The Hudak Report 05/21/25

MLive: EPA lifts emergency order on Flint water after city completes requirements

rabble: CUPE Ontario warns that Bill 5 could allow the government to bypass labour laws

The Guardian: US oil firms pumping secret chemicals into ground and not fully reporting it

Toronto Star: Feds should penalize companies that move production outside of Canada: Unifor

Truthout: 14,000 Babies in Gaza May Die in Next 48 Hours If Israel Keeps Blocking Aid

Canadian political news:

• 2021 report warned province of wildfire risks in Whiteshell

• Danielle Smith has included 60% of her caucus in cabinet

• Donald Trump says Canada wants to join America’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defence system

• Nova Scotia tells court that Ottawa is entirely responsible for Chignecto Isthmus

Other Canada news:

• A pregnancy almost denied

• CHS betrays its mission to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, say strikers

• Construction site collapse in Blainville leaves one dead

• First Nations Worry Canada’s Push to Be an “Energy Superpower” Will Harm Them

• Indigenous groups send eviction notice to Quebec forestry companies

• Ontarians urge Ford government to scrap US nuclear deal for Canadian renewable energy

• Surprise action in Montreal, postal workers could strike Friday

Trump administration news:

• Appeals Court gives Trump green light to trash federal workers’ union contracts

• At least 50 migrants deported to El Salvador prison entered US legally

• DOJ charges House Democrat over clash with ICE officers

• Justice Department launches probe into (Chicago) City Hall’s hiring practices, claims they’re solely race-based

• Trump Admin Appears to Have Deported Migrants to South Sudan, Attorneys Say

• Trump rolls out Golden Dome missile defense project and appoints leader

• Under RFK Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups

Other US news:

• Alabama death row inmate facing execution to represent himself in appeal

• Benjamin Ritchie's last meal, final words before execution in Beech Grove officer's murder

• Nebraska first in nation to ban soda, energy drinks from public grocery aid benefits

• Nurses plan 5-day strike at Meriter hospital in Madison as contract talks stall

• NY governor to visit Seneca Nation to apologize for state’s role in boarding school

• Striking Butler Hospital workers may lose health benefits after May 31

• Texas inmate to be executed for killing woman he set on fire inside Garland store

• Washington will pay unemployment benefits to striking workers

• Youngkin signs executive order to combat antisemitism in Va. schools

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

• Israel Withdraws Main Delegation from Hamas Talks in Qatar After Hostage Plan Rejection

• Israeli Officials Explain Balancing Act Between Overt Genocide And Maintaining Western Support

• “Nothing Left in Jabaliya”: Endless Catastrophes in a Besieged Refugee Camp

• Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque amid series of IOF attacks in West Bank

• Sweden Seeks EU Sanctions Targeting 'Individual Israeli Ministers'

• UK government suspends free trade talks with Israel over Gaza war

Other world news:

• Armed Men Kill Top Aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada

• EU to lift economic sanctions on Syria

• Evo Morales Fails to Register Presidential Candidacy as Bolivia’s Electoral Deadline Closes

• Hungary Withdrawals From International Criminal Court Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

• Indonesian gig drivers protest demanding lower app fees

• Major mobile network suffers massive outage in Spain weeks after electricity blackout

• Mali: 22 Men Found Dead After Arrest by Soldiers

• Milei Dissolves Investigative Unit Probing $Libra Cryptocurrency Scandal

• Sudan’s army declares Khartoum state ‘completely free’ of paramilitary RSF

• Tanzania: Tundu Lissu 'Defiant' as Treason Trial Begins in Tanzania

• Three killed after floods ravage French Riviera region

• Tommy Robinson due to be released from prison in days after sentence reduced

• Uganda confirms military trials for civilians despite Supreme Court ruling

• UN Commisioner Warns of Extinction Risk for Indigenous Groups in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada

• Biden's Cancer

• The Cruelty of Medicaid Cuts