Humanitarian advocate, Syrian refugee, and 'Peace by Chocolate' founder Tareq Hadhad was scheduled to deliver the keynote address to members of the Advocates' Society, but the organization revoked the invitation because of his stance on Israel's war in Gaza.

The fallout over the Canadian legal organization's decision to cancel Mr Hadhad's appearance is deepening with two high-profile resignations today.

#canada #nspoli #NovaScotia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/advocates-society-treasurer-resigns-1.7506254?cmp=rss

Conservative leader Pierre #Poilievre acts indignant & roars that PM Carney made no progress with Trump.

Conservative Premier Tim Houston begs to differ:

"I want to thank PM Carney for his leadership.
This is not an easy time for our country or our people. Canadians are patient people, but the "governor" references & "51st state" jokes grew old & angered Canadians.
Your approach is working as we have collectively noticed these derogatory messages have stopped. Thank you"

NEW: Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today he will seek re-election in his #NovaScotia riding of Central Nova.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sean-fraser-reelection-1.7492503

Nova Scotia scrapping Tesla rebates in unanimous government decision
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nova-scotia-scrap-tesla-rebate

Seems like a good idea in light of the #TrumpTariffs . It's a shame Mr. Musk, a Canadian citizen through his mother, hasn't stood up for Canada.

#TSLA #nspoli

I don’t know enough about deed transfer taxes to have an informed opinion about the proposal, but maybe find people to quote who know that rural Nova Scotia has jobs and residents?

I live, work, and own a home in Nova Scotia. I am not in the HRM or Sydney.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/deed-transfer-tax-financial-measures-act-1.7482661

“Health care is a big business in America.
In Canada, it is a RIGHT”

--Mark Carney

Conservative premiers across #Canada, you have been warned.

The bill is only *controversial* to Premier #TimHouston who is on his own addenda since reelection. None of his activates, public or private, are in line with Healthcare, GST or anything he promised Nova Scotians. He should be fired for dereliction of duty

NS Premier Tim Houston says there will likely be changes to legislation that the province’s freedom of information commissioner says weakens the public’s right to access government records and documents.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11050622/nova-scotia-freedom-of-information-bill/ #NSpoli

Halifax NS is looking for citizen input on social media.

They're thinking of dropping X/Twitter and shifting to BlueSky.

This is your chance to affect some change. Tell them Mastodon is where you want them. No oligarchs putting their thumbs on the scale, it's been here for years and is stable, no corporate enshitification cycle.

Tell them if they have to go BlueSky, bridge the muni account to Mastodon and the Fediverse.

https://www.halifax.ca/home/surveys

#Canada - The Halifax Examiner is responding to Tim Houston's bid to Dismantle Democracy

> Now, though, autocrats are much more likely to pretend to operate within the democratic system. Rather than seizing power, he said, many times, leaders will keep the trappings of a republic, while incrementally eliminating the institutions that enable competition. It’s the “dismantling of democracy from the inside,” https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-democracy/the-halifax-examiner-is-responding-to-tim-houstons-bid-to-dismantle-democracy/ #NSpoli #TimHouston

Nova Scotia government issues a work permit for private land lithium exploration against wishes of the landowner.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/continential-lithium-private-land-access-mining-exploration-1.7453739

Everyone phone relatives and freinds and lovers and clients and partners in the United states, no idea what to say, but BE CANADIAN, as Canadian as you can.

Phone them. Leave a message, don't hang up on no answer, call back.

Again no idea what to say, again be Canadian.

Now, later, and again, and again.

Make lists, get through, call back.

Make the calls regular.

Use your actual voice to SPEAK to American loves, freinds, family.

2025.03.17 update...

We all have vulnerable people in our lives.

Tell them your phone number, landline if you have one, personal email, home address.
Let them know what you're down for, how many people you can house for a few days or longer, and if you have external storage locker space. External.

Don't use SMS or WhatsApp, just Signal.

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Was there not just an election? Did they run on more mining, drilling and fracking? Why are they attacking anyone who cares about the environment? Why won’t they do interviews? #NSpoli #Environment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/natural-resources-development-tim-halman-fracking-1.7446679?cmp=rss

Hey, Nova Scotia.

You know that tree we gift to Boston every year at Christmas?

I don't think we ought to do that this year.

I didn’t get any news about the Nova Scotia election here on Mastodon.