadians.

Legislation by lobbyists.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bill-c-30-changes-pesticide-use-pest-control-products-act-9.7240832

#cdnpoli #canada #food

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News

The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed unsafe.

CBC

Teg Bains Jun 18

Jack-Daniyel Jun 17

In-person tickets for MDOYUL (@MDOYVR) are now closed. Streaming tickets are still available if you would like to support the conference remotely: https://mdoyvr.com/buy-tickets/
Arriving early to #Montreal? June 24 has two things worth knowing about:

– Fleet's free GitOps workshop, 1–5 pm, Hyatt Place Montreal Downtown https://mdoyvr.com/attendees/activities/

– Pre-conference social at L'Amère à Boire, 5:30–10:30 pm, free for attendees, no-host bar.

#MacAdmins #MacAdmin #MDOYUL

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Teg Bains Jun 18

Dissent Doe

Jun 15

RE: https://mas.to/@mgeist/116754115655971165

Over on pogowasright.org, I've been linking to Michael Geist's thoughtful and powerful OpEds on Canadian privacy law for almost 20 years now. Canadians would be so much better protected if the government took his comments and recommendations to heart and enacted them.

Teg Bains Jun 17

Show thread

OpenMedia Jun 16

There is STILL time to tell MPs to vote NO on #BillC22! Civil society, academic experts, Apple, Signal, VPN companies – all have told government this legislation circumvents encryption and breaks 🇨🇦 privacy!

Please join your voice to them if you haven't already here: https://www.openmedia.org/StopC22

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

Teg Bains Jun 17

Mike_V Jun 15

Michael Geist: “In establishing the Commission, Bill C-34 creates the most powerful Internet regulator the country has known, and does so before anyone can fully know how that power will be used.”
#canpoli #internet #regulation

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/thecommission/

The Commission: How Bill C-34 Creates an Internet Super-Regulator That Will Touch the Lives of Millions of Canadians - Michael Geist

The proposed kids’ social media ban is capturing the headlines, but lost in the debate over Bill C-34 is that its most consequential element may be the creation and powers of the government agency the bill establishes to oversee the entire system. The Digital Safety Commission of Canada will be a super-regulator of the Internet, with greater influence over the daily lives of Canadians than perhaps any other regulator in the country. The breadth of its influence can’t be overstated: it will set the standards that millions of Canadians must satisfy to verify their age in order to use social media services. It will establish what platforms must do about harmful content, including the removal of certain material. It will determine whether the age-gating requirement may be lifted for any given service. It will both regulate the platforms and advocate for their users, dual roles that raise obvious fairness concerns. And it will exercise investigative and adjudicative powers, complete with penalties, hearings, and formal, law-enforcement-style investigations. Yet despite all those powers, it will not be bound by the rules of evidence, will be free to conduct its hearings in secret, and, at least in the beginning, will be capable of operating as a one-person body in which the Commission and its Chair are one and the same individual. The full scope of the new powers is illustrated in the infographic below.

Michael Geist

Teg Bains Jun 15

Catherine Babault Jun 14

Another endangered marmot on the lam near Port Alberni after trek from Mount Arrowsmith: https://cheknews.ca/another-endangered-marmot-on-the-lam-near-port-alberni-after-trek-from-mount-arrowsmith-1330588/

The Vancouver Island Marmot foundation is asking anyone who spots a marmot in the Alberni Valley area to report the sighting on its website. https://marmots.org/observer-program/?brid=YWdncwGIjhjaI6bXNnypTk7yGKlr

#PortAlberni #VancouverIsland #marmots #VancouverIslandMarmot #wildlife @chris

Another endangered marmot on the lam near Port Alberni after trek from Mount Arrowsmith

The Marmot Recovery Foundation is again asking for the public's help after another endangered marmot turned up far from home.

CHEK

Teg Bains Jun 12

Gammitin (Ben) 💾Jun 10

Apple Macintosh Performa 460 (LC III+)
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Sid Meier's Civilization

Teg Bains Jun 7

Kevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Jun 6

RE: https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris/116699115770889531

I signed. I think this is rather important scientific data for all canadians interested in #sailing, and the government shouldn't be so cavalier about dismantling it. It's bad enough that the folks south of the border are going ham on ripping out critical meteorological and oceanographic infrastructure; we shouldn't be following their lead.

Teg Bains Jun 6

Jun 4

I don't want a Canada AI Strategy,
I want a Canada UBI Strategy,
I want a Canada Affordable Rent Strategy,
I want a Canada Pharmacare Strategy,
I want a Canada Food-For-All Strategy,
I want a Canada Student Dept Elimination Strategy, I want a Canada BigTech-Free Strategy, I want a Canada Strengthening Privacy Rights Strategy, I want a Canada International Humanitarian Aid Strategy, I want a Canada Welcoming Refugees Strategy, I want a Canada ...

#Canada #NoAI #CanPoli

Teg Bains May 30

True North Strong And Free May 29

🚨 #BillC22 #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22 #CdnPoli
#Surviellance #Internet #Technology
#LawlessAccess

From 2026-5-29

"Liberals Are Pushing Canada's Spy Bill Through by June 19 Despite Massive Backlash"
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/05/28/bill-c22-canada-spy-bill-june-19/

Quote:
"University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist called out the minister on Thursday for claiming Canada's metadata collection rules are in line with G7 and Five Eyes allies, noting that's just not true.
The U.S. has no federal mandatory metadata retention law, and European courts have repeatedly struck down similar rules.
Geist also flagged that the government's strict five o'clock deadline for amendments effectively killed key privacy safeguards proposed by the Privacy Commissioner before they could even be considered."

This one need a few boosts please - at least tell your followers of the target date. Thanks.

Bill C-22: Minister Wants Canada's Spy Bill Law by June 19

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree wants Bill C-22 passed before Parliament breaks for the summer, and he's not being subtle about it. "My expectation is to get it done before we rise. I want this as law before we rise," Anandasangaree told the National Post on Wednesday. The House of Commons is set to rise

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