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Out in the Cold, Part 3: Atlantic Community Shelters Society handed $12.9 million by Province in its first year
Upon taking control of the former Out of the Cold shelters, Atlantic Community Shelters Society got a 72% bump in provincial funding to the facilities. The agency had so much surplus cash in its first year, it transferred more than $1 million to its sister agency, Quest Society.
Out in the Cold, Part 2: Shelter staff "treated like criminals" by politically motivated police
Out of the Cold staff were criminalized while running low-barrier shelters in Halifax, until they were terminated. This hit a crescendo as Halifax police were 'alerted' to union organizing – by the agency getting their contracts. Why and how did police help dismantle Out of the Cold?
Out in the Cold, Part 1: Surveillance, smearing and shutdown of a harm-reduction shelter
Part 1 of an 11-month investigation: The dismantling of Halifax-based Out of the Cold Community Association followed the Nova Scotia government's coordinated criminalization of the organization and its staff – including the country's earliest documented use of the SCAN Act to surveil a nonprofit.
Palantir's access to Canadian military data may include facial recognition of civilian social media
The Toronto Star is reporting on a $3.7 million contract providing Palantir access to Canadian military data – "a big piece of Canadian sovereignty data-exposure,” as one expert said. This may enable Palantir to leverage ongoing social media monitoring, including facial recognition.