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Nov 20, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Breaking: Pro-Palestine protesters have blocked the CN railway in Winnipeg demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Two trains are currently stopped.
CN has a partnership with Israel's largest shipping company, ZIM.
#mbpoli #cdnpoli #CeasefireNowInGaza
Winnipeg protesters say that by blocking CN Rail they are disrupting CN's partnership with Israeli shipping company ZIM, a company also targeted by BDS campaigns.
#mbpoli #cdnpoli #wpgpoli #ceasefirenow
Nov 7, 2022 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
CUPE National President Mark Hancock in front of a massive group of public and private sector labour leaders announcing Doug Ford will rescind Bill 28. #onpoli
OSBCU President Laura Walton says they have confirmed Doug Ford will repeal Bill 28 in its entirety. Says they will collapse picket lines as a sign of good faith and return to bargaining table. #onpoli
Manitoba gov't gave $50 million worth of COVID-19 emergency contracts to a group of companies linked to a secretive religious sect.
A number of the companies operate out of the same building near Wpg’s airport.
pressprogress.ca/manitoba-gover…#mbpoli
BC based oil company Klondike Lubricants, whose founders are members of the Plymouth Brethren, received a $2 million PPE contract from the Ontario gov't in addition to a 70k contract in Manitoba. #mbpoli#onpoli