The Hudak Report 05/01/25

The Canadian Press: Canada's top court to decide whether to hear a trailblazing youth-led climate case

The North Star: Boycott Campaign Blocks Amazon Web Services Building

Zeteo: Mohsen Mahdawi Released From ICE Detention

NBC News: Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can fight wrongful detention case in federal court, judge rules

Al Mayadeen: US used banned weapons in strike on migrant center in Yemen: Sanaa

Canadian political news:

• Doug Ford says Ontario should do ‘what the U.S. does’ and elect judges

• Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath hospitalized, awaiting surgery after accident

• Jonathan Pedneault resigns as Green Party co-leader

• Makivvik Corp. calls for investigation after voting irregularities in Nunavik

• ‘That number is arbitrary’: NDP to fight for official party status despite only 7 seats

• Trump says 'nice gentleman' Carney will visit White House within the next week

Other Canada news:

• B.C. failing to protect 81% of critical habitat for at-risk species: government docs

• Canada Post talks to resume as possibility of strike looms next month

• Canada's Ontario may lose 68,000 jobs in 2025 due to US tariffs

• City of Vancouver, police begin internal review of Lapu Lapu Day festival attack

• Gatineau, Que. police officer accused of driving impaired while suspended from duty

• Indigenous language program in northwestern Ontario threatened by lack of government funding

• Kamloops man 'likely' wrongly jailed for 26 years for murder sues RCMP, B.C.

• RBC scraps sustainable finance commitment, holds back on disclosures

Trump administration updates:

• Appeals court​ rejects Trump argument, ​maintains Colorado ​b​lock on ‘alien enemy’ deportations

• 'Democratic Freedoms' Under Threat as Migrants Charged for Entering Trump Militarized Border Zone

• In visit to Texas, RFK Jr. said autism, diabetes deserve more attention than measles

• Kristi Noem Shares Harsh Plan For Abrego Garcia If He's Returned To U.S.

• Trump declares “sanctuary” cities and states are engaged in insurrection against federal government

• Trump says children could have ‘2 dolls instead of 30’ with his tariff plan

• US judge limits Trump’s push to rapidly deport migrants in Guantanamo Bay

• US Postal Service Now Aiding Trump's Mass Deportation Effort

Other US news:

• Civil Rights Artifacts Quietly Removed from African American Museum Following Executive Order

• Coushatta Tribe’s next generation warns against risk from carbon sequestration

• Florida moves to ban fluoride from public drinking water

• Louisiana Sent Kids to Adult Jail That Violated Scores of Regulations, Reports Say

• Spokane City Council passes measure protecting LGBTQ+ rights and gender-affirming care

• Thousands of Washington state workers lose out on wage hikes

• US Supreme Court to hear case over opening nation's first religious charter school in Oklahoma

• Wisconsin Supreme Court suspends Judge Hannah Dugan after federal charges

Other world news:

• FOI documents show that Israel is behind the crackdown on dissent in the UK

• Gaza siege reaches 60th day as US defends Israel at ICJ

• India: Govt announces caste count in next census, Shah says ‘historic decision’

• Kenya: Court orders all police officers at protests to wear uniforms and not conceal their faces

• Mass arrests ahead of May Day demonstrations in Turkey

• New report reinforces critical role of Amazonian protected areas in climate fight

• Poland's last 'LGBTQ-free zone' is no more

• South Africa to review claims past ANC governments impeded apartheid crimes investigations

• Swedish journalist gets 11-month suspended prison term in Turkey for insulting Erdogan

• Syria reports Israeli strikes as clashes with Druze spread

• Thousands of Israelis Evacuate as Massive Wildfire Spreads Near Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway

• U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Relocations From N.Y.

• Ukraine and US plan to sign new minerals deal

• Wildflowers could be absorbing toxic metals that pass on to bees, study finds

• In Trump's shadow

• No, Canada hasn’t launched a suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ+ Americans

• No, mRNA Vaccines Don't Cause Cancer

• Now that the election is over it is no time to be complacent on the climate

• Pre-election turmoil in Bolivia ─ is U.S. imperialism ready to pounce?

• Second Chances on the Bench: How Black Judges Are Fighting for Black Youth

• Sid Ryan: This election was a disaster for the NDP and unions

• The drip-drip of slanted Gaza reporting erodes our sense of right and wrong