“Prosperity, Carney argues, is most likely going to be greatest when we can balance economic growth with social values.” Mark Carney led two central banks through two world-shifting crises. Does that make him a political contender? thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-wa…

Transport Minister Anita Anand, a long rumoured possible successor to Trudeau, announces she’s not entering the leadership race and not seeking re-election #cdnpoli

“Prosperity, Carney argues, is most likely going to be greatest when we can balance economic growth with social values.” But, this, of course, begs an important question, if this were to be achieved, what values should these be? Bloomberg thewalrus.ca/mark-carney-wa… The Walrus

PM Justin Trudeau just confirmed he will not run again in the next federal election, at a news conference this afternoon. The search for a new Liberal candidate in Papineau is on. #cdnpoli

Trudeau not running in the next election, hasn’t thought about what he’ll do after politics ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…

Cole Williams Great work, Cole! Too bad the .U.S. FDA will still exclude donors who engaged in anal sex. But not screen for other risks factors, such as vaginal sex i.e. primary mode of HIV infection. Canada and US still have not adopted an individual risk assessment, evidence based policy.

Mark Carney says he is no longer an executive at Bloomberg, Brookfield, Stripe or other companies and is no longer UN special envoy, effective today, he says. Says will meet all ethics standards and requirements in government (should he get elected).

Since .Mark Carney is no longer Chair of Brookfield - I presume talks with Grifols will resume - while he runs for/ elected to office? Bloomberg @channay The Globe and Mail Despite cont'd public opposition to for-profit plasma collection, and prev. dropping his takeover bid..

Donald Trump is a fascist, Timothy Snyder writes. How did we fail to see the warning signs, and what might come next? nyer.cm/atwjIRr

Events like these still have a long way to go before making gay, bi and other donors feel welcome enough to help build a diverse registry of donors - and save lives, Minister LeBlanc. As Canada continues to exclude many donors.

Join us for the launch of Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden's book, "Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation" on February 17th! Books will be available for purchase thanks to Fernwood Publishing and Paragraphe Bookstore eventbrite.ca/e/got-blood-to…

Why didn't you include "Ineligibility to donate remained for those donors from Cameroon, and a new country, Togo," which were added to the questionnaire? As these policies too persisted for many years. These were removed in 2018. See here: blood.ca/en/about-us/me… GotBloodToGive

Canadian Blood Services uses the term "caucasian" in the graph displayed on its website. An obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race. CBS used this unscientific term to shore up its donor base, donations from black communities? CTV News

Change of plan - Schumer, who has been under pressure to do more to stand up to Trump, now urging Democratic Senators to vote against all nominees via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/…