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The founders of the Drug User Liberation Front say Canadian drug laws that prevent safe supply are a violation of Charter rights Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum are risking life in prison in the fight for people who use illicit drugs our latest @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/in-a-bid-to-...

In a bid to transform Canada’s drug laws, Vancouver activists risk life imprisonment ⋆ The BreachTwo activists who sourced, tested, and distributed drugs could face life in prison. Their Charter challenge argues drug users have a right to a safer supplybreachmedia.ca

Ontario is using AI in its jails, and assigning Black prisoners to maximum security more than others The government knew its AI program would likely produce biased results, and used it anyway Our latest @breachmedia.ca investigation www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Ha...

AI is putting Black prisoners in maximum securityYouTube video by The Breachwww.youtube.com

Ontario's jails are using an artificial intelligence tool that disproportionately places Black prisoners in maximum security The government anticipated its tool AI would produce biased outcomes, but used it anyway My latest @breachmedia.ca investigation breachmedia.ca/black-prison...

Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI ⋆ The BreachOntario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilitiesbreachmedia.ca

Vancouver police got caught using AI to alter an image from a drug bust In our latest for @breachmedia.ca I look beyond this cop slop to understand what the police are really up to

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For our latest, El Jones attended the opening of the Nakba exhibit at the human rights museum in Winnipeg, and collected stories from Palestinians who were there to take it in. Please read and share this excellent piece breachmedia.ca/the-nakba-ex...

The Nakba exhibit is a breakthrough for a long-silenced Palestinian narrative ⋆ The BreachDespite the manufactured controversy, the 12-metre exhibit is the first time the story of Palestinian dispossession is being told in a national institutionbreachmedia.ca

A cop who shares racist posts is kept on the force A police board member is allowed to serve even though her son is a senior officer Cops publish data on their harmful practices but nothing changes Our latest, on what pushed a Hamilton police board member to resign www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUl...

This doctor just exposed why police boards fail to keep cops in checkYouTube video by The Breachwww.youtube.com

NEWS: Hamilton police board member Anjali Menezes has just resigned at the board's ongoing meeting Menezes says her colleagues have failed to hold Hamilton Police accountable, and that her proposals for change have been silenced More to come at @breachmedia.ca

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tonight's the night! we've gotten lots of RSVPs but there's still a little space to join us. come celebrate five years of The Breach and the launch our latest book

Mark Carney's Liberals are suggesting workers' right to strike is a threat to Canada's economy For our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast I spoke with Graham Cox, who represents @cupescfp.bsky.social workers whose ability to strike and collectively bargain are at risk breachmedia.ca/gutting-the-...

Gutting the right to strike: the latest item on Carney’s corporate checklist ⋆ The BreachUnifor researcher Graham Cox joins Desmond Cole to discuss why Carney is putting the rights of federal-regulated workers in the crosshairsbreachmedia.ca

Canada's police are becoming more deadly and less accountable, but their budgets and powers keep expanding Professor and poet El Jones joins me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcastto discuss the possibility of defunding an institution that does so much harm breachmedia.ca/canada-polic...

Canada’s police are deadlier and less accountable, but budgets keep growing ⋆ The BreachDesmond Cole and El Jones discuss the expansion of policing in Canada by governments that refuse to better fund social servicesbreachmedia.ca

let's talk about policing during Toronto's local elections the police have the biggest budget and the most power of any service in this city—we see how they're using both a plan to spend less on policing and more on people is long overdue

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"To stop Canadian oil companies from overcharging Canadians, government could regulate the price of oil in Canada—and tax windfall oil profits to protect consumers and build home-grown renewable energy." Our latest from economist @jimbostanford.bsky.social breachmedia.ca/an-oil-price...

An oil price shock isn’t inevitable. We can rein in and tax the oil industry ⋆ The BreachCanadians are told skyrocketing oil prices are the inevitable result of a faraway war. It’s a lie that resigns us to being gouged by oil companiesbreachmedia.ca

Alberta's separatist movement wants control of the land, without engaging with First Nations and Treaty obligations Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat joined me on our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast to talk about law, land, and Treaty in Alberta politics breachmedia.ca/alberta-sepa...

Alberta separatists are in denial about the treaty rights of First Nations ⋆ The BreachFirst Nations were never consulted about Alberta's referendum process—and Indigenous scholar Matt Wildcat says it's a missed opportunity to explore ‘mutual flourishing’breachmedia.ca

Canada plans to establish a new bank to finance the global arms trade In our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast, I speak with Rachel Small of @wbwcanada.bsky.social about the prospect of our economy being further tied to weapons and war breachmedia.ca/by-hosting-a...

By hosting a global weapons bank, Carney is setting up Canada for war profiteering ⋆ The BreachOrganizer Rachel Small explains how NATO-aligned bank will make Canada’s economy reliant on endless warbreachmedia.ca

Alberta premier Danielle Smith plans to let doctors give priority to higher-paying patients, while other Albertans wait. This seems to be a clear violation of law, and a threat to Canadian medicare, but Smith isn't stopping Our latest @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/danielle-smi...

Danielle Smith admitted she wants to ‘throw out’ Canada’s public health care law ⋆ The BreachOn a 2021 podcast, the Alberta premier wondered aloud if privatizing health care would require breaking federal law. Despite learning the answer was ‘yes,’ she’s still going ahead with itbreachmedia.ca

UPDATE: on the heels of our reporting, the public safety minister is asked about the deportation of Kumar Thuraisinkam Anandasangaree acknowledges the danger Thuraisinkam faces, but is not intervening, saying the courts are best placed to decide Our full story below

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My full interview with @naomiaklein.bsky.social in the moments after her partner Avi Lewis became leader of the federal NDP www.youtube.com/watch?v=1btI...

Naomi Klein on the importance of Avi Lewis becoming NDP leaderYouTube video by The Breachwww.youtube.com

A Tamil refugee claimant is set to be deported—even though he risks jail and torture back in Sri Lanka The minister overseeing the deportation, himself a Tamil refugee and longtime advocate for Tamil asylum seekers, is silent My latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/tamil-refuge...

He spent years defending Tamil refugees. As Minister, he’s refusing to stop a deportation back to danger in Sri Lanka ⋆ The BreachKumar Thuraisinkam is facing deportation—but the minister who once decried the treatment of his community isn’t stepping in to stop itbreachmedia.ca

The weapons are the headline here, but this also means a likely increase in surveillance, needless stops and detentions, and harassment of people who are just going about their business www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Toronto police to deploy more officers in tactical gear at places of worship, tourist hubsToronto residents will soon see more police officers in tactical gear with patrol rifles and other long guns around places of worship, tourist hubs and community centres.www.cp24.com

@leahgazan.bsky.social is one of the few federal NDP parliamentarians left standing. She believes the party needs to embrace "unapologetic socialism" in order to rebuild. I spoke with Gazan for our latest @breachmedia.ca podcast breachmedia.ca/this-ndp-mp-...

This NDP MP believes ‘unapologetic socialism’ can revive the party ⋆ The BreachMP Leah Gazan joins Desmond Cole to discuss how reclaiming the NDP’s radical roots can revive the partybreachmedia.ca