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08/15/2026

Public servants are being told to go back to the office.

They are also being told to stay quiet about it.

According to Policy Options (IRPP), restricting workers from speaking openly about RTO suppresses transparency and denies people a voice over decisions that directly govern their lives.

But here is what they are not supposed to say out loud:

A federal government source told the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) that officials were "very worried" about protecting big bank investments in empty office buildings.

The numbers:

CIBC: $6.1 billion in office real estate at risk
National Bank: $2.6 billion
BMO: $1.5 billion
RBC: $550 million

Workers are giving up $40 billion in potential savings over ten years to protect $10 billion in bank exposure.

At the same time, office space was cut by budget reductions while three-day attendance was made mandatory. An impossible standard, applied unequally, with the heaviest burden falling on younger workers and those in departments with the least space.

And public servants are not allowed to say any of this.

That is exactly why I am willing to be that voice.

Orléans residents commute over an hour each way to prop up a downtown office market that was never built for them. The GCcoworking location at Place d'Orléans proves the demand to work locally exists right here. We need to turn that proof of concept into permanent federal satellite offices in our community.

As your councillor I will fight for that, and I will never ask workers to stay silent while a policy designed for Bay Street is sold to them as a productivity measure.

Read my detailed plan: choudhry.org/jobs

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Sources: Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) | Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)



On dit aux fonctionnaires de retourner au bureau.

On leur dit aussi de se taire.

Selon Policy Options (IRPP), restreindre la capacité des travailleurs à s'exprimer ouvertement sur le RTT supprime la transparence et prive les gens d'une voix sur les décisions qui gouvernent directement leur vie.

Mais voici ce qu'ils ne sont pas censés dire à voix haute :

Une source gouvernementale a déclaré à l'Association canadienne des employés professionnels (ACEP) que des fonctionnaires étaient "très inquiets" de protéger les investissements des grandes banques dans des immeubles de bureaux vides.

Les chiffres :

CIBC : 6,1 milliards de dollars en immobilier de bureaux à risque
Banque Nationale : 2,6 milliards
BMO : 1,5 milliard
RBC : 550 millions

Les travailleurs abandonnent 40 milliards de dollars d'économies potentielles sur dix ans pour protéger 10 milliards de dollars d'exposition bancaire.

En même temps, les espaces de bureaux ont été réduits par des compressions budgétaires tandis que la présence trois jours par semaine est devenue obligatoire. Une norme impossible, appliquée inégalement, avec le fardeau le plus lourd tombant sur les travailleurs plus jeunes.

Et les fonctionnaires n'ont pas le droit de dire tout cela.

C'est exactement pourquoi je suis prêt à être cette voix.

Les résidents d'Orléans font la navette plus d'une heure dans chaque sens pour soutenir un marché de bureaux du centre-ville qui n'a jamais été conçu pour eux. L'espace GCcoworking à Place d'Orléans prouve que la demande de travail local existe ici dans notre communauté. Nous devons transformer cette preuve de concept en bureaux fédéraux satellites permanents.

À titre de conseiller, je me battrai pour cela, et je ne demanderai jamais aux travailleurs de rester silencieux pendant qu'une politique conçue pour Bay Street leur est vendue comme une mesure de productivité.

Mon plan détaillé : choudhry.org/jobs

choudhry.org/volunteer | choudhry.org/contribute

Sources : Association canadienne des employés professionnels (ACEP) | Policy Options, Institut de recherche en politiques publiques (IRPP)

Wow.
08/07/2026

Wow.

🔗: bit.ly/4bve7bm

The ruling requires Meta to implement safety measures like limiting teen’s usage of their social media platforms and restricting adult contact with minors.

📷: Jon Putman/Anadolu

Call it a marketing cost; expense write off.
08/04/2026

Call it a marketing cost; expense write off.

No wonder Dana White has said never again 😱😬

07/19/2026

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We curate it closely for spam, bullies, and topic relevance: martial arts/self-defence, health, fitness, and leadership are the main discussions.
Small group prices are available. Outdoor components continue while weather permits.
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Belnan is at the Elmsdale exit - we are 5km from there. Nine Mile River is beside us.
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07/12/2026

Abject transparency. Best rant ever. Accountability. .

06/21/2026

Selling your gloves as the UFC’s newest gloves? Take what they offer - get a residual. It’s like Costco—make less up front, but make it forever. Do you think 30M gets us these gloves?New Champ Justin Gaethje’s Coach’s gloves are great—but the UFC doesn’t want to pay 100M!) 👊🏽❤️

06/20/2026

Leadership. Relationships.

06/20/2026

This series never disappoints.

03/16/2026
03/14/2026

🚨 Canada's Planned Expansion of MAiD to Include Mental Illness as Sole Condition: A Cause for Serious Concern

We are now one year away from the scheduled implementation date of March 17, 2027.

Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program is set to expand eligibility to include individuals whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.

MAiD was first legalized in 2016 for those whose natural death was reasonably foreseeable.

It was extended in 2021 to cover grievous and irremediable non-terminal conditions.

The planned change to allow mental illness as the sole qualifying condition has been delayed twice (most recently through Bill C-62 in 2024) to allow more time for preparation and review.

Despite these delays, the expansion remains on track unless new legislation intervenes.

Several issues continue to generate significant concern among medical professionals, disability advocates, mental health experts, and parliamentarians:

• Rapid approval timelines. A 2024 review of Ontario cases showed that in a sample of 219 MAiD provisions from 2023, more than 200 occurred within 24 hours of final approval, and roughly 30 percent took place on the same day. Critics argue that such short intervals limit opportunities for reflection, reconsideration, or access to additional supports.

• Risks of vulnerability and coercion. Certain documented cases have raised questions about the effectiveness of existing safeguards. One frequently cited instance involves an elderly woman who initially inquired about MAiD but later withdrew her request, citing religious beliefs and a preference for palliative care. Despite her clear change of mind, the process continued. Factors such as family caregiver burden were considered, hospice placement was denied, and MAiD was provided shortly after final assessments. Situations like this highlight the possibility that external pressures may override genuine patient autonomy.

• Ongoing parliamentary review. The Special Joint Committee on MAiD, reconvened in early 2026, is actively examining system readiness for the expansion. Conservative members, including MP Andrew Lawton (who has publicly shared his own experience surviving a su***de attempt), stress the potential for recovery in mental health crises and call for greater caution. Private members' bills, including C-218 (to exclude mental illness as a sole basis for eligibility) and C-260 (to prohibit suggestion of MAiD by public officials), remain under consideration but face uncertain outcomes.

• Broader context. MAiD now accounts for more than 5 percent of deaths in Canada according to recent annual reports. This growth has intensified debate about whether the framework adequately protects vulnerable groups, including those experiencing inadequate mental health care, housing challenges, or financial hardship.

Offering MAiD to individuals whose sole condition is mental illness raises profound ethical and clinical problems.

Mental illnesses such as severe depression, PTSD, or treatment-resistant disorders often involve fluctuating decision-making capacity, where despair can feel permanent but recovery remains possible—even after years of struggle.

Distinguishing a genuine, irremediable request from acute suicidality or transient crisis is extraordinarily difficult, as irremediability cannot reliably be predicted in psychiatric cases.

Many experts, including psychiatrists and the Canadian Mental Health Association, warn that this expansion risks conflating su***de prevention with state-provided death, potentially normalizing assisted su***de as a response to untreated or undertreated mental suffering.

Vulnerable populations—those facing poverty, isolation, discrimination, inadequate services, or systemic barriers—are disproportionately at risk of feeling coerced, explicitly or implicitly, into viewing death as their only escape from intolerable circumstances rather than a failure of support systems.

International experiences from Belgium and the Netherlands show marginalized groups over-represented in psychiatric euthanasia cases, underscoring concerns of systemic coercion.

In Canada, where social determinants like housing instability or financial strain already drive some MAiD requests under existing rules, extending eligibility solely on mental grounds could exacerbate these inequities and devalue lives amid resource shortages.

Ensuring that assisted dying does not become a substitute for effective treatment, robust support systems, or genuine hope for recovery remains a core priority.

True compassion requires strong mental health resources, thorough safeguards, and a clear commitment to preserving life wherever possible.

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