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Coalition board member @nikbarryshaw of @CanadiansOrg did this interview on Pharmacare with Jordan Heath-Rawlings @TheGameSheet for his pod cast "CanCon". Long overdue, it started small, covering just a few common drugs, and was supposed to expand until all Canadians without benefits would get coverage for their prescription medication. Less than two years later, however, the program is forzen. It never got beyond the first couple of drugs, and the funding might well be squeezed to zero by the federal government. What happened here? #cdnpoli
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NEW: We brought @AOC to deep red Georgia to talk data centers.
We found a data center rebellion, with people willing to radically shift their politics.
One conservative voter said: "If there's a chance that anything can be done, I feel like she's gonna be the one to do it."
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PM Mark Carney made history last week with a surprise appearance at the CANSEC arms fair in Ottawa. With his radical shift towards arms investments and continuing cuts to pharmacare and other public services, it's not hard to see why.
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Althia Raj: "Grit MPs report Carney lashing out... [including] Winnipeg MP Doug Eyolfson, a physician, being told not to come to the prime minister with his concerns over the lack of federal response to Albertaās two-tiered health care Bill 11"
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In New Brunswick, residents battle the government over a planned AI data centre - The Narwhal apple.news/AjcUMb3BiQWa7qkB2ā¦
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"By 2030, the report finds, global data centers powering artificial intelligence are projected to consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity. This is nearly triple the combined annual electricity use of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria"
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Across Canada, people are protesting planned AI data centres. In Canada, many proposed data centres will be fueled by fracked gas. Local citizens are also concerned about the downstream effects of AI on mental health, work, learning, and water consumption.
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To learn more about how you can join the movement towards ethical AI, visit canadians.org/ai-alliance-joā¦
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Last week in Montreal, organizers, researchers, labour leaders, environmental advocates, community groups gathered for the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry.
How is artificial intelligence shaping civil society in Canada? Read the recap: canadians.org/analysis/civilā¦
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"The banality of killer robots: How can disarmament and arms control efforts counter autonomous weapons systems?" Now has additional speakers. Charlotte Akin(SKR), Fanny Dagenais-Dion(Red Cross IHL), and Azeezah Kanji(legal academic), moderated by Kristen Thomasen(UWindsor).
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Join our āFund Healthcare, Not Warfareā Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. Together, weāll travel to Ottawa and learn more about how the fight for public healthcare and against militarism are intertwined.
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The AI Civil Society Summit, in Montreal on May 22nd, is fast approaching! We have some excellent panels lined up for the event! A š§µ thread š§µ
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The banality of killer robots: how can disarmament and arms control efforts counter autonomous weapons systems?
The panellists will be Charlotte Akin (Stop Killer Robots) and Fanny Dagenais-Dion (Canadian Red Cross).
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Special guests include Paris Marx author of Road to Nowhere, and his next book, Hyperscale, comes out later this year. Chief Sheldon Sunshine of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, and Cynthia Khoo, founder of Tekhnos Law.
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