John Campey

What is Doug Ford trying to hide?

Ricardo Tranjan: Doug Ford’s OSAP changes are egregious. But reversing them would only get us so far Opposing the cuts is important, but Ontario needs free post-secondary education

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... ‘Opposing OSAP cuts is important, but we must demand more than a targeted financial assistance program. Ontario needs free post-secondary education. To get there, we need to talk taxes’ @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

Opinion: Child poverty is deepening in Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Party government has not really made an attempt to seriously address poverty for more than a decade.

In 2023, 78,050 children under the age of 18 in Saskatchewan were in poverty, a child poverty rate of 27.1% This is well above Canada’s national child poverty rate of 18.3% and is the highest child poverty rate of all the provinces. By @simonenoch.bsky.social #skpoli leaderpost.com/opinion/lett...

Saskatchewan child poverty rate hits nation’s highest Saskatchewan’s child poverty rate has climbed to the highest in the country, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The study shows that 78,000 children in the pro...

#Saskatchewan’s child poverty rate has climbed to the highest in the country, according to a new report from @policyalternatives.ca...27.1 % of all children [in #SK], nearly ten points above the national rate of 18.3% www.discoverestevan.com/articles/sas...

Don’t tar Canada with the orange felon’s brush….

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: First grade girl recounts searching for father after ICE detained him In an MS NOW Exclusive, Antonia Hylton sits down with Annabella, a New Jersey first grader whose life was uprooted when her father, Adonay Rodriguez, stepped outside to pick up a food order and was de...

ICE tackles and arrests New Jersey father outside his home, leaving his 6-year-old first-grade daughter at home alone.

She goes out looking for him.

"I got my boots and changed my clothes. I wanted to find some help to find my dad..."

www.ms.now/the-weekend-...

"With the recent move to push aside the elected Peel District School Board, seven boards are now under direct provincial control.... Collectively, these boards serve more than 718,000 students – nearly 35 per cent of Ontario’s publicly funded student population."

#OntEd

Could be a TV series pilot - “Nannygate and the Pedophile”

Shit just got real….

So close!

A little bit more difficult for Carney to blame his
Predecessor, who is allegedly a friend, and definitely a member of the same party….

Sorry. Canada will NEVER trust the US again.

Send Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPA The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

Solar panels are great, but ambulances and garbage trucks need petroleum-based fuel. Now! Canada should join with Mexico, Colombia and others to send oil to Cuba in defiance of Tr*mp.

Send Canadian oil to Cuba - CCPA The United States is attempting to deliberately trigger a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Canada must act in concert with regional allies to defy the blockade.

Canada is uniquely positioned to break the siege of Cuba—we should be leading a regional coalition to ship oil and aid to Cuba, and prevent the humanitarian crisis that U.S. regime is attempting to deliberately trigger.

I wrote about it, and the history of the blockade, for @policyalternatives.ca

Ford’s crony supervisors earn way more than all of your School Board Trustees do combined, all while doing way less! Supervisors make $350K, over 10x what an individual Trustee earns. #topoli #onpoli #onted

Trump is threatening to block construction of a publicly owned bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, despite supporting the project in his first term.

A billionaire who privately owns a competing bridge met with Howard Lutnick just days before Trump announced his opposition.

Funny how that works.

Seniors’ care needs a boost in the BC budget - CCPA Private-pay long-term care in BC is growing faster than public care—and it's costing seniors and their families

Private-pay long-term care in BC is growing faster than public care—and it's costing seniors and their families. By @alonghurst.bsky.social #bcpoli
‎https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/seniors-care-needs-a-boost-in-the-bc-budget/

Eng furious about being spied on Clipping found in The Toronto Star published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 5/17/2007. Eng furious about being spied on

Here nor there, remember when the Toronto police spied on one of the few police board chairs who actually stood up to them? There's a long history of goon behaviour that never seems to move any needles.

www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

What were the Toronto bathhouse raids? City marks 45th anniversary of dark spot in its history The raids on Feb. 5, 1981 were, at the time, the largest mass arrest in Toronto history. Police finally apologized in 2016.

Happy 45 anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids to all who celebrate.

Our current police chief was one of the officers behind the 2000 "Pussy Palace" lesbian bathhouse raid. History is not so old.

Manitoba slashes private nursing agencies: The path forward or a policy stumble? - Healthy Debate Last month, Manitoba took the bold step in cutting nearly all its private nursing agency contracts. Was it the right move? Experts weigh in.

"The Manitoba government’s efforts to phase out for-profit staffing agencies is the right move. For-profit staffing agencies create a cycle of parasitic dependence by hollowing out the public sector workforce." @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #mbpoli healthydebate.ca/2026/02/topi...

This is Canada, people.
Not the U.S.

Alberta legislation could pave way for two-tiered health-care system, new report says | CBC News A report that was jointly produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Parkland Institute finds Alberta's Bill 11 could pave the way for a two-tiered health-care system.

“This is unlike what exists in any other part of the country...,” said @alonghurst.bsky.social.
“...it basically undermines the single-payer nature of public health care in Alberta, and it has huge ramifications for the rest of the country.” @policyalternatives.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

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@wsj.com

Doug Ford is wrong about supervised consumption sites New data suggests that consumption sites do not cause crime to spike.

Our latest op-ed in the Toronto Star, published in collaboration with @tngcommunityto.bsky.social, explains why supervised consumption sites are not creating a problem; they are responding to one: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The end of Canadian medicare? Alberta legislation opens the door to U.S. health care - CCPA Alberta’s two-tier health care legislation ends single-payer public health care and puts Canadian medicare at risk

Alberta's Bill 11 puts Canadian medicare at risk. By @alonghurst.bsky.social #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency "That reminds me of Anne Frank,” said the CEO of one Jewish senior residence reeling as Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is set to end.

"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors.

Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments..."

www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...

Invoice from the City of Toronto to "Anglican Church", 103 Bellevue, for an "inspection" carried out on October 17, 2025.

In the department of incredible pissiness -- the City has decided to invoice the church for an "inspection" carried out at our property the day after they cleared the encampment in October.

Ontario’s health crisis isn’t an accident Billions are moving in health care, just not where patients expect

Ontario is expanding private surgical care while hospitals struggle with staffing levels and patient loads. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli camrosevoice.ca/health/priva...

Groups call on Manitoba for more action, more money to meet targets In the wake of a devastating wildfire season and severe drought year, a group of more than two dozen environmental organizations is calling on the Manitoba government to step up investments in climate...

"Building retrofit investments create more local jobs, dollar for dollar, than almost any other investment in the energy system," said Niall Harney, senior researcher at @policyalternatives.ca. #mbpoli www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...