Notices by The Breach (thebreach@mastodon.social)

Ontario’s housing allowance for the unemployed is just $390 a month—less than a quarter of average rent.

Desmond Cole writes about how this starvation-level rate is part of Ontario’s decades-long war on the poor—and how no party has a plan to fix it. https://breachmedia.ca/ontarios-rent-allowance-isnt-a-safety-net-its-a-poverty-trap/

Since Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s so-called ‘internal trade barriers’ have been all over the news.

One problem? The crisis is fake—it’s a right-wing ploy to gut key regulations.

Stuart Trew from The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives exposes the con. https://breachmedia.ca/freakout-about-canadas-internal-trade-barriers-a-corporate-scam/

As Ontario faces a snap election, our latest podcast episode takes stock of six years of austerity under Doug Ford.

Desmond Cole talks to guest Bryan Evans about his forthcoming book, Against the People, which documents the damage done. https://breachmedia.ca/ontario-doug-ford-dismantled/

The Liberal government has forced postal workers back to work.

Dru Jay writes that this isn’t just a suppression of labour rights—it’s a missed opportunity to implement the visionary, green proposals of postal workers to reinvent the public service for the 21st century. https://breachmedia.ca/government-is-suppressing-postal-workers-it-should-be-learning-from-their-innovative-ideas/

Strikes by postal workers have previously paved the way for Canadians to enjoy maternity leave and job security.

Now, postal worker Kieran Delamont writes, they are fighting the gigification that threatens so many other workers across the country. https://breachmedia.ca/postal-workers-strike-fighting-gigification-public-service/

A CBC producer is lifting the veil on how the broadcaster whitewashed Israel’s horrors in Gaza.

In a tell-all essay, she describes the inner workings of newsrooms where double standards and biases sidelined the truth—before she resigned in protest.
https://breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewashed-israels-crimes-gaza-firsthand/

As Israel ethnically cleanses Gaza, Francesa Albanese replies, “I told you.”

In an interview with Desmond Cole, the UN expert says “under fog of war, Israel uses the opportunity to forcibly displace Palestinians in order to take the land.”

Full interview: https://youtu.be/tR9_cWkt-HA