The Hudak Report 04/11/25

MSN News: Ontario measles case count exceeds 800 total infections, 155 new since last week

Toronto Star: Number of homeless people in Ottawa has grown to 3,000, local charity says

teleSUR: Canada and the U.S. Prepare to Negotiate a New Trade Agreement

NLRB Edge: Supreme Court Removes Board Member Gwynne Wilcox

The Guardian: Mahmoud Khalil can be expelled for his beliefs alone, US government argues

Common Dreams: Argentina General Strike Demands End to Milei's 'Chainsaw' Austerity Policies

Trump’s immigration crackdown continues. Now he’s revoked legal status from 118 Texas students and two Vermont high school students. Even more chillingly, a Dearborn attorney was detained in retaliation for representing a pro-Palestine protester. Speaking of retaliation, Trump has ordered the DOJ to go after two individuals and a law firm solely because they stood up against him.

In labor news, 24,000 federal probationary workers who had been fired have faced a setback. A previous ruling said they must be rehired. Now, the Supreme Court and an appeals court have ruled against them. Meanwhile, the first video game union, the United Videogame Workers union, has had hundreds of more workers join its ranks.

Finally, in health news, the Trump administration is gearing up to release a review of transgender care made intentionally to be anti-trans. Kansas legislators have officially opened up health officials to civil action if they order quarantines or ban public gatherings…even in pandemics. Then, RFK Jr. has baselessly called autism an “epidemic” and seeks to “know what has caused the autism epidemic and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures.”

Moving up to Canada, we’ll start with election updates:

• Carney pitches crime policy, tougher laws on harassment at places of worship

• Poilievre promises to let tankers carry oil through B.C. oceans. Some voters warn it will reopen an old fight

• Poilievre takes aim at Carney's ability to handle Trump and his tariffs

• Separatist party claims 11 UCP MLAs support a binding independence referendum

In climate news, the Taykwa Tagamou Nation and Moose Cree First Nation will be working with Ontario Power Generation, ministry of energy, and some mines to potentially build two new hydroelectric generating stations in Northern Ontario. Keeping in Ontario, Six Nations of the Grand River are looking to integrate clean energy with cultural traditions. We’ll end with some comments made by now Prime Minister Mark Carney that were made in 2024 about climate finance and have now resurfaced. These comments were him being supportive of the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, claiming, “In this respect, Canada is lagging its international peers.”

Leftover news:

• ACLU seeks halt to SC law that keeps execution information secret

• Brazilian says he was deported after blowing whistle on Winnipegger who illegally hired foreign workers

• Brookfield used Cayman Islands to register 3rd fund managed by Carney

• Helicopter crash in Hudson River kills all 6 aboard

• House Republicans Just Passed a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions

• Legault backs minister who said Quebec can't offer asylum from 'all world's misery'

• Métis Nation of Ontario claims vindication while critics dismiss long-awaited report on communities

• Oregon senators kill proposal to make fossil fuels industry pay for climate-change driven disasters

• Six Kentuckians have died in storms, 70 counties declare emergencies, governor says

• The tariff apocalypse has not been canceled

• With Trump’s executive order, thousands of military voters could see their rights curtailed

We’ll start the World News section with your update on the Palestinian genocide:

• 150 Israeli Navy officers demand a halt to the fighting in Gaza

• Israeli arrest campaigns see massive uptick in West Bank, reports say

• Palestinian journalist dies after images of him ablaze following Israeli strike were widely shared online

• ‘Years of Injustice’ – Ahmed Manasra Freed after Ten Years in Israeli Prisons

Next up, updates on the trade war:

• China’s 84 percent retaliatory tariff on US goods takes effect

• Chinese goods subject to tariffs of at least 145%, White House says

• European Union hits pause on planned retaliatory tariffs for U.S.

• Panama Allows U.S. Troops to ‘Protect’ the Canal

• Trump threatens sanctions, tariffs on Mexico in water dispute

We’ll end with news on how governments are oppressing the people around the world. In Ethiopia, seven journalists have been arrested on terrorism allegations that are a massive overreaction to the misconduct of the journalists. Over in Papua New Guinea, the police have “successfully tested” blocking social media, especially Facebook. They claim it’s a needed response to “unchecked proliferation of fake news, hate speech, pornography, child exploitation, and incitement to violence on platforms such as Facebook”. Back in Africa, Tundu Lissu, who is Tanzania's main opposition leader, was charged with treason. It was done in a blatant power grab by President Samia Suluhu Hassan to retain power past the upcoming October election. Finally, in Tunisia, their President, Kais Saied, is also cracking down on opposition. Around 40 opposition leaders have been accused of “plotting against the state” and “belonging to a terrorist group”. Notably, all are known critics of the power-hungry President. The mass trial started on March 4, but was adjourned and didn’t resume until yesterday.

Leftover news:

• Australia: NSW public hospital doctors hold mass protests during statewide walkout

• Dramatic Video From Widow of Slain Candidate Rocks Presidential Race in Ecuador, Confirms Drop Site Investigation

• In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home

• Less than 10% of global plastics manufactured from recycled materials, findings reveal

• Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘sickening’ sexual violence on women, girls: Report

• Union anger after bin workers urged to agree deal

• Billionaires aren't people

• Crime is top of mind in Poilievre's Ontario tour

• ‘Let All Hell Break Loose’: The Gaza Ceasefire and How We All Got Played

• Massachusetts homelessness crisis: Systemic failures, predatory landlords, and Trump ICE attacks

• Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have a residential school denialism problem

• Rage Against the Machines is Justified

• The Backlash Against Israel's Western-Backed Crimes Will Fuel The Far Right

• The Battle for Mount Royal

• Why I don’t cheer for Israel’s ‘pro-democracy’ movement