Ontario wants to change its FOI rules to keep some records secret. Here's what you need to know
Ontario wants to exempt the premier, cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants from being subject to the province’s freedom-of-information (FOI) rules, a move that’s sparked outrage from experts, opposition parties, and the province’s privacy commissioner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ford-changing-foi-rules-9.7127884?cmp=rss
Clarence-Rockland councillors want more answers on proposed high-speed rail network
Clarence-Rockland councillors say they’re left with more questions than answers about how Alto’s proposed high-speed rail network will impact the municipality after representatives from the Crown corporation tasked with overseeing the project paid a visit to a recent city coun...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/clarence-rockland-councillors-want-answers-about-alto-high-speed-rail-project-9.7128320?cmp=rss
Another DOGE Bro Explains How He Flagged 'DEI' Grants for Termination
Yeah, we've been watching hours of these depositions at [404 Media](http://404media.co), and we'll have more soon. For now, here's some context.
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, a DOGE staffer assigned to the General Services Administration who, alongside another DOGE member named Justin Fox, was tasked with identifying grants for review for termination at the National Endowment for the… #trump #lies #politics #news #DOGE
“One of the hallmarks of Western liberalism is an assumption, in hindsight, of virtuous resistance as the only polite expectation of people on the receiving end of colonialism …. But it’s a fiction, the most malicious kind: a fiction of moral convenience.”
— Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (2025)
#books #reading #politics #uspol #uspolitics #gaza #palestine
With U.S. bottles off the shelves, local whisky is having a moment in Quebec. Will it last?
The Société des alcools du Québec says local whisky sales have shot up since U.S. products were removed from its shelves last year in response to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-whisky-moment-saq-9.7126593?cmp=rss
Looking Forward by Michael Albert, Robin Hahnel https://hokkaidomarket.net/books-info.php?item=1625 #BUSINESS #BOOKS #BOOKSHOP #ECONOMICS #POLITICS #bookstodon
Republicans officially using deep fakes to smear opponents.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-release-ai-deepfake-james-163656783.html
#Talarico #USSenate #Politics #Ethics
Tell every lʊnkhea⫐ politician who brings up the deficit in the future to go kick rocks, to go swimming in the Missouri river, or to fck right off.🤷🏿♀️Throw their campaign in the bushes! 😒 Ditto for those who say "how are we gonna pay for that". 🫤😒
#Iran #economy #war #government #politics
Facts are important, even if they can make people angry. Agencies that gather facts should be protected from vindictive officials that don't like to hear facts.
#uspolitics #politics #climatechange
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate/ncar-breakup-plan-nasa-noaa.html
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ghrasko/116203506528700255
I boost my 3 days old post hoping that someone will find it challenging to help.
Very well done episode including the dramatized judicial transcript. #politics #podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-american-life/id201671138?i=1000753777506
Ford government proposes FOI law change that would keep premier's records secret
Ontario is set to make Premier Doug Ford and cabinet members' records secret as it "modernizes" freedom-of-information laws, which critics say will dramatically curtail public scrutiny of the political process.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-foi-changes-9.7127380?cmp=rss
Wow! I missed this.Worth watching.
NATO Just HUMILIATED The US: 23 Allies Vote to REMOVE America's Veto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLBQKU6jGs
Edit: While interesting, it seems a hypothetical, based on real world developments of Canada and EU prepping for a world without US dominance and even in defence of US aggression.
#NATO #VETO #Trump #Geopolitics #Politics #Greenland #Russia #Threats
Engem Journalist, deen hie gëschter op de Friddesnobelpräis ugeschwat huet, huet den #Trump geäntwert : "I don't know. I'm not interested in it. No, I'm not talking about the Nobel Prize."
[Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nobel-peace-prize-iran-b2937429.html]
Verständlech. Hien huet et jo scho vum María Corina Machado kritt. #NopelPeacePricePrice #Politik #Satir #politics
Interrogé hier par un journaliste au sujet du prix Nobel de la paix, #Trump a répondu : «I don't know. I'm not interested in it. No, I'm not talking about the Nobel Prize.»
[Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-nobel-peace-prize-iran-b2937429.html]
Compréhensible. Il en possède déjà un, remis par la lauréate 2025 María Corina Machado.
#NobelPeacePrice #politique #SatirePolitique #Satire #politics
A future where people will buy intelligence from technofascists, after they've stolen it from the people in the first place.
This is what the #US has evolved to; rentier capitalism, or neo-feudalism: no more producing products people can own (private property and means of production are the foundation of capitalism), but instead sell or rent services owned by the lords.
In this case the product is repackaged intelligence stolen from the collective.
Ich hoffe, das ist inzwischen jedem klar...
#Politik #politics
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I would sooner have an over-caffeinated honey badger forcibly inserted up my bottom.
The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has approved a bill to upgrade the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office to strengthen Japan’s intelligence-gathering and analysis capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/13/japan/politics/cabinet-intelligence-agency-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #espionage #cabinet
Es war so klar, das Trump wieder seine Probleme auf Europa abwälzt... #Politik #politics
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Zu Beginn der Covid-19-Pandemie haben wir ganze Bereiche der Gesellschaft eingefroren, stabilisiert und später wieder hochgefahren.
Und in Rekordzeit war plötzlich ein Impfstoff da.
In der Energiekrise nach dem Beginn des Krieges gegen die Ukraine wurde gewarnt:
Das Gas könnte ausgehen.
Es ging nicht aus.
Natürlich: Die Probleme wurden nicht perfekt gelöst.
Aber es wurde enorm viel unternommen, um soziale und wirtschaftliche Folgen abzufedern.
Was zeigt das?
Wenn wir uns einig sind, ist diese Gesellschaft zu unglaublicher Steuerungsleistung fähig.
Plötzlich entstehen Lösungen im Rekordtempo. Systeme passen sich an. Dinge, die vorher „unmöglich“ waren, werden Realität.
Die Fähigkeit ist da.
Warum also handeln wir so oft erst im Notfall?
Warum warten wir, bis der Druck maximal ist?
Viele soziale und ökologische Probleme könnten wir viel früher angehen, bevor es weh tut.
#politics #SozialeGerechtigkeit #krisen #zukunft #klimaschutz
The new tariff bullshit just dropped. These geniuses are determined to trigger stagflation.
Is Trump out to get the Dems 66 seats in the senate?
#uspol #Politics #tariffs #trade #economics
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/13/us-section-301-probe-trade-trump-labor-practices.html
