Thanks paid subscribers!!
Just a quick note to express how grateful I am to you folks.
Read more
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.
Alberta's only expert witness against consumption sites was an American economist in Italy. Here's how that went.
As provinces like Manitoba resume harm reduction as usual, the Alberta government's coup against supervised consumption appears to be crumbling underfoot with no medical or public health experts coming to bat. Can an American economist in Italy save the government's case against consumption sites?