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The Tyee on Bluesky

@willshelling.bsky.social: Progressives must be mindful that coalescing a vote around two parties may have long-term, deleterious effects for our politics, discourse and polarization.

#CdnElxn2025

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Handbook For Detecting and Preventing Foreign Interference in Canada’s Election

2025-04-07 DisinfoWatch


DisinfoWatch has partnered with Canada’s Digital Public Square to produce a new guide designed to help Canadians protect themselves—and our democracy—from foreign interference during elections and in the periods between them. The guide is titled “Democracy and You: A Handbook for Detecting and Preventing Foreign Interference in Canadian Elections.

Safeguarding the integrity of our elections is vital to maintaining a healthy and functioning democracy. It is crucial for voters, activists, journalists, candidates, and political parties to recognize interference tactics and take action to counter them.

This handbook offers an overview of:

  • key foreign interference strategies
  • real-life case studies
  • practical tools for identifying, reporting, and defending against these threats.

Let me know if you want to tailor it to a specific audience (e.g., media, educators, community leaders).

You can download the handbook HERE

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

Great to see our doorhanger campaign featured by CBC!

Want to help make every vote count with proportional representation?

Sign up to deliver doorhangers in your riding today! (link in replies)

#cdnpoli #Election2025 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Rambout is one of 50 local campaigners for Fair Vote Canada. The non-profit advocacy group is pushing for electoral reform, in particular, a shift toward some form of proportional representation.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

When independent thinkers are punished for dissent, something’s broken.

Proportional representation would end the need for one big-tent party on the Right—so principled Conservatives keep their voice without the "with us or against us" attitude.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

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Leadnow's 2025 Raise the Bar Champions

Leadnow's 2025 Raise the Bar Champions

Everyday people are getting a crap deal, and we all know it.The cost of living keeps on going up, but our wages stay the same. Rents keep on rising, and many of us are locked out of owning a home. Between rising energy bills, skyrocketing insurance rates, and disaster relief, the climate crisis keeps costing us. This is all because, for decades, Canada’s economic elite have gotten rich — at our expense.

Our politicians should act in the interests of working people — in our interests. But too many of them are failing us, and bowing to the interests of big corporations instead.

This election, we’re done with politicians who talk big, but deliver little. That’s why we’re excited to announce our Raise the Bar champions — candidates who aren’t afraid to stand with us and commit to delivering affordable housing for all, taking action to build the clean energy economy we need, and fighting to ensure corporations are paying their fair share.

Our endorsed candidates:

Candidate Electoral Riding
Niki Ashton Niki Ashton / Churchill-Keewatinook Aski: From the fight for clean water to housing and infrastructure, to the need for better healthcare services, and good jobs in the north, Niki Ashton has been a strong voice for Indigenous and northern communities. An MP since 2008, Niki's proven her mettle as a champion who's willing to fight in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, labour, women, the LGBTQI2S+ community, and youth in the pursuit of justice.
Alexandre Boulerice Alexandre Boulerice / Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie: Born and raised in Montreal, Alexandre worked as a journalist and then for the labour movement before getting elected in 2011. Since then, he has fought for better transparency and accountability in our democracy, working for concrete solutions to the housing crisis, and ensuring a just transition to the renewable energy economy.
Laurel Collins Laurel Collins / Victoria: Since her election in 2019, Laurel has been fiercely advocating for urgent action on the climate and affordability crises. Her efforts have strengthened Canada's first climate accountability legislation, helped eliminate international fossil fuel subsidies, and ensured stronger environmental protections. We need a courageous champion like Laurel in Ottawa.
Don Davies Don Davies / Vancouver-Kingsway: Before winning his seat in 2008, Don worked as a lawyer for the labour movement. A longtime resident in his Vancouver-Kingsway riding, and a tireless community champion, Don's committed to fighting to ensure everyone in Canada has access to healthcare, an affordable home, and a safe climate.
Blake Dejarlais Blake Dejarlais / Edmonton Griesbach: Born in Edmonton and raised on the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement, Blake worked as a community activist and the National Director of the Métis Settlements General Council before making history during the 2021 election as the first openly Two-Spirit person ever elected to Parliament, and the first Indigenous representative from Edmonton. A committed community builder, Blake is dedicated to fighting for a better future for all.
Leah Gazan Leah Gazan / Winnipeg Centre: In her six years as MP, Leah has consistently put people first—fighting for affordable housing, better healthcare, fair wages, and a brighter future for all. She has been leading a cross-partisan national campaign for a Basic Income and introduced Motion 46 to support this effort and ensure all Canadians have what they need to live with dignity.
Matthew Green Matthew Green / Hamilton Centre: Matthew Green cut his teeth as a community organizer before becoming a city councillor for Hamilton. Since becoming MP in 2019, he's used his voice to fight for human rights, democratic economies and workplaces, climate justice, and to demand safe and dignified housing for all.
Joel Harden Joel Harden / Ottawa Centre: With a long history working in the student and labour movement, Joel is a fierce believer in the power of community organizing. As MPP for Ottawa Centre from 2018-2025, he fought for disability and seniors' rights, improving public transportation, and better support for Ontarians during the COVID-19 pandemic. Joel will be a strong voice for social, economic, and climate justice in Ottawa.
Gord Johns Gord Johns / Courtenay-Alberni: A born and raised Vancouver Islander, Gord's worn many hats — as a small business owner, municipal councillor, and environmental advocate. Since becoming an MP in 2015, Gord's championed Indigenous rights, affordable healthcare and housing, and stronger environmental protections.
Peter Julian Peter Julian / New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville: Peter Julian was born and raised in the Burnaby and New Westminster area, where his family has called home for four generations. First elected as MP in 2004, he's been a fierce advocate for a stronger social safety net and healthcare system we can all rely on, affordable housing, and climate action to ensure more fairness and a better future for all.
Bhutila Karpoche Bhutila Karpoche / Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park: A trained epidemiologist, public health researcher and community organizer, Bhutila was most recently an MPP in Queen's Park. She's now making the jump to representing her community in Parliament Hill, to continue her fight for affordable housing and a dignified life for everyone in Canada.
Jenny Kwan Jenny Kwan / Vancouver East: An immigrant to Canada, Jenny Kwan is a dedicated community organizer who's been a strong voice for economic, environmental, and social justice since becoming an MP in 2015. With her long history of advocacy, Jenny has proven herself to be a fighter who's not afraid to speak truth to power to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are and where they come from, has the opportunity to succeed.
Avi Lewis Avi Lewis / Vancouver Centre: Born and raised in a deeply politically active family, Avi has been confronting the climate emergency and fighting for social justice as an activist, teacher, journalist and documentary filmmaker. Avi isn't afraid to stand up to power – and continues to inspire the progressive movement to fight for the transformational changes that our moment demands.
Heather McPherson Heather McPherson / Edmonton-Strathcona: Bringing over 20 years of experience fighting for human rights and sustainability in the non-profit sector, Heather has been serving Edmonton-Strathcona as MP since 2019. As Foreign Affairs critic for the NDP, Heather has proven herself to be courageous in her advocacy for peace and Palestinian human rights – as well as in fighting for seniors and marginalized communities.
Mike Morrice Mike Morrice / Kitchener Centre: With a background in sustainable enterprise, Mike Morrice made history when he was elected Ontario's first Green MP in 2021. As a proven community builder, Mike has worked with cross-party coalitions to push to build non-market, affordable housing, ending legislated poverty for people with disabilities, and making polluters pay their fair share.
Lisa Roberts Lisa Roberts / Halifax: First elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature in 2017, Lisa Roberts is gearing up for a second run at the federal seat in Halifax after a narrow loss in the last federal election. Lisa's proven herself to be a skilled community builder – with direct experience building up the non-profit housing sector and advocating for creative solutions to tackle the climate crisis and affordability.
Sandra Sousa Sandra Sousa / Davenport: Sandra is a data engineer, proud Portuguese Canadian, and grassroots organizer – whose organized hundreds of her neighbours in Davenport to demand a ceasefire and arms embargo in response to the ongoing violence in Palestine, inspiring others across Toronto to do the same. Her deep commitment to community, climate action and economic justice has propelled her to make an exciting run for office.

What's Next?

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From now until election day April 28, Leadnow Election Squads will be working independently to help get these champions elected. Take action with your local Election Squad here.

How we chose our Raise the Bar ChampionsAt the core of our approach to endorsements for the 2025 federal election is supporting candidates who aren’t afraid to take a stand for everyday people. We were also looking for potential endorsees who have a shot at beating Conservative challengers. Ultimately, we prioritized candidates who had a strong track record of or would commit to taking real action to:

  1. Ensure every person in Canada has a safe, affordable place to call home. More specifically, we called on candidates to support:
    1. A historic expansion of non-profit, non-market affordable housing, with a focus on building units for low to moderate-income families, ensuring a minimum of 4 million new units for households on low to moderate incomes by 2034.
    2. Federal rent control and vacancy control, more specifically: using all federal levers to uphold rent control and vacancy control from coast to coast.
  2. Tackle the climate crisis and build a renewable energy economy worthy of working people. More specifically, we called on candidates to support meeting Canada’s 2030 climate targets, and work to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable by ensuring:
    1. No further public dollars are directed to the fossil fuel industry, including subsidies,
    2. And that we have a robust plan so workers in Canada benefit from the transition to a sustainable energy economy.
  3. Make Canada’s billionaire class pay their fair share with a tax on record-high corporate profits and wealth. More specifically, we called on candidates to support:
    1. A super-profits tax of at least 5% applied to corporate profits above a specific threshold, and/or a progressive wealth tax on the richest 1% of Canadians.

Since Leadnow is a people-powered organization, we ran a community-led endorsement process.We asked cities with Election Squads (teams of local Leadnow volunteers) to consider vetting potential candidates in their area. Election Squads and Leadnow staff met with a broad pool of candidates to learn more about their positions and whether they would commit to taking action on our priority issues.

We then took community recommendations and worked with Election Squads to build our final list. We are thrilled to be supporting these 17 champions and will go all out independently to help get them elected.

Have more questions about our endorsement process? Check out our explainer page here.

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The Samara Centre for Democracy on Bluesky

🗳️ Have questions about our VERIFIED election project?

We're teaming up with Apathy is Boring for a pre-election webinar to help voters feel confident before hitting the polls! ✅

💬 Got Qs about how politics is playing out online? Drop them below! 👇

Tech & Democracy. Tracking online political conversations during the 2025 Federal Election

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PressProgress on Bluesky

PressProgress is going LIVE🎙️ this Thursday, April 17 for a pre & post debate live stream show featuring our news team and some special guests.

Tune in for in-depth commentary and analysis of the Federal Leaders' Debate, starting at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT, and then again after the debate. Register below: https://pressprogress.ca/debate

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada on Bluesky

Countries with well funded public media have stronger democracies

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Charlie Angus on Bluesky

You push the rage and disinformation team back by talking with people and electing good MPs rather than sock puppets. I was thrilled to help out Trisha Estabrooks in Edmonton Centre. She can win this riding and keep it from the Poilievre gang.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

If you're on the right and unhappy with Ford or Poilievre, first-past-the-post limits your options—forcing the right into big-tent parties where dissent can be crushed.

Proportional representation lets you vote your values without empowering party bosses.

#cdnpoli

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Media Ecosystem Observatory on Bluesky

With the federal election too close to call, a bigger question looms: will it be free and fair? @taylorowen.bsky.social speaks with @abridgman.bsky.social and @ninajankowicz.com about foreign interference and the growing threat of information manipulation: www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/mac...

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IMPORTANT: First time voters (people who turned 18 since last election and new citizens) MUST register to vote in the federal election. See: ereg.elections.ca/en/ereg/index & follow the easy steps to register.

Advance polls are open from Fri. April 18 through Mon. April 21 from 9:00 to 9:00. VOTE!

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Let's celebrate any and all progress we make! That's all.

Link to former post: What are the objectives of our Fair vote community?, which also tracked community metrics.

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Media Ecosystem Observatory on Bluesky

🚨 Spot fake news? Help protect Canadian democracy with the Digital Threat Tipline! Report misleading posts, fake stories, and suspicious content in seconds.

EN: www.cdmrn.ca/digital-thre...

FR: www.cdmrn.ca/menace-numer...

#DigitalThreatTipline #Canada #FightMisinformation

Alt text: "Digital Tipline information graphic with Canadian Parliament background. Six white panels with red borders: 'What to Watch For' (fake stories, misleading pics/videos, conspiracies, political lies, suspicious posts) with eyes emoji 👀, 'Why It Matters' (misinformation spreads fast, your tip helps stop it before it misleads others) with explosion emoji 💥, 'How to Report' (1. Go to the Tipline 2. Add the link & screenshot 3. Tell us what you saw, That's it! No login needed) with thinking face emoji 🧐, 'What Happens Next?' (Every tip is reviewed. We may not reply, but your input helps monitor threats) with party popper emoji 🎉, 'Your Impact So Far' (155 tips received, 66% from Facebook posts, rising reports on deepfakes, scams, & election lies) with star emoji 🌟, and 'Need Help?' (Trouble using the form? Contact tipline@cdmrn.ca. Your message is confidential) with melting face emoji 🫠. Website links in English and French at bottom: cdmrn.ca/digital-threat-tipline and cdmrn.ca/menace-numerique-info-ligne."

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Social media makes spread of disinfo easy and risk of foreign influence high, making fact-checking important during federal election. @mathieulavigne.bsky.social says fighting online disinfo takes layered defences like strong platform policies & public awareness: https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/should-canadians-worry-about-foreign-interference-in-the-federal-election

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You can register here.

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 on Bluesky

If you’re worried about governments abusing the notwithstanding clause, you should be terrified that first-past-the-post lets them do it with just 30–40% of the vote.

Proportional representation isn’t optional—it’s essential to protect our democracy.

#cdnpoli #Election2025

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ on Bluesky

The CBC could be gone by June 1. Poilievre’s plan? Defund it. Silence it. Break our national voice.

Use SmartVoting.ca to fight back.

#SaveTheCBC #SmartVoting #CdnPoli #MediaFreedom #StopTheSlide

The image shows a bright red banner with the "SAVE THE CBC" logo (featuring the CBC gem logo) prominently displayed at the top. Below is a large warning message in bold black text within a white rectangular area bordered by red: "The CBC could be gone as soon as June 1st unless you act now!" At the bottom of the message, it directs viewers to "Use: SmartVoting.ca" for taking action. The overall design resembles an urgent reminder or alert notice meant to mobilize support for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Great post from @davidcoletto.bsky.social on why the NDP vote is collapsing.

To it, I'd add this: We're seeing Duverger's revenge. Our electoral system is doing what his law suggests: polarizing the electorate between two major, competitive parties.

davidcoletto.substack.com/p/what-is-ha...

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This is why we need proportional representation more than ever in Canada. We don't want to end up with a deeply divided electorate the way the US has. We are witnessing the destruction there in real time. @fairvote.ca

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