The Hudak Report 04/30/25

In case you missed it, I released an extra edition in the afternoon yesterday with results from the Canadian federal election and some analysis.

The Montreal Gazette: 10 environmental activists convicted for protesting at oil terminal spared jail time by Montreal judge

Prism: Incarcerated workers in California organize against unjust policies and degrading conditions

Los Angeles Times: L.A. County experiences major disruptions on first day of strike

Al Mayadeen: At least 65,000 Gaza children hospitalized due to severe malnutrition

teleSUR: Panamanian Police Repress Protests Against Social Security Reforms

The Gauntlet: Remote Work Empowers Workers. Conservatives are using Pandemic Culture Wars to Target it

Canada news:

• Blanchet criticized by Parti Quebecois as he promises to work with other leaders

• Carney, Trump agree to meet in person, PMO says

• Class action lawsuit over housing on First Nations in court this week

• Laval daycare crash: Bus driver found not criminally responsible for tragedy in which children died

• Man accused in mass killing at Vancouver Filipino festival was on leave from hospital

• One officer calls it an affair. The other says it was rape

• Three members of family from Colombia died in B.C. festival attack, says son

Trump administration news:

• Amazon Bends to Trump, Denies It Planned to Post US Tariff Costs on Website

• Appeals Court Pauses Tufts Student's Transfer to Vermont in Immigration Detention Case

• Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day

• Trump to reduce impact of auto tariffs, commerce secretary says

• Trump 'Took a Hatchet' to Major US Climate Report by Dismissing All Its Authors

• Trump's DOE orders University of Pennsylvania to erase trans athletes' records

• U.S., Mexico agree to new deal that sends water to South Texas

Other US news:

• Bill changing definition of ‘bullying’ in Iowa law heads to governor

• California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps

• Kennesaw State faculty push back on university’s efforts to eliminate supports for minority groups

• Kim Davis will appeal to SCOTUS in marriage equality case

• Missouri Supreme Court upholds voter-approved paid sick leave law

• Ohio Supreme Court keeps ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while case continues

• Private equity firm announces bankruptcy, leading to shutdown of hospital system throughout southeast Pennsylvania

• Tennessee Man Has Been Stranded in Guatemala Since 2022 Over Tattoo

Palestinian genocide and Israeli and US aggressions in the Middle East news:

• ICC judges issue gag order on arrest warrants in Israeli war crimes

• Israel frees Gaza aid worker who went missing after deadly attack on medics, rescue service says

• Israel will not stop war until Palestinians displaced from Gaza and Syria partitioned, minister says

• Jordan ‘forcibly evicted’ Palestinians from informal refugee camp: HRW

• Palestinian Education Ministry: Nearly 15,000 Students Killed Since Onset of Israeli Aggression

• Protesters clash with Israel forces over draft into new Ultra-Orthodox military brigade

• UNRWA details harrowing abuse of Gaza aid workers in Israeli detention

• UNRWA medical supplies in Gaza are completely depleted

Other world news:

• Australia opens mushroom murder trial

• Bed bugs appear resistant to insecticides, as fears are raised outbreak will spread to other areas

• Brazil prosecutors dispute $175m Amazon Rainforest carbon credit deal

• 'Cruel measure': Dominican crackdown on Haitian hospitals

• Dundee university strikers force bosses to back down

• Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

• Iranian journalists say they are being muzzled over reporting port explosion

• Malta’s golden passport scheme rejected by EU top court

• Restaurant fire in Northeast China's Liaoning kills 22

• Roadside bomb kills at least 26 people in northeastern Nigeria

• Sectarian clashes kill 13 near Syrian capital Damascus

• Sweden shooting kills three: police

• United National Congress Wins Election in Trinidad and Tobago

• US Led 'Unprecedented' Surge in Global Military Spending in 2024

• Anti-Imperialists Really Need to Start Paying Attention to Ibrahim Traoré

• Canada’s Liberal Party Will Face Down Trump. But Will It Address Inequality?

• I don’t want to ‘fix’ my disability. I want an even playing field

• I was forced to burn my books to survive in Gaza

• New Parliament singing same tired tune when it comes to “security”

• Shared sense of values: Canada remains silent on India’s crimes against humanity in Kashmir

• Trump’s first 100 days of counterrevolution and criminality

• Why some Nigerians are leaving Christianity for African spiritual beliefs