🚨The Canadian government wants to make it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for workers to push back, by weakening the right to strike and collectively bargain.

If Bill C-39 is passed, the government can intervene in any labour dispute that it believes has an economic impact or causes “social disruption.”  

That means, the government could stomp on your right to negotiate for better wages, safer work and a secure future, tipping the scales in favour of powerful corporations and CEOs

Donald Trump is threatening our jobs, our industries and our economy.

We cannot stand up to Trump by weakening Canadian workers’ rights.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41500238

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"Across the country, demand for psilocybin-assisted therapy is growing, with more people seeking out the compound as a potential treatment for a variety of mental health conditions like depression and addiction. But while demand has grown, access is limited. And advocates say many Canadians are stuck wading through bureaucratic red tape as they seek permission from Health Canada to use the drug medicinally."

Quebec has lifted the veil of secrecy around the province's biggest water users, revealing that billions of litres of water are withdrawn yearly by the mining and metal industry, along with pulp and paper manufacturing.

The data dump, which includes records going back a decade, also lists golf clubs, ski hills, water bottling plants and food processors among the companies that are withdrawing tens of millions — sometimes hundreds of millions — of litres in a year. ... Rio Tinto's water use in 2022 would fill 29,000 Olympic pools

Overall, in terms of total withdrawals reported in Quebec, the City of Montreal was the biggest water user in 2022, the most recent year available in the dataset. The city of more than two million people reported withdrawing a whopping 559.2 billion litres of water for various services, including its aqueduct network, botanical gardens and recreational operations.

Quebec has lifted the veil of secrecy around the province's biggest water users, revealing that billions of litres of water are withdrawn yearly by the mining and metal industry, along with pulp and paper manufacturing.

The data dump, which includes records going back a decade, also lists golf clubs, ski hills, water bottling plants and food processors among the companies that are withdrawing tens of millions — sometimes hundreds of millions — of litres in a year. ... Rio Tinto's water use in 2022 would fill 29,000 Olympic pools

Overall, in terms of total withdrawals reported in Quebec, the City of Montreal was the biggest water user in 2022, the most recent year available in the dataset. The city of more than two million people reported withdrawing a whopping 559.2 billion litres of water for various services, including its aqueduct network, botanical gardens and recreational operations.

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