The Hudak Report 06/03/25

Common Dreams: Report Details Global Deterioration of Workers' Rights—Including in US Under Trump

Council Estate Media: Middle-aged Zionists are fantasising about killing a young woman

Global News: Ontario PCs to limit debate on controversial Bill 5, among other legislation

People’s Voice: Why is Ottawa considering a $150b military budget?!

What I’m Reading: Tulsa’s first Black mayor announces $105M reparations plan for descendants of 1921 Race Massacre

Canadian political news:

• Carney had ‘constructive meeting’ with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith

• Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is committed to using Canadian steel and aluminum amid Trump tariff threats

• Premiers huddle with Carney in Saskatoon to decide what major projects to prioritize

Other Canada news:

• Back to beaches: The push to make Canada’s cities swimmable again

• Four communities around La Ronge receive wildfire evacuation orders

• No system to track, train lying police, lawyer says after another scathing decision

US news:

• CoreCivic inmate sues Trousdale Turner prison staff over alleged extortion

• ICE Arrests High School Student Driving To Volleyball Practice

• Standing Rock appeals dismissal of latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit

• Supreme Court denies challenges to bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

• Texas Right to Repair bill passes, heads to the governor’s desk

• Trump Administration Uses Emergency Power to Rescue Another Dying Fossil Fuel Plant

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

• Israel deporting international activists standing against immediate displacement of communities in Masafer Yatta

• UN demands probe as Israeli forces kill more people near aid site in Gaza

Other world news:

• Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat

• Brazil's Bolsonaro to take the stand in coup trial

• Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election, according to final vote count

• German court rejects key pillar of Merz’s asylum crackdown

• Iraqi family sues Dutch government for deadly 2015 bombing

• Military air strike kills at least 20 people in northwest Nigeria

• Panamanians Denounce Death of Embera Teen During Police Crackdown

• Sudan’s New Prime Minister Dissolves Caretaker Government Amid Ongoing Conflict

• Violence Against Journalists Rises as Uganda Heads Into General Elections

• Algeria’s shift to English is about more than just language

• Can progressives re-capture anti-trafficking from the right?

• Israeli Products Should Have No Place In Canada

• Ontario’s costly nuclear folly